I'll start with the captain of the Welsh rugby team, Ryan Jones's effort on Saturday.
On being asked what was going through his mind when he made the crazy decision to take the penalty in the dying moments of the game that (I think) meant they had to convert it and get the ball back for another score to win without knowing how much injury time the referee was going to play:
"I suppose I put my **** on the block, but I got away with it, didn't I."
Nogood "didn't **** that one up, did he" Boyo
Mourinho's musings
"Wenger has a real problem with us and I think he is what you call in England a voyeur. He is someone who likes to watch other people. There are some guys who have this big telescope to look into the homes of other people and see what is happening. Wenger must be one of them - and it is a sickness . . . I don't know what is happening to him but I think he is in love with Chelsea. He loves us."
"When God was handing out brains Jonno decided to have a lie-in. He said to us recently: 'There are two suns, aren't there? One here and one abroad?'."
- West Brom's Andrew Johnson (yes the welsh one) on Jonathan Greening.
Da iawn, Owen.
I saw you watched the Wales/Scotland game. It was reported as being the most exciting game of all times! We can't get any rugby over here. Even the BBC online service doesn't show the highlights overseas. Sickening. I might just have to move back to the land of rain and gumboots.
Nogood "there's terrrible, it is isit" Boyo
Quote from: NogoodBoyo on February 15, 2010, 02:56:37 PM
Da iawn, Owen.
I saw you watched the Wales/Scotland game. It was reported as being the most exciting game of all times! We can't get any rugby over here. Even the BBC online service doesn't show the highlights overseas. Sickening. I might just have to move back to the land of rain and gumboots.
Nogood "there's terrrible, it is isit" Boyo
Be quick: -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUQC1lgpO8
Wales vs Scotland 2010 Six Nations (Epic Comeback) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSUQC1lgpO8#)
Aussie wicket keeper Ian Healy to Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga (?spelling) in reply to him asking the umpire for a runner...
"You don't get a runner for being an overweight, unfit, fat c*nt...."
Beautifully picked up by the stump microphone.
Ah the glory days when sledging stayed on field and you would have a beer with them at the close of play.
;D
"That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on."
John Lambie, Partick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was.
;D
"I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area, for goalies is between their legs"
ANDY GRAY, SkySport
;D
Possibly apocryphal, but definately Fulhamish, after the 1975 Cup Final our goalie, Peter Mellor, reportedly told manager Alec Stock, "Sorry, I should have kept my legs closed,"
Replied Alec, "No, but your mother should have kept hers closed."
Diolch yn fawr, Owen for the Wales v Scotland clip. I watched it twice before the Beebyfuzz take it down. What a finish!
Nogood "saying I was there, 'cos I wasn't, like" Boyo
Don't like the guy, but he is funny
over to Mick Plastic McCarthy
Mick McCarthy's 1st interview as Wolves boss (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0O_qkvR5qc#)
Nothing beat this though. Joe Kinnear in his finest moment, and at a press conference I might add. Don't let your kids listen...:
Joe Kinnear - You're a ****! rant at press conference. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_NQqnc_ue0#)
From the legend of quotes, Yogi Berra
Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.
I never said most of the things I said.
If you come to a fork in the road, take it.
It ain't over till it's over.
We have deep depth.
The Al Pacino (some crap American sort film) speech adapted for Fulham just before the Pompey away great escape game, well around that time (ish) made the hairs stand up on end. I'm sure WhiteNoise (sorry i keep lumbering you with the job) will be able to find and post a link t it. Ok not really a quote , but class and i'd love to see it again.
Quote from: FatFreddysCat on February 16, 2010, 12:09:41 AM
The Al Pacino (some crap American sort film) speech adapted for Fulham just before the Pompey away great escape game, well around that time (ish) made the hairs stand up on end. I'm sure WhiteNoise (sorry i keep lumbering you with the job) will be able to find and post a link t it. Ok not really a quote , but class and i'd love to see it again.
I know what youre talking about, it was from the movie "Any Given Sunday", one of my favorites... that clip was fantastic.
"Football is not a matter of life and death... it's much more important than that".
Bill Shankly.
George Dubya Bush.. "I have my own opinions, sometimes very strong opinions, which sometimes I don't agree with"
"Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been a virgin."
Peter Crouch
Quote from: The Doctor on February 16, 2010, 11:23:10 AM
"Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been a virgin."
Peter Crouch
That made me laugh. I think Peter Beardsley may very well have found himself in the same boat
Of Robbie Savage apparently.
If brains were chocolate he wouldn't have enough for a smartie.
Quote from: finnster01 on February 16, 2010, 11:25:02 AM
That made me laugh. I think Peter Beardsley may very well have found himself in the same boat
Beardsley once came into the shop I worked in. After he left, a female colleague described him as "hot". Her word. I subsequently described her as "blind"
What no Strachan quotes?...
Reporter: So, Gordon, in what areas do you think Middlesbrough were better than you today?
Strachan: What areas? Mainly that big green one out there...
Reporter: Bang, there goes your unbeaten run. Can you take it?
Strachan: No, I'm just going to crumble like a wreck. I'll go home, become an alcoholic and maybe jump of a bridge. Umm, I think I can take it, yeah.
Reporter: Welcome to Southampton Football Club. Do you think you are the right man to turn things around?
Strachan: No. I was asked if I thought I was the right man for the job and I said, "No, I think they should have got George Graham because I'm useless."
...the funniest thing I have ever heard from Strachan was when he was being hounded by a TV crew and correspondent for a comment after a game:-
TV Crew: "Mr Strachan, can I have a quick word"
Gordon Strachan: "Velocity" and he walked away! Absolute classic...
