Balls Quote by Tony Cascarino

It's one thing to tell a front man to drop off and fill in the hole behind, but if they don't know why they…

— John Toshack

If you face the goalkeeper, you have to wait for him to go and then put the ball in the other side. It's easy…

— Juan Mata

Everybody knows what Peter Crouch's strengths are and when he plays he is a handful for any side.

— Chris Hughton

Never tackle, never go down, we've heard it over and over again. You have to try to keep Messi away from the goal and…

— Per Mertesacker

“the ball goes to the other central defender and this one makes a vertical pass – not to the midfielders, who have their back…

— Guillem Balague

Kaka beat Fletcher to the ball, and headed it past Heinze as the Argentine sought to close him down. Heinze could still have dealt…

— Henry Winter

Watch Haaland and you'll see he's never afraid of knocking the ball by a defender before bursting beyond him. He knows if he gets…

— Chris Sutton

It's the striker's job to put the ball in the net and it's up to us to make important tackles and blocks.

— Phil Jones

“Thirdly – and crucial for Pep’s position as the midfielder in front of the back four – he had to dispatch the ball to…

— Guillem Balague

At the Argentina game, how would you have guessed that Darren Anderton would have gone off with cramp?

— Kevin Keegan

The ball goes down the keeper's throat where it hits him on the knees to say the least.

— Ron Atkinson

Lampard picks his head up and knocks it out to the wing.

— Alan Shearer