Danger Here: The last word on a year to remember in sporting guff

Quotes to remember from the year in football...
“I just think the inevitable is going to happen.”
“That’ll make uncomfortable reading when they watch the video tomorrow.”
“They’re sitting ducks standing there.”
“Whirling his arms, barking out instructions, his hands on his hips.”
“It was almost surgical from England, incisive and deadly.”
“I would say it’s difficult to keep clean sheets if you are conceding goals.”
“Not an international? Not capped by France? ‘Can he get in the French World Cup squad.”
“I don’t see why not.”
“You don’t put the horse before the cart.”
“Liverpool’s early goal has given them fresh impotence.”
“Obviously we’re here supporting the English teams as neutrals.”
“At the end of the day, you wake up in the morning...”
“Arsenal have spent 385 million. That’s double less than Liverpool and Chelsea.”
“A tired ball from Miguel Luis, who has worked tirelessly.”
“They’re going have to watch that, Jeff. He’s moving a bit sheeplessly at the moment.”
“It’s not only football that’s milking the golden goose.”
“The cabbage that was thrown at Steve Bruce was unsavoury.”
“Roy Keane’s prawn crackers brigade.”
“Young Boys have to some extent been ridiculed as the nearly men of Swiss football.”
“They had a couple of little soirées in the opposition box.”
“When you see Man United have three midfielders in there and Valencia only have two, United should have the numerical advantage.”
“If it was a boxing match I’d have had Liverpool slightly ahead even though they were losing 1-0.”
“For a player of his age, I don’t know what age he is.”
“Questions about him being tired will be put to bed.”
“Spurs players need to set sail like the Red Arrows.”
“He ran almost the length of the pitch from the halfway line.”
“The fans can make a real difference to the atmosphere inside the ground.”
“The lone striker role was always going to be a two-man job.”
“Patrick’s elbow caught me on the side of the head and the blue mist came in.”
“That whole ostrich round the neck is the idea of getting that first win in the league.”
“Aguero has rattled the foot of the crossbar.”
“Liverpool are everywhere, there’s no rules as to where they play — they are literally like the Red Arrows.”
“I’m not sure it’s a penalty, that’s for sure.”
“The fans have had nothing to cheer for years and years, apart from despair.”
“When you start throwing stones at other people you need to get things right in your own workshop.”
“To me they’ve got a soft undertone to the team.”
“Sam Allardyce will throw caution to the window.”
“Vaughan saw a chance there to put his name in the headlamps.”
“Sunderland’s problem is trying to get that consistency — all the time.”
“It gets my alarm bells running.”
“Does the player want to live in that nice comfort bowl?”
“That’s an awful ball; too shallow, too deep.”