You said it Glenn

Posted by Andy Rose on December 30, 2006 1:24 PM

"I really hate managers talking about other managers' players. Peter Crouch is a Liverpool player and I do not think Rafael Benitez would appreciate me talking about him when he is not a Newcastle player," said Newcastle manager Glenn Roeder on Friday.

Clearly not the same guy then who said this about Wales starlet Gareth Bale just six days earlier.

"The only two players I am interested in from the Championship are Giles Barnes and Gareth Bale. They are two outstanding talents and the sort of players we should be looking at – and by admitting our interest, were are not giving away any secrets because a lot of top clubs fancy them.

“It would not surprise me if Gareth Bale went on to play 100 games for Wales.”

And there was me thinking Bale was contracted to Southampton for another 18 months.

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Spitting Image

Posted by Andy Rose on December 28, 2006 3:02 PM

Why oh why has it taken so long to work out who Wales and West Ham defender James Collins looks like?

Thanks to football365.com for that one.

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Nice to see you too

Posted by Andy Rose on December 7, 2006 7:59 PM

One of the occupational hazards of being a football writer - or any kind of sports reporter for that matter - is that more often than not you will find yourself in a manager's bad book.

It's just a fact of the job and both sides generally accept it for better or for worse. You could call it a kind of marriage of inconvenience.

But maybe my relationship with one particular manager is improving:

Him: "I saw you walking to the ground today"
Me: "You didn't stop to pick me up though did you!"
Him: "That's right"
Me: "Still at least you didn't drive through a puddle and drench me"
Him: "No, but I thought about it!"

Compared to the manager who once threatened to have my fingers chopped off I'd say that we are getting on swimmingly.

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