Ron Atkinson quotes
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“I never comment on referees and I'm not going to break the habit of a lifetime for that prat.”
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“Zero-zero is a big score.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Well, Clive, it's all about the two Ms - movement and positioning.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“I'm going to make a prediction - it could go either way.”
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“You half fancied that to go in as it was rising and dipping at the same time.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“Women should be in the kitchen, the discotheque and the boutique, but not in football.”
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“Well, either side could win it, or it could be a draw.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“You can see the ball go past them, or the man, but you'll never see both man and ball go past at the same time. So if the ball goes past, the man won't, or if the man goes past they'll take the ball.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“There's nobody fitter at his age, except maybe Raquel Welch.”
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“Carlton Palmer can trap the ball further than I can kick it”
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“I just wanted to give my players some technical advice. I told them the game had started.”
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“He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their faces”
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“You don't want to be giving away free-kicks in the penalty area.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“One of the reserves came up to me and said 'I'm finding it a bit hard, it's the first time I've ever been dropped'. So I told him to do what Nick Faldo does and work at his game. Next thing I know he's doing exactly what Faldo does, he's taken up golf.”
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“Liverpool will think 'we could have won this 2-2'”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“For me their biggest threat is when they get into the attacking part of the field.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Jari Litmanen should be made compulsory.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Apart from picking the ball out of the net, he hasn't had to make a save.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“They've certainly grown, the Japanese. I mean grown in stature, playing-wise.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“All I do know is that I'll never be able to achieve what Tommy Docherty did, and that is take Aston Villa into the third division and Manchester United into the second division”
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“They've picked their heads up off the ground, and they now have a lot to carry on their shoulders.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“They must go for it now as they have nothing to lose but the match.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“I think that was a moment of cool panic there.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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“Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.”
-- Ron AtkinsonSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“At international level, giving the ball away doesn't work too often.”
-- Ron Atkinson
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