Sean Dyche Quotes

There are several insights at the heart of the A's system that I think are wonderful for baseball. One, that it's a team game. That no one player is going to make that much of a difference to your team, so for god's sake don't go blow a quarter of your budget on one guy.

I want to be on a successful team, and I know that paying one or two or three players premium hurts your chances of being able to bring in extra talent.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

General managers - I like to talk about the 'golden gut': general managers that not only can have a sense for the players that are going to perform beyond what people expect and get team chemistry right, but they also have to be able to make trades.

You cannot bring in two or three top-class players if you don't have the money. You have to sell.

Transfer fees don't show which player is better. It's only a number necessary for a club to get a player.

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team.

Obviously, it's important for any team that wants to be really successful to try to have the best players that they possibly can in all positions, and I think Alisson is definitely one of the best in the world in his position.

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

Sometimes you have to manage, and you have to sell two or three players who aren't playing many games.

If you buy too many bad players, you don't last in this game.

I can no longer understand what the parameters are for valuing a player. It's all too random and in the hands of whoever has more money.

World Cups aren't moments to invest in players.

You have expectations always when you buy players. Mostly, you have positive expectations.

If we don't need the players who are available to sign, then why are we going to sign?

Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.

Everyone's system in the NBA makes sense. It all comes down to the quality of player and the quality of execution.

Teams want the best players. If the best players come through your academy, you can play.

When you've got money to spend, it's very easy to buy someone worth £50m rather than say, 'I'm going to play this 20-year-old English player.' It's easier to buy someone when you have the money to do it. But at the same time, if you give somebody an opportunity, you never know. You can only roll the dice and see how they perform.

Who wants to lose or sell a player? Nobody does.

It is down to the manager what he wants to do in the transfer window. Us as players, we just have to focus on each game that comes along and try and do our best.

It is not always possible, but the best plan is always to keep hold of your best players.

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.