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  1. On 21/09/2019 at 10:41, Toxteth O'Grady said:

    Also linked with David Tavares from Benfica.

    Apparently he first impressed our bootroom team when he played against us in a behind closed doors friendly earlier in the year.

    I understand though that they then took away the music, which was the only thing he had, so he is no longer interested.

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  2. It fills a void. City cannot celebrate what they have because what they have is built on an empty foundation of money and false accounting. What we have they will never have. So they celebrate what they see that do not have. It's beneath embarrassing.

     

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  3. 13 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

    The thing that bugs me is that I get it's an incident that will attract a bit of stick, perfectly understandable, what pisses me off is the Big John Terry slip which in the penalties of a Champions League final absolutely cost that club a trophy and yet hardly gets a mention or sung at every ground. The irony that it was Chelsea fans who took on the Gerrand chant is there for all to see.

    Isn't that because nobody really gives a toss about John Terry or Chelsea? 

     

    Envy is the root of all the antipathy.

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  4. Painful as it is, I do not think Ramos did 'fail a drug test'. He was given a glucocorticosteroid (a 'GCC'), which are not permitted in competition unless (a) they are administered in a certain way or (b) the player has a special permission (a TUE) to use them. It sounds like he was given a GCC but that it was administered in a permitted way (GCCs are often given in conjunction with painkillers to reduce inflammation caused by a painkilling injection). There are a number of different GCCs and it appears that the club doctor recorded one type on the relevant forms, when in fact he was given another. He did not break any rules, and WADA has confirmed this. 

  5. 10 hours ago, MegadriveMan said:

    Bookmakers bring this sort of stuff on themselves by taking bets on things that some people have inside information on.  If Sturridge had failed the West Brom medical or they pulled out at the last minute they'd have happily kept all the money and this charge  would never have come to light.

    Yes, you wonder whether Bookies are above being involved in slipping out 'information' and cashing in as gullible people place what they perecive to be clever bets.

     

    In that vein I did read that Trump weighed in quite heavily on the Beckhams getting divorced, obvioulsy got burned and has had it in for 'fake news' ever since. 

  6. Nah he's shit, just imagine the quality of players we'd have right now if Ian Ayre was still here.

     

    And I am yet to see a photo of him sheepishly arriving at an event with an embarrassingly young woman on his arm. 

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  7. I've been bemused at the smoke blown up Southgate's arse. There are thermophile bacteria living in the icy oceans of Europa who knew full well that Croatia's midfield was their ace in the hole and that Modric and Rakitic are their two main players. For some reason, Southgate played three against four, and two of them were Dele Alli and Lingard. Henderson had no time to do anything except hit it long, he had no one to pass to. 

     

    Bringing on Loftus Cheek for Sterling seemed obvious, or even for one of the centre-halves. But he basically handed the game to a hard-working but knackered side. England lost their best chance of a major final in decades because the manager got out tactic'd by Roger Federer's dad. Not, incidentally, that I care (by the way, although Croatia the team may be likable, their fans are every bit as bad as England's).

     

    As for the defence - Walker at centre-half was a liability. He bookended the tournament by making mistakes that resulted in two out of the five goals that England let in. 

     

    And yes, this latest round-up is quite masterful.

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