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The Zen-Like Qualities Of An Own Goal

The Fan’s Attic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:21:01 EDT

@BigTenObsession: ESPN.

I like gamecast because it does more updates than the british papers, so any humor is just a bonus.

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:19:13 EDT

ah, fuck off, Nibbles.

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:19:03 EDT

Scarface with an elbow to the throat!

MrRedDevil

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:18:32 EDT

@The Fan's Attic:

are those from the Guardian or ESPN? The guy from the Guardian who does most of their commentary is hilarious.

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The Fan’s Attic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:12:00 EDT

@The Fan's Attic: and this other gem at 23'

Ronaldo is playing the lone role up top so far with Rooney and Tevez beavering away in support. Nothing in the way of chances emerging however.

I like this writer.

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:08:57 EDT

@The Fan's Attic: I blame FEMA

MrRedDevil

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The Fan’s Attic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:08:16 EDT

from the gamecast commentary at the 21' mark:

Valdes and Ronaldo had a little coming together there after a long ball from Ferdinand. Nothing more than handbags though. In fact, it was more insignificant than that, it was purses.

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The Fan’s Attic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:07:02 EDT

i hate this new commenting system that they seemed to have imposed on us. comments lost in the ether, late showing comments...ugh.

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:06:49 EDT

I might have a heart attack today.

MrRedDevil

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The Fan’s Attic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:04:42 EDT

Way to go Marquez, you stupid wanker.

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:57:48 EDT

COME ON GUYS!

MrRedDevil

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Signal to Noise — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:54:21 EDT

@MrRedDevil: he didn't get cute enough. He forgot to do his stupid stutter step beforehand.

Ha, I say.

Signal to Noise

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:54:10 EDT

@The Fan's Attic: well played

MrRedDevil

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Baudolino — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:54:08 EDT

@MrRedDevil: I'm always pumped for another 90 minutes of Tommy Smyth with a Why (the fuck is he on the air?)

Baudolino

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The Fan’s Attic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:53:19 EDT

@MrRedDevil: that's what she said?

strong like bull smart like tractor

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:51:11 EDT

@Signal to Noise: he got too cute, should have hammered it

MrRedDevil

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being_sven — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:51:02 EDT

Not all of us were so zen-like in our office settings...

being_sven

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:50:38 EDT

Knowledge of Sir Alex Ferguson>>>>>>>>>>Knowledge of Tommy "The Irish Douchebag" Smyth.

MrRedDevil

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Baudolino — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:49:21 EDT

Oh, Cristiano. What have you done?

Baudolino

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Signal to Noise — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:49:04 EDT

Fuck you, Crissy. That's karma coming back on you.

Signal to Noise

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:48:17 EDT

nibbles

MrRedDevil

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:48:01 EDT

FUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MrRedDevil

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strong like bull smart like tractor — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:47:39 EDT

Nibbles is about as competent as the love child of Avram Grant and John Arne Riise.

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:47:10 EDT

PENALTY!!!

MrRedDevil

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umlaut75 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:45:13 EDT

I <3 my own spelling errorors

umlaut75

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umlaut75 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:44:22 EDT

I think LB was mantra-ing 2005, 2005, because that was the last time James Frey was sellable to the public.

Wai, are any of these real words?

umlaut75

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:43:33 EDT

There's an Italian speaking part of Switzerland?

MrRedDevil

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Spectator — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:40:23 EDT

Chelsea cheering and prancing around after the game was hilarious. Yeah, you guys really earned that draw!

Spectator

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:39:31 EDT

Nibbles is a sunt

MrRedDevil

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MrRedDevil — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:37:44 EDT

It's almost time for Man Utd v Barca...

COME ON YOU RED DEVILS!!!

