10 of the BEST

Forget sardines, if you want to win the league you must catch the big fish

1. “This Q-somethings, they don't mean a lot hey. Okay, it is good, it is motivation, but it is sardines. You must catch the big fish . . . you can win Q1 and Q4, and you don't win the league. What is that? You must catch the big fish.” — After Sundowns won the Absa premiership Q1. 2. “It was a nice, dimmed parked bus; you can’t move the bus, but I understand Boebie [Solomons] needs the points and they needed them more than us; that’s why their central defender was man of the match.” — After PSL rookies Polokwane City defended like men possessed to shock Sundowns with a 1-0 win in October last year. 3. ‘‘Mfiki [the referee] gave another penalty tonight. I’m not saying it wasn’t a penalty, but whenever there’s Mfiki, there’s a penalty against us.” — Complaining, even though Sundowns beat AmaZulu 7-1 in October last year. 4. “It’s about time we sort Swallows out, it’s about time, too much talk, but now the talk stops, it’s finished. They deserved to be beaten.” — After Sundowns beat Moroka Swallows 2-1 in December last year. 5. “I congratulated him at half time. I said: ‘What I like about you is that whether you are wrong or right you have guts, if you think it’s a penalty you give it.’ He is the kind of referee who does what he believes is right.” — After referee Victor Gomes awarded three penalties in a match between Sundowns and Ajax. 6. “This one I have earned, I give it to myself” — After Sundowns beat Platinum Stars 3-1 in March. 7. ‘‘But there is a player who is always on the floor, you touch him a little bit, he rolls like he’s been shot, from the top.

“The next minute, he continues to play.

“No . . . this is a man’s game, let’s all play. Look at Manyisa, look at Ntshumayelo, these boys are strong, they play, they are not on the floor every minute, every second . . . what is this?” — Having a go at Daine Klate after the midfielder scored the winner in Orlando Pirates’ 2-1 triumph over Sundowns in the quarterfinals of the Nedbank Cup last month. 8. ‘‘If you keep Shabba quiet you are okay. Katsande can have the ball, he’s not so much of a harm. Watch Yeye coming in and you deal with the Zimbabwean striker.” — After beating Chiefs 1-0 at Soccer City last month. 9. ‘‘It's only three points, guys. This game for us is only bragging rights, you know the story.

“They came to Loftus, they got results. Why can’t we come here and get results?” — After the same game against Chiefs. 10. “Mphela could have not scored that header. When he left us [in January] it was simply a career move. Obviously we all know where Mphela’s heart belongs. He knows where home is.” — After former striker Katlego Mphela crashed a header against the Bidvest Wits crossbar and further crippled Kaizer Chiefs’ fading title challenge in the dying seconds of a league match last month. — Mninawa Ntloko