Q. What exactly happened here?
A. Darren Fletcher won the ball and Ashley Cole jumped up into the air. Martin
Atkinson promptly scurried across and awarded Chelsea the 'foul'. The rest, as they say, is the
rest of this post.
Q. Was Sir Alex wrong in criticizing the referee?
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Painful is the only word I can use to describe having to endure that woeful display. Do the
players not understand the importance of this fixture to the Tottenham fans? Their pathetic efforts
at the Emirates would suggest not.
While we may have been missing some key men through injury and suspension, our squad is meant to
be one of the best in the league.
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There's no option to italicize,bold and increase the font to 15 of the word "Bad" there. But I
think you got the message already so I leave it to you. Listen, this whole global warming thing is
sickening. There's also widespread poverty and a lot of kids with AK47 guns. Added to that are
extra problems like say the rising Fuel prices, water problem and traffic through the city.
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Maddy's Note:
Our man Felipe is back, bringing you a great take on thhe
Carling Cup encounter which he was THERE for. Who would expect a team of kids to beat a very
experienced and solid Liverpool? One one would say Arsenal were favourites, but I just have to
confess I didn't think that way until the kick-off yesterday.
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Sorry Vishwa. You're the man but still worth a try.
Some say he thinks Alex Ferguson is a swear word. Some say he has a bicycle kick that not even
Iker Casillas would have dared to stop. All we know is, he's called THE AQUAMAN.
- No Sir, not Carlton Parlmer
Sendros is quality I tell you.
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"...numerous systems emerged after Rafa's. Wenger had his own but couldn't take it beyond
four games, Allardyce had his own which was successful only in bits and pieces. The mere legacy of
the Rafa 0-0 draw is what makes Liverpool and Rafa very special."
A Retired Test-cricketer.
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What is the Perfect remedy for a Liverpool team that has lost against a team like Sunderland, by
a goal scored by Beach B? Simple. Put them against the Mancs.
In recent years, the end of October meant Liverpool were top of the table and by some series of
ill-fated events they start sliding towards the wrong side and find themselves in troubled
waters.
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Firstly credit to Stoke. They work on a shoestring budget in comparison to us and they are
consolidating their position as solid Premier League side. Unfortunately, the result did nothing
for Spurs chances of consolidating their position in the top 4!
I don't think you can criticise Harry's tactics or the Tottenham performance as a whole.
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Here's 10 things you wouldn't have known about Liverpool-United matches till you saw today's.
Well, you might still not know some of them, but you'd at least suspect them.
- Rafa's good at Math. He knows that if United are the champions above everyone else, and he
beats United, then he's the champion.
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Ducky's Note: The Other Big Four is back! As is Vishwa.
" PIRLO+ SPACE+TIME = DISASTER"
- ONE OF THE MANY PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR THE SPACE-TIME CONTINUUM.
" PEPE+DEFENDING=PEPE+DEFENDING WITH RAUL ALBIOL= DIDA+ GOALKEEPING= 0"
-ONE OF THE MANY PROPOSED SOLUTIONS FOR THE QUESTION OF LIFE, THE UNIVERSE AND PHILIP
METZELDER.
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Manchester United had innumerable reasons to be wary of Wednesday's trip to the Luzhniki
Stadium. The most talked about, and with good reason as anyone who watched the game would attest,
was the artificial pitch. People who have been brought up on playing in grass-less squares of
hard mud and pebbles are of course going "What the heck are you complaining about, at least it's
green!
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If god came to me and asked me to pick one game where we were going to switch off and let in a
late equalizer thereby letting go of 2 points I'd have picked AZ Alkmaar in the Champions League
group stages without blinking an eye. This phenomenon was something that I feel was our undoing
last season (apart from the fact that we were pretty poor otherwise too).
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Harry Redknapp gave Jermain Defoe a dressing down in front of his team mates after his sending
off against Pompey on Saturday. Nothing wrong with that as far as I'm concerned, especially when he
already warned him to cool it at half time.
Redknapp said: "Yes. He's sorry for what's done.
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Maddy's Note: Sunday was one of those days when I wished I was there to see it
happen. Well, our man Felipe was. And he certainly saw it happen. Reading this report recreated
every bit of the magic that was The Arsenal. I'm going to read it again then. Enjoy
There could not have been a better atmosphere in North London last Sunday.
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13 years since a tall Frenchman wearing ridiculously large spectacles flew the 8:30 Tokyo London
shuttle to be greeted by a headline in The Evening Standard saying ‘Arsène Who?' Since then he's
gotten us 3 league titles, 4 F.A Cups, a World Class Training Facility and a World Class
Stadium.
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I don't think there have been too many romantic comedies set in alternative universes, and if
there are, there haven't been many good ones. Groundhog Day is the first one that comes to mind,
and Defending Your Life, which takes place in the afterlife of Judgment City, could also qualify.
That's probably because coming up with yet another scenario in which Kate Hudson and Matthew
McConaughey can implausibly meet, hate each other, then fall in love is tough enough without having
to redefine the very fabric of the universe.
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Words of wisdom
Pepe Reina: For me, Fernando Torres is a better striker than Drogba
Rafa Benitez: Stop Drogba, and you stop Chelsea.
Some people just never learn. Sigh !
So, here we were again, similar occasion, similar circumstances. It was at this same stage last
season when Liverpool ended Chelsea's 86-game unbeaten home run courtesy of a deflected fluke goal
by Alonso.
