Author: Bobby Robson Page 2

Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn’t bite and has a great tackle.

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I’m not going to look beyond the semi-final – but I would love to lead Newcastle out at the final.

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If we start counting our chickens before they hatch, they won’t lay any eggs in the basket.

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Home advantage gives you an advantage.

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Gary Speed has never played better, never looked fitter, never been older.

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Guppy has a dextrous left foot.

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Both teams – and Brazil even – got better.

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Sir Bobby to Bryan Robson: Good morning, Bobby.

Bryan: You’re Bobby, I’m Bryan!

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We don’t have to play them every week, although we do play them next week.

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They’ve probably played better than they’ve ever done for a few weeks.

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Eighteen months ago they (Sweden) were arguably one of the best three teams in Europe, and that would include Germany, Holland, Russia and anybody else if you like.

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Practice makes permanent.

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I would have given my right arm to be a pianist.

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Well, we got nine and you can’t score more than that.

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When he was dribbling, he used to go through a minefield with his arm, a bit like you go through a supermarket.

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I do want to play the long ball and I do not want to play the short ball. I think long and short balls is what football is all about.

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Steve Hodge has been unfit for two weeks, well, no, for 14 days.

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Look at those olive trees – they’re two hundred years old – from before the time of Christ!

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Well we got nine and you can't score more than that.

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They can’t change any of their players, but they have changed one of their players and that’s the coach.

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Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.

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