10 Best Ever Football Insults

As anyone who has plays Football Manager will know, every football player is different, and they therefore require a variety of strategies to get the best out of them.

For some a simple look mid-match will suffice, whereas others require the half-time hairdryer treatment, and then there are those who need constant adoration and reassurance.

Regardless of whether you're a goalkeeper, captain, or striker, I've no doubt that hearing your manager sing your praises must give you a boost... unless you're Carlton Palmer at Southampton and Dave Jones is your gaffer, apparently.

Jones signed Palmer for the Saints but would sell him within two years as well as giving the former England international the most backhanded compliment ever:

"He covers every blade of grass, but that's only because his first touch is crap.”