keegan quotes

keegan quotes

FOOTBALL QUOTES

THE KEVIN KEEGAN COLLECTION

'It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up pops a yellow card.'

'The ref was vertically 15 yards away.'

'There are two schools of thought on the way the rest of this half is going to develop; everybody's got their own opinion...'

'Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties.'

'This could be a repeat of the final.'

'The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it.'

'I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona.'

'England can end the millenium as it started - as the greatest football nation in the world.'

'They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different'

'Despite his white boots, he has real pace...'

'You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw...'

'He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted.'

'There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight.'

'...using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength.'

'One of his strengths is not heading' (of course, one of Keggy's strengths is not talking)

'Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice.'

'I'm not disappointed - just disappointed.'

'The tide is very much in our court now.'

'Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose.'

'That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved.'

'I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different.'

'A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off.'

'The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game'

'The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today.'

'That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.'

'I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon.'

'Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries...'

'In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg.'

'The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful.'

'England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second-to-none'

'It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney.'

'I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time.'

'It could be far worse for me if it was easy for me.'

'Discipline is not only very important, it's crucial.'

'Young Gareth Barry - he's young'

'Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America.'

'They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that.'

'You don't get two chances at this level, or at any other level for that matter.'

'You're not just getting international football, you're getting world football'

'Kanu, a guy with a heart as big as he is'

'Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa'

'Football's always easier when you've got the ball'

'They don't come every three days, like they come after this one'

'I want more from David Beckham. I want him to improve on perfection.'

'The tide is very much in our court now.'

'There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams, who definitely won't be playing tomorrow.'

'We have spent three matches chasing a football.'

'It’s no longer an 11 man game.'

'The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23'

'For some it's the ultimate job, for the others it's the last job.'

'I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.'

'We managed to wrong a few rights.'

'We are three games without defeat is another way of looking at it. But if we are honest we have taken two points from nine'

'He'll also be very dangerous from set-pieces. That means he'll be a threat from free-kicks and corners in the final third of the field.'

'Danny Tiatto is not going to make a mistake on purpose'

'I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again'

'You need 88 points for the title and we’ve got 61 at present with 16 games to go, but if you set targets you limit yourself'

'We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half'

'He’s got a heart as big as his size, which isn’t big, but his heart’s bigger than that'

'Well, if that's true then it would be a big suprise, but then nothing surprises me in football these days.'

'You get bunches of players like you do bananas, though that is a bad comparison.'

'Not many teams will come to Arsenal and get anything, home or away'

'Shaun Wright-Phillips has got a big heart. It's as big as him, which isn't very big, but it's bigger'

'Nicolas Anelka left Arsenal for £23million and they built a training ground on him'

'As far as I'm concerned, Danny Tiatto doesn't exist'

'Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where it is...'

He still makes more sense than you jimi.

oh ha ha, hey your so funny

for sum1 so full of them selves shouldnt you have a life and not use a message board all the time

Some corkers there like hahaha

'The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23'

no wonder hes a shit manager, if he cant manage logical sentences how the fuck is he expected to manage a team

Bobby Robson was good for these aswell

“Jenas is a fit lad. He gets from box to box in 90 mins.”

“He's very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself, nobody will catch him.”

“My father had 5 sons, I had 4 brothers.”

“If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won't lay any eggs in the basket.”

“They're 2 points behind us, so we're neck and neck.”

“I'm not going to look beyond the semi-final - but I'd love led Newcastle out at the final.”

“Well we got nine and you can't score more than that.”

“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 about.”

“Eighteen months ago they (Sweden) were arguably one of the best three teams in Europe, and that would include Germany, Holland, Russia and anybody else if you like.”

“He never fails to hit the target, but that was a miss.”

“I'd say he's the best in Europe, if you put me on the fence.”

“Tottenham have impressed me: they haven't thrown in the towel even though they have been under the gun.”

“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.”

“The first 90 minutes are the most important.”

“There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil, and that might be the game that they lose.”

“We don't our players to be monks, we want them to be football players because a monk doesn't play football at this level.”

“All right, Craig Bellamy came on at Liverpool and did well, but everybody thinks that he's the saviour, he's Jesus Christ. He's not Jesus Christ.”

“We didn't underestimate them. They were a lot better than we thought.”

“Denis Law once kicked me at Wembley in front of the Queen in an international. I mean, no man is entitled to do that, really”

““Hitler didn't tell us when he was going to send over those doodlebugs, did he?” - On why he was refusing to name his England team before a World Cup qualifer against Sweden in 1989.”

“Look at those olive trees. They're two hundred years old - from before the time of Christ!”

“Players never know why they are taken off or substituted - until they become managers.”

“Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result.”

“Home advantage gives you an advantage.”

“In a year's time, he's a year older.”

“The margin is very marginal.”

“Their football was exceptionally good - and they played some good football.”

“Until we're out of the Champions' League we're still in it.”

“Gary Speed has never played better, never looked fitter, never been older.”

“Everyone's got tough games coming up. Manchester United have got Arsenal, Arsenal have got Manchester United and Leeds have got Leeds.”

No such nonsense from Keano

Even in the dressing room afterwards, I had no remorse. My attitude was, fuck him. What goes around comes around. He got his just rewards. He fucked me over and my attitude is an eye for an eye.
Roy Keane Talking about Alf Inge Haaland tackle, Observer Sport Monthly Magazine

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.
Roy Keane

I can look back and think 'I'm just one of the luckiest people in the world'.
Roy Keane On his career

I don't think some of the people who come to Old Trafford can spell football, never mind understand it.
Roy Keane

I'd waited long enough. I fucking hit him hard. The ball was there (I think). Take that you cunt. And don't ever stand over me sneering about fake injuries.
Roy Keane Talking about Alf Inge Haaland tackle, quoted in book Keane - the Autobiography

Sometimes you wonder, do they understand the game of football? They have a few drinks and probably the prawn sandwiches, and they don't realise what's going on out on the pitch.
Roy Keane On section of Old Trafford crowd

That man can rot in hell for all I care.
Roy Keane About Ireland soccer manager Mick McCarthy, Observer Sport Monthly Magazine

that's probably because it's in a book that he didn't write himself

Total legend

got to say with out roy keane they would have been no personality manager wise this season butt kk back now lol

The derbys should be fun next season (providing we are still in the same league) now we both have characters as managers

hopeully newcastel will realise they're spastics and give up, they've done the same so far

That some sort of spastic spelling mistake?

we will relise were not in the relagation zone, when we wake up,

So you shouldnt be being a massive club and that

aye were the "big club" and were playin five star shite recently

but you lot will always be in the shadow, your smaller, poorer, cheaper and nastier

its canny being the underdog, but really, fuck off

we know we are shite though, you lot always think you should be winning things when truth is you dont have a history of winning thing so why would you win them now

i didn't see the match wat was it like?

Totally laughing out loud!