COLEMANBALLS - 12
     
    Colemanballs: The art of letting the words come out before the brain is engaged, made famous by David Coleman but with very able disciples in Kevin Keegan, Ron Atkinson, Terry Venables....in fact it seems endemic amongst the football fraternity.

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

"Don’t ask me what a typical Brazilian is because I don’t know what a typical Brazilian is. But Romario was a typical Brazilian.”
Bobby Robson

"He’s unpleased about that.”
Mark Bright

"I’m a firm believer that if the other side scores first, you have to score twice to win.”
Howard Wilkinson

"Our target is to get into the play-offs. If not, we want automatic promotion.”
Dennis Oli of Grays Athletic – things must be different in the non-league world!

"We didn't underestimate them - they were just a lot better than we thought.”
Bobby Robson

"And Brighton have beaten Southampton 4-2 which is exactly the same result as last year when they won 3-1”
Des Lynam

"In terms of the Richter scale this defeat was a force 8 gale.”
John Lyall

"That’s not the type of header you want to see your defender make, with his hand.”
Ron Atkinson

"I don’t blame individuals, I blame myself.”
Joe Royle

"Chesterfield 1 – Chester 1. Another score draw there in that local derby.”
Des Lynam

"Steve McManaman once described Zinedine Zidane as ridiculous. You can't get a higher compliment than that.”
Jason McAteer

"Chris Waddle is off the pitch at the moment – exactly the position he is at his most menacing.”
Gerald Sinstadt

"If someone in the crowd spits at you, you have just got to swallow it.”
Gary Lineker

"I never make predictions and I never will.”
Paul Gascoigne, making a prediction!

"I never make forecasts but whoever wins that game will win the final.”
Ken Bates doing a Gascoigne