Phil Brown (footballer): Trending quotes

“Lee has been with the physio all week and hasn't trained. David Livermore has trained so the shoe is on the other foot there and he has thrown his hat into the ring.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

06-May-2007, Hull City OWS
More hat-throwing, and poor shoe control.

Shoe , Training

“The way they questioned my decisions was absolutely disgraceful.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

1-Oct-2005, Radio Derby
Reaction to the booing against Leicester City after Peschisolido was substituted.

Way , Question , Decision

“Thirty minutes into the game, I was quite comfortable. Then they […] got two goals back-to-back which certainly turned the game in their favour.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

02-Mar-2009, Hull City OWS
No kidding!

Game

“I'm not saying alarm bells are ringing at this moment in time.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

21-Jan-2006, Radio Derby
Phil steadies the ship after 6-1 defeat at Coventry.

Time

“We impacted upon the substitutions.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

28-Dec-2005, Radio Derby
The substitutions had an impact.

“All the boxes are ticked. The yeses and the positives are coming back from the medical department.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

28-Jan-2006, Radio Derby
Standard nonsense.

Box

“Seriously if I had a gun I would have shot the plane down.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

MY-2011, Lancashire Evening Post
Did he not like Blackpool's stunt

“Those are the pictures you want from pre-season, so although we beat a Premiership side, I can take those away with me.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

02-Aug-2007, Hull City OWS
Victory against Newcastle allows Phil to add to his picture collection.

Season

“We gave ourselves a hill to climb and we climbed it.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

11-Aug-2007, BBC Radio Humberside
You have to give yourselves stretched targets.

“If one or two do go out, hopefully the players we get in will be better players.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

4-Jan-2006, teamtalk.com
After the transfer window opened, PB made an obvious but worrying statement.

“They will watch his decision-making process.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

18-Oct-2005, DCFC website
Poole will show the young goalkeepers.

Decision

“They will carry us over the finishing line every so often, and we’ll carry them over the line other times. It’s a mutual respect at the moment.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

Oct-2011, Lancashire Evening Post
That nearly makes sense.

Time

“In any game, you get pictures and at half time there were 11 players who had half a shirt for Saturday.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

27-Aug-2008 Hull City OWS
More pictures for Phil's collection, but unfortunately also something of a kit problem.

Game , Time

“It's vitally important that as manager you make decisions.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

20-Jan-2006, DCFC website
Brown, management guru.

Decision

“Unfortunately we've come on the end of a loss.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

16-Jan-2007, BBC TV
Phil returns to the fray with some simply-executed locution.

Loss

“If I get the good pictures I was getting at the beginning of the season, Lee Holmes will be knocking at the door.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

5-Oct-2005, DCFC website
Phil collects pictures. Lee Holmes is a door-to-door art salesman?

Season

“The walking wounded are starting to walk.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

2-Nov-2005, DCFC website
How bizarre.

“His manager is a former player of Derby County and is recommending that Derby County is the place to be, that guy being Mikkel Beck. He speaks very highly of me. It's ongoing again. These scenarios take time.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

17-Jan-2006, Radio Derby
Phil lacks a detailed knowledge of DCFC history as Mikkel looks to offload a player.

Guy , Time

“I'm looking forward to the game because I think it will be a great spectacle. […] He's the type of guy that can pull a rabbit out of the hat every so often and I'll be watching out for that.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

28-Feb-2009
Sam Allardyce will occasionally liven games up with the odd magic trick.

Guy , Game , Thinking

“If we stand still, we're going backwards. We've got to keep moving forward and appear to be moving forward.”

Phil Brown (footballer)

29-Jun-2005, Radio Derby
I think he's covered all the angles there.

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