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El Pibe

El Pibe

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I stumbled upon selective perception whilst reading about something entirely different and it seems to nicely sum up why such discussions are so extreme.


It basically says that sports fans are irrational when it comes to their team. No surprise there really, but nice to see such deviations in judgement being demonstrable conditions ;)


Interestingly, for all the mud that's thrown at him, Otta has been consistently the most rational and dispassionate observer in this whole charade.

I can only infer that he either has an extremely cool head or he's not really that much of a Liverpool supporter any more ;)

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El Pibe

El Pibe

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We did Wednesday 5-1 this season and have claimed a few FA cup scalps over the years so Spurs would be wise not to be overconfident.


I don't expect to win this in all honesty, but will hopefully bag a couple of tickets as it'll be a fantastic day.


ps Spurs is pretty much most people's other team in Stevenage.

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red devil

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Blimey, it all kicked off in here at the weekend :)

Never nice losing to that lot, but thought we played well, just lacked cutting-edge up front without Rooney/Nani/Young...I thought taking Scholes off handed 'pool the initiative, and fair play to them, they capitalised on it.

De Gea is talented but needs time, mentally as well as physically.

Surprised Fergie didn't buy a more experienced 'stop-gap' keeper to help break-in De Gea over next couple of seasons.

I feel the blame should be with LFC rather than their supporters with regard to the booing of Evra. They have consistently failed to address the issue in a rational way, whipping up the hysteria with their soundbites and T-Shirt publicity stunt. Matthew, like LFC, you spectacularly miss the point...when Suarez comes to OT he'll get a load of abuse with interest, but for the right reason.

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Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Certainly booing Evra is not necessarily racist.

> He was probably targeted due to being part of a

> racist dispute with Suarez.


Part of a racist dispute? No, he was the victim OF racial abuse for which the perpetrator was duly punished. And the morons that booed him showed that racism in English football in on the increase rather than, as we all hoped, diminishing.

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Yeah! I can't believe RVP got away with that one especially as the ref said he clearly saw it. Still, last weekend Joleon Lescott got away with a blatant four-arm smash into Younis Kaboul's face but then the ref didn't see that one.


As for Sturridge's dive. It seems a player only has to be given the merest touch in the box (arf!) for them to go down and shout for a penalty which is a very sad reflection on the way the game is played these days.


@El Pibe - certainly a potential banana skin for Spurs if ever I saw one. Especially if they play as poorly as they did at Watford on Friday night. I'm off to White Hart Lane tomorrow for the game against Wigan and expecting much better. Probably not nine-nil though let alone eight. ;-)

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maxxi Wrote:

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> Bluerevolution Wrote:

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> > RVP to face no action over elbowing even though

> > ref admits clearly seeing it

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> http://www.sportinglife.com/story_get.cgi?STORY_NA

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> ME=soccer/12/01/30/SOCCER_Arsenal_Van_Persie.html&

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> > utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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> Ah, twas ever thus... bergkamp elbow



Sorry maxxi, no more tin helmets...

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red devil Wrote:

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> maxxi Wrote:

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> > Ah, twas ever thus... bergkamp elbow

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> Sorry maxxi, no more tin helmets...



Borrowed this one from a prolific forumite... http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTfKHMUvmmDKNndoUPqAaQlUPrugwMY6QXh8mAaY5lERATvoTTw

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Bluerevolution Wrote:

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> RVP at Etihad apparently- fancy having Arsenal as

> our feeder club ! ;-)



I'm sure he'll be at about as useful Na$ri and Clichy. Terrific signings eh? As for elbowing, coming from the supporters of the rags is laughable, Roy (the mad dog) Keane broken leg specialist used to play for your mob didn't he? That doyen of the late tackle Scholes still does doesn't he? In recent seasons we've had the likes of Diaby suffer a broken and dislocated ankle during an end of season game against Sunderland, which went unpunished, not even a yellow card. So when opposition fans, especially the rags, try to take the moral high ground and act with righteous indignation I just smile. Pot and kettle.

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