Audioslave F.'s Bullpen!

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Here's former football coach turned TV pundit Big Ron Atkinson

"Zidane is not very happy, because he's suffering from the wind"

"He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces"

"They've picked their heads up off the ground and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders"

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

"He sliced the ball when he had it on a plate"

"I'm afraid they've left their legs at home"

"Moreano thought that the full back was gonna come up behind and give him one really hard"

"I know where he should have put his flag up, and he'd have got plenty of help"

"There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch." - Ron lauds Gordon Strachan, 39.

"I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat"

"I would not say he [David Ginola] is the best left winger in the Premiership, but there are none better."

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A mixed bag of also rans...

"Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams..." - Morton fans taunting the Rangers keeper after he had been diagnosed with mild schizophrenia.

"I've told the players we need to win so that I can have the cash to buy some new ones" - Chris Turner, Peterborough manager, before LC QF, 1992.

"Tell the Kraut to get his ass up front. We don't pay a million for a guy to hang around in defence." - NY Cosmos executive, on Beckenbauer's positioning.

"I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered" - George Best.

"If we played like that every week we wouldn't be so inconsistent" - Bryan Robson, Man U, 1990.

"That's great, tell him he's Pele and get him back on." - John Lambie, Partick Thistle manager, when told a concussed striker did not know who he was.

"I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs..." - Andy Gray, Sky Sport

Richard Keys : "Well Roy, do you think that you'll have to finish above Manchester United to win the league?"
Roy Evans : "You have to finish above everyone to win the league Richard."

"It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday." - Radio 5 Live

"Football today, it's like a game of chess. It's all about money." - NEWCASTLE UNITED FAN, Radio 5 Live

"I'm not a believer in luck..... but I do believe you need it." - ALAN BALL

"Merseyside derbies usually last 90 minutes and I'm sure today's won't be any different." - TREVOR BROOKING

"Dumbarton player Steve McCahill has limped off with a badly cut forehead." - TOM FERRIE

"And I honestly believe we can go all the way to Wembley......unless somebody knocks us out." - DAVE BASSETT

"And Arsenal now have plenty of time to dictate the last few seconds." - PETER JONES

"What makes this game so delightful is that when both teams get the ball they are attacking their opponents goal." - JIMMY HILL

"Strangely, in slow motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer." - DAVID ACFIELD

"What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio" - Gerry Francis

"John Harkes going to Sheffield, Wednesday." - New York Post (1993)

"If there weren't such a thing as football, we'd all be frustrated footballers." - Mick Lyons

"He's one of those footballers whose brains are in his head" - Derek Johnstone, BBC TV Scotland (1994)

"The crowd think that Todd handled the ball.... they must have seen something that nobody else did" - Barry Davies (1975)

"I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel" - Stuart Pearce (1992)

"Manchester United take more in programme sales than we take on the gate." - Lawrie McMenemy, Southampton

"If I walked on water, my accusers would say it is because I can't swim" - Berti Vogts, Germany coach

"You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey" - Arrigo Sacchi, Italy coach, defending a meagre playing record

"Love is good for footballers, as long as it is not at half-time" - Richard Moller Nielsen, Denmark coach

"Why didn't you just belt it son?" - Gareth Southgate's mother reflects publicly on her son's penalty miss

"The only way we will be going to Europe is if the club splash out and take us all to Eurodisney" - Dean Holdsworth, Wimbledon

"I was shocked when I was first introduced to the fans because they brought out a sheep, cut its head off and then smeared blood over my forehead" - Manchester United's Ronnie Johnsen on life with Besiktas, Turkey

"If the players want to make it hard for me, I am happy to make it twice as hard for them" - Wendy Toms, the first female referee to officiate in a professional game

"The score is Sunderland nil, Leicester nil, the temperature is nil and the entertainment value is not much above nil" - Sunderland v Leicester, Radio 5 Live

"I think having Wasps around here as well gives us that little buzz around the place" - Ray Wilkins on the QPR-Wasps groundshare

"This is an unusual Scotland side because they have good players" - praise for the Under-21s from Javier Clemente, Spain's coach

"There are some great defenders here, I just don't know their names" - David Ginola of Newcastle and France

"It took a lot of bottle for Tony to own up" - Ian Wright on the Arsenal captain's confession to alcoholism

"It's sod's law. Now I've got time to improve my golf it's the wrong time of year" - Howard Wilkinson when sacked by Leeds

"The referee was booking everyone. I thought he was filling in his lottery numbers" - Ian Wright

"Asking Ruud Gullit to perform in this sort of match is like asking Kiri te Kanawa to jam with the Spice Girls" - 5 Live's Pat Murphy on the lousy pitch at Derby and the ill-tempered nature of the game

"Once Tony Daley opens his legs you've got a problem" (Howard Wilkinson)

After playing Cameroon in the 1990 world cup finals: "We didn't underestimate them. They were just a lot better than we thought" (Bobby Robson)

On the difficulties of adjusting to playing football and living in Italy: "It was like being in a foreign country" (Ian Rush)

"Bill Frindall has done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator" (John Arlott)

"Fred Davis, the doyen of snooker, now 67 years of age and too old to get his leg over, prefers to use his left hand." (Ted Lowe)

[Pina]

Simon,

Those Murray Walker quotes are timeless! I love them!

"I'm Murray Walker! Oh no, I'm not... Oh yes... I... am!!" ;D

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Holy Cow, Simon!

That is quite the contribution you made up there! Thanks much!

Sorry, Whiplash, I missed that A's & Raiders show you spoke of, as I was on vacation in Hawai'i the past couple of weeks. Who did they have on it? Do you remember?

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Bummahs. The Niners & Raiders did absolutely HORRIBLE this season....

On a good note, my beloved BASEBALL season starts up in a few short months! Full-blown Spring Training during March, Baby!!! ;D ;D

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Well, it looks like it will be a Pats/Cats Superbowl this year. Yawwwn, to me. Well, if I am gonna watch the game, I guess I will go for the Panthers, since I am sick of the Patriots.