The world of football is full of opinionated characters who sometimes try a little too hard to express themselves. Here are some classic examples of what can happen when footballers meet the English language head on.

Sir Bobby Robson: Well respected international and domestic manager who rarely has his brain attached to his mouth. " I would have given my right arm to be a pianist."

Vinny Jones: Well known movie star and hard man of soccer showing us why he never made it as comentator. " Winning doesn't really matter, so long as you win."

Ron Saunders: Football manager getting his wucking fords mixed up. "........allegations are all very well, but I would like to know who these alligators are."

Ruud Gullit: None too successful manager showing off his pure maths degree. "We must have had 99% of the game. It was the other 3% that cost us the match"

Graham Taylor: Poor old Graham "Failure" never failed to baffle us with his ramblings. Here he tries to give a reporter some insight into his life as the England manager. " Very few of us have any idea of what life is like living in a goldfish bowl, except of course those of us that are goldfish."

David Coleman: Muched loved commentator who regularly messed up his lines, but we love him even more for it. "If that had gone in it would have been a goal."

David O`Leary: Funny little Irish feller who has a permenantly startled look about him. "I was a young lad when I was growing up."

Stuart Pierce: Another soccer hard man who played for England numerous times and was seen as the backbone of the team for many years. " I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel."

Every now and then though we do get some genuine wise-ass comments that are quite hilarious. Such as.........

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, when asked by a reporter how he got scratched all over his face replied; " Well I don't know about that, you`ll have to ask your wife."

The last comment comes from the legend that is Brian Clough; a man still revered by many players and managers as the greatest manager the England team never had." They say that Rome wasnt built in a day, but I wasnt on that job."