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31. I second that kevmun! Spot on.

    From northern_hamster on Mon May 19 12:37PM

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32. Morning Samuel, step on a pile of Lego when you got out of bed this morning? You sound a tad hacked off...
    I agree that Ronaldo isn't coming across very well at the minute, but it is worth bearing in mind that the media play a key role in how he is portrayed. He could spend 10 minutes saying what a great club ManU is and the role SAF has played in his development, and finish by saying "...but I definitely want to play in Spain eventually", and all the headline would say is "Ronaldo: I want to leave ManU". There seem to be a lot of destabilising forces at work here at the moment, look at all the nonsense coming from Real Madrid. Do you really think they would fork out 80-100 million for one player? By the way, any idea what the current transfer record is?

    From garethcoletranslations on Mon May 19 12:43PM

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33. katherine jenkins is a fox. watching her (on mute obviously) was the best bit of the cup final!!
    samuelbanks, i totally agree about ronaldo. obviously he is a fantastic player, but messi is far better, end of story. You are right about him, he is starting to think he is bigger than man united, if thats the case i wouldnt be surprised to see fergie take the £100m and run. if they could survive wivout cantona, who ronaldo will never be a patch on, then they cope without ronaldo. £100m, im sure fergie could get a replacement for that

    From marcgrant7 on Mon May 19 12:48PM

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34. Darn, I missed the first 20 minutes because I was still shopping in Asda. Had no idea the anthems were going to be this great... ;o(

    From garethcoletranslations on Mon May 19 12:54PM

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35. I know ED and lots of folks here are anti-Man United, but are you all too blind to see that neither Rooney nor Drogba have scored many goals in these ties? (i.e. Man United vs. Chelsea). The goals almost always come from other players.

    From tosinsbox on Mon May 19 12:59PM

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36. Hi people
    Im just sick and tired of arrogant, self obsessed sports personalities like Ronaldo. If you are constantly being told that you are a genius, sooner or later it will go to your head. Cristiano Ronaldo is not a genius-neither is Ronnie O’Sullivan. They are not polymaths in maths physics, art and literature. A genius is a person of great intelligence. (Sometimes in many different fields- a polymath). Ronaldo and O’Sullivan have a superior talent in their chosen sport. This does not mean they are a genius. The term denotes an exceptional natural capacity of intellect-not sporting ability. I wish sports commentators would stop referring to these overpaid twats as geniuses. To describe an exceptonally gifted footballer as a genius is simply incorrect. It would be similar to me describing my cat as a genius-simply because it can jump better than the cat next door.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 01:40PM

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37. Not all on here are anti Man U . Obviously you won't be getting much joy out of Chelsea supporters right now cos of the final. Ask any 'neutral' on here not many dismiss the achievements of Fergie and the team , cos their performances nearly always speak for themselves. Some on here will be dismissive due to petty rivalry, but some of us give honest assessments of other teams...Shame that AC Milan failed to reach the champions league place this season, ....as a gooner thats particularly satisfying after Monsiuer Flamini had to speel out his two penneth in the media. There is Karma after all....Hope he enjoys the UEFA cup.....

    From barny1158 on Mon May 19 01:44PM

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38. Hi Garteh
    Im too old for lego-moved up to Lego Technic now.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 02:12PM

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39. the thing is all we seem to be hearing just now is ronaldo mouthing off about how good he is. im certainly not anti man utd, they're the best team in the world in my opinion, but my point is messi or the other great players in the world dont need to tell everyone how good they are, they let their football do the talking. ronaldo is undoubtetly a huge talent, but i just wish he would to his talking on the pitch

    From marcgrant7 on Mon May 19 02:14PM

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40. I hope to goodness that United win on Wednesday.But preferably without Ronaldo playing well. Infact i hope he has a Stinker.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 02:22PM

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41. What's this grief over the free movement of labour, Barny? I regret the loss of Flamini, but I'm nnot going to mug him a dark alley because he has gone where he wants.
    sammy, I saw a Eurosport interview with Ronnie O'Sullivan after his latest world championship where he was asked to comment on some idiot saying he was the best athlete on the planet. His response was "The man's mad." I would say he has things in perspective.

    From james_ssmith on Mon May 19 02:31PM

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42. Just reading the Transfer Talk page, where it says:
    "As ever, the future of TT favourite Peter Crouch has come under intense scrutiny. The lanky goal ace has been linked with a move to his former club Portsmouth, but Harry Redknapp is unlikely to take him back considering Crouch's dubious African origins."
    Any ideas what that is all about?

    From garethcoletranslations on Mon May 19 02:51PM

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43. James;
    Freedom of movement is not the problem. I just have a bit of trouble when players leave and then mug their previous club off in the media. Why did Flamini,(who indeed had a fantastic season at Arsenal.) have to give it all in the papers about why he left, especially as he was a relative unknown before being signed by and coached by Wenger. It is unnecessary to do that.Originally he was due to go to Juventus, who were the club he supported as a boy. (That I can understand.) However as Flamini chose to bleet in the media, I find it ironic that he went to AC Milan, not certain if they were going to qualify for the CL. Seems to me, yet again that the 'money' talked. Still , thats nothing new is it? And James, thats just my opinion, you don't have to agree !!

    From barny1158 on Mon May 19 02:55PM

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44. Garethcole,
    Thought that Crouchy played for Southampton, surely he didn't play for Pompey too?....

