Paul Merson Quotes & Sayings

Every single player on the pitch is now in the Birmingham box, apart from two of them. — Paul Merson

Confidence is a horrible thing — Paul Merson

To win the Champions League with Porto, you have to be tactically acute — Paul Merson

If you keep walking past the barbers, eventually you'll get a haircut. — Paul Merson

United won't fall asleep against Liverpool. They'll win it in their sleep — Paul Merson

When Everton knock it long, they don't knock it long — Paul Merson

The big oxygen thing is out for Benni McCarthy ... he's got a lot of medical round him — Paul Merson

Everton are literally a bag of Revells. — Paul Merson

When we kicked off and no one came to mark me I thought, 'Hello, it's Christmas' — Paul Merson

David Nugent tore up the Championship but he's gone to Portsmouth and he's a fish up a tree — Paul Merson

Ian Ashby is very underrated and it's right he gets the accolades he gets — Paul Merson

Reading won't have the confidence to be confident — Paul Merson

In England, Rooney is a world-class footballer in the world. — Paul Merson

I think Southampton will finish above teams that are well below them. — Paul Merson

I crawled back to bed, knowing I was done for. Hours later, the phone in our room started ringing. It was George. He was not happy.
"Room 312. Now!" he shouted.
Bouldy got up. I tried to pull myself together, splashing my face with water and hauling on my shorts and flip flops. It was a lovely day outside, the sun was scorching hot and there wasn't a cloud in the sky, but it might as well have been a pissing wet morning in St Albans for all I cared. I felt sick to the pit of my stomach as we made the Walk of Death to Room 312, which I knew was Paul and Gus's room.
When we walked in, I thought I'd arrived in downtown Baghdad. Water dripped from the ceiling. The board games were in pieces and all the plastic parts were scattered over the floor. The balcony window was wide open and I could see a bed upended by the pool outside. — Paul Merson

You don't want to bite your nose off to spite your face — Paul Merson

Football's all about yesterday, it's all about now — Paul Merson

That shot moved like ... I was going to say a shop, but the shop's shut — Paul Merson

Paul Lambert has learned Fabian Delph the game. — Paul Merson

There's only one person gets you sacked and that's the fans — Paul Merson

As the saying goes, 'you don't fix something if it isn't broken' — Paul Merson

It's very difficult to play when your lung comes out of your air — Paul Merson

Don't put too much pressure on Jack Wilshere ... in years to come I think he will be an Arsenal great like Liam Brady — Paul Merson

Glenn could see I was bricking it and turned round to me as I sat there, gripping the armrests.
"You all right?" he said.
"I hate flying, Boss. I'm shitting myself."
"Don't worry, Merse. It's going to be OK. We *won't* crash."
I thought, "Thank God for that. Glenn's said we're going to be safe. Nothing's going to fuck with us now. — Paul Merson