Defensive Tactician Gifts

"Watch this bloke, lads, if there's a hole in the wall he'll find it."

'How many times have I told you not to hit the ball with your head?'

“Sweet mother of Marmaduke... no!”

Alternative fielding positions

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

"Memo to self - personalise new work-station."

"Well I didn't see the incident myself.."

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

Carlo Ancelotti

'The score is tied and we've only got a 20-second timeout, so we've gotta be quick. ... I'm 'X'. Who wants to be 'O'?'

Football.

We have to stop surprising each other.

"I advise a slow, steady stream of lawsuits to weaken your enemies resistance. We call it time release litigation."

ISIS needle in a haystack.

Human males marking territory.

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

"Call it wishful thinking, but I don't think this peace will last. . . ."

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

Goalie Wall.

'Thank you colonel we'll keep your strategy in mind.'

Just as he was about to be annihilated, Dirk makes an amazing discovery,

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."

'Sir, our sales force has just taken Atlanta.'

I've left your pin on the map, but I've loosened it.

"Try caressing the ball with your bat."

'Hurry, hurry! What's he saying?'

'Quick! Play dead!'

Kamakasi pilot instructor

Arsene Wenger

'I wonder who they'll bring on as manager for the second half.'

British patent (applied for) A Trained Dog of war Drawing the Enemy's Fire.

"However, now, gentlemen, we see the frown has become a smile."

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