Bench Quote by Samir Nasri

I want to play and be happy. I am not happy being on the bench, like most players.

— Gerard Deulofeu

It would be worse if I have players who are happy if they sit on the bench, because that doesn't mean that we develop…

— Ralph Hasenhuttl

No one wants to sit the bench. I don't know a player that does.

— Geno Smith

You don't want to be on the bench thinking, 'Why am I not playing?'

— Callum Hudson-Odoi

I am not someone who enjoys being on the bench.

— Jack Butland

It is never a problem to have good players on the bench.

— Manuel Pellegrini

No one wants to sit on the bench and not play.

— Patrick Bamford

I don't think there can be a player who doesn't play and is happy.

— Roberto Mancini

It's never nice to sit on the bench. Everybody knows it is not what you want as a professional footballer but it's about responding…

— Simon Mignolet

Every player wants to play. That's pretty normal. Every player is unhappy when he's on the bench. That's pretty normal, too. But it's football:…

— Xherdan Shaqiri

You get people criticising people who are happy to sit on the bench, picking up money.

— Gary Cahill

My opinion is always that players need to be happy. You cannot keep them in the squad if they are not happy.

— Dusan Tadic