Gary Cahill Quotes

It's up to the coach to decide who is in the best shape to play each match.

Of course I want to play every game, but only 11 can start.

The coach can only choose 11 players to start. It is a difficult decision.

In international football you have 10 games a season, with players from different clubs. There's no time for proper coaching; they're just recovering from playing on the Saturday.

When it comes down to it, it's about putting the players on the field that will be the best 11.

Having fresh players is important.

The rotation system at Bayern makes it nearly impossible to play week after week, even when you're putting in some top performances.

When you make your final list for the World Cup or European Championship you don't take the 23 best players, that is for sure.

The old adage that you shouldn't change a winning team doesn't apply in modern international football because managers have to study the opposition and pick players who exploit their weaknesses.

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

If a player fails to perform in four or five consecutive matches, he should be dropped irrespective of whether he is a senior or a junior player.

This whole science thing of working out if players are a little bit tired just gives you an excuse to leave them out.

Whenever you name a team and whenever you pick a squad, that is when you have to make the most difficult calls. To tell a player, 'I'm not selecting you, and these are the reasons why...' it's tough.

It is very difficult when I have to choose a first 11 because I understand the feelings that players gave when players are on the bench; it is very difficult.

The most important thing is that Spain have a good team no matter who plays. It is always nice to see your name spoken but the important thing is that the national team does well. But having good players for every position is important because there are always injuries, drops of form.

They say that when it comes to the depth chart, it can change any day and that we dictate how the depth chart goes. If one person has a great day, he might be going with the 'ones.' If a person slips up a little bit, he might be going with the 'twos' and 'threes.'

That's football, it's our job not just to name the starting XI but during the match as well.

You make mental notes. You're a coach, so you make mental notes from matchups, to who steps up in the playoffs to who doesn't, different types of players.

I want to play every single player, but I can only play 11 at a time.

Managers now don't just use 11 players; they have to care about all the squad of 25 or more players.

Looking at the team sheets, you're never quite sure one weekend to the next who's going to be in a team and who isn't.

The coach is the one who eventually decides who makes the starting XI.

Players want to play a lot of rugby. We're walking contradictions at times in that we want to play a lot of rugby, but we don't want to play too much rugby, and we want to be available for all the big games, yet there are times when you have to sacrifice that because of game limits.

Our players know that we try to come in each week and put ourselves in the best position to have a chance to win, and sometimes that means some people playing more than others; sometimes it means using different personnel groupings in different weeks.

Us coaches love to have as many players available as possible.