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« Reply #3015 on: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 12:19:47 »

That's been on the local news up here for months, I forgot the sentencing was yesterday. The fact that the stiffest sentence any of them got was 5 years, which they won't serve is an utter abomination.

There was a video of the wife being interviewed by the local news and her being verbally abused by (presumably) the families of these hideous creatures. I'll see if I can find it. EDIT - here is it

http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/154...f_convicted_men_outside_Basildon_Crown_Court/

People should NOT have to go to watch their football team and end up in a wheelchair.
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« Reply #3016 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 08:01:10 »

Couple of things I noticed some time back and wanted to post about in this thread.

Have a bit of time just now so thought I would.

The first is really about Adnan Januzaj and how he scored 2 goals and was suddenly an amazing footballer and somehow even touted for England. The hype was massive and now he's nowhere.


http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24416142
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24419288
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40578666

The second was the BBC having a massive hard-on for Lukaku to Man U where it seemed every second article was either about the pending move or the move itself. I thought the BBC were supposed to be unbiased?

I don't even think I've got them all.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40550934
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40547192
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40516483
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40541648
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40563181
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40520856
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40520845
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40553319
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40545516
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057yxj1
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40640555
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40564280
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« Reply #3017 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 09:10:49 »


The second was the BBC having a massive hard-on for Lukaku to Man U where it seemed every second article was either about the pending move or the move itself. I thought the BBC were supposed to be unbiased?

Think that's more politics. Be interesting to see what happened if Lukaku ran for PM
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« Reply #3018 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 09:17:15 »

Couple of things I noticed some time back and wanted to post about in this thread.

Have a bit of time just now so thought I would.

The first is really about Adnan Januzaj and how he scored 2 goals and was suddenly an amazing footballer and somehow even touted for England. The hype was massive and now he's nowhere.


http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24416142
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24419288
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40578666

The second was the BBC having a massive hard-on for Lukaku to Man U where it seemed every second article was either about the pending move or the move itself. I thought the BBC were supposed to be unbiased?

I don't even think I've got them all.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40550934
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40547192
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40516483
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40541648
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40563181
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40520856
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40520845
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40553319
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40545516
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057yxj1
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40640555
http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40564280


It was a british transfer record with the biggest club in the country there would be reporting of this level on any that size i would think. remember the Torres transfer
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« Reply #3019 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 09:22:25 »

There's an interesting comparison in language and coverage when discussing huge transfers across Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool and Man City. Basically, Utd and Liverpool in particular get lauded for flexing their financial muscles - 'they get their man, statement of intent etc', while City get derided with 'game's gone' rhetoric.

Interesting to see what happens with Liverpool and Keita. £70m for a guy with one season in a top level European league, and all the coverage is positive.
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« Reply #3020 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 10:03:35 »

 On the subject of the BBC and football, I see Shearer trousers about £450K annually, for his terrible punditry on MotD, that's our money right there. At least Lineker is competent.
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« Reply #3021 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 12:17:44 »

The Sanchez/Arsenal saga is interesting.
Sanchez has 1 year left on his contract, wants to leave and Wenger could easily get 50M for him.
Rather than sell, Wenger is willing to take the risk on him leaving on a free at the end of next season because the club believe they will loose more than 50M without him over the next season, be it on shirt sales, cup, league progression, revenue etc.
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« Reply #3022 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 12:17:55 »

Totally agree with reg.Shearer has a degree in the blatantly obvious.
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« Reply #3023 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 12:27:05 »

Totally agree with reg.Shearer has a degree in the blatantly obvious.

Shearer: "Well Sanchez had a shot, if it went in it would have been a goal"

Shearer: "That keeper made a save and without that save it would have been a goal"

Yep I concur.
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« Reply #3024 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 12:27:56 »

And the charisma of John Major.
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« Reply #3025 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 13:29:17 »

Shearer: "Well Sanchez had a shot, if it went in it would have been a goal"

Shearer: "That keeper made a save and without that save it would have been a goal"

Yep I concur.
Are you mistaking him for michael owen?
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« Reply #3026 on: Friday, July 21, 2017, 14:11:55 »

Are you mistaking him for michael owen?
Dullness and barely lucid monotones do seem to proliferate football tv punditry in the main.

The list of dullards is endless, but then few ex footballers have the intelligence to string a mildy coherent sentence together it would seem.
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« Reply #3027 on: Monday, July 24, 2017, 16:26:01 »

The Premier League ...

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jul/23/premier-league-at-25-sky-tv-deal-club-owners-fans-betrayed
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« Reply #3028 on: Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 15:56:39 »

Not saying women shouldn't have a role - but this is god awful.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40716824
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« Reply #3029 on: Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 15:59:55 »

Not saying women shouldn't have a role - but this is god awful.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40716824

This has nothing to do with her being a woman, and everything to do with her being a knobhead.
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