Neil Warnock Quotes

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Neil Warnock

Profession : Businessman

Birth : December 1, 1948

People talk about flip charts, tactic boards and other rubbish like that. But the truth is that as a manager you just need to get the best out of the players at your disposal.

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I don't have a desire to prove people wrong, as such, because if you take a look at my Premier League record it's not too bad.

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It's the last question mark against me in my career. Why couldn't I keep a team in the Premier League.

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When I do pack it in, there's plenty for me to do down in Cornwall. There are some decent local teams, like Bodmin, that I'd like to go and watch.

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I'm not sure I will watch a lot of professional football once I've retired.

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There is a version of me people see. I don't think I play up to it, I think it's more other people put it out there. People see the football side of me, but I'm a different character away from it.

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I can't replicate how I feel when that whistle goes on nights like that, knowing you've won it, that people are going home smiling. You don't get that sat on my tractor in Plymouth or doing the shop in Tesco.

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The players is what I enjoy, the training ground, making players better and believing in themselves because you can make a difference.

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My biggest achievement at Cardiff is bringing the whole club together in my two years here.

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The way that I am, most of my time as a manager has been putting fires out and I don't enjoy dealing with chairmen and owners but I know it's part of my job.

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

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It's not an easy challenge picking up players in January, I've always found it tough. Clubs don't want to release their better players.

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Who's been with me longest? Kevin Blackwell. I signed him as a goalkeeper at Scarborough in '86 and he's basically been with me my whole career. He's been my goalkeeper, reserve goalie, now my assistant manager.

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It's suggested I am big pals with Willie McKay. Am I? I don't think I am. He is an agent. You need these agents if you want to do a deal.

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Ask anyone in the game: if you want a player from France or a French player, 99 per cent of the time, you will have to deal with Willie McKay or someone like him. If you want to get the job done, then you need the Willie McKays of this world.

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It doesn't bother me what division I am managing in.

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Apparently I have 12 league games to go to get 1,500 and that is really tempting to me.

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As far as I can tell most people in football do not take colour into account when judging people. I certainly don't.

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I'm glad to see goal-line technology working; we should have had it for years. I do believe we will soon see managers being allowed one, or two, challenges.

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I never thought I'd rather watch England's cricketers batting for a draw than their footballers in the World Cup but it was a lot more exciting.

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