“Arsenal's never-improving injury list increasingly attracts curiosity rather than sympathy.” Quote by Pete Gill
“Speed is what makes the Premiership exciting. The millions who would have watched Manchester United and Chelsea would have seen a non-stop game in which the pace was electric even though the first half was a non-event. You could see a better technical game in Spain but for sheer frenetic movement there is nothing that comes close... Pace is more critical in the Premiership than in any other major league and if you don't have pace, you have to compensate with power or ability in the air and since Shevchenko has no power and is not particularly good in the air, he is in trouble.” IfsFirstsGamesAbilityUnitedHalfMillionsTroubleAirEventsMovementFootballMajorsExcitingCriticalSpeedSoccerAnalysisLeaguePaceElectricSheerSpainManchesterChelseaManchester UnitedMajor LeagueNon Stop Author:Alan Hansen
“United have spent all season commemorating the 50th anniversary of Busby's decision to defy the Football League and take the club on a tragic and triumphant journey into Europe, but no orchestrated event could conjure the celebrations ignited by last night's outstanding obliteration of Roma or deliver a more fitting tribute.” LastsNightDecisionUnitedJourneyEventsFootballEuropeSeasonsClubsSoccerAnalysisLeagueTragicCelebrationLast NightOutstandingFittingTributeTriumphant50th Anniversary Author:Andy Hunter
“On Saturday morning, one of the two teams still unbeaten in the Premiership occupied a modest seventh place. It is an illustration of the relentless pace being set at the top of the league in which every stumble is a serious fall and draws usually constitute two dropped points.” StillsTwoFallMorningTeamFootballSeriousDrawsSoccerAnalysisLeaguePaceModestSaturdayRelentlessIllustrationSaturday MorningUnbeaten Author:Pete Gill
“It is a certainty that Keegan would not have agreed to return unless Mike Ashley had committed to sanctioning a mammoth spending spree. The downside, which Keegan will soon discover, is the law of diminishing returns in a league that is now the richest in the world. The type of multi-million-pound investment that bankrolled the first Newcastle revival under Keegan is now two-a-penny. Buying success just isn't as easy as it used to be. The Premiership's paradox is that the more money there is, the more the art of management gains in value.” WorldFirstsArtTwoLawUsedValuesEasyMillionsFootballTypeReturnGainsManagementInvestmentCommittedSpendingUsed To BeCertaintySoccerAnalysisLeagueBuyingPoundsParadoxMore MoneyMikeRevivalPenniesNewcastleAshleyDiminishing Returns Author:Pete Gill
“In a bygone era, penalty-takers would put their laces through the ball and threaten to put a permanent bulge in the netting. For reasons that remain a mystery, the modern preference is for side-footed placement and so the dilemma of goalkeepers has changed from whether to take a guess at dive right or left to if they should dive at all. Or at least that ought to have been their reappraisal. Almunia was feted as the hero in Rome but had he and Doni stayed in the centre of their goal then the number of saves they made in the shoot-out would have been doubled.” IfsShouldHas BeensMadeReasonLeftSidesGoalNumbersMysteryModernChangedFootballOughtHeroBallsErasSoccerPermanentAnalysisRomePenaltiesCentrePreferenceDilemmaLacePlacementGoalkeepers Author:Pete Gill
“It's my opinion that a manager must have the right to manage and that clubs should not impose upon any manager any player that he does not want. I have been left with no choice other than to leave.” WantShouldDoeHas BeensChoicesLeftOpinionPlayerFootballClubsManageManagersSoccerAnalysis Author:Kevin Keegan
“The club continued to make significant player decisions without involving me. In the end such a breach of trust and confidence meant that I had no option but to leave.” EndsDecisionPlayerFootballClubsSignificantSoccerAnalysisInvolvingBreachBreach Of Trust Author:Alan Curbishley
“When I throw the perfect ball, it's impossible to defend.” PerfectImpossibleFootballBallsSoccerAnalysis Author:Rory Delap
“I hope Stoke stay up this season, and stay up for long enough so that they can get enough money and buy some footballers.” LongEnoughFootballSeasonsSoccerAnalysisFootballerStoke Author:Mick Dennis
“A photograph is the illusion of a literal description of how the camera 'saw' a piece of time and space.” ArtSpaceCreativitySawsPiecesPhotographyIllusionCamerasPhotographDescriptionTime And SpaceLiteral Author:Garry Winogrand
