Quotes & Chants of the Week

"We would like to play with a 5-5-2 formation which would leave us compact and
able to hit them on the counter-attack, and then we will park the team bus in
the 18-yard box right in front of the goal."
Mainz coach Thomas Tuchel prepares to face Bayern Munich with 12 men and a bus.

"He'll go bald, lose his teeth and legs, but he'll always have that technique and touch of a top player."
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish paints an attractive picture of 36-year-old striker Kevin Phillips, who came on to score both goals in the 2-1 defeat of Wolves.

"The idea of having something implanted from a corpse takes a while to get
your head around but it worked brilliantly for me."
New Burnley goalkeeper Nicky Weaver is dead happy with his cartilage transplant operation.

"Tottenham have definitely lost a point here today."
Kevin Keegan on ESPN after Tottenham drew with Villa. Spurs should have taken all two points, eh Kev?

"Donovan is neat, tidy, disciplined and has come in and coincided with Everton's season turning completely around. That's no coincidence."
Lawro singing the praises of Landon Donovan in his column for the Mirror.

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