David James
Quotes by David James
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Top football clubs are now using a model of statistical analysis similar to that used by Billy Beane in Major League Baseball to tell us how we won, how we lost, how to pick the side, or even how to buy players.
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As a stadium, Fratton Park has to be unique in the top flight of just about every league in Europe. It is a proper, and I mean proper, throwback.
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People might think that Premier League footballers have little to worry about, tucked up in their recession-proof castles, but that's not quite true. Just like the rest of the population we have our concerns.
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The Merseyside derby is certainly not obsolete, a fixture that divides families across the city cannot be ignored and the atmosphere is always electric. During the build-up I remember not being able to go anywhere without hearing people talk about it. When I first came to Liverpool I was unprepared for it.
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Derby games are about more than points in the league, or cup victories, they are about bragging rights that extend well beyond an afternoon of football.
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The frustrating paradox is that coaching goalkeeping actually requires more resources than outfield positions. Unlike David Beckham and Wayne Rooney, who can practise at targets for hours on their own, for a keeper to practise anything other than kicking or throwing he needs other players.
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I tried drinking Red Bull but it got me so wired I couldn't even do a warm-up properly.
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