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[red devil]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Maybe Red Devil can

> enlighten me on that one.

I read an article over the weekend that said Spurs hadn't beaten Utd in 21 PL games, 22 if you count todays game, so I make that 11 seasons ago, the scoreline was 3-1.

I remember very clearly Spurs' last win at OT as I went with a Spurs' supporting friend who was visiting Mcr.

We were standing in the corner of the Stretford End, yes it was that long ago, and despite telling him to keep schtum if Spurs scored, he let out a squeal of delight when Gary Lineker scored his only ever goal from outside the box...I like to think that lots of nervous throat clearing from yours truly prevented him from having his testicles 'surgically removed' and leaving OT with a permanent squeal.

Every team has a blip, I'm sure Spurs will come good and claim 3rd place, 4th place wouldn't be a disaster, just means a couple of extra preliminary CL games...

[pablogrande]

[Parkdrive]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Even SAF said that talk of a manager leaving can

> be unsettling to a team. He experienced that. I

> suppose you know better though Parkdrive.

My experience is nowhere near as as in depth as yours seems to be professor.

[Parkdrive]

pablogrande Wrote:

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> Viera dive

Get a grip man, he hasn't kick a ball for us since he won the 2005 FA cup for us. Get up to date eh?

[Parkdrive]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Even SAF said that talk of a manager leaving can

> be unsettling to a team. He experienced that. I

> suppose you know better though Parkdrive.

And the fact that the purple nosed one is infamous for his mind games, and that this might yet another example of same didn't occur to you no?

[Parkdrive]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Oh bugger! Thought Spurs played quite well today

> and then Man U get three chances and stick them

> all away. That's football. I can't remember the

> last time we beat Man Utd. Maybe Red Devil can

> enlighten me on that one. I knew we'd lose today

> by the way.

>

> PS: I've never ever ever seen an Arsenal player

> dive or cheat in anyway whatsoever. They are so

> honest those Gooners. They are beyond reproach.

> And Arsene Wenger's eyesight is the best in the

> world and he's never ever been known to winge.

> EVER!

For an hour you WERE the better team, but you did an Arsenal, played the better football and got beaten. Thanks for the compliment re our boys. For all of the EDFers that have taken to exception to my my dig at Bale and Suarez, can you honestly tell me you've not had similar digs at players that performed in the same way against your sides. Hypocritical, you lot? Never.

[Parkdrive]

4 points, and as you famously said Jah, mind the gap.

[El Pibe]

I hate to say it, especially as a supporter of a lower profile club myself, but the main reason one doesn't think 'diver' for Osman, or 'divers' for everton is because people don't really think about Osman or Everton.

Everton doesn't get scrutinised in the same way as Chelsea, Man U et al so it isn't talking point enough to get those dubious sobriquets.

We get things like plucky because we're underdogs. You may not like it but when most people hear 'everton' they think 'liverpool's second team'.

Sorry :-/

[Otta]

you did an Arsenal, played the better

football and got beaten.

Well this weekend Arsenal were the ones that nicked it. Still, Liverpool didn't put the goals away, and you can play good football all day long, means nothing if you don't put the ball in the net.

[Otta]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> I hate to say it, especially as a supporter of a

> lower profile club myself, but the main reason one

> doesn't think 'diver' for Osman, or 'divers' for

> everton is because people don't really think about

> Osman or Everton.

> Everton doesn't get scrutinised in the same way as

> Chelsea, Man U et al so it isn't talking point

> enough to get those dubious sobriquets.

>

> We get things like plucky because we're underdogs.

> You may not like it but when most people hear

> 'everton' they think 'liverpool's second team'.

> Sorry :-/

Absolutely spot on. I couldn't make that point because it would have been taken as a dig, but it's basically true.

[????]

I thought that was Tranmere? ;-)

[red devil]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> pablogrande Wrote:

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> > Viera dive

>

>

> Get a grip man, he hasn't kick a ball for us since

> he won the 2005 FA cup for us. Get up to date eh?