...not forgetting 'Jonners', Brian Johnston, I'm not a fan of cricket, but he made it worth listening to:-
"The bowlers Holding, the batsman's Willey"
and
"Harvey, standing at leg slip with his legs apart, waiting for a tickle"
RIP Jonners...
Quote from: NogoodBoyo on February 15, 2010, 02:56:37 PM
Da iawn, Owen.
I saw you watched the Wales/Scotland game. It was reported as being the most exciting game of all times! We can't get any rugby over here. Even the BBC online service doesn't show the highlights overseas. Sickening. I might just have to move back to the land of rain and gumboots.
Nogood "there's terrrible, it is isit" Boyo
Setanta Sports have been covering the 6 Nations Boyo.
Today:# 12:15 am Six Nations: Wales v Scotland
2008 champions Wales host Scotland at the Millennium Stadium.
# 2:00 am Six Nations: France v Ireland
France play host to defending champions Ireland at the Stade de France as they look to avenge their defeat at Croke Park last season.
# 3:45 am Six Nations: Italy v England
Italy host England at the Stadio Flaminio, where they hope to make history with their first victory over Martin Johnson's side.
Tomorrow:4:15 am Six Nations: Wales v Scotland
2008 champions Wales host Scotland at the Millennium Stadium.
Thursday:# 2:30 am Six Nations: France v Ireland
France play host to defending champions Ireland at the Stade de France as they look to avenge their defeat at Croke Park last season.
# 4:15 am Six Nations: Italy v England
Italy host England at the Stadio Flaminio, where they hope to make history with their first victory over Martin Johnson's side.
# 3:15 pm Six Nations: Italy v England
Italy host England at the Stadio Flaminio, where they hope to make history with their first victory over Martin Johnson's side.
# 5:00 pm Six Nations: Wales v Scotland
2008 champions Wales host Scotland at the Millennium Stadium.
# 6:45 pm Six Nations: France v Ireland
France play host to defending champions Ireland at the Stade de France as they look to avenge their defeat at Croke Park last season.
# 8:30 pm Six Nations Highlights
A round up of all the action from the weekend's Six Nations fixtures.
# 10:15 pm Rugby Game of the Week
Italy v England
Friday:12:00 am Six Nations Highlights
A round up of all the action from the weekend's Six Nations fixtures.
# 1:00 pm Six Nations Highlights
A round up of all the action from the weekend's Six Nations fixtures.
# 2:00 pm Total Rugby
The International Rugby Board's weekly television programme, containing an exciting mix of features and action.
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Damn, that's a whole lotta rugby LM!
Sir Bobby Robson
We didn't underestimate them but they were a lot better than we thought – after England sneaked through against Cameroon in the 1990 World Cup.
The first 90 minutes are the most important.
We're flying on the Concorde. That'll shorten the distance – that's self-explanatory.
I would have given my right arm to be a pianist.
I'm not going to look beyond the semi-final – but I would love to lead Newcastle out at the final.
I do want to play the short ball and I do want to play the long ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.
He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.
If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won't lay any eggs in the basket.
There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game they lose.
Steve Hodge has been unfit for two weeks, well, no, for 14 days.
Look at those olive trees – they're two hundred years old – from before the time of Christ! – Sir Bobby illustrates how great life is in Barcelona.
Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle – on Titus Bramble at Newcastle.
I played cricket for my local village. It was 40 overs per side, and the team that had the most runs won. It was that sort of football.
He's got his legs back, of course, or his leg – he's always had one but now he's got two.
He never fails to hit the target – but that was a miss.
Sir Bobby to Bryan Robson: Good morning, Bobby. Bryan: You're Bobby, I'm Bryan!
Read more: http://soccerlens.com/funny-quotes-by-football-managers/1203/#ixzz0fibrhHn5 (http://soccerlens.com/funny-quotes-by-football-managers/1203/#ixzz0fibrhHn5)
Brian Clough
I wouldn't say I'm the best manager but I'm in the top one
They say Rome wasn't built in a day, but I wasn't on that particular job
If I had an argument with a player we would sit down for twenty minutes, talk about it and then decide I was right!
The river Trent is lovely, I know because I have walked on it for 18 years
Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right
Football hooligans – well, there are 92 club chairmen for a start
I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball? He might grab mine.
Read more: http://soccerlens.com/funny-quotes-by-football-managers/1203/#ixzz0firW0dQa (http://soccerlens.com/funny-quotes-by-football-managers/1203/#ixzz0firW0dQa)
Fantastic stuff there Daddy. Bobby and Cloughy were true geniuses!
A couple more from Yogi Berra; "That guy hits from both sides of the plate, he's amphibious","Even Napoleon had his Watergate", "I always thought that record would stand until it was broken"
John McKay was an American football college coaching legend who was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers first coach and had to endure 26 straight losses to begin the teams' history;
When asked about the Bucs execution following a loss.."I think it's a good idea"
"If a contest had 97 prizes, the 98th prize would be a trip to Green Bay"
"We didn't tackle well today, but we made up for it by not blocking"
a Yank favorite.
Philadelphia 76er Moses Malone after the first game of the first round of the NBA playoffs: "I am not over-confident about this series. ... and I'm not over-confident about the next round either."
and another.
"I don't have any pre-game superstitions. I think they're bad luck." -- Tommy John, LA Dodgers
and another.
"You shouldn't compare me with my father. Our similarities are different." Dale Berra [Yogi's son]
and finally.
"If the Super Bowl is 'the ultimate game' why are they having another one next year?" -- Duane Thomas, Dallas Cowboys.
Thanks Logical for the offer. Very kind of you. We don't speak Setanta in my manor, but I'll see if I can get the highlights from a friend at least.
Nogood "oval and out" Boyo