Top Football Managers Explain The Age-Old Fowl/Freeway Dilemma. Some football managers are happy to talk about their tactics, signings, results and so on. Others are much more tricky to pin down, while some simply hate answering questions. So when I tracked down some top football managers, past and present, to ask them the most important question in football today, we were expecting a mixed bag.
The question: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Arsene Wenger
"From my position in the dug-out I did not see the incident clearly so I cannot really comment. However, I do think that he gets picked on by opposition players and fans who are clearly chickenophobic."
David O'Leary
"To be fair, he's just a baby chicken really and crossing the road is just a big exciting adventure for him. He'll enjoy the experience as long as it lasts and learn from it, but I don't seriously expect him to cross it this season."
Sir Alex "get a life you sad git" Ferguson
"As far as I'm concerned he crossed the road at least a minute early according to my watch."
George Graham
"I want good, solid team chickens who, cross the road in a straight line when they're told and how they're told. There's no room at this club for a prima donna chicken running around aimlessly - he's not worth it!"
Jose Mourihno
"Because it is blessed. God created the world, then me, then this chicken"
Gordon Strachan
"I'm really proud of the wee fella. Let's face it, if it had been one of the big chickens everyone would be saying how well he'd done, but as it's one of the wee chickens it must be luck."
John Gregory
"Two months ago that chicken was saying he was happy here. Now he tells me he wants to cross the road. I feel like shooting him."
Kevin Keegan
"OK, so the chicken's dead, but I still feel, hey, he can go all the way to the other side of the road."
Bobby Robson
"The duck's done really great."
Joe Royle
"I can't understand why they're letting female chickens cross roads these days. They should be at home laying eggs."
Peter Reid
"Just cross the f#cking road, you chicken f#ck!"
Glenn Hoddle
"The chicken was hit by the lorry when crossing the road because in a previous life it had been a bad chicken."
The late Brian Clough
"If God had wanted chickens to cross roads he'd have put corn in the tarmac. Anyway, I'm more interested in Wild Turkey."
Ron Atkinson
"Spotter's badge, Clive. For me, Chicko's popped up at the back stick, little eyebrows, and gone bang! And I'll tell you what - I've got a sneaking feeling that this road's there to be crossed."
Ruud Gullit
"I am hoping to see some sexy poultry."
Brilliant work San Miguel 
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