The first goal England scored was brilliant. 
My respect for Aussie Rules players is rising dramaticallyjacfan wrote:More soccer quotes. They may be great at the game but need to work on some of their quotes.
These are by players.
'I took a whack on my left ankle, but something told me it was my right.' - Lee Hendrie
'I couldn't settle in Italy - it was like living in a foreign country.'
- Ian Rush
Interviewer: 'Would it be fair to describe you as a volatile player?'
David Beckham: 'Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side.'
'I always used to put my right boot on first, and then obviously my right sock.' - Barry Venison
'I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don't know into what religion yet.' - David Beckham
'Alex Ferguson is the best manager I've ever had at this level. Well, he's the only manager I've actually had at this level. But he's the best manager I've ever had.' - David Beckham
'The opening ceremony was good, although I missed it.'
- Graeme Le Saux
'One accusation you can't throw at me is that I've always done my best.'
- Alan Shearer
'I'd rather play in front of a full house than an empty crowd.'
- Johnny Giles
'Sometimes in football you have to score goals.' - Thierry Henry
'I would not be bothered if we lost every game as long as we won the league.' - Mark Viduka
'If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the end of the day.' - Neville Southall
'I've never wanted to leave. I'm here for the rest of my life, and hopefully after that as well.' - Alan Shearer
'I'd like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona.' - Mark Draper
'I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel.' - Stuart Pearce
'My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.'
- David Beckham
And the winner for stating the bleeding obvious goes to.....
'We lost because we didn't win.' - Ronaldo
As a flanker who used to live in a goldfishbowl, when only 100% fit, while waiting for an alternative to the choices in front of me on the day of the night, and kicking myself in the foot for getting red carded twice as often as I deserved, let me say that the heat in the dressing kitchen is a year older than his head in the first ninety minutes of the second half, unless you speak Italian in Barcelona as a young 30 yr old lad who won't grow capable of scoring, irrespective of the other 3 or 91 %, depending on your philosophyjacfan wrote:A few manager quotes for you to enjoy.
'When a player gets to 30, so does his body.' - Glen Hoddle
'I was a young lad when I was growing up.' - David O'Leary
'Home advantage gives you an advantage.' - Bobby Robson
'It's the only way we can lose, irrespective of the result.'
- Graham Taylor
'We must have had 99% of the game. It was the other three per cent that cost us the match.' - Ruud Gullit
'The philosophy of a lot of European teams, even in home matches, is not to give a goal away.' - Alex Ferguson
'In a year's time, he's a year older.' - Bobby Robson
'The first 90 minutes are the most important.' - Bobby Robson
'Shearer could be at 100% fitness, but not peak fitness.'
- Graham Taylor
'As I've said before and I've said it in the past...' - Kenny Dalglish
'He was a player that hasn't had to use his legs even when he was nineteen years of age because his first two yards were in his head.'
- Glenn Hoddle
'I've seen them on television on a Sunday morning most days of the week.' - Jack Charlton
'People always remember the second half.' - Graham Taylor
'If they hadn't scored, we would've won.' - Howard Wilkinson
'Paolo Di Canio is capable of scoring the goal he scored.'
- Bryan Robson
'It was a game we should have won. We lost it because we thought we were going to win it. But then again, I thought that there was no way we were going to get a result there.' - Jack Charlton
'We keep kicking ourselves in the foot.' - Ray Wilkins
'I have a number of alternatives, and each one gives me something different.' - Glenn Hoddle
'Of the nine red cards this season we probably deserved half of them.'
- Arsene Wenger
'It wasn't going to be our day on the night.' - Bryan Robson
'Very few of us have any idea whatsoever of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl,except, of course, for those of us who are goldfish.'
- Graham Taylor
'If you can't stand the heat in the dressing room, get out of the kitchen.'
- Terry Venables
Wow you could have a new career managing a football/soccer team/player. You sure do know how to talk the talk... not that anyone will ever understand a single word of it but then isn't that the job of a manager to baffle all with BS!!!!As a flanker who used to live in a goldfishbowl, when only 100% fit, while waiting for an alternative to the choices in front of me on the day of the night, and kicking myself in the foot for getting red carded twice as often as I deserved, let me say that the heat in the dressing kitchen is a year older than his head in the first ninety minutes of the second half, unless you speak Italian in Barcelona as a young 30 yr old lad who won't grow capable of scoring, irrespective of the other 3 or 91 %, depending on your philosophy
Argentina played the better but failed to convert chances. Both sides are into the second round. Argentina play Mexico while Portugal play Netherlands. 
(sung to the tune of "daddy cool")Julian Mayo wrote:The Australian Socceroos are thru to the final 16
.......sheeeeeeeet its2ackemma 
Goodnight all......"love to the world" 
