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The idea is to try and earn some time but when you're on the cobbles, there's no specific tactical plan. You've got to stay in front, with some teammates if possible, from the first section. Then take stock in between sections of who's there and who's not, it's a stage where you go all out. There are no tactics. – Paolo Slongo	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It was a good day, no incident, I'm glad I still have the yellow jersey ahead of tomorrow's stage. – Van Avermaet	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
They owe us and they will pay us back. – Drazen Karakasic	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It's really great for me because of all the people from my country, even from my hometown, it's a big football party. – Nicolas Grbac	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I won't be at the gathering on the Champs-Elysees, you can't cut yourself in half. – Akim Snouci from Paris	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The whole country was happy and very proud — but I was sad, if I had the experience then that I do now then Croatia would have been champions of the world. – Miroslav Blazevic	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I took advantage of the intense patriotism in the squad, we were very much an unknown country so it was our chance to put the team and the whole country in the spotlight. It was easy to motivate the players. – Miroslav Blazevic	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
You've got to understand how huge this is, we've been raised on soccer for many, many generations. It's in our DNA. – Veljko Bosnic	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The census is way off, there's a helluva lot more. – Veljko Bosnic	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I don't feel frustrated. As long as the team wins, I'm happy. I try to open gaps, to play in the build-up. My game is also to play for my team mates, it's my altruistic side, i've given assists for three goals here, but for sure I'd like to score. But if we win without me scoring, I'll be happy with that too. – Olivier Giroud	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Since the beginning of the competition he has got it right, and I hope it will be the same for the final. – Antoine Griezmann	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I'm very disappointed with the back nine, we'll get after it again tomorrow. I'm in a good spot, and hopefully I'm not too far off the lead. – Journeyman Wheatcroft	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It just seems cruel and unusual punishment for these guys, i hope this magnificent effort by these two experienced and very fit professionals allows the powers that be to make a change. – Grand Slam champion John McEnroe	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I like Fleetwood and I expect him to do something special, i thought he was unlucky at British Open. He succumbed on the third day when the USGA organizers put the pins in stupid places. He shot a 78 while American Brooks Koepka managed a 72 so that was the big difference. – Tony Jacklin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
That sort of thing helps The Englishman self belief. Tommy has great self-confidence and he's quite simply the real deal now, he is probably as good a player as there is out there right now who hasn't yet won a major. He is definitely one of my picks for next week. – Tony Jacklin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I got a lot of hometown encouragement in 1969 because I was back after playing a lot in America. It's the same as what Fleetwood has been doing and it's always nice to come home and be appreciated by the fans, if you've really got it in you, a player will rise to that. It's like being any top sportsman or actor. Those guys are performers and they perform best in front of their home crowds. – Tony Jacklin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
But Fleetwood's 63 on the final day was virtually flawless. He's come a long way in the last 18 months or so and the combination of his good play and the support he's going to get from the British galleries will stand him in good stead, he hit every green bar one on the final day and his ball - striking has come on leaps and bounds. – Tony Jacklin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Watson proved you could hit the ball (high) through the air, hit it solid and do extremely well, we haven't seen a burnt, dry Open since Hoylake (in 2006). – Frank Nobilo	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
America has just been fortunate, these kids the same age, competing against each other in college, seeing each other win, piggybacking on each other. – Frank Nobilo	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
We haven't seen a burnt, dry Open since Hoylake (in 2006). – Frank Nobilo	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I suspect this hot spell has made the course very fast and, if the wind whips up, it could live up to its 'Car-nasty' reputation and Tiger will understand how to handle whatever it might throw at him, he realises it's not about overpowering a links course, it's about staying in play and being patient. At least 50 percent of the field won't know anything like as much as he does about plotting their way round. – Tony Jacklin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
If it's a week when 70 percent of the time the players are just trying to keep the ball in play with those two-iron 'stingers', it could be a factor for Tiger. If he makes a few putts I wouldn't bet against him, tiger has won three British Opens and has played a monumental amount of links golf. If he doesn't need the driver, it will be a big plus for him, because for me that club is his weakness. – Tony Jacklin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Almost all of them have started to use the driving iron, the two-iron, again so some sanity has come back into the game, the quicker these links courses play, the more difficult they are as it's harder to control the ball. I doubt whether any of the top players will be without their driving iron because it seems to have come back into the bags in the last year. – Tony Jacklin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
If Tiger can get his putting right you wouldn't rule him out, from tee to green his ball-striking has been pretty good since he returned from his back injury at the end of 2017 and a bit of links golf might just whet his appetite. – Tony Jacklin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago

The idea is to try and earn some time but when you're on the cobbles, there's no specific tactical plan. You've got to stay in front, with some teammates if possible, from the first section. Then take stock in between sections of who's there and who's not, it's a stage where you go all out. There are no tactics.

