Every week, football players, coaches and officials come up with some of the weirdest quotes and statements. FilGoal.com cites a compilation of the most catching extracts said throughout October. "I'm nasty and arrogant but this can be positive for us. After a game I will never hear criticism aimed at my players as the media always blame me first." Who else but Jose Mourinho. "I don't let my children do whatever they want, so why should I let my players get away with anything?" Mourinho makes sure Adriano doesn't get away with his late outings. "I didn't know Ronaldinho was out with Adriano, but he had my permission to stay out until 5am. He was back at 4am? Maybe he didn't like the club they were in." Now we know that Ancelotti is a more lenient parent than Mourinho, and that Ronaldinho is smarter than Adriano. "Football did not really interest me until I was ten, I did not even know it existed. Athletics stood out for me, I liked the 100 meters. When I did start playing football, I was in goal - and that was because I really loved the penalty shoot-outs, where I could save it and be the hero." Maybe one day England's penalty jinx could end at the hands of Theo Walcott. "Yes, it happens to me many times, it happens to every one of us." Didier Drogba admits he drifts off during games…but could this happen to 'everyone of us'?! "I have seen it before at Leeds, and Leeds had a better team than we have got right now at Tottenham. They went down eventually." Jonathan Woodgate did not mention what is the common factor between the then-Leeds team and the current Tottenham team. "I think we got caught up in all the hype. We became celebrities in terms of the WAG (wives and girlfriends) situation. The squad was like a theatre unfolding and football became a secondary element to the main event. We were caught in the bubble ourselves." Rio Ferdinand is glad that Fabio Capello's strict management helped England to finally focus on football rather than hot WAGs. "Frankly I just believe what is important is on the pitch. If that is related to the long heels or the short heels which the girls wear in the street, then I am not a great fan of that. The quality of the pass is not linked to the size of the heels of the girl." Arsene Wenger surely disagrees with Ferdinand. "We have played far better than we did today and taken nothing from the last two days. My wife tells me that football is all about luck and perhaps she is right!"
Ibrahim Saied impressed new coach! Gareth Southgate admits his wife knows more about football than he does. "They've hit the post three times, had a goal disallowed and hit the bar. I think I'll go out and buy a lottery ticket." Mark Schwarzer feeling lucky after Fulham's 0-0 draw with Sunderland. "If I am honest I do not enjoy playing. Before, I had Beckham and others on the right that helped me a lot but now I am always alone on the wing." Sergio Ramos feeling lonely at Real's right flank. "As what, as green keeper? No one thinks about that at the moment," Oliver Kahn rules out a return as Bayern keeper, not even a green one. "The team in the locker room was happy with the news that Beckham is coming, but what people don't know is that we'll also have George Clooney as Coach and Brad Pitt as assistant manager,” Kakha Kaladze informs the press of Milan's blockbuster aspirations. "Gilardino deserves a five-game ban. He even celebrated, incredible." Palermo chairman Zamparini accepts the two-game ban on Gilardino after he scored with his arm, but demands three more for the celebration. "I was linked with every club you could think of but it all happened in the papers. But the moment Merreikh came into the picture they showed passion and determination." Stephen Worgu preferred Merreikh of Sudan to Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid....because of passion and determination! "I was eager to prove myself to new coach Ricardo, I can't produce routine performances every game I play, I'm always keen to add something new and this puts me under a lot of pressure," Ibrahim Saied justifies receiving a red card, taking his shirt off and being involved in a scuffle with fans just to break the weekly routine! "I found out that there was no domestic league taking place in Djibouti. I also found it difficult to summon the players to international duty. Some of them told me they had other jobs to do." Koshari must be delighted with his spell with Djibouti. "I think the rain was only targeting Cairo Stadium today." Asyut Petroleum coach Mohamed Amer believes that Ahli officials drown the pitch before games. "Last season we drew at home to Ahli, and then we kept losing games. This season we beat Ahli then we went seven games without a win. I hope we lose to Ahli next season." Masri's Ashour Al-Adham hopes to avoid Ahli's karma next season. "We needed the recent break as it helped me re-organize the team before resuming the league." Zamalek coach Reiner Hollmann before the defeat to Gaish. "I think the break had a negative effect on us, and that's why we lost today." Zamalek assistant coach Tarek Yehia proving he had a wonderful partnership with Hollmann.
