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It's The Bleeding Quotes Of The Week

We have Jermaine Pennant being treated like a robot, dirk Kuyt playing at centre-half, Sir Alex embarrassing Jonny Evans, Michael Owen kidding himself and Arsene Wenger at Waitrose...

Last Updated: 30/09/09 at 14:31 Post Comment

"When I was on the touchline all I could hear was Benitez giving me directions. At times I'd think 'why don't you just put the batteries in and turn me into a robot'. Sometimes I just wanted to play my natural game, but there were so many instructions: how to go forward, how to defend. He has been through so many players, so many strikers, so many midfielders that he takes the best attributes out of them" - Jermaine Pennant.

"There are players at Liverpool and you think 'how is he getting a game?', but Rafa has faith in them. He thinks some of the players are the best thing since sliced bread" - Pennant is still talking.

"I could put him in central defence and he would be as good as anyone" - Rafa Benitez on Dirk Kuyt. Anyone else surprised he hasn't tried?

"The Champions League is a very different and difficult competition, but we have confidence we can beat anyone" - Benitez ahead of the clash with Fiorentina.

"Our mentality in that opening period was just not right, we were bad all over the pitch and I cannot really recall a performance like that. They were on top of us all the time, we played badly and they were just better than us" - Benitez after the defeat to Fiorentina.

"I am not slower now than I was seven, eight years ago, no chance" - Michael Owen.

"Get him tied down dear - rings are cheap now" - Sir Alex Ferguson to an embarrassed Jonny Evans' girlfriend.

"When you look at the tackles he gets each game, well quite frankly the lad has reason to dive...if not he would break himself" - Patrice Evra on Ronaldo.

"In the derby against United I had also decided not to celebrate our goals but, after the bad treatment I received from the supporters that day, I have changed my stance on that. If I score in the next derby then I am sure that I will celebrate" - Carlos Tevez.

"I have always worked in clubs who make money, and I would not feel that I do my job well if we lost money at the end of the season - never, no matter what happens on the sporting side - because you put the club in trouble and, in my opinion, that cannot be accepted from any manager" - Arsene Wenger.

"It's not because I'm against spending money; I have nothing against spending money. It is not a personal thing, it is just that I have a squad that is strong enough to compete" - Wenger again.

"Can you buy players at Waitrose? It's not a supermarket, you can only use the transfer market you have" - Wenger again.

"Obviously you are going to have your critics but now is the time for strong men to make strong decisions and I am going to have to make some big decisions" - Phil Brown.

"We didn't play very well. We lost all the battles, all the duels. We didn't win anything. We were poor. This is the worst game I have played in since I have been at Chelsea" - Didier Drogba pulls no punches.

"Names like Roberto Carlos and Benjani were mentioned. But nothing materialised. And you know when people have money because things happen quickly. The only thing I'm guilty of is taking people at their word. So I'm not embarrassed, not hurt or humbled or anything like that - I am just disappointed. I bought into a dream and I wanted to make that dream a reality. But it took me less than a month to realise that it was all heading to a different conclusion" - Sol Campbell attempts to explain the inexplicable.

"I'm putting everyone on the transfer list and I've told them so. When you come to a place like Meadow Lane with all their quality and riches you cannot role over and have your bellies tickled for you" - Port Vale boss Micky Adams reacts badly to defeat against Notts County.

"Sometimes when you are in the middle of an 'action' and you get a little push, and you know there's nothing more to take. Basically, the guy pushed you and finished the whole action. Then you're in the right to show, in a way, to the referee that you've been pushed. Know what I mean?" - Robin van Persie tries to explain the difference between diving and exaggeration.

"I am angry with myself, my team and with everybody right now. Not everyone, including myself, is doing what he is capable of. It's as simple as that" - Gianfranco Zola.

"When I got us up at Sunderland, maybe I got a bit of luck. Maybe I was just very, very lucky and I have been found out" - Roy Keane.

"You look at yourself as a 23-year-old thinking you can't be bothered to train today, then you look at Sir Bobby doing press ups in the snow at 70. It brings it home to you that you have to give it all you can while you have got the opportunity" - Kieron Dyer belatedly wins some respect.

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