Managers and players' most preposterous cliches, idioms and contradictions

[Pavilionaire]

"At the end of the day it's just 11 men against 11 men" (usually applied when the weekly wage bill of one side would not pay for the cleaning cost of the other side's star striker's 50-room mansion).

 

[Beach Seagull]

'I couldn't fault the lads commitment'.............................surely 'commitment' is part of the deal when you are a professional sportsman.

'We had 57% possession, 15 shots on target and we lost'..................................the only stat that matters is the final score.

'There has been no contact from (current managerless club) and unless I'm told otherwise I've got a job to do here'...........I'm not going to deny i would be interested in the position.

A variation on this theme was Steve Bruce talking about the Newcastle job...............................'Its disrespectful to Alan Pardew me being linked to his job.'