TOP MANAGER QUOTES OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE SEASON...
BABIES, BRIBES & BASKETBALL!
AS THE season draws to a close, managers can look forward to a break from those post-match press conferences that they - and we - endure. The quotes can be mundane - ‘it’s all about the three points’, ‘I’m so proud of my players’ - but they do throw up some gems from time to time. Here are some of the best offerings from the pages of The FLP in the second half of the season...
“The positives are that we’re scoring goals. It’s just that the negatives are that we’re conceding goals and can’t see a game out” - Troy Deeney after his Forest Green side conceded a late penalty to draw 2-2 at Salford
“It was a basketball match on a football pitch” - Grimsby boss Dave Artell following Iris side’s incredible 5-5 draw against Notts Comity
“If I was able to tell you the amount of nonsense you have to deal with at this place from the players it’s embarrassing. I was trying to cosy my way into it, but the sledgehammers are going to have to come out. At the moment, there are too many babies from top to bottom - Fuming Forest Green boss Troy Deeney after his team’s 2-0 home reverse against Harrogate.
“They’ve written themselves into the history books” -Southampton manager Russell Martin after Iris side broke a 103-year-old club record by extending their unbeaten run to 21 games with victory at Iris former club Swansea.
“It’s always the way if, for whatever reason, your two, three or four forwards, whatever you play with, can’t create a chance then you want more and more options. If I was really greedy I’d have ten centre forwards with six on the bench and I’d keep flipping them” - Derby boss Paul Warne is tempted by a revolutionary formation after a goalless draw at Lincoln.
“I made five substitutions, but I wish I could have made 11” - Bolton boss Ian Evatt after his side’s 1-0 defeat at Leyton Orient
“When Arthur stepped forward to take it I said Gazza only scores from there but he nailed it with a brilliant execution” -Colchester boss Danny Cowley after Arthur Read’s stunning free-kick into the top corner at Morecambe earned him his first victory at the helm.
“It’s been a theme of the season - we can be so good one game and then drop massively in the next” - Doncaster boss Grant McCann is left baffled after his side’s 5-1 home reverse against Stockport
“I said to the players that was oiff worst performance by a distance. Why? On the ball we were just whacking it everywhere and up in the air. It was like kids’ football” - Grimsby boss Dave Anteil after his side’s 2-1 home loss against Tramnere
“I can understand why Klopp wants to have a year out, and I’ve only been doing it two years” - AFC Wimbledon boss Johnnie Jackson after his side’s dramatic lastgasp win against te
