Quotes About Strategy

Every year in the Premier League, every team is improving. Every team is buying new players.

Sometimes in the Premier League, you are in a game where you can't play nice football because you just wouldn't win it.

If I'm on the bench in a Premier League game, I'm thinking, 'What can I do coming off the bench?'

International football is different to the Premier League.

In the Premier League, almost everyone is difficult to beat; it depends on how you begin a game and how you play in the game.

That's why it's hardest to win a Premier League instead of a Champions League - because it's over 38 games. You can't play well in every game, but it's about grinding out results.

The Bundesliga is different from La Liga, it's different from Serie A, it's different from the Premier League, so you have to adapt to the circumstances.

I coach defending an awful lot but I don't think too many teams in the Premier League or in the world of football actually coach defending anymore, certainly not the full-backs.

The interaction between the goalkeeper and the back four has to be top to compete in the Premier League.

In the Premier League, you can't play against anyone if you don't play at a high pace.

My main aim is to finish as high up the top of the Premier League as possible. I have the ability to help teams survive.

In the Premier League you need creative players to open games up.

If you can play effective counter-attacking football, as you see in the Premier League, it's very effective.

You can only go so far in the Premier League before you have to spend.

The Premier League is good, but I don't know if it fits my style. It is very physical.

It is harder to win Premier League games playing 4-4-2 without having players of the quality the top teams have.

If you want to build a good team, you need to spend a lot of money, especially in the Premier League.

I'm not going to say the Dutch league is naive but they all play to win. In the Premier League, you have teams with a different idea.

Premier League players are a lot cleverer, but they don't like being roughed up. They're not used to that.

There's plenty of points to play for in the Premier League.

It is not easy to bring the methods of a new manager to the Premier League.

Playing middle pairs like 10-10, 9-9, 8-8, and 7-7 can be difficult but only if you overvalue them and mistakenly play them as you would premium hands.

I want to be on a successful team, and I know that paying one or two or three players premium hurts your chances of being able to bring in extra talent.

When I don't reraise with a premium hand like K-K, I'll just smooth-call. Sometimes I just don't want to announce the strength of my hand to the entire table.