Another selection from various footballing gurus, this time all uttered during 2012, and most of them will probably wish they hadn´t bothered. All the innocent have been removed while only the guilty remain. 1. ´There are so many sides down there at the top´. (Mark Saggers) 2. ´Southampton were always at the top, apart from the seasons when they weren´t´. ( Ray Parlour) 3. `It was end to end stuff at both ends`(Jack Dearden) 4. `Ramires is involved in everything he does´. (Graeme Le Saux) 5. `There´s always been a fierce rivalry between Spurs and Tottenham`. (David Pleat) 6. ´Karl Henry´s been sent off for a deliberate red card´. (Chris Kamara) 7. `Ji-Sung Park is probably not as young as he was when he arrived at Old Trafford all those years ago´. ( Ray Houghton) 8. `Suarez´s hunger for the game is unquenchable´. ( Alan Smith) 9. `Hopefully Andy Carroll has only tweeted his hamstring´. (Sam Allardyce) 10. `The directors at the club are in dialect with the protestors´. ( Steve Kean) 11. `Martin Jol has put his hands on his heads`. (Ray Parlour) 12. ´There was nothing wrong with his timing, he was just a bit late`. (Mark Bright) 13. `Steven Fletcher cost a very lot of money`. (Chris Waddle) 14. `The more you lose the more you don´t win´.(Alex McCleish) 15. ´Arsenal owe a great deal of debtitude to the keeper´. (Matt Le Tissier) 16. `I´d go back to Leeds at any time, but not right now´. (Gus Poyet) 17. `It´s not always plain sailing especially when you´re flying´. ( Brendan Rodgers) 18. `In the first half, I didn´t see the second half coming, that´s for sure´. ( Mick McCarthy) 19. ´It´s looking more and more less likely´. ( Robbie Fowler) 20. ´If we´d have scored it would have been a different result´. (Tony Pulis) 21. `In the papers this morning " Police closing in on Ian Holloway, Sorry, it´s Palace closing in on Ian Holloway" . (Alan Brazil) 22. ´I don´t want Rooney to leave these shores, but if he does, I think he´ll go abroad´. ( Ian Wright) 23. `Sometimes you want Obertan to open his legs and do something a bit exciting´. (Alan Pardew) 24. ´It was nice to hear Ray Wilkins speak so articulate´. ( Micky Quinn) 25. `Not to win is guttering´. (Mark Noble) 26. `Matty Jarvis had acres of time there´. (Stan Collymore) 27. `That´s exactly how you head a ball...........you use your head´. (Ray Wilkins) 28. `If you closed your eyes you couldn´t tell the difference between the two sides´. ( Phil Brown) 29. ´Will Chelsea qualify with ease? I think they will, but it won´t be easy`. ( Jamie Redknapp) And my personal favourite, amongst many.......... 30. `Jordan Henderson is a player who likes to do his business in the middle of the park´. (Jason McAteer) rbf
This is only a handful selected from last year´s gaffes, thought they were well worth the read, even if only for entertainment value.
Brilliant stuff as as ever RBF. The sad thing is, the answer to each pf your posers could be any of them, it shows the pathetic level of punditry that we have to suffer.
i have a book on my Kindle titled "He literally left Ben Haim for dead there" full of these type of comments by players, managers and commentators. sample:- I was surprised, but i always say nothing surprises me in football, Les Ferdinand. there's no inbetween-your'e either good or bad. We were inbetween. Gary Lineker. If you're 0-0 down there's no-one better to get you back on terms than Ian Wright. Robbie Earle Germany are a difficult team to play, they had eleven internationals out there today. Steve Lomas. I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right. Lee Hendrie. these are a sample from the last two pages of the book.
forgot to mention, the book title is courtesy of Jaime Redknapp, who obviously is unaware of the meaning of "literally". These balls now- they literally explode off your feet. Alonso and Sissoko have been picked to literally sit in front of the back four. the book is by Scott Porker, (i kid you not) and is £2.05 on Amazon Kindle. good fun read.
Cheered up my morning, RBF! (and goldenEadie!). Look forward to the answers, but when in doubt I'd always go for Chris Kamara (well, except when I go for someone else, that is!).
Think you´ll be surprised when you see just how many others are good at it too Here´s another wonderful selection, which only goes to show that most footballers are definitely better off talking with their feet. http://www.ave-it.net/funny_player_quotes.htm
Colemanballs! I believe I've read Worthington saying something similar to, 'to win a game you need to have the ball.'
just checked on Amazon, it looks as if it is only available on Kindle, so if you do not have this you may struggle to find it. other e-Readers may also have it of course, but not available as a printed book. if you look check at the book on Amazon you can get the first few (Keeganisms) by clicking at the top of the book on the left.
Cheers! - I´ve discovered the manager and commentator quotes from the same website, which were worth a look, especially the commentator ones, but further than that I haven´t gone yet.
David Pleat really is brilliant when it comes to these. There's about 50 quotes here that are as funny as those above. My favourite is: Clive Tyldesley: "David, whats your prediction for the match?" David Pleat: "Good evening everyone, a lovely night for football" Great work by the way, rbf.
