The Wisdom of Gaffers

Our aim is to constantly sustain wins

Sean Dyche, Burnley, August 2013.

You talk to a mountain climber and if he's too scared to let go to try and get higher then you're going to fall off, aren't you?"

Ian Holloway, Crystal Palace, August 2013

We have made a good start. But what does that mean?

Billy Davies, Nottingham Forest, August 2013.

I didn't get relegated many times in my career

Greg Abbott, Carlisle United, August 2013.

The only inevitability in football is that you are going to lose games.

Sean O'Driscoll, Bristol City, August 2013.

It was a good challenge for us not to collapse and we didn't do that and deserved something from it.

Joe Dunne, Colchester United, August 2013.

You have to have a certain mindset when you come to places like Stevenage, not just physically but also mentally

Russell Slade, Leyton Orient, August 2013.

The only inevitability in football is that you are going to lose games.

Sean O'Driscoll, Bristol City, August 2013.

nothing wrong with that

Ah, I mostly liked that one cos it perfectly complements his face:

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/65269000/jpg/_65269326_sod_sg.jpg

yesssssss

will never forgive forest for breaking up the o'driscoll/coppell crawley dream fun train in its infancy

trying to imagine sod's chin up lad negotiating technique for when he pops into coppell's office and finds him about to kick the chair away

― r|t|c, Monday, 2 July 2012 21:53 (1 year ago) Bookmark

To be able to bring on Hoffi with this freshness and virginity, to see him spread so much joy, was a wonderful thing.

Jürgen Klopp, Borussia Dortmund, August 2013.

Football is strange. Even a midget can score a goal. Because he is intelligent.

Paolo Di Canio, Sunderland, August 2013

lol

We had to show everything today - all four seasons in one game

Owen Coyle, Wigan Athletic, August 2013.

The big thing was, I was asking them in the team talk to go that extra mile, and there's not much traffic in that extra mile, and a lot of my players got there today.

Russell Slade, Leyton Orient, August 2013.

Things aren't always going to go your way.

Sean O'Driscoll, Bristol City, August 2013.

You might say we've got no out and out attacking player, but Luke (Freeman) and Lionel Messi are a similar type of player and you wouldn't accuse Barcelona of playing without an attacking threat.

Graham Westley, Stevenage, September 2013.

gordon strachan had some choice thoughts about genetics after losing to belgium

He'll be expecting to play on Tuesday and I'll have to make a decision to go along with his expectancy or surprise him.

Roy Hodgson, England, September 2013.

‘My kids don’t call me dad, They call me medal winner.

Anything can happen in professional sport.

Dougie Freedman, Bolton Wanderers, September 2013.

We've got players who've got quality in the final third, and unfortunately it just vacated them today.

Richie Barker, Crawley Town, September 2013.

I will not get drawn into a situation where people have to make decisions and they affect me.

Ian Holloway, Crystal Palace, September 2013.

Calling me a donkey doesn't offend me because they are one of the most hard-working animals

Dunga, Internacional, September 2013

Nine times out of 10 your first reaction is the right reaction

Paul Dickov, Doncaster Rovers, September 2013.

ha ha, that's superb.

I want to design a football team that wins games.

David Flitcroft, Barnsley, September 2013.

flitcroftstein

We have to start putting our opportunities away, but we're not always going to have Robert Green in goal against us.

Gary Johnson, Yeovil Town, September 2013.

He's got a heart as big as a bucket

Terry Butcher, Inverness Caledonian Thistle, September 2013.

We didn't quite hurt them enough in the second half in the last third, but neither did they.

Steve Davis, Crewe Alexandra, September 2013.

You spend your life in football being frustrated and disappointed and have rare moments of jubilation and success.

Sean O'Driscoll, Bristol City, September 2013.

:)

If we make a big issue of it, then it becomes the white elephant in the room

Sean O'Driscoll, Bristol City, September 2013.

We are slipping over in certain matches but we're certainly not falling down.

Dougie Freedman, Bolton Wanderers, September 2013.

We have fallen off the bar stool and we want to get back on it

Terry Butcher, Inverness, September 2013

easier said than done.

I made it clear when Charlie Austin left that this was an opportunity for (Sam Vokes and Danny Ings) to become their own version of him

Sean Dyche, Burnley, September 2013.

✓

so we got beaten 3-0 by ten men, that's what he's saying right

We mark the players after the game and you have to have seven out of tens rather than fours.

Mick McCarthy, Ipswich Town, September 2013.

I thought Ben Gibson gave one of our best performances. For a young boy he's got a voice

Tony Mowbray, Middlesbrough, September 2013.

They say on average that 10.2 points qualifies. How will we make the 0.2 is a mystery but that is what is needed.

Arsene Wenger, Arsenal, September 2013

Gotta say I'm loving Wenger atm. Reminds me of when Ali climbed off the ropes against Foreman.

it's as if that 40m cash in reserve was his balrog all along

When you're top of the league you naturally come over the radar

Sean Dyche, Burnley, October 2013.

:D this season's flitcroft already anointed

dyche has been swygarts muse for some time now -- and quite rightly