Author: Bobby Robson Page 2

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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Practice makes permanent.

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

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They're two points behind us, so we're neck and neck.

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In a year’s time, he’s a year older.

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

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

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The first 90 minutes of a football match are the most important.

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Both teams – and Brazil even – got better.

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

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If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won’t lay any eggs in the basket.

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

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I would have given my right arm to be a pianist.

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

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

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He’s very fast and if he gets a yard ahead of himself nobody will catch him.

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Everyone’s got tough games coming up. Manchester United have got Arsenal, Arsenal have got Manchester United and Leeds have got Leeds.

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Home advantage gives you an advantage.

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

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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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