– Paolo Slongo

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It was a good day, no incident, I'm glad I still have the yellow jersey ahead of tomorrow's stage.

– Van Avermaet

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

They owe us and they will pay us back.

– Drazen Karakasic

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It's really great for me because of all the people from my country, even from my hometown, it's a big football party.

– Nicolas Grbac

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I won't be at the gathering on the Champs-Elysees, you can't cut yourself in half.

– Akim Snouci from Paris

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The whole country was happy and very proud — but I was sad, if I had the experience then that I do now then Croatia would have been champions of the world.

– Miroslav Blazevic

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I took advantage of the intense patriotism in the squad, we were very much an unknown country so it was our chance to put the team and the whole country in the spotlight. It was easy to motivate the players.

– Miroslav Blazevic

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

You've got to understand how huge this is, we've been raised on soccer for many, many generations. It's in our DNA.

– Veljko Bosnic

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The census is way off, there's a helluva lot more.

– Veljko Bosnic

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I don't feel frustrated. As long as the team wins, I'm happy. I try to open gaps, to play in the build-up. My game is also to play for my team mates, it's my altruistic side, i've given assists for three goals here, but for sure I'd like to score. But if we win without me scoring, I'll be happy with that too.

– Olivier Giroud

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Since the beginning of the competition he has got it right, and I hope it will be the same for the final.

– Antoine Griezmann

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I'm very disappointed with the back nine, we'll get after it again tomorrow. I'm in a good spot, and hopefully I'm not too far off the lead.

– Journeyman Wheatcroft

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It just seems cruel and unusual punishment for these guys, i hope this magnificent effort by these two experienced and very fit professionals allows the powers that be to make a change.

– Grand Slam champion John McEnroe

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I like Fleetwood and I expect him to do something special, i thought he was unlucky at British Open. He succumbed on the third day when the USGA organizers put the pins in stupid places. He shot a 78 while American Brooks Koepka managed a 72 so that was the big difference.

– Tony Jacklin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

That sort of thing helps The Englishman self belief. Tommy has great self-confidence and he's quite simply the real deal now, he is probably as good a player as there is out there right now who hasn't yet won a major. He is definitely one of my picks for next week.

– Tony Jacklin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I got a lot of hometown encouragement in 1969 because I was back after playing a lot in America. It's the same as what Fleetwood has been doing and it's always nice to come home and be appreciated by the fans, if you've really got it in you, a player will rise to that. It's like being any top sportsman or actor. Those guys are performers and they perform best in front of their home crowds.

– Tony Jacklin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

But Fleetwood's 63 on the final day was virtually flawless. He's come a long way in the last 18 months or so and the combination of his good play and the support he's going to get from the British galleries will stand him in good stead, he hit every green bar one on the final day and his ball - striking has come on leaps and bounds.

– Tony Jacklin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Watson proved you could hit the ball (high) through the air, hit it solid and do extremely well, we haven't seen a burnt, dry Open since Hoylake (in 2006).

– Frank Nobilo

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

America has just been fortunate, these kids the same age, competing against each other in college, seeing each other win, piggybacking on each other.

– Frank Nobilo

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

We haven't seen a burnt, dry Open since Hoylake (in 2006).

– Frank Nobilo

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I suspect this hot spell has made the course very fast and, if the wind whips up, it could live up to its 'Car-nasty' reputation and Tiger will understand how to handle whatever it might throw at him, he realises it's not about overpowering a links course, it's about staying in play and being patient. At least 50 percent of the field won't know anything like as much as he does about plotting their way round.

– Tony Jacklin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

If it's a week when 70 percent of the time the players are just trying to keep the ball in play with those two-iron 'stingers', it could be a factor for Tiger. If he makes a few putts I wouldn't bet against him, tiger has won three British Opens and has played a monumental amount of links golf. If he doesn't need the driver, it will be a big plus for him, because for me that club is his weakness.

– Tony Jacklin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Almost all of them have started to use the driving iron, the two-iron, again so some sanity has come back into the game, the quicker these links courses play, the more difficult they are as it's harder to control the ball. I doubt whether any of the top players will be without their driving iron because it seems to have come back into the bags in the last year.

– Tony Jacklin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

If Tiger can get his putting right you wouldn't rule him out, from tee to green his ball-striking has been pretty good since he returned from his back injury at the end of 2017 and a bit of links golf might just whet his appetite.

– Tony Jacklin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

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