Footy quotes of the week

"To be England manager you must win every game, not do anything in your private life and hopefully not earn too much money" - Sven-Goran Eriksson offers some advice to Fabio Capello

"I have known Fabio for a long time and the quality of the candidate is outstanding" - Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger backs Capello for the England job, the same Wenger that a few days ago said the role had to go to an Englishman

"After deep and serious thinking, I decided to exclude myself from being England manager. I'm sure the FA will hire a great manager, one able to place the team back where it belongs" - Jose Mourinho rules himself out of the running but has probably talked up his wages ahead of an imminent deal to coach in Serie A... so we're told

"Even when Jose Mourinho was in the running, I believed that Capello had even more charisma, talent and experience for a challenging job like this one" - Gianfranco Zola's happy, particularly as Capello looks set to appoint Zola as his sidekick

"Fabio thinks about England as the mother of the game and the teacher of football and I am sure he would like to be England manager" - Capello's close confidant Franco Baldini, sadly "mother's" in a bit of a state right now!

"I'm still uptight about what's gone on because it's been a disgrace what's happened to me. I'm disgusted the way I've been treated. I'm taking it all the way. No way am I going to stand back and let what's happened to me happen. Not a chance" - Former England candidate Harry Redknapp is still fuming over his arrest

"You've got people standing behind you shouting filth. What upsets me is there is someone there with a little boy making filthy gestures. It stinks and he should be ashamed to do that in front of kids" - It appears Redknapp's not the only one who's unhappy

"Without the players, without the people that worked for me and that I inherited, I wouldn't be here tonight" - There's not a dry eye in the house as former England manager Sir Bobby Robson picks up his lifetime achievement gong at the BBC Sport's Personality of the Year awards

"I think it's time to get a canoe, Jeff!" - Rare and topical comedy genius from a Sky Soccer Saturday pundit to Jeff Stelling as Hartlepool romp to a 3-1 lead over Yeovil

"I said if that was a penalty or even a free-kick against Southampton I would change my name to Alex McJockstrap and wear a kilt every day because it was ridiculous" - New Leicester boss Ian Holloway on the spot kick awarded to Southampton against the Foxes

"We've drawn Southampton in the FA Cup so there's a chance to get a bit of rewengee as they say in Blackadder - 'we'll wreak horrible rewengee on you!'" - Holloway again - his move to the east midlands doesn't appear to have dulled his humour

"There's only one Jamie Oliver!" - Elsewhere in the Championship, Cardiff fans unleash a fine little chant to Delia Smith's Norwich

"The Scottish players like a good drink. What's more, they put their beer in big glasses here. It's as if they need it to recharge the machine. There are also chips and pizzas in the dressing room at the end of the match, plus Coca-cola and ketchup" - Rangers striker Daniel Cousin in a lesson on how not to keep your team-mates on your side

"I have my breakfast at home - a bowl of Frosties, Rice Krispies or Weetabix - but I try not to eat too much beforehand" - Manchester City defender Micah Richards gives a fascinating insight into his life in his BBC column

"After my first five games with West Ham, I was a donkey and a clown but I took it with a pinch of salt because the experience I had of 15 years at Charlton held me in good stead" - Hammers boss Alan Curbishley perhaps being a tad harsh on himself!

"I don't know if I'll be doing it at, what is he now, 82? I better be careful what I say!" - New Derby boss Paul Jewell on Sir Alex Ferguson's impressive longevity in management

"It wasn't a scarf Rolando was wearing - it was the collar from an old rollneck pullover. It's not that unusual - cutting the collars off and wearing them as neck warmers is very common among Italian footballers" - A Manchester City spokesman backs Bianchi's ludicrous neck warmer during the weekend's Premier League action

"Al Bangura came over to this country as a 15-year-old boy. He's escaped two civil wars and his father was killed in a civil war. But he managed to get a lucky break by being scouted by this football club who could see that he has a massive talent. He thought his life had changed for the better and everything had settled down and now he's been told that he has to go back. You put faith in the system but very often it comes back to haunt you. He's having to be consoled and he's in a state of shock" - Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd after Hornet Al Bangura is told by the Home Office he will be deported back to Sierra Leone