COLEMANBALLS - 6
     
    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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"Players prefer the FA Cup because it's the end of season curtain-raiser."
Peter Withe

"Goals change games."
Ron Atkinson

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

"Germany are a very difficult team to play - they had eleven internationals out there today."
Steve Lomas

"If you gave Arsene Wenger eleven players and told him to pick his team, this would be it."
Andy Gray  

"If you need just a first eleven and four others, why did Columbus sail to India to discover America?"
Claudio Ranieri and the question which I’m sure has been on all our minds!

"To be a good player in the Premiership you have to perform on the pitch, as it is everywhere."
Kanu

"Well, Harry, fifth place last year, how can you better that?"
Fergus Sweeney

"Henning Berg, one of the players classified as a foreigner, which obviously as a Norwegian is something he's used to."
Radio commentator

"It's nice for us to have a fresh face in the camp to bounce things off."
Lawrie Sanchez

"Footballers are no different from human beings."
Graham Taylor

"I have seen players sent off for far worse offences than that."
Alan Brazil

"Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw"
Ron Atkinson

"And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages to change direction."
John Motson

"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."
Kevin Keegan