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As a guitar player who loves to hear musicians talk about their craft, you would think that I
would have seen this movie on the day of its release. But I kept meaning to see it, eventually
forgot about it, then noticed it was still in one theater here when I passed by it the other day,
and finally caught it yesterday.
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I know as soon as I dare to mention Sol Campbell's name, hundreds of people get straight on the
comments to jump to his defence, but the bloke is seriously unbalanced. He's gone from one of the
best defenders in the country to one of the biggest jokes in a relatively short space of time. I
doubt he'd sign for Arsenal if he could have his time again; it all started going wrong from that
point!
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Seventeen years ago, the conversation went something like this:
Me: Springsteen's playing in Miami on November 24. Let's go.
Keith: Nah, I don't think so.
Me: Whaddaya mean?
Keith: He's only got a couple of good songs, and Human Touch is a piece of crap. He's not even with
the E Street Band anymore.
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As much as I wasn't particularly looking forward to last night's England game, the one hope I
had was that Aaron Lennon would step forward and stake a serious claim for a World Cup spot. That's
exactly what he did and in some style!
Lennon's first half performance was superb. He created two of the goals, secured himself the man
of the match accolade and very likely a place in Capello's squad for the 2010 World Cup.
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FC Boro 06 September @ 04:15 PM EST
After a summer full of optimism, Stevenage hosted newly promoted Tamworth at Broadhall Way on
the 8th August hoping to start the new season with a bang. However, the Lambs had different ideas
and frustrated the Hertfordshire side all afternoon. Stevenage took an early lead thanks to a Lee
Boylan penalty, but never really got going and were punished late on in the second half when BBC
columnist Bradley Pritchard equalised with a cool finish.
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I really do. Not all their fans are arseholes but from a lot of the stuff they came on here with
last season, a large proportion are. I do have a lot of time for Zola and Clarke though and it must
have been a tough game mentally for their players after the tragic Calum Davenport incident.
It wasn't an impressive Tottenham performance as it was in our first two games of the season,
but it was impressive if you are impressed by Spurs grinding out results, something we haven't been
able to do in seasons past.
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As much as I've been enjoying myself since ten to five on Sunday, I've managed to find something
to take the shine off ever so slightly. I saw a worrying quote in the press yesterday from Harry
Redknapp regarding our little legend Luka Modric. I'm sure you all read it but it was the bit about
Sir Alex that got me thinking.
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That was one of the most impressive Tottenham performances I have seen for many a year. I'm not
saying everything about the play was perfect but the way we kept our heads after the penalty was
exceptional. In previous seasons, we would have gone on to lose the game.
There are no two ways about it, Liverpool were completely outplayed.
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I wasn't too interested in last night's International so went and played some golf very badly in
a thunderstorm instead. I wished I'd stayed at home to see little Defoe's brace. From the
highlights, it looked as though England made some silly mistakes but showed very good fight and
team spirit to pull it back and come out the game with a 2-2 draw.
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There are reports circulating today that Jermaine Jenas has submitted a transfer request. He has
been linked with a move to Inter for a while after Jose Mourinho voiced his admiration for the
player earlier in the summer. I wouldn't be that surprised to see JJ go. I get the impression he
probably thinks he's a bit better than Tottenham and probably also expected to have moved on to a
bigger club before now although his performances for us haven't demonstrated that he's worthy of
such a move.
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If somebody had ever told me that one of the benefits of moving to Chicago was the opportunity
to see Jeff Tweedy of Wilco performing at a synagogue half a mile from my apartment, I would have
thought this city was filled with nutjobs.
And yet, that's exactly what happened last night.
As I mentioned on Episode 58, a few months ago, Tweedy's son had his Bar Mitzvah at the Emanuel
Congregation in the Edgewater neighborhood where I live.
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SoccerLens 31 July @ 08:38 AM EST
Former England manager Sir Bobby Robson has died of cancer aged 76. He had been battling the
disease in various forms since 1992.
Robson will be best remembered for taking England to within a penalty-shoot out at the 1990
World Cup, but he also enjoyed success both domestically and with European clubs and had the kind
of record that few modern managers can equal.
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I went to see Spurs take on the mighty Barcelona on Friday night and paid £60 for the
privilege. In reality, the ticket was probably worth no more than 60p.
After being forced to queue for nearly an hour to collect the tickets, we just about made it
into the stadium as the game was kicking off.
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When David Beckham signed with the LA Galaxy in 2007, I wrote the following:
Even if Beckham's price is half the figure mentioned above, the league will recoup its
investment. Beckham will put fannies in the seats and bring domestic and international exposure to
MLS. This will attract even more sponsors at higher rates.
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SoccerLens 18 July @ 07:02 PM EST
People always say that, to understand how far we've come, you need to look in the past. Whilst
that sentence probably sounds a bit cliché, it could surely be used in discussions regarding the
evolution of the common Premier League football supporter over the last 30-40 years.
If you'll recall, the Premier League has only turned into a global league in the last 10 or so
years.
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faker 16 July @ 12:59 PM EST
People looking for offhanded symbolism can feel free to try tracking Mos Def's career trajectory as
an MC through his album covers. Iconic solo debut
Black on Both Sides: a stark,
immediately-striking photo portrait that renders the attribution of his name unnecessary. Aggro
experimental follow-up
The New Danger: that same face now obscured by a stick-up man's
mask, his bright red, bloody-looking index fingertip pointing to his own head on some
Taxi
Driver shit.
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