What is your favourite football(soccer)remark EVER made during punditry/analysis?

Question

Mine came during Germany2006 on BBC1,when Leonardo said"...and now all they need is a Brazilian!" How Hansen and Lineker's faces lit up!Please leave your favourite pundit/ commentary sayings here.

Answer 1

Gary Bloom,"Is this the goal that will take Croatia to first ever World Cup Final", seconds after Davor Suker scored.

Answer 2

Coach Giovanni Trapattoni ...

His interview is at the link.

Here's some quotes, not the best. Translate from an unreal Italian is an impossible task...

According to somebody, Fiorentina needs just youngsters. "Green" is a beautiful word. But, if everybody is green, we risk to arrive in June without being able to reap the wheat.
Do you remember the history of Goliath and the giant? It's like in the movie "Sixth power" [actually it was "Quarto potere" (Fourth power), Italian title of the movie "Citizen Kane"]. The tensions rise up to one thousand... even more, up to 0.1 per cent! I think to protect the societary structure which needs to be protected. Life gives us hammer blows on our calluses. We need to build bricks in order to be solid as the asbestos cement.
Convention of TIM, an Italian mobile phone company, 4 January 2001
Don't put the cart before the horse, but let's leave the horses behind the cart.
Even Lithuania has footballers who play about in Europe. It's not anymore as before, when the Lithuanian footballers played with the reindeers on their feet.
I don't pursue illusions anymore, I leave them to (Arrigo) Sacchi. Icarus flew, but Icarus was a jerk.
I say, maybe, without doubt, maybe in order to win today we needed a man, more than a man I think a man.
After a Lothar Matthaeus injury in the 1990/1991 UEFA Cup match Rapid Vienna-Inter Milan 2-1.
In my long career I had been bitten by eight scorpions. Actually I have the antidote in me.
In this squad there is still a lot of oil to extract.
Never say "cat" if you don't have it in your sack.
We are in a place in the standings I don't say it's quiet. But certainly quiet.
When you get used to sugar, you don't accept the salt anymore.

Answer 3

Jimmy Greaves originated the phrase; 'It's a funny old game.'

Bill Shankley: 'Football's not about life and death, it's more important than that.'

Female reporter on BBC's 'Look East': 'What do you think about when you hear the name Wembley? Elton John, Robbie Williams, rock concerts? Well this weekend there's a football match...' I'm not sexist but if you don't know what you're talking about get off the bloody air!

Answer 4

Hi,here are 2,
some people are on the pitch,they think its all over,It is now!!
(world cup final 66)
and the one from alan shearer,in this years world cup.
i wouldn't put it past Rooney to go back to the Manchester united training ground and stick 1 on Ronaldo.
Enjoy

Answer 5

Cannavaro is having a fantastic World Cup. He is without question the strongest defender at this tournament and the absolute number one in the world..

and everything maradona said about messi

Answer 6

In the european cup finals in the early 80's john motsons commentary when " so far tonight kenny dalgleish is having a very poor game, DALGLEISH HAS GOT THE BALL HE SHOOTS IT A GOOL WHAT A MAGNIFICENT GAME HE IS HAVING"

Answer 7

After David Seaman saved a penalty in Euro 1996. "and Seaman will be on everybody's lip in the morning. "

Answer 8

The goalposts have collapsed!!
1977 England vScotland,we took your ground home and left your team in tatters

Answer 9

I still laugh when I think of Charlie Nick saying "he has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve" when talking about a managers substitute

Answer 10

so many people have said it but my favourite remark made during football analysis is

"Football. It's a game of two halves isn't it?"

Funny...