    From barny1158 on Mon May 19 02:58PM

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45. only time for a quick look in as i am preparing myself for the biggest match of the season at wembley at the weekend; likely to be a more flowing game than wednesday's affair. if not already doing so, ED, the seria A loss can be mitigated a little perhaps by tuning in early enough to the motogp and watching suzie perry's grid walk - no, its nothing like the f1 efforts of bartin mundle. must be off now to the fascinating stuff on the cowpatch blog . . . . is that where all the liverpool supporters have gone?

    From c.hawcroft on Mon May 19 02:59PM

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46. I haven't read what he said to the papers. No doubt he was quoted to suggest maximum controversy. Indeed, we don't have to agree, we aren't sheep. I've spent much of my life in my day jobcreating opportunities for people and then seeing them move on. Quite often they have felt guilty about this, not because I'm such a wonderful person, but because they feel they are letting their colleagues down. I always tell them the feeling will last until they get their first much better pay cheque.

    From james_ssmith on Mon May 19 03:03PM

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47. I am sure Crouch did play for Southampton. I didn't get the African reference at all. Hmm, you would hope to be able to believe what you read on these pages...

    From garethcoletranslations on Mon May 19 03:03PM

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48. Regarding Crouch, I think the 'joke' was that as he doesn't have any African connections then Redknapp is unlikely to take him back. They're trying to make out he only buys cheap African buys such as Muntari, Kanu, Utake, Bouba Diop etc.
    He also did play for Southampton for a season after leaving Villa. This was also his 'breakthrough' season where he tried to save Soton from the drop but when they were relegated left for Liverpool.

    From jjss.rm on Mon May 19 03:08PM

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49. Also, in the current age of trying to brand everything in the vein of 'Super Sunday' and 'The Most Important Day in the History of the World. EVER!' we're also getting 'Arry's Final and Gerrard's final in 2006. However, what does that leave last year's final to be? As it was so boring that people are trying to suggest it never happened or should it merely be named the Insomiac's Final?

    From jjss.rm on Mon May 19 03:11PM

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50. Jamesy
    That idiot was 6 times world prik of the year, Steve Davis. Ronnie O'Sulivan might be a bit of an idiot himself, but atleast he doesn't talk a load of bolocks.well....

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 03:45PM

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51. ED, good aricle today by the way.I loved your list of sporting chokers. Lewis Hamiltion,Greg Norman,Shane Warne,Jimmy white....the Netherlands.A list of people from the sporting world and then, a country, completely written off with a few types on a keyboard.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 03:56PM

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52. regarding flamini, i think wenger will have the last laugh in this one if he manages to secure aquilani, who ive seen quite a few times in serie A this year, and he truly is an excellent player, with one hell of a shot on him. yeh flamini had a great season but id prefer to be in wengers position. i agree barny, cant help but feel flamini betrayed wenger by spouting off in the papers. next prority would have to be a centre half or it will be the same story for the gunners next season

    From marcgrant7 on Mon May 19 03:57PM

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53. Is that Katherine Jenkins giving a microphone a b l o w j o b?. What i wouldn't give to be that little mic. Excuse my crudeness people.But i couldn't resist.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 04:06PM

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54. Join the queue, I think kevmun got first dibs...

    From garethcoletranslations on Mon May 19 04:08PM

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55. ED, that was a cracker about Jamie Rednapp. Rednapp would be analysing a game for Sky and say somthing like, 'Yeah i mean ya know, Lampards scored an own goal and he was sent off minutes into the game, but for me he was the best player on the pitch today. I would have give em the man of the match. I mean you know he's a world class player....'(Ray wilkins) 'and he's your cousin'.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 04:14PM

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56. Just while im on the subject of annoying footballers. Has anyone else noticed the amount of times footballers, managers and commentators use the phrase 'i mean you know when talking? It's not just the footballing fraternity who use this turn of phrase. Everybody's at it. It's quite apparent to me that they use this expression when they cannot think of anything to say. Another words, they use it in order to give themselves time to think. You will notice that fluent speakers will never use this phrase. Keep an ear out for the phrase 'i mean, you know' the next time someone is speaking. You'll be amazed at how many times people use it. Its always a clear indication that a person is unsure of themselves.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 04:30PM

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57. Most footballers seem to feel out of their depth when faced with a camera and a microphone, but I don't think that is necessarily a sigh of total stupidity, just them having to do something they are not very good at. You are right of course about the junk they come out with, but my favourite is when foreign players copy these little quips, e.g. Henry last year: "At ve end of ze day...". You have to laugh... At least he managed to make it sound like an intelligent comment )">

    From garethcoletranslations on Mon May 19 04:39PM

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58. Garteh
    I maybe went too far there.You're right because my lecturer uses the phrase i mean,you know and he's as smart as they come. I think Some football pundits are very good at expressing themselves. Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer and Lee Dixon are excellent. Some are dreadful though. And im not just thinking of Ian wright. Garth Crooks has a good grasp of English but he's an awful football analyst.Shocking infact.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 04:48PM

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59. I just read that a former major has been handed a suspended jail sentence for refereeing football matches while claming state disability benefits. The former major has been shown the yellow card and if he does it again he’s off….to prison. Interestingly, the magistrates name was a man called Alex Ferguson.

    From samuelbanks on Mon May 19 04:58PM

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60. From a media insider I know who's worked at a few of the, let's say, lesser-able premiership clubs, I think all but the most eloquent footballers (are there any??) are given pretty intense media training, and are taught to be extremely cautious about what they say. That's why so many of them user so many "fillers" to give themselves time to think...

    That and the fact that many of them are thick as two short planks...

    From northern_hamster on Mon May 19 05:15PM

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