Eidur Gudjohnsen Quotes

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Profession : Coach

Birth : September 15, 1978

When you're the manager of Chelsea, you are always under pressure as soon as things don't go smoothly as they would like.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Under Guardiola at Barcelona, it was definitely the most attractive football I played, with the style of play.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

You try to take little bits from every manager and you try to mould it into your way of playing.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Over the course of my career, all the managers were people I have had great respect for.

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At the end of the day, you can only use the players you have and play to their strengths.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

If you're the manager in a situation like this, where you've got one, two, three, four players standing over the ball, and there is a question on who is going to take the penalty, don't you want your captain to step in and say, 'Listen, it's been decided before the game who is the penalty taker?'

Eidur Gudjohnsen

As soon as your attention goes off Messi, he pops up and scores you a few goals.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Sometimes the games just pan out that way. One team is putting pressure on the other and when you are under pressure, you have to defend. It is part of football.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

As a young player coming through, you have to take your chances and use the opportunities well.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

You do always feel that with Hudson-Odoi on the pitch, Chelsea look like a better team.

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My father had played for the national team for 15 years.

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I've obviously worked with a lot of top managers.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

I just try to use my experience. That's what you do when you come to the end of your career.

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Maybe I'm one of those who just, without blowing my own horn, was an exceptional talent.

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Pace is in the mind many times. You've got physical pace but pace in thinking, in reading the game. That's always been one of my stronger points anyway.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Mourinho has got a bigger personality, a bigger character than Guardiola.

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I think Guardiola puts more emphasis on possession of the ball and how can we dominate the opposition in possession and overload spaces where the ball is being played.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Guardiola might be more of the silent type, thinking, an introvert.

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My situation wasn't great at Stoke in all honesty and I've got the opportunity to come here and impress the manager, get games under my belt and help Fulham push forward.

Eidur Gudjohnsen

Whether I'm setting up goals or scoring doesn't really matter to me as long as the team is moving in the right direction.

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