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Quotes Of The Week
Friday February 11 2005
Walter Pandiani is a madman, Jermaine Pennant is an idiot, while Alex
Ferguson isn't at all rosy. Check out these and all the other most memorable
quotes from players and managers this week.
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* "Amazing what you can see through his glasses. I must get a pair" - Gary
Lineker on Sven's specs.
* "I defy anybody to learn anything from that match. It was very bad - a
night to forget for England. And the use of substitutes was scary - Andrew
Johnson was hung out to dry. He has been prolific through the middle with
Crystal Palace, absolutely brilliant, but wide right is not his position. It
was crazy." - Alan Hansen lead the criticism of Sven's tactics in England's
0-0 draw with Holland.
* "I could have stayed but would have broken my neck with all the high
balls. Strange things happen here but I'll wait until I write a book to tell
everything." - Former Southampton midfielder Anders Svensson.
* "I'm the happiest man alive. It feels like I've won the Lottery. And I
share a dream with the board - competing in the Premiership. The passion and
commitment at this club from top to bottom is just fantastic. We're not
instant coffee here, this is long term." - QPR boss Ian Holloway on signing
his new 3½-year contract.
* "My greed for money destroyed everything. I can understand the fans that
hate me. I just think 'You're such an idiot'" - match-fixing German referee
Robert Hoyzer. His dad reportedly vomited for hours after hearing the news.
* "I wish Steve had said to me not to let him go, to enforce the contract.
But the manager said Savage was being impossible and for the good of the
team he had to go. That's not what I would have done. I would have stuck it
out, probably blamed the board. Savage would have come around." - Birmingham
City president David Sullivan.
* "I have no qualms about bringing Pennant here. He made a mistake and was a
complete idiot. But he comes from the poorest council estate in Nottingham
and can hardly read or write." - Birmingham City president David Sullivan
again. Is he the least tactful man in Britain?
* "In the main, stars are so precious. Some might not want to go out there
and play if they've broken a finger nail, others might have to make sure
their hair is in place - that sort of thing. I remember we had Christopher
Wreh on loan and he once refused to play after hurting this thumb! Paul
Furlong likened himself to a thoroughbred racehorse. He had to be at peak
condition otherwise we wouldn't see him. - David Sullivan. Quality.
* "I'd have to be mad to want to come to Birmingham. I'm only here because
Deportivo made this happen and my wife forced me. Depor forced me to go by
deliberately screwing up a move to Fiorentina. Now I am in Birmingham
instead of Florence. Only a madman would want to come here." - new
Birmingham signing Walter Pandiani.
* "The Premier League is a great competition. It is an honour for me to play
in England and for Birmingham." The same Walter Pandiani a day later.
* "Ferguson didn't give me enough time to be a success. He lacked patience
and it seemed I would always be the scapegoat. I got tired of being a
substitute for Ruud van Nistelrooy. The manager only had eyes for the
Dutchman. And Roy Keane didn't like me from the moment I arrived." -
Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan - who has scored 13 goals since joining
Villarreal and is La Liga's second highest scorer after Barcelona's Samuel
Eto'o.
* "I was settled at Manchester United, I had even just ordered a new
kitchen, but they wanted to sell me. If a club want to sell you, there is
nothing you can do. You can be sold like cattle." - Jaap Stam, who is
incidentally not bent on revenge.
* "At times like that, Sky must realise how lucky they are. They have done a
fantastic job in taking English football on but to get something like that
to show viewers all round the world, it must have left their producers
purring like cats." - Alex Ferguson after the ManYoo Arsenal clash.
* "They felt they couldn't beat us playing football so they tried to beat us
in a different way - direct football, first ball, second ball, being nasty
and hard and trying to intimidate players. During this afternoon it rained
only in this stadium - our kitman saw it - they tried everything. There must
be a microclimate here." - A paranoid Jose Mourinho.
* "I have been here for six or seven months so I am still new and there are
a few things I don't understand well. One of the things is who is
controlling the matches on television and who decides which game is on
Saturday, which is on Sunday and which is on Monday? I cannot understand why
it is always the same team with the difficult task. Somebody is in charge,
somebody is controlling, somebody is deciding and somebody is always giving
us the difficult task. Who decides because I don't know? I need answers.'' -
Jose 'the whole world is against me' Mourinho.
* "I had some money if I had needed it. There is no problem in spending the
money. But I feel we had the necessary quality to win the championship with
the players we have. It's always easy to say that we aren't responsible for
anything, so let's buy. These are the same players who won the championship
unbeaten last year.'' - Arsene Wenger - trying to convince...himself?
* "Craig has to be careful where he eats, drinks and mixes." - Celtic
striker John Hartson.
