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Arsenal's Limpness, And Rationalization

umlaut75 — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:23:20 EST

I miss all of the fun.

umlaut75

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Jibby — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:09:25 EST

Yid Army!

Jibby

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Carson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:50:36 EST

@preciousroy: Rafa, you want to handle that one?

Carson

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Michael Bertin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:15:53 EST

Holy shit, Chelsea actually has to play a game away? Guess Russian oil money doesn't bribe what it used to.

Eh... they play Barnsley. I mean how tough can a mid-table Champioship team be?

Michael Bertin

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The Legend of Vincent Tremblay — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:11:55 EST

Here's the draw for the next round:

Chelsea @ Barnsley
Portsmouth @ Manchester United
West Bromwich Albion @ Bristol Rovers
Cardiff City @ Sheffield United/Middlesbrough winner

Lunatic Fringe, looks like Man U's streak of PL draws continues.

The Legend of Vincent Tremblay

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Michael Bertin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 16:48:48 EST

Dear God, Hoyte got abused by Nani. With Sagna in, two of those crosses they scored from don't even make it into the box.

That's my rationalization and I'm sticking to it.

Michael Bertin

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drewheyman — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:41:34 EST

@Chuckie Hacks 2 and 0: Not quite. But that was the final scorce of the other insurance league game: Allstate vs. State Farm.

Allstate has a good team this year; they should handle this AIG team like a fender bender claim.

drewheyman

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:41:32 EST

@BigTenObsession:

No, and you can see now the thing works

/shakes head & goes home

Lunatic Fringe

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hockalees — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:30:54 EST

@the littlest rebel:
Whatever Hirshey might do should ManUre win the Prem, you can bet he won't quickly leave Kinsale's, have Raj make excuses to the press, and then fly to South Africa... like a red-nosed bitch did just last week when his team shit itself.

hockalees

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Carson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:30:11 EST

@BigTenObsession: BTO: To be fair "pedophile" is tough to rhyme with.

And I don't know why Hirshey's all bent out of shape - this had to be one of his easiest columns to write. Just cut-and-paste all the same excuses from the Spurs/Carling Cup beatdown post.

Carson

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BigTenObsession — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:08:15 EST

@Lunatic Fringe:

You work for the government?

BigTenObsession

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:07:35 EST

@ Big 10

My shitty work computer (Win 98 no less)
doesn't load the reply/follow/ or flag buttons.

Lunatic Fringe

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:06:02 EST

@ Big 10

My Shitty work computer doesn't load the reply/follow/or flag buttons.

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the littlest rebel — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:03:54 EST

Excuses, excuses. What will Hirshey say when ManU takes the Prem. the Gooners are pants.

the littlest rebel

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LingeringBursitis — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:03:27 EST

@Lunatic Fringe: Absolutely, I feel the same way.

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BigTenObsession — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:52:35 EST

@Lunatic Fringe:

psst. Over here we barely get one thread a week. But there is a magical place where we discuss it every day.

BigTenObsession

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BigTenObsession — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:51:35 EST

@LingeringBursitis:

Good Lord! I've been delinquent in my Traore-tracking duties.

@Lunatic Fringe:

Your refusal to use "Reply" function is frightening.

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:50:58 EST

@ LB & Big 10

Nothing personal to anybody, I just like being able to discuss football with knowledgeable people.

Lunatic Fringe

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LingeringBursitis — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:48:13 EST

@Lunatic Fringe: "Weeee've still got more Cups than yoouu"
/desperate

@BigTenObsession: According to Wikipedia, I count at least 11:
Abdou, Abdoulrazak, Alou, Armand, Dramane, Djimi, Issa, Issiaka, Iya, Mamary and Ousmane

LingeringBursitis

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:47:37 EST

@ Big 10

No thanks, but he can but me a beer @ Kinsale

Lunatic Fringe

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moomacher — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:45:53 EST

@BigTenObsession:
Nursing homes of Manchester, lock up your grannies!

moomacher

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BigTenObsession — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:44:43 EST

@Lunatic Fringe:

If you win the treble, you can give Hirshey the Shocker.

(what? I'm not wagering with my body!)

BigTenObsession

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BigTenObsession — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:43:57 EST

Also, Hirshey - we were clearly limp because we had to look at the face of that disgusting troll, Rooney (which inevitably makes me think of Auld Slapper). I mean, doesn't that make you limp?

BigTenObsession

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The Gizmo from Pismo — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:43:53 EST

Hirshey sounds a little bitter no? He should feel better in realizing that the reaction of those fans is pretty much everyone's reaction when NE lost to NY.

