Neil Warnock Quotes

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Neil Warnock

Profession : Businessman

Birth : December 1, 1948

Once, I used to have the local reporter on the team bus and I'd tell him everything, so when he wrote about the club he was informed, even if he couldn't print some things. Those days are long gone.

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I had a player once whose wife had twins and one of them was in and out of hospital for a year. You just have to give people as much time as they need.

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As I found at QPR, a club in the process of a takeover is paralysed.

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I would like to apologise to anyone who has put a bet on me becoming the next Scotland manager.

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I would like to wish Harry Redknapp the best of luck filling my old seat in the dugout at Queen's Park Rangers. It was one of the achievements of my managerial career getting QPR back into the Premier League after a 15-year absence and I would be very sad to see them go back down after all the hard work the players, staff and myself put in.

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Working at Palace was one of the happiest episodes of my football career, even though the ending was one of the most upsetting and traumatic.

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The report I remember most vividly from school is the one I destroyed before I got home, telling my parents I'd lost it. Three words stood out, and still do: 'Must try harder'.

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I've been looking forward to going back to Huddersfield. I was manager when the club moved from Leeds Road to the new stadium and it contributed to us getting promotion.

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I remember when I was younger I used to sing that Beatles song, 'When I'm 64', and think that's light years away for me - I was 18 when it came out. Now here I am.

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It's good to see Graham Alexander back in the game. He was such a tremendous professional as a player so I know he'll give management his best shot.

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I like experience in my side, but you need a balance and young players give you energy, pace and, often, a freshness which means they have no fear.

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Older players who have experienced failure in the past can sometimes be held back by the fear of it happening again, young ones just want to go out and play.

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Maybe we have more young English players than people sometimes think. They just need a chance to show their ability.

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The sack is a sad fact of life for football managers. I have been axed three times. The chairman at Notts County was on record as saying it's the worst thing they ever did. Within a couple of years they were one game from losing league status.

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When I joined QPR in March 2010 we were rock bottom and heading for League One. We conceded too many and didn't score enough, which was a recipe for relegation.

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Sometimes when I'm watching managers on television and I see all that anxiety I realise that I don't miss the job as much as I thought.

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If there is one thing worse for a manager than having an interfering owner it is uncertainty over the ownership.

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Everyone says teams should work harder when they are losing but sometimes that makes it worse.

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A few eyebrows have been raised at Adel Taarabt joining Milan. Having worked with Adel for two years, I am not as surprised as most people seem to be. He is a player of immense ability and, if he is handled right, and motivated himself, he can win games at any level.

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I am finding I have to watch what I am doing otherwise I may as well be in full-time football again and, while I'm available if something interesting comes up to take me to the end of the season, I don't want a long-term commitment at this stage in my life.

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