Paradox

Football is a paradox. Off the field it is a classic representation of Capitalism. On the field it is Communism in practice ~ "from each according to their ability, to each according to their needs".

The Law

The ball is neither your enemy, nor your friend. It is simply a physical manifestation of the most beautifully simple law of all – that of cause and effect.

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There is no secret. I work hard, and I don't sleep much. I prefer to dream with my eyes open.

Previous

Only the great Managers have a career. The rest of us just end up with a list of previous convictions.

Goalkeepers - a race apart

Albert Camus was able to write his masterpiece 'The Outsider' not because he was a literary genius, possessed of great philosophical insight - but because he was a goalkeeper.

cosmic order

it's no coincidence that a football is the shape of the earth, the planets and the stars. The sphere brings order. Everything else is chaos.

Big Picture

"it's reassuring to know that there is a parallel Universe somewhere out there, where the referee got that call right"

Experiment

"This is an experiment. I don't mean the 4-2-3-1, I mean life" ~ Zen Gaffer

Advice to a young Pro'

Whether you’re talking about life in general, or football specifically, the advice is the same...“give, and go again”

Judgement

"Let he who is without sin take the first penalty"..............

The flow of all things

Defeats are the rivers and tributaries that lead us, inexorably, to the Ocean of Victory

Meaning

It is the prospect of the final whistle which brings meaning to the proceedings..............
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Fundamental Laws #1

Possession is everything