Why a lot of sportsmen can't speak English

[Political Lurker]

Ahhh! Native speakers!!.......We can all talk great!!
till some one puts a Microphone in front of you with a
few Million people listening that is...

Heres a few examples of famous Footballers managers etc
but its not just Footballers. :-)

remember all these statements sound stupid so lets hope you know why........

"They didn't change positions, they just moved the players around."
Terry Venables

"What disappointed me was that we didn't play with any passion. I'm not disappointed, you know, I'm just disappointed."
Kevin Keegan

"He's caused the Chelsea defence no amount of problems."
Jimmy Armfield

"We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half."
Kevin Keegan

"Without being too harsh on David, he cost us the match."
Ian Wright

"You can see the ball go past them, or the man, but you'll never see both man and ball go past at the same time. So if the ball goes past, the man won't, or if the man goes past, they'll take the ball."
Ron Atkinson - and you will be tested on what he said later!

"The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone."
Alan Ball

"Eighty per cent of teams who score first in matches go on to win them. But they may draw some – or occasionally lose.”
A thoughtful David Pleat

"Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose."
Kevin Keegan

"The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency."
Joe Kinnear

"He has got his tactics wrong tactically."
Mick Quinn
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