Andre Schurrle Quotes

What I always do is just look at the players, look at the best 11 they can put on the pitch.

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

Whatever player Arsene picks to play for Arsenal, I respect that and so should the fans.

I would not put Dak Prescott on the bench. I would leave him as the starter, and I wouldn't have a problem with that at all.

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.

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

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

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

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.

If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason for that. But if it gets to eight or nine games, then you have to explain the situation. What's going on?

WIth football you can have up to 28 guys you consider starters, and if they can pick up the slack when some aren't playing so well, you don't have to turn those two game losing streaks into six-game losing streaks.

I think people get hung up on starters and 11s, and that number kind of rings through a lot of media's heads.

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.

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

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.

You're always disappointed not to start for your country, but that's the gaffer's decision.

If you are the coach of a national team, you have to evaluate players based on what they do on the pitch.

It's up to the manager where and how every player should play, but I think every player should be comfortable in that position.

The Reeves Nelson debacle, that hurt me. There are certain things regarding him that I couldn't say then and still can't. But I should have pulled the plug on him after his sophomore year. We tried to make it work, but we couldn't make it happen.

It's not science; it's common sense: it's playing the right players in the right positions for the style of football you want to implement in a specific game.

I think what Brendan Rodgers did was right; I thought it was successful. He was able to show that he was able to change several players, prove to everybody in the team that no-one's guaranteed a spot, rest a lot of key players, and at the same time walk away with a very reputable result.

If Ashley Cole is ready we have 15 players for the final. I'll have to choose between Hilario, who's not bad playing forward or I'll bring in one of the kids.

The most important thing in IPL is to select the players. You don't get much time to develop a team so it's important to pick the right players.