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“A team must be built from the ground up. In Africa, we want to build teams from the trees.”
Cup of Nations official, 1988 African Footballer of the Year and former Zambia star Kalusha Bwalya.
On this Special episode we spoke to the managers of south B Sportif (Jared Aketch) And Bomas FC (David Dinda) after their match at the Bomas grounds which ended 3-0 , the home team with all the goals. We also had the pleasure of engaging with a Bomas FC fan.
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“This kind of full-back now is much more of a midfield player. The kind of football they play, in halfspaces, they are the other winger sometimes, the central midfielder sometimes."
Jürgen Klopp on the modern day fullback in 2016.
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“I’m not suited to Bolton or Blackburn, I would be more suited to Inter Milan or Real Madrid. It wouldn’t be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the double or the league every time.”
Sam Allardyce ,2010.
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"It's not about the Long ball or the short ball , it's about the right ball."
Bob Paisley OBE (Liverpool manager 1974 - 1983). One of five managers to have won the English top flight as player and manager at the same club.
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A Conversation With the 5 Time Manager of the Kenya National team ((( One of 5 Managers to get KEnya to the AFCON ))) and Winner of the K.P.L as both player and manager ON 4 separate Occasions.
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"It's hard to walk away from a winning streak, even harder to leave the table when you're on a losing one."
Cara Bertoia , Cruise Quarters - A Novel about Casinos and Cruise Ships.
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"I shouldn't say that, but a lot of managers think we have to get to the breaks, then we have to get past the next break.it's always the time when managers are sacked. It gives clubs two weeks to get a new manager and it always seems to happen then."
Steve Bruce , November 2019 , on the propensity of managers to lose their jobs during the international break.
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<<Anyone who follows sport will be familiar with what has become known as "The Commentator's Curse", a variation of what was referred to in the old days as "The Kiss of Death". It is basically the propensity of a player to blunder after his/her talents have been highly praised by the commentator.>>
This Episode is our attempt at Commentary. We hope you enjoy.
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"You are like a person with a flu, with a virus in a closed room - you pass that virus to the others."
Words Mourinho is alleged to have told Paul Pogba back in 2018 following a 2-2 draw with Southampton.
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"The notion of a retirement age is anathema to me. There should be a law against it. The calendar can't decide how alert or vigorous a person is. I felt good at 55 and I was up there being pestered about when I was going to retire."
Sir Alex Ferguson in his autobiography ,recounting questions he faced in 1996 ,10 years after being appointed Manchester United manager. He went on to manage the team for another 17 years, becoming one of the greatest managers of all time.
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"The only thing i want to say to end the story is that yes, I made mistakes in the past on the touchline .But what never happened to me and will never happen is to be suspended for match-fixing."
José Mário dos Santos Mourinho back in 2018 addressing his mild spat with Antonio Conte.
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"You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team."
Eric Cantona. ( Divorcé and Life long United fan, presumably)
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" I advise my players to have sex for short periods , with minimum effort and use positions where they are under their partners and preferably with their wives . Because then you don't have to be exceptional ."
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"Football managers are like a parachutist. At times it doesn't open. Here, it is an umbrella. You understand, Mary Poppins".
Claudio Ranieri , soon after arriving in West London back in 2000, publicly musing over the nature of his job in a very thoughtful manner .
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"When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him , he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool."
Chinua Achebe , Arrow of God 1964 .
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"When you see the tree with amazing oranges at the top and cannot get there . You say : Oh , I got the lower ones because I don't like the ones at the top."
Jose Mourinho on Man City's reaction to Man United's signing of Alexis Sanchez , 2018.
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“[....] Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1973.
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"The main problem in Britain is that there are too many competitions and too many games. There is no time to prepare properly for Europe or to introduce new ideas because there is far too much emphasis on domestic football."
Johan Cruyff.
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"I have to talk about facts because I think that's important. I think that they are nervous because we are at the top of the table so, I want to be clear, I do not want to play mind games too early, although they seem to want to start."
Rafa Benitez, 9th January 2009.
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“Bielsa taught me the most.”
Diego Simeone , 2020.
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