The Wisdom of Gaffers

It was that strange situation, 2-0 up, 12 minutes gone, playing against 10 men.

Martin Allen, Gillingham, October 2013

He makes a mistake with a pass for the second and he tries to rectify his mistake with a rush of blood to the head, so he finds himself with an early shower.

Karl Robinson, MK Dons, October 2013

It's an error that's cost us, take the error out and it could have been a different result.

Graham Westley, Stevenage, October 2013

It's fantastic when a plan comes together

I always said if I was Allardichio, they'd always say I was more of a tactical genius rather than a broad Midlands accent that's got a bit of a northern accent to his English

Sam Allardyce, West Ham United, October 2013.

It's always a sign of a good team, when they don't actually play well they win the game. That's really key, that's general teams that get success.

Darren Ferguson, Peterborough United, October 2013.

I said before the game that if we scored first, we would go on to win the game. Certain circumstances have again dictated to us that we haven't done that.

The red card was one of those decisions. I'm not going to mention it because I don't think it warrants me mentioning it.

James Beattie, Accrington Stanley, October 2013.

We've got the brawn, but sometimes this game is about thinking as well.

Gareth Ainsworth, Wycombe Wanderers, October 2013.

But if you don't get a full loaf and you only get half of it, it gives you something to eat that's for sure.

Garry Hill, Woking, October 2013.

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22 yrs managing in the lower leagues

i wonder how much he gets paid at woking

Judging it from a neutral turning up and saying who deserved to win, I don't think you'll find someone who said that we wouldn't be at least worthy of a point

It was like when we were on the ball it was almost like a touch-touch stand and watch where we are going to play it and then play it.

Paul Hurst, Grimsby Town, October 2013.

It's good to score goals and we're scoring goals at the minute, which is a plus for me.

John Still, Luton Town, October 2013.

Profligate is our famous word at the moment.

Richard Money, Cambridge United, October 2013.

Malky Mackay's agent is not a manager, and does not therefore belong on this thread. But.

football is a precarious business and Malky's decision to stay might not thereafter be matched by all the powers that be deciding that he should stay, so in some respects that's pretty much in the hands of other people.

Was reading the Richard Money business the other day. Are you not entertained and all that. Fair fucks

I shouldn't have to ask a professional footballer to go out and run around and try.

Chris Morgan, Sheffield United (caretaker), October 2013.

My time at Bramall Lane is well documented now. I am a great believer in looking forward and not back. People will have to buy the book to get my views.

Micky Adams, Sheffield United, October 2013.

saw one of the gaffers itt this week looking particularly glum

next month is regla culling season for gaffers

They're finally getting their heads around my vision of what winning looks like

Graham Westley, Stevenage, October 2013.

westley is awful but exceptionally quotable

I sarcastically clapped him because he hadn't given us a decision all day. That was obviously wrong of me but, by the same token, he decided that he wanted to be the bigger and better man and send me off to the stand.

Graham Kavanagh, Carlisle United, October 2013.

You'd be a stupid, naïve man to think you've made something because you're sitting in the top six of the table.

Gareth Ainsworth, Wycombe Wanderers, October 2013.

We were excellent for 70 minutes, and we were excellent for 90 minutes last week and that won us the game, we've got to find that 20 minutes sometimes.

Mark Yates, Cheltenham Town, October 2013.

We've enough senior players on the pitch to make sure that it stays at 1-0. But if they got everything right, they wouldn't be here.

Aidy Boothroyd, Northampton Town, October 2013.

It's one of those victories that you don't want but you'll take.

1-0's a dangerous result.

David Moyes, Manchester United, October 2013.

It's difficult, always, to keep momentum overnight in five minutes.

David Flitcroft, Barnsley, October 2013.

I don't believe in having hiding places in football

Paul Cook, Chesterfield, October 2013.

We've enough senior players on the pitch to make sure that it stays at 1-0. But if they got everything right, they wouldn't be here.

This is amazing, like the club exists as a remedial school for shit footballers to improve.

I don't do excuses, I do reality.

Lee Clark, Birmingham City, October 2013.

this is such an important thread

perhaps a wisdom of gaffers exegesis thread is necessary, in the manner of dayo's photothread companion, this thread reserved strictly for gaffersprach?

This is football. You play with your feet so you are going to make mistakes.

Roberto Martinez, Everton, August 2013.

It's like deja vu and groundhog day.

Sean O'Driscoll, Bristol City, October 2013.

I thought they were immense in terms of their desire to not lose a football match.

Paul Cox, Mansfield Town, October 2013.

The opposition were magnificent in the pursuit of trying to win the match.

Keith Hill, Rochdale, October 2013.

:D the universal consciousness has spoken

saw one of the gaffers itt this week looking particularly glum

― fake irish times letters mac d (nakhchivan), Friday, 18 October 2013 18:49 (5 days ago)

RIP

tulse hill m8

surrey

was it one of those abysmal M25proximate gated model villages

nah he was near a restaurant which i suspect he may have just left

seemed somewhat sheeping possibly because i was staring at him and he suspected i was going to go on some JEDINAK IS FUCKING SHIT M8 diatribe except i was just trying to work out who that uncannily familiar short swarthy bald dude who i had never seen before actually was

lol sheepish

honestly i was just trying to get back to the carpark in one piece because it was midafternoon and i still hadn't had any caffeine or food and the last thing i wanted to do was traumatize another living soul, much less one on death row

ian holloway has stared at nakhchivan in his glory. fucken jealous of holloway

I can't have a confident, compact, 'everybody in it together' football club if some supporters are shouting at me to get some of the players off who are 'rubbish'.

They're not rubbish. They're exceptional people who are standing up to the challenges and the demands that I put in front of them. I never call my players rubbish and I wouldn't dare show them that lack of respect.

Keith Hill, Rochdale, October 2013.

We looked as if we'd turned up for a tea party in London

Steve Evans, Rotherham United, October 2013.

In the Championship the blue sky doesn't exist every weekend

Billy Davies, Nottingham Forest, October 2013.

If you fail or are successful you have to look yourself in the mirror and think you've done it the way you've done it yourself.

Ronnie Jepson, Bury, October 2013.