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* "You get bunches of players like you do bananas...though that is a bad

comparison."

 

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

 

* "People will say that was typical City, which really annoys me. But that's

typical City, I suppose..."

 

* "By the end he [Asprilla] was knackered-o. I think that's the Spanish for

it."

 

* "They're the second best team in the world and there's no higher praise

than that."

 

* "One of his strengths is not heading."

 

* "He's using his strength and that is his strength, his strength."

 

* "My father was a miner and he worked down a mine."

 

* "If I had a blank piece of paper there'd be five names on it."

 

* "Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're differe! nt countries..."

 

* "I didn't see a lot. When Benitez learns a bit more English someone

have to tell him to sit down."

 

* "England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are

second to none."

 

* "Against France we'll have to be at our best both technically, tactically

and spirit-wise."

 

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

 

* "We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first

half."

 

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

 

* "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."

 

* "Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it

stayed where it is..."

 

* "Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose."

 

* "Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no

choice."

 

* "The tide is very much in our court now."

 

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

 

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

matter."

 

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

 

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

 

* "It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and

another up the chimney."

 

* "England can end the millennium as it started - as the greatest football

nation in the world."

 

* "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."

 

* "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..."

 

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

 

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

game..."

 

* "Despite his! white boots, he has real pace..."

 

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

 

* "Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late 2Os or 3Os."

 

* "The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of

the starting line-up today."

 

* "The ref was vertically 15 yards away."

 

* "Football's always easier when you've got the ball."

 

* "It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up

pops a yellow card."

 

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

time."

 

* "I'm not trying to make excuses for David Seaman, but I think the lights

may have been a problem..."

 

* "The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could

win this match or lose it."

 

* "I'm not disappointed - just disappointed."

 

* "There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams,

who definitely won't be playing tomorrow."

 

* "I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except

that it's totally different."

 

* "We managed to wrong a few rights."

 

* "It's my job not to get beheaded."

 

* "I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again."

 

* "Sometimes there are too many generals and not enough people

waving to the generals as they walk past."

 

* "A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it

nearly came off."

 

* "That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong."

 

* "Danny Tiatto is not going to make a mistake on purpose."

 

* "He's [shaun Wright-Phillips] got a heart as big as his size, which isn't

big, but his heart's bigger than that."

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