Author: Bobby Robson

Gary Speed has never played better, never looked fitter, never been older.

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Practice makes permanent.

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Well, we got nine and you can’t score more than that.

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Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg.

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He’s the only man I know who could start an argument with himself.

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We don’t have to play them every week, although we do play them next week.

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Look at those olive trees – they’re two hundred years old – from before the time of Christ!

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Until we’re out of the Champions’ League we’re still in it.

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People want success. It's like coffee, they want instant.

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There will be a game where somebody scores more than Brazil and that might be the game that they lose.

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He never fails to hit the target… but that was a miss.

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Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.

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Some of the goals were good, some of the goals were skeptical.

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When he was dribbling, he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

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I said to the lads at halftime, I said, there was nothing to say.

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Eighteen months ago they (Sweden) were arguably one of the best three teams in Europe, and that would include Germany, Holland, Russia and anybody else if you like.

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Steve Hodge has been unfit for two weeks, well, no, for 14 days.

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Maybe not goodbye, but farewell…

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Their football was exceptionally good – and they played some good football.

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Anything from 1-0 to 2-0 would be a nice result.

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We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game.

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