don_quixote
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unbelievable wasnt it? even more unbelievable the lack of condemnation for gerrard diving YET AGAIN. i swear he is worse than ronaldo and drogba put together
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don_quixote
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what, because he ran into the back of a defender and went down clutching his face and simultaneously appealing at the same time? yeah, i'd have been a bit pissed off if that was given too.
crackerjack
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What a game that was.
But how shit does Bendtner have to be before Wenger sells him? it was like watching a caretaker batsman playing against Shane Warne.
Still, well done the Arse - a great victory for ABU.
But how shit does Bendtner have to be before Wenger sells him? it was like watching a caretaker batsman playing against Shane Warne.
Still, well done the Arse - a great victory for ABU.
nomos
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that was well worth rolling out of bed at 7:45! and easily one of the most exciting of the season so far. end to end, lots of chances on both sides. glad to see arsenal keep their composure and confidence. bendtner is definitely looking a bit adrift out there (though he had a good chemistry with eduardo last year). and i don't know if he's tired or jaded but fabregas is making a lot of sloppy passes lately. still, he put nasri though for the second and it was gorgeous.
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don_quixote
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that second goal was amazing considering they ripped a gaping hole in arguably the best defence in europe
nomos
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my god! it's going to be on setanta canada. will be locked
crackerjack
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you have GOT to love our community-minded-ness
you know obama would approve!
Desperately poor attempt at giving a small match some wider currency
And why aren't you out there with your mop? Bloody fair weather fans
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Desperately poor attempt at giving a small match some wider currency
And why aren't you out there with your mop? Bloody fair weather fans
lol cos i'm a treacherous bastard who moved to - and works in - north london. but i will be at the game tonight, of course. (i also just tried to find a vid of wombles fans singing the classic 'oh south london is wonderful' song, but there are only palace-scum videos of this otherwise proud sentiment, so i decided against it.)
pitch inspection going on as i type...
don_quixote
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one of the best goals i have ever, ever seen
crackerjack
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don_quixote
Trent End
but really
also this weekend i think
also this weekend i think
crackerjack
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Only a friendly etc and so on, but I can't remember an England team under any manager since Hoddle (and even then, only occasionally) controlling a game like they did tonight. I think the key thing Capello has done is emphasise the importance of possession of the ball - throughout the team, no player was hitting the long ball, no one panicked in possession.
And this was the second string, effectively (granted, Germany's too), so he's getting these messages across to everybody.
And this was the second string, effectively (granted, Germany's too), so he's getting these messages across to everybody.
crackerjack
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No, it's not wrong of him to keep playing the drama queen on this for (what looks like being) the rest of his life. A handball is no different from any other professional foul or sneaky shirt-pull. Maradonna got away with a goal that should've been disallowed. He didn't, so far as I know, shag Butcher's wife or mug his dad.
IdleRich
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I just think there is something snide about the Guardian implying that Butcher hasn't got a right to be annoyed about someone unfairly denying him his one shot at greatness, the thing that could have been the peak of his career and the culmination of a childhood dream. The fact that Maradonna is more gifted makes it worse that he cheated in my opinion whereas the journalist in that piece seems to think that it makes it all ok and allows him to do what he wants.
Yeah, I agree that any foul is as bad as any other but there is something particularly galling about the blatancy of that one. Personally I blame the officials rather than Maradonna, he just stuck his hand out and was probably amazed that it counted, it's the ref who let him get away with it.
As for the last bit, I wonder what Butcher would do if he was given the chance to change history so that England won the World Cup but Maradonna shagged his wife. I like to think that he (well his wife in fact) would take the hit for the team.