The Wisdom of Gaffers

As a club, unit and city, we are going to have to be patient

Michael Appleton, Oxford United, August 2014.

extra thick shin guards for everybody playing Notts County this season then

It's never going to be a complete reflection of the first game because of the pressure on that game, depending on whether you're home or away, whether you've got a new team or the same team - there's always going to be variables.

Gary Rowett, Burton Albion, August 2014.

I don't see any disadvantage of people looking in and saying 'they could be good'.

Graham Westley, Stevenage, August 2014.

When the fixtures come out there’s not necessarily a good time to play teams. For me, Watford away on Boxing Day is perfect because I can see my mum. But there’s no footballing reason for any of the others.

Kenny Jackett, Wolves, August 2014

We have never not been friends

Stuart Pearce, Nottingham Forest, August 2014.

It is all about moments and we did not have moments

David Hockaday, Leeds United, August 2014.

In many senses it was the perfect away performance because we scored the goals at key times.

Eddie Howe, AFC Bournemouth, August 2014.

I just want people to show me and my team some respect. Van Gogh is a decent painter now isn't he but when he was alive he was just a bloke with half an ear.

Ian Holloway, Millwall, August 2014.

dear christ

It was difficult to explain and sometimes that is what happens in sport.

Mark Robins, Huddersfield Town, August 2014.

I am sick we haven't won the game but I am looking at it in a totally positive manner.

Nigel Adkins, Reading, August 2014.

Many people around the country thought when they saw we were away at Derby it would be lambs to the slaughter. But we aren't going to be lambs to the slaughter for anyone.

Steve Evans, Rotherham United, August 2014.

Holloway is a bastard with a spinning bow-tie and an electro-shock hand zapper. Typical shitty person hiding behind a zany clown mask.

at least someone like steve evans is all bastard, straight up, eh

Never seen a bigger bastard than him tbh. Was looking for that ungracious not at all magnanimous victory speech he gave when got Boston promoted about a decade ago.

Just to expand on that. Dag + Redbridge had pushed Boston Utd all season for the conference title in which it went down to the last game of the season where both sides finished on identical points but Boston Utd had a better goal difference. To the sky cameras he said, full of hubris and bursting veins " My team are doing a lap of honour because they are actually champions unlike them." It was repulsive.

yeah steve evans is as close as the current roll of nonpremiership gafferdom has to a cartoon villain. rotherham must go down

bumper day for gaffer wisdom tbf

He is devastating, he's come back a man.

He has an unbelievable talent, he wants to score goals and can score goals, with a magical left foot.

Gary Mills, Gateshead, August 2014.

I thought it was fantastic from start to nearly finish.

Andy Scott, Aldershot Town, August 2014.

I don't call it the Conference. I just think it is another division.

Martin Allen, Barnet, August 2014.

wonderful from mad dog there

Being brutally honest, we started like a bag of spanners

Liam Watson, AFC Telford, August 2014.

We knew it was going to be tough coming to Alfreton with a nice playing surface

Garry Hill, Woking, August 2014.

If you treat victories and defeats with a similar level of sanity then you’ve got a chance.

Alistair Mccoist, "Rangers", August 2014.

It's refreshing when a young footballer who is trying to make his way in the game is willing to sign for no wages

Jim Bentley, Morecambe, August 2014.

You ask your defender to block things, save the goal by every possible means of your body.

Joe Dunne, Colchester United, August 2014.

We weren't as offensive as I'd have liked us to be but we wanted them to show a lot of work rate and ability with the ball, and they nearly did.

Mark Yates, Cheltenham Town, August 2014.

I am very proud of our history and even though I wasn't part of it in the past, it is something I get associated with, being connected to Crawley.

John Gregory, Crawley Town, August 2014.

We were out-thought, out-fought and out-energised.

Lee Johnson, Oldham Athletic, August 2014.

Alistair Mccoist, "Rangers", August 2014.

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Love the quotes btw.

I've been in football for 40 years and pressure is my middle name.

Dave Pressure Hockaday, Leeds United, August 2014.

We cannot take a lot of positives out of the game. I didn't like it.

Sami Hyypia, Brighton and Hove Albion, August 2014.

Worse things have happened and if Stephen Ward wants to play in the Premier League and doesn't want to come here, it's OK.

Sami Hyypia, Brighton and Hove Albion, August 2014.

I need to be strong in every moment, but I'm not going to apologise to him because he said things to me. Never ever.

Bob Peeters, Charlton Athletic, August 2014.

In all honesty if we play to the best of our ability I will always come away disappointed we haven't won a game.

Stuart Pearce, Nottingham Forest, August 2014.

To show character to come from behind to win the game, I think that takes a lot more effort.

Steve Cotterill, Bristol City, August 2014.

You can't see, unless you watch FlashForward on the telly and there is a blackout across the world and you get two minutes and 17 seconds to see what the future is going to hold, then you can make those decisions very well and make yourself a lot of money. You'll all go away from here and watch FlashForward now, it's On Demand

Sam Allardyce, West Ham United, August 2014.

Every breath that Pearce takes is a disappointment.

omg that Allardyce quote

The boys had a great buy-in to our philosophy. We try to stimulate them in terms of training and when you do that there's an education side to it.

John Hughes, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, August 2014.

When the atmosphere in the stadium is stronger, because there is that bragging rights factor, nobody gets turned off by that and I'm sure everybody gets turned on by it.

It's up to us to make sure we continue our march towards where we want to be sooner rather than later.

Graham Westley, Stevenage, August 2014.

There's plenty of positives to find, even when things are tough, sometimes they're the best days because they make the job simpler and clearer and when you've got clarity you've always got somewhere to move with the team.

Paul Tisdale, Exeter City, August 2014.

We don't want to be greedy; we've got to be reality-bound

Sean Dyche, Burnley, August 2014.

I have always generally picked him which is a reflection of what a manager thinks of a player.

I think he is a very good player. I think he is a very good character. They will be the two things in my time here that I will judge him on.

Kenny Jackett, Wolverhampton Wanderers, August 2014.

I'm very happy for the result because I saw a team made by men today, great men.

It's the first time for me that I've seen this (amount) of commitment and effort from my lads. I saw my face on the pitch today.

Beppe Sannino, Watford, August 2014.

I'd rather be up there to be shot at than bottom of the league, because when you're at the bottom of the league, everybody wants to shoot at you as well.

Steve Cotterill, Bristol City, September 2014

There have been scenarios when it's been good for me and this isn't.

Alan Pardew, Newcastle United, September 2014.

It's no secret that I've wanted to manage in the Football League again. When a job comes up at a club as close to your heart as Accrington, then that ticks two boxes.

John Coleman, Accrington Stanley, September 2014.