The Gizmo from Pismo

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:43:06 EST

@ Lingering

If we can catch Arsenal and win the treble AGAIN, then I'll be over myself.

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BigTenObsession — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:42:30 EST

@LingeringBursitis:

At last count, there were 3. I'm assuming if they keep appearing, eventually a Prem team will get Michael, instead of Tito or Jermaine.

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moomacher — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:40:02 EST

Whatever. Real Madrid, Lyon, and Milan looked terrible this weekend as well. Pre Champions League performance jitters. Everything will fine if Arsenal can just put two past whatever third string keeper the Rossoneri put out there on Wednesday.

/rationalization

moomacher

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LingeringBursitis — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:39:50 EST

@BigTenObsession: How many Traores are there anyway? We've had at least one, and they're all fucking terrible.

@Lunatic Fringe: Yeah, I mean it's not like football has an extensive history or anything.

Which begs the question: when will you get over yourself?

LingeringBursitis

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BigTenObsession — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:39:50 EST

@Carson:

Please, those are the complete lyrics. You think Spurs fans can come up with anything else?

BigTenObsession

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:38:17 EST

@ tickenest

Thats like comparing the Great Alaska shootout with the Final Four.

Lunatic Fringe

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:36:33 EST

Lunatic Fringe

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:36:15 EST

@ Lingering Bursitis,

1993 ?? Wow, I thought UNC & Duke fans were the only ones who don't know how to get over it.

Lunatic Fringe

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BigTenObsession — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:35:26 EST

@Tuffy:

Darren Fletcher inexplicably became Didier Drogba.

What's that? Traore was marking him, and not Clichy? Well that explains it.

BigTenObsession

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Tickenest — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:32:51 EST

@Lunatic Fringe: And it's a good thing, too, what with Man. U's stellar record in the League Cup against Coventry, Crewe Alexandra, and Southend United the last couple of seasons....

Tickenest

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Carson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:29:29 EST

Hirshey -
Can you please post the complete lyrics to "Arsene Wenger Is a Pedophile."?

Carson

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You_are_My_Larsson_My_Henrik_Larsson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:28:54 EST

By the way, you heard it here first. Celtic 1 Barca 0

You_are_My_Larsson_My_Henrik_Larsson

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You_are_My_Larsson_My_Henrik_Larsson — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:28:13 EST

Cheer up Gooners, no one likes a Treble winner anyways! I'm sure you remember when Man U did it. Becks became famous and the world died a little. Do you want to be like that? Do you want to subject the world to Adebayor or Hleb underwear shots?

You_are_My_Larsson_My_Henrik_Larsson

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LingeringBursitis — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:27:19 EST

@Lunatic Fringe: We're waiting and hoping for the inevitable SAF match-fixing allegations.

Never forget: Man U vs. Sheffield Wednesday, 1993. Defender Steve Bruce scores 2 in almost 9 minutes of injury time at the end of the game, to give ManU the 2-1 win.
THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT

LingeringBursitis

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:24:12 EST

The treble is still out of reach thanks to the Russian Mob/FA and their "drawing" skills.

I think Man U hasn't played a non-PL team in the last 2 years of the FA cup matches.

Lunatic Fringe

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Tuffy — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:20:24 EST

If Raj isn't busy, could he head over to England and mark Fletcher? No one else is.

Tuffy

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SirWalterIII — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:20:22 EST

This is an embarrassing year to bleed red...

SirWalterIII

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Tony E — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:19:02 EST

Gilberto wants to give a good kicking to Nani for showboating. I bet Nani scores another next time they play. Cant Stop, Wont Stop.

Tony E

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LingeringBursitis — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:18:19 EST

@Chuckie Hacks 2 and 0: Funny you should say that, as reading the post instead of that non-joke would have told you what the score was.

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Raskolnikov — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:17:49 EST

I hope that clubgoer was Tom Hicks.

Raskolnikov

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Lunatic Fringe — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:17:27 EST

Wow, You're a bigger sore loser than most Duke fans.

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LingeringBursitis — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:16:01 EST

Note: I did still steal Dubliner's hubcaps

And I did say before the game, I wish you both could have lost...let the record show I only cheered the Adebayor yellow.

LingeringBursitis

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stealofthedraft — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:15:56 EST

Funny, I've been reading New York Magazine a lot lately.

stealofthedraft

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Chuckie Hacks 2 and 0 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:13:33 EST

I didn't see the score but I'm just going to assume it was 1-0

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