Thursday, October 9, 2008

Football Quotes of the Week!

A series of highly entertaining one-liners from...

"A cataclysmic cock-up" - Gary Megson's view of Rob Styles' unfathomable penalty award for Manchester United against his Bolton side.

"Rob turned down four or five for us last year so maybe we got payback today but he still owes us four" - Sir Alex Ferguson's alternative outlook.

"I can't think of any other team in the world who ask you to play against the likes of Dimitar Berbatov, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez, yet we were doing okay and had had the best chance of the game. But unfortunately to that four you had to add Rob Styles" - The final word from the Bolton boss.

"Jeremiah" - Joe Kinnear struggles to identify Geremi.

"I don't think he even shaves" - Wenger considers the growth (or otherwise) of 16-year-old Jack Wilshere, a scorer during the Arsenal kids' rout of Sheffield United.

"I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to be able to communicate with you journalists and you think that I lacked respect. Who is Ranieri to speak? After five years in England he had trouble saying good morning and good afternoon" - Jose Mourinho's scathing response after Claudio Ranieri, his predecessor as Chelsea manager, criticised him for skipping a midweek press conference.

"The Premier League is the best championship in the world right now, in all aspects. All the clubs are very well organised" - But Phil Scolari's Chelsea side is top of the table so he would say that, wouldn't he?

"I have never seen anything like it. It's like a UFO landing" - The bewildered reaction of Watford manager Aidy Boothroyd to the award of the goal-that-wasn't-even-a-goal-kick at Vicarage Road on Saturday

"I wouldn't swap him for anyone at the moment. Except Pele" - Gabriel Agbonlahor damns Aston Villa team-mate John Carew with faint praise: Edson Arantes do Nascimento aka Pele is now 67.

"The start United have had was not because of my absence, because last season we also started badly and I was playing" - Cristiano Ronaldo proves he can be modest.

and the kicker....

"Statistics are like mini skirts: what they reveal is interesting but what they conceal is vital!" - Anonymous

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