MrRedDevil

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strong like bull smart like tractor — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:35:46 EDT

Cech was awesome, everybody else affiliated with Chelsea was damn lucky. I'm just glad the second leg will be at the Bridge this year.

strong like bull smart like tractor

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strong like bull smart like tractor — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:27:13 EDT

Cech was awesome, everybody else for Chelsea was extremely lucky. I'm just glad the second leg will be at the Bridge for a change...

strong like bull smart like tractor

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Absurd Hero — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:26:13 EDT

Go On Chels!!!

Grant is not the right man for this job, as he illustrates every single match, but somehow this Champions League campaign has been blessed with a bit of luck (ie. Drawing Olympiakos and Fenerbache in the round of 16 and quarters).

Drogba is just going through the motions out there. He needs to be sold (along with that Ukranian guy) at the end of the season. I'd rather have Anelka pairing the young Franco Di Santo at this point.

Absurd Hero

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the littlest rebel — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:25:32 EDT

No offense but Joe Cole has been absolutely pants recently. Grant is a crap manager. Why doesn't he start Kalou and Anelka? The game itself was boring but Chelsea dominated most of the first half. There was flow, short passing, just no goals. Considering all the luck the Scousers have had the last few years, Chelsea through to the final would be fitting. Go Blues.

the littlest rebel

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preciousroy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:25:28 EDT

@BigTenObsession: Might not be Gawker, youtube pulled the vast number of the 35+ postings of the Riise own goal.

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:22:24 EDT

@preciousroy:

No, I was just trying to inform Gawker that I was merely linking to the brilliant UF, and I did not need their fucked-up shenanigans to give me a broken "Watch-Video" link when there was no damn video I was trying to link to in the first place.

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Triple B — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:21:49 EDT

@preciousroy: I know but fuck, I thought they'd finally something that looked like football.

Triple B

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:20:56 EDT

@The Fan's Attic:

I want a blow job from Christy Turlington.

/Knish'ed

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preciousroy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:20:39 EDT

@BigTenObsession: Try this one.

The groan at 12 seconds is almost performance-art-quality stuff.

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The Fan’s Attic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:12:54 EDT

@Triple B: I want two minutes of stoppage time to not have occurred.

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preciousroy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:08:36 EDT

@Triple B: Please, after about 7-8 matches of this induction should kick in. You know what you are getting when you sign up for Liverpool v. Chelsea. It's borderline unwatchable.

If you had dressed them up in Hull and Stoke City jersies yesterday, you wouldn't have thought for a second that you weren't watching next year's late season tilt to stave off relegation back to the Championship.

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Secret Identity — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:02:36 EDT

it was the most exciting moment in an otherwise coma-inducing Champions League semifinal

A coma-inducing soccer match? Now I've heard of everything!

Secret Identity

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The Fan’s Attic — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:00:39 EDT

@LingeringBursitis: I want what he's smoking.

If that own goal costs Liverpool a trip to the CL final, I will feel incredibly sorry for Riise.

Fortunately, Grant is a crap manager and Liverpool should be able to come through this. [crosses fingers, toes, but not testicles]

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Triple B — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:00:24 EDT

I want 90 minutes of my life back.

/ pissed footy fan

Triple B

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:00:10 EDT

Nibbles, you are a sack of shite more worthless than a Cashley Cole promise of fidelity.

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:56:03 EDT

@BigTenObsession:

ahh, Gawker IT strikes again. A hyperlink to a website does not automatically mean that a video is present, dammit!

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BigTenObsession — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:54:33 EDT

LB was stuck at work cleaning dirt out of my old Umbros

This explains so much.

And Hirsh, when are you going to start hyperlinking to the brilliant UF, instead of just name-dropping?

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LingeringBursitis — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:52:23 EDT

Om....... we are full of inner strength, om.......

om....... Terry can't stop Torres, om.......

om....... how many times we did waltz through their defense, om......

LingeringBursitis

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preciousroy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:52:13 EDT

"...and the only reason it didn't was because Fernando Torres, of all people, wasted a handful of the kind of chances he normally buries with insolent ease against Arsenal."

Tearily truthified.