Brendan Rodgers Quotes

My teams have always been dominant about having the ball but having the ball to create opportunities. That's always been the clear way of my work.

We need the ball even to defend; that's our objective: having the ball and having it as far as possible from our goal as possible.

The important thing for me is we want to keep the ball, we want to have the ball because we are Arsenal football club.

All coaches say, 'We want to control the game. We want the ball. Blah, blah, blah, blah,' but it's impossible to have the ball all the time.

I like to be in contact with the ball, have possession, to play.

I like it when the team is in control of the match. I like very much the ball possession; I like to play in the other half.

I've never seen a Barca without control of the game. I've never seen a Barca that doesn't have the ball and lets the opposition attack all the time.

I'm one of those players who loves to dribble the ball, to run at people.

I experienced that the ball is the most important thing. When you have the ball, the other team really can't do anything.

Pellegrini as a coach likes the team to be in control of the ball, and go forward.

I prefer getting a lot of the ball.

We always want to play and be dominant with the ball, but we respect the opposition.

If you play on possession, you don't have to defend, because there's only one ball

The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

I want the ball for 90 minutes. When I don't have the ball, I go high pressing because I want the ball.

At Tottenham, I'm asked to take a lot of risks to keep maximum possession of the ball and build from the back.

Sometimes in midfield, it's nice because you do get a little bit more of the ball, and maybe out wide you rely on people to get you the ball.

The fundamentals, what I want, which is to take the ball, try to play as offensive as possible and dominate the game through the ball, is the same. I grew up with that; I was a player with that idea, and I am a coach with that idea.

The style is the same at all levels, which facilitates things: bring the ball out from the back, keep possession, work gaps to create chances. It's like that from the Under-15s all the way through. That's the Spanish way, and it has triumphed.

If you do an outside spin with the ball, it's more difficult to control it, so I try to pass it in a way that allows them to take the ball quicker in their path. That way, they may have more of an advantage to score or create themselves.

My priority is possession. Attack, get a lot of players in the opposition half, take risks.

It is impossible to do it for the whole game, but when you have the ball for most of the game and have players like Samir Nasri, David Silva, Yaya Toure, and Raheem Sterling, they keep the ball so well.

Everyone wants to play like Spurs. We want to play attractive football, get the ball forward, and create chances with good possession.

Every footballer enjoys having the ball at their feet. There are times in training you find yourself without the ball. I enjoy that side of it as well. If we can spend more time working with the ball then everyone will enjoy it.

The little bit of my Brazilian side in Azzurri is perhaps to play more with the ball on the ground and have the tranquility to hold the ball. The idea is to have more control of the game.