Yeah, get a grip pablo, don't you know only Parkdrive is allowed to cite ancient evidence...

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> > Parkdrive Wrote:

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> >

> > > Not sure about fans of other clubs but I'd

> > rather

> > > none of our players took part in a futile,

> > > meaningless friendly in case of injury. Not

> the

> > > greatest idea to play such a game between

> > normal

> > > league games. Utterly pointless.

> >

> > Perhaps, tomorrow's game England - Holland game

> > was originally scheduled for last summer but

> was

> > postsponed because of the riots. Anyway PD

> nothing

> > to worry about. It's not as if Arsenal

> contribute

> > much to the England side in recent years.

>

>

> Really? Seaman, Dixon, Keown, Adams, Walcott,

> Wright, Wishere,how recent we talking? And as for

> Holland RVP? Perhaps give a definition of "recent"

> before making sweeping and ludicrous statements

> eh? Club v Country? The Arsenal every day of the

> week.

[Parkdrive]

Thats right red mist, so while I'm at it add Rooney, Evra and Nanny to list of Tom Daleys

[Atticus]

I whole-heartedly agree with you El Pibe regarding scrutiny. With the increased scrutiny for the higher profile cubs comes a counter-balance, they get more favourable decisions from referees. Thus, as fan of a lower profile club, I will lose no sleep over pointing the finger at serial cheats, Suarez for example.

> I hate to say it, especially as a supporter of a

> lower profile club myself, but the main reason one

> doesn't think 'diver' for Osman, or 'divers' for

> everton is because people don't really think about

> Osman or Everton.

> Everton doesn't get scrutinised in the same way as

> Chelsea, Man U et al so it isn't talking point

> enough to get those dubious sobriquets.

>

> We get things like plucky because we're underdogs.

> You may not like it but when most people hear

> 'everton' they think 'liverpool's second team'.

> Sorry :-/

Absolutely spot on. I couldn't make that point because it would have been taken as a dig, but it's basically true.

[red devil]

''My Dad is bigger than your Dad, na na na na na nah...''

[Parkdrive]

red devil Wrote:

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> ''My Dad is bigger than your Dad, na na na na na

> nah...''

Oh the irony

[red devil]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> red devil Wrote:

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> > ''My Dad is bigger than your Dad, na na na na

> na

> > nah...''

>

>

> Oh the irony

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Hypocritical, you lot? Never.

Indeed...

[Bluerevolution]

I hate Spurs even more today, useless tossers and you were doing so well.

[maxxi]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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>

> Oh the irony

No, no PD, it's the IRONS. Get it right lad.

[Alan Medic]

Parkdrive Wrote:

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> Alan Medic Wrote:

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> > Even SAF said that talk of a manager leaving

> can

> > be unsettling to a team. He experienced that. I

> > suppose you know better though Parkdrive.

>

>

> And the fact that the purple nosed one is infamous

> for his mind games, and that this might yet

> another example of same didn't occur to you no?

I'm sure your sentence is equally valid Parkdrive (as a sentence) without the 'no' at the end. It's content is another thing though.SAF spoke about this effect years ago when he witnessed it firsthand.

[Undisputedtruth]

Bluerevolution Wrote:

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> I hate Spurs even more today, useless tossers and

> you were doing so well.

Mancini expected Man Utd to win the game at Spurs. So they did. Why complain?

[DJKillaQueen]

Are we really heading for the euros with a temporary manager in place.......did I just hear right on the radio?

[Otta]

Dunno, but don't think it would necessarily be a bad thing. England can't lose, because they have no chance of winning really, so a caretaker coach can go with low expectation and see what happens.

By the way, why does the BBC website continue to give a platform for Terry Butcher to spout his out dated drivel?

[Undisputedtruth]

DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> Are we really heading for the euros with a

> temporary manager in place.......did I just hear

> right on the radio?

Pearcey is probably the only one with experience in getting an England team to the final. http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/jun/29/england-under-21s

[Parkdrive]

Woy Hodgson for England anyone?