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With Di Canio's appointment, this seems a relevent threat. Forget their successess and failures, which have been the most entertaining managers the Premier League has seen, or managers you would, or would have, welcomed into the Premier League for sheer entertainment value?

To start off: Phill Brown.

The HT bollocking Vs Man City was hillarious.

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The singing when they survived relegation.

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His take on the racism saga:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZ0RDLIkmA


Is Pirlo homophobic?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu7LquvfeQA


Tool? Yes, but wonderfully entertaining.

Who's yours?
 
Holloway's a good shout, Strachan has always been good value too for his post match interviews.

It would have been fun seeing a bit more of Roy Keane getting paranoid and calling the Mancs for everything, but we've got that anyway so...
 
paul jewel and his cardies, for some reason every interview he gave i imagined coming from a gurning jaw as he tried to talk some coke out of a toilet attendant in the pleasure rooms
 
I recommend that Duncan Hamilton book about Clough. He was the local hack assigned to ghostwrite his regular column. He said Clough would start the day in his office by pouring out some whisky for his dog and then having a chat with it for a few minutes. Amazing he lasted so long. Both him and the dog!

Sounds great . Nice one . Thanks too to the bloke who has handily uploaded it on a Man City forum along with a load of other footy books .
 
Bonkers manager?

Ferguson. By a country mile. Actually believes he is The Way, The light and The truth.
 
With Di Canio's appointment, this seems a relevent threat. Forget their successess and failures, which have been the most entertaining managers the Premier League has seen, or managers you would, or would have, welcomed into the Premier League for sheer entertainment value?

To start off: Phill Brown.

The HT bollocking Vs Man City was hillarious.

Phil-Brown-Lectures-Hull-on-Pitch-Man-City_1688729.jpg


The singing when they survived relegation.

_45819164_brown_singalong_av512.jpg


His take on the racism saga:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZ0RDLIkmA


Is Pirlo homophobic?


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu7LquvfeQA


Tool? Yes, but wonderfully entertaining.

Who's yours?

His stupid mike taped to his face must put him in with a shout. Looks a like a Bluetooth at the airport type of guy.
 
Ron Atkinson was always a bit of a laugh. Remember when he sat in the wrong dug out?
 
Holloway was the first person who sprung to mind when I saw the title of this thread. To be fair, he got to pretty annoying after a while.
 
Jose for obvious reasons.

He was such a change from the normal shite managers spout.

However the clear winner is Gordon Strachan

Talking about Wayne Rooney... "It's an incredible rise to stardom.
At 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran
Eriksson."

Reporter: "Gordon, can we have a quick word please?"
Strachan: "Velocity" [walks off]

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: "Gordon, what will you take from today?"
Strachan: I've got more important things to think about. I've got a yoghurt
to finish, the expiry date is today.

Reporter: 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 off a bridge.

Reporter: There's no negative vibes or negative feelings here?
Strachan: Apart from yourself, we're all quite positive round here. I'm
going to whack you over the head with a big stick, down negative man, down.

Reporter: Welcome to Southampton Football Club. Do you think you are the
right man to turn things around?
Strachan: No, I think they should have got George Graham because I'm
useless.

Reporter: Where will Marion Pahars fit into the team line-up?
Strachan: Not telling you! It's a secret.

Reporter: "What is your impression of Jermaine Pennant?"
Strachan: "I don't do impressions"

Reporter: So Gordon, any changes then ?
Strachan: Naw, still 5ft 6, ginger and a big nose!

Gary Lineker: So Gordon, if you were English, what formation would you play?
Strachan: If I was English I'd top myself!
 
Reporter: "Gordon, can we have a quick word please?"
Strachan: "Velocity" [walks off]

That was a Kenny comment originally. Gordon must have nicked it!
 
Reporter: "Gordon, can we have a quick word please?"
Strachan: "Velocity" [walks off]

That was a Kenny comment originally. Gordon must have nicked it!

That was superb. Those quotes are old but I'm sure he'd have had some great one's recently too.
 
Time to get the Keegan quotes out:

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

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

'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.'

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'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.'

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

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


'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.'

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

'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.'

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

'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.'

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

'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.'

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

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

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

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

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

'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'

'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'


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

I never tire of that one in particular - priceless!
 
Sir Bobby Robson needs a mention.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...r-Bobby-Robson-his-most-memorable-quotes.html

Sir Bobby Robson: his most memorable quotes
Sir Bobby Robson, the former England manager, provided many memorable moments during his career.

Here are some of his best quotes:

"When Gazza was dribbling, he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket."

"Manchester United dropped points, Liverpool dropped points, Chelsea dropped points, Everton dropped points, so in a way we haven't lost anything at all really, although we dropped all three."

"I'm not going to look beyond the semi-final - but I would love to lead Newcastle out at the final."

"He never fails to hit the target. But that was a miss."

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

"We can't replace Gary Speed. Where do you get an experienced player like him with a left foot and a head?"

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

“Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.”

"People want success. It's like coffee, they want instant."

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

“Some of the goals were good, some of the goals were sceptical.”

"He's the only man I know who could start an argument with himself" (On Craig Bellamy)

"One day, someone will end a football game scoring more than Brazil. This might be the time that they lose."

"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."

"Home advantage gives you an advantage."

"Look at those olive trees! They're 200 years old - from before the time of Christ."

"In the first half he took a corner, a poor corner, which hit the first defender, and it took him 17 minutes to get back to the halfway line." (on former Newcastle winger Laurent Robert)

"With Maradona, even Arsenal would have won the World Cup." (in 1986)

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

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

“Hitler didn't tell us when he was going to send over those doodlebugs, did he?” (On why he refused to name his England team before a World Cup qualifer against Sweden in 1989).
 
Holloway's a good shout, Strachan has always been good value too for his post match interviews.

It would have been fun seeing a bit more of Roy Keane getting paranoid and calling the Mancs for everything, but we've got that anyway so...
Strachan use to crack me up. He was a little like KK in his dislike of the media.

Interviewer - Hey Gordon can we have a quick word?
Strachan - Sure... Velocity..

😀
 
Haha. Those Strachan comebacks are fucking hilarious. He may have been a Manc, but full respect to him for those. I never realised he was as witty as that.

I only hope many of them were at Geoff Shreeves.
 
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