Tactics Tactician Gifts

'You're not taking this seriously, are you?

'Cap'n, why's the enemy fire so accurate after we deployed the smoke screen?'

Arsene Wenger

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

Alternative fielding positions

"Weather like this plagued my retreat from Moscow."

Man mourns the loss of his king after being checkmated.

"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

War never felt the same after the Great Puppy Ambush.

'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.

"So this is it...the first day of the new school year. I guess studying, tests and report cards are still the hot things around here."

Commando crashes into wall, instead of through window.

The Use of Cavalry

ISIS needle in a haystack.

'With your permission sir... checkmate.'

Kosovo.

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

'Blue Fox to Swat Team: execute on my count of three and when officer O'Rourke has fastened his bootlace.'

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

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. . . ."

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

"I try to get a head start on them."

"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."

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

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

This Amount of Computer Code

'Don't ask me what play to call..I've only got a one year contract...you've got a four year scholarship...you decide what play to call.'

"Now we have all your arrows!"

Kamakasi pilot instructor

"Try caressing the ball with your bat."

'Quick! Play dead!'