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I get frustrated with certain aspects of the game. But there's things that delight me, it's just the uncertainty of it all. ”
You can Google how many goals a player has scored in the last few seasons, or against this particular side, but our job is to point the viewers to something that is happening in the game that they may not have seen or thought of. ”
I think if you're raising your foot high whether it's an overhead kick or not, you're risking a red card. ”
As you get older, I suppose, you get a bit more cautious in everything you do. But I've always been blessed with self-belief. ”
Historically, Jose Mourinho is not a manager who chops and changes his team and he's not big on rotation. ”
The one thing I learnt going to Italy was there's no real change in how the game should be played, but how players look after themselves. ”
When you play at home in European football, you've got to come up with a happy balance where you get on the front foot and try to win it without leaving yourself vulnerable. ”
You know, there has never been a watershed moment with a coach when I've gone, 'Wow, I learned something today.' ”
If you came to my house you would not think an ex-footballer lived there. I've got nothing on the walls or the shelves from my time in the game. ”
To play as an anchor man you have to be extremely disciplined and a lot of the time you're attracted to the ball but can't go there because if you don't get there or it breaks down there is a hole. ”