As with geography, maths has not always been a strength of our national bosses. Look at these quotes of numeracy incompetence. Do you find it entertaining or embarrassing?
“In football, time and space are the same thing.”
Graham Taylor
“Well, we got nine and you can’t score more than that.”
Bobby Robson
“Young David’s young.”
Glenn Hoddle
“You need 88 points for the title and we’ve got 61 at present with 16 games to go, but if you set targets you limit yourself.”
Kevin Keegan
“I’ve been asked that question for the last six months. It is not fair to expect me to make such a fast decision on something that has been put upon me like that.”
Terry Venables
“We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half.”
Kevin Keegan
“They’ve probably played better than they’ve ever done for a few weeks.”
Bobby Robson
“The good news for Nigeria is that they’re two-nil down very early in the game.”
Kevin Keegan
“We are three games without defeat is another way of looking at it. But if we are honest we have taken two points from nine.”
Kevin Keegan
“In a year’s time, he’s a year older.”
Bobby Robson
“75% of what happens to Paul [Gascoigne] in his life is fiction.”
Glenn Hoddle
“When a player gets to 30, so does his body.”
Glenn Hoddle
“They’re the second best team in the world, and there’s no higher praise than that.”
Kevin Keegan
“At this moment in time I did not say them things.”
Glenn Hoddle
“England have the best fans in the world and Scotland’s fans are second-to-none.”
Kevin Keegan
“The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they’re not careful.”
Kevin Keegan
“I’ve had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.”
Kevin Keegan
“Chile have three options – they could win or they could lose.”
Kevin Keegan
“One day, someone will end a football game scoring more than Brazil, This MIGHT be the time they lose!”
Bobby Robson
“You can’t do better than go away from home and get a draw…”
Kevin Keegan
“England can end the millennium as it started – as the greatest football nation in the world.”
Kevin Keegan
“I don’t think there’s anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona.”
Kevin Keegan
“Young Gareth Barry, y’know, he’s young.”
Kevin Keegan
“Goalkeepers aren’t born today until they’re in their late twenties or thirties.”
Kevin Keegan
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