Quotes Of The Week
Friday February 11 2005
Walter Pandiani is a madman, Jermaine Pennant is an idiot, while Alex
Ferguson isn't at all rosy. Check out these and all the other most memorable
quotes from players and managers this week.
Email Us Chat Forum
Mail article Print article
* "Amazing what you can see through his glasses. I must get a pair" - Gary
Lineker on Sven's specs.
* "I defy anybody to learn anything from that match. It was very bad - a
night to forget for England. And the use of substitutes was scary - Andrew
Johnson was hung out to dry. He has been prolific through the middle with
Crystal Palace, absolutely brilliant, but wide right is not his position. It
was crazy." - Alan Hansen lead the criticism of Sven's tactics in England's
0-0 draw with Holland.
* "I could have stayed but would have broken my neck with all the high
balls. Strange things happen here but I'll wait until I write a book to tell
everything." - Former Southampton midfielder Anders Svensson.
* "I'm the happiest man alive. It feels like I've won the Lottery. And I
share a dream with the board - competing in the Premiership. The passion and
commitment at this club from top to bottom is just fantastic. We're not
instant coffee here, this is long term." - QPR boss Ian Holloway on signing
his new 3½-year contract.
* "My greed for money destroyed everything. I can understand the fans that
hate me. I just think 'You're such an idiot'" - match-fixing German referee
Robert Hoyzer. His dad reportedly vomited for hours after hearing the news.
* "I wish Steve had said to me not to let him go, to enforce the contract.
But the manager said Savage was being impossible and for the good of the
team he had to go. That's not what I would have done. I would have stuck it
out, probably blamed the board. Savage would have come around." - Birmingham
City president David Sullivan.
* "I have no qualms about bringing Pennant here. He made a mistake and was a
complete idiot. But he comes from the poorest council estate in Nottingham
and can hardly read or write." - Birmingham City president David Sullivan
again. Is he the least tactful man in Britain?
* "In the main, stars are so precious. Some might not want to go out there
and play if they've broken a finger nail, others might have to make sure
their hair is in place - that sort of thing. I remember we had Christopher
Wreh on loan and he once refused to play after hurting this thumb! Paul
Furlong likened himself to a thoroughbred racehorse. He had to be at peak
condition otherwise we wouldn't see him. - David Sullivan. Quality.
* "I'd have to be mad to want to come to Birmingham. I'm only here because
Deportivo made this happen and my wife forced me. Depor forced me to go by
deliberately screwing up a move to Fiorentina. Now I am in Birmingham
instead of Florence. Only a madman would want to come here." - new
Birmingham signing Walter Pandiani.
* "The Premier League is a great competition. It is an honour for me to play
in England and for Birmingham." The same Walter Pandiani a day later.
* "Ferguson didn't give me enough time to be a success. He lacked patience
and it seemed I would always be the scapegoat. I got tired of being a
substitute for Ruud van Nistelrooy. The manager only had eyes for the
Dutchman. And Roy Keane didn't like me from the moment I arrived." -
Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan - who has scored 13 goals since joining
Villarreal and is La Liga's second highest scorer after Barcelona's Samuel
Eto'o.
* "I was settled at Manchester United, I had even just ordered a new
kitchen, but they wanted to sell me. If a club want to sell you, there is
nothing you can do. You can be sold like cattle." - Jaap Stam, who is
incidentally not bent on revenge.
* "At times like that, Sky must realise how lucky they are. They have done a
fantastic job in taking English football on but to get something like that
to show viewers all round the world, it must have left their producers
purring like cats." - Alex Ferguson after the ManYoo Arsenal clash.
* "They felt they couldn't beat us playing football so they tried to beat us
in a different way - direct football, first ball, second ball, being nasty
and hard and trying to intimidate players. During this afternoon it rained
only in this stadium - our kitman saw it - they tried everything. There must
be a microclimate here." - A paranoid Jose Mourinho.
* "I have been here for six or seven months so I am still new and there are
a few things I don't understand well. One of the things is who is
controlling the matches on television and who decides which game is on
Saturday, which is on Sunday and which is on Monday? I cannot understand why
it is always the same team with the difficult task. Somebody is in charge,
somebody is controlling, somebody is deciding and somebody is always giving
us the difficult task. Who decides because I don't know? I need answers.'' -
Jose 'the whole world is against me' Mourinho.
* "I had some money if I had needed it. There is no problem in spending the
money. But I feel we had the necessary quality to win the championship with
the players we have. It's always easy to say that we aren't responsible for
anything, so let's buy. These are the same players who won the championship
unbeaten last year.'' - Arsene Wenger - trying to convince...himself?
* "Craig has to be careful where he eats, drinks and mixes." - Celtic
striker John Hartson.
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