Charles, Chris (2009-10-14), Sport Quotes of the Week, work: BBC Sport, place: Quotez, retrieved: 2009-10-14
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Why haven't they got cameras? The officials can speak to each other easily enough now. Why aren't we using laptops that are linked up and can give a decision in five seconds? A chimpanzee could do it - with not much training. We might as well go back to being cavemen, grab our girl by the hair, drag her into the cave whether she wants to come in or not because we may as well live in that age. We've come forward, haven't we?
— Ian Holloway
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Why haven't they got cameras? The officials can speak to each other easily enough now. Why aren't we using laptops that are linked up and can give a decision in five seconds? A chimpanzee could do it - with not much training. We might as well go back to being cavemen, grab our girl by the hair, drag her into the cave whether she wants to come in or not because we may as well live in that age. We've come forward, haven't we?" in the context of "Charles, Chris (2009-10-14), Sport Quotes of the Week, work: BBC Sport, place: Quotez, retrieved: 2009-10-14" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Ian Holloway
Ian Holloway (born 12 March 1963) is an English football manager.
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