“Why do people criticise his intelligence when he can do something as miraculous as that?” PeopleCan DoPlayerFootballSoccerMiraculousCan Do SomethingCriticise Author:Shania Twain
“Being thick isn't an affliction if you're a footballer, because your brains need to be in your feet. And Beckham works hard, he's brave and he crosses a ball superbly. He treats a football like he does a wife, lovingly, with caresses.” IfsNeedsDoeHardBrainWifePlayerFeetFootballHard WorkCrossesTreatsBallsBraveSoccerThickAfflictionFootballerCaressBeckham Author:Brian Clough
“Bayern's midfielder, Owen Hargreaves, who scampered around the pitch like an office boy on amphetamines for the last 25 minutes or so.” LastsBoysPlayerMinutesFootballOfficeSoccerMidfieldersAmphetamines Author:Rod Liddle
“How on earth Traore gets into this team is beyond me. And he's a Champions League winner? Gimme a break.” DifferentEarthClassBreakPlayerTeamFootballSittingSoccerWinnerLeagueChampionBenchesFellasChampions LeagueSitting On The Bench Author:Johnny Giles
“The game's finest mistakes were perpetrated by Djimi Traore, who interrupted his general competence with one air shot, one slice over his own head and a foul so telegraphed that even the lenient referee seemed to have his card out a couple of seconds before contact was made, to show the first yellow of the game.” FirstsMadeShowsGamesMistakePlayerAirFootballCoupleShotsContactCardsSoccerSecondsYellowFinestCompetenceFoulInterruptedRefereeLenient Author:Phil Cornwell
“Just when you feel like hauling him off and strangling hin, he gets some goal out of nowhere.” FeelsGoalPlayerFootballSoccerStrangling Author:Martin O'Neill
“Titus Bramble: The only explanation for his existence in the Premiership is that he is already here.” ExistencePlayerFootballSoccerExplanation Author:Pete Gill
“There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.” AgePlayerFootballSoccer Author:Ron Atkinson
“Mauricio Pellegrino has the pace of a tricycle with a flat tyre ridden by Luciano Pavarotti, and the turning speed of an oil tanker with its anchor set.” PlayerFootballSpeedOilSoccerFlatsPaceAnchorsTyresTricyclesPavarotti Author:Pete Gill
