Pompey 'Quote Unquote' Eleven

David James

“Team individualism is what you want. It might sound daft, but there’s a lot of sense to it.”

Gareth Evans

"I can't stand them (Plymouth) and I don't like the manager, if I am honest.”

Eoin Hand

“There are only two certainties in life. People die and football managers get the sack.”

Kevin Ball

“When they go on about diving nowadays and how bad it is, Vince Hilaire invented it He used to be the only bloke I knew who could trip himself up.”

Chris Kamara

“Giroud scored a brilliant header with the last kick of the game.”

Paul Merson

"There's only one person gets you sacked and that's the fans."

Alan McLoughlin

“People conveniently forget the three who unfortunately missed penalties, so you get labelled as the one who hit the bar!"

Johnny Lager

“People think we must have been larking about but me and Macca like our golf and we weren't being silly or anything like that.”

Steve Claridge

“Someone said you could write Barry Fry’s tactical knowledge on a stamp. You’d need to fold the stamp in half.”

Peter Crouch

“What would I have been if I hadn’t become a footballer? A virgin!”

Nwankwo Kanu

“English football is hard work. You have to run all the time."