League Quotes - Page 21

• People with ambition want Paolo Di Canio.

  Paolo Di Canio

  Football, Ambition, People

  "Paolo Di Canio defends his tenure at 'weak' Sunderland", www.theguardian.com. January 25, 2014.

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• It gave the title to Manchester City - it's as simple as that.

  Jose Mourinho

  Football, Simple, Cities

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• It's probably been the worst three months of my life.

  Steven Gerrard

  Football, Three, Months

  "Steven Gerrard: the past three months have been the worst of my life", www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2014.

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• If one day I go to a game and I don't feel I can win, maybe I don't go.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Winning, Games

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• You can win the Champions League in the worst season.

  Roberto Di Matteo

  Football, Winning, Champions League

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• I think it's clearly the result of something that looks like a campaign.

  Jose Mourinho

  Football, Thinking, Campaigns

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• Chelsea are not made to play football. We're good on the counter, a little bit like Real against Bayern.

  Eden Hazard

  Football, Real, Play

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• This is football from the 19th century. It's very difficult to play a football match when only one team wants to play. A football match is about two teams playing. I told Big Sam, they need points. To come here the way they did, is that acceptable? Maybe it is, they need points. The only thing I could bring more was Black & Decker - a Black & Decker to destroy the West Ham wall.

  Jose Mourinho

  Football, Wall, Team

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• I couldn't give a s***! He just can't take it. Good old Jose, moaning again.

  Sam Allardyce

  Football, Giving, Moaning

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• The problem with Chelsea is I lack a striker. I have Samuel Eto'o but he is 32 years old - maybe 35, who knows?

  Jose Mourinho

  Football, Years, Problem

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• They need to show a bit more gut.

  Tim Sherwood

  Football, Needs, Shows

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• You can't get out-fought and out-desired. I don't want to see that again. I won't tolerate less than 100 percent desire. I'm their manager, not their babysitter.

  Tim Sherwood

  Football, Desire, Want

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• I can categorically tell you that Mario Balotelli will not be at Liverpool.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Mario, Liverpool

  "Signing Mario Balotelli could be Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers' shrewdest move yet at Anfield" by Jim Boardman, www.mirror.co.uk. August 21, 2014.

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• Look at Tottenham. You spend over £100-odd million, you'd expect to be challenging for the league.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Challenges, Looks

  "Brendan Rodgers enjoying pressure of Liverpool's title challenge", www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2014.

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• They have a choice as a club. They don't have to sell. Maybe Southampton's objectives have changed. They were looking to be a Champions League club, I believe. They obviously wanted to change... I don't have sympathy, no.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Believe, Champions League

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• I know how it goes. Six or seven months ago I was the manager of the year and I was going to be this and that, tactically this and tactically that, and now, because we have lost two world-class players, I am useless. But I accept that.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Player, Years

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• I must have just dreamed that about Liverpool playing 3-4-3. What do people think that was, a bit of luck? A British coach playing 3-4-3? A foreign coach doing that would be a tactical genius. I imagine people think I fell into that system through a stroke of luck or something... it took some thought. I didn't just throw them out there.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Thinking, People

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• Shut your noise, you old c***!

  Alan Pardew

  Football, Noise

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• He is not injured. He's not fit. He's not fit to play football, unfortunately. He played in a reserve game the other day and I could have run about more than he did. I can't pick him.

  Harry Redknapp

  Football, Running, Games

  "QPR boss Harry Redknapp slams 'overweight' Adel Taarabt after leaving him out of Liverpool defeat" by Liam Prenderville, www.mirror.co.uk. October 19, 2014.

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• I can't keep protecting people who don't want to run about and train, who are about three stone overweight. What am I supposed to keep saying? 'Keep getting your 60, 70 grand a week but don't train'? What's the game coming to?

  Harry Redknapp

  Football, Running, Games

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• I like Arsene for his principles but principles are sort of a restriction and restrictions are always lost possibilities.

  Alisher Usmanov

  Football, Principles, Possibility

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• It could end up like the Dog & Duck against the Red Lion.

  Gary Neville

  Football, Dog, Ducks

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• He's worse than Dracula because at least Dracula comes out of his coffin now and then. He seems to stay on his line and that's it.

  Simon Mignolet

  Football, Coffins, Lines

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• It was Tottenham at home. I thought: 'Please don't go on about Tottenham, we all know what Tottenham are about. They are nice and tidy but we'll f****** do them.' Alex came in and said: 'Lads, it's only Tottenham.' And that was it! Brilliant!

  Roy Keane

  Football, Nice, Home

  "Roy Keane says he and Alex Ferguson were on same wavelength at United" by James Riach, www.theguardian.com. October 20, 2014.

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• I got Robbie's mobile number and rang him. It went to his voicemail: 'Hi, it's Robbie - whazzup!' Like the Budweiser ad. I never called him back. I thought: 'I can't be f****** signing that'.

  Roy Keane

  Football, Numbers, Budweiser

  "The Second Half". Book by Roy Keane and Roddy Doyle, 2014.

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