Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Messieurs Scott, Krishna and Totori take note

"Players are conning each other, I'm glad I'm not playing anymore, especially in the Premiership. I can't get my head round a player who rolls around then gets up thirty seconds later. I'd be embarrassed. Lads I've played with go down like they've been shot and it drives me crazy." - Roy Keane

Arsenal

"Our gate income will probably be the highest in the world. We will have 60,000 fans and higher priced tickets - and more premium [corporate] tickets than any other club in the UK." - Keith Edelman, Managing Director of Arsenal, 2006.

Mot Den Moderne Fotballen

"In the Mexico 1986 World Cup, TV companies made teams play in Mexico City at midday and with an altitude of 2,500 metres and high levels of smog and humidity. It was inhuman. They sold a bad football product to the world. You have to care for the game and defend it from the outside aggression of commercialisation." - Jorge Valdano, 1986 Argentine World Cup winner.

Anti Moderne Voetball

"If tomorrow, business becomes more important than the game itself, then football will no longer exist." - Aime Jacquet, 1998 French World Cup winning manager.