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Meanwhile, Ronaldinho offers the following as an excuse for his poor WC finals performance.

This has to be the first time any one person could claim exhaustion due to sex AND videogames. That's pretty much an either/or situation for most folks. :)

And FWIW, if the stupid git is wasting time playing FIFA instead of WE he deserves everything he got...

http://deadspin.com/sports/soccer/well- ... 189659.php


And just in case any of you might entertain any sympathetic thoughts, I present The Girlfriend.

http://www.sportisland.net/archivio/upl ... essant.jpg

SFW...just barely.
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Dunno what SFW means, but I wouldn't hoof her out of bed for hogging the remote control.
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davet010 wrote:Dunno what SFW means, but I wouldn't hoof her out of bed for hogging the remote control.
Safe For Work. This was definitely a borderline call. :)
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I assumed it meant "So effin what?"

I guess my acronyms are stuck in the 90s.
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RobVarak wrote:Meanwhile, Ronaldinho offers the following as an excuse for his poor WC finals performance.

This has to be the first time any one person could claim exhaustion due to sex AND videogames. That's pretty much an either/or situation for most folks. :)

And FWIW, if the stupid git is wasting time playing FIFA instead of WE he deserves everything he got...

http://deadspin.com/sports/soccer/well- ... 189659.php


And just in case any of you might entertain any sympathetic thoughts, I present The Girlfriend.

http://www.sportisland.net/archivio/upl ... essant.jpg

SFW...just barely.

So what made the U.S. team play so ugly? All-night tournaments of 2K's College Football and marathons of the rough stuff with Grace Jones???


And I definitely don't sympathize for Ronnie. His current is hot...but take a gander at his son's mother.....

http://e.i.uol.com.br/futebol/050825ronaldinho2.jpg
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davet010 wrote:I hear now that Palermo are taking the Italian Fed to court, because AC Milan's entrance into the Champs League (thanks, no doubt, to Berlusconi's back stairs influence, the corrupt tw*t) bumps little Palermo from the CL into the UEFA Cup.

This one is gonna run and run.

Latest I hear is that AC Milan helped to set Juventus up with the Police..nice.

LOL...so what was the point of even handing out these punishments?

I'll you straight up...don't care they are my squad...but it looks like Milan didn't even get anything thrown on them. That's riduculous. Not only did they get back points, but also got back in the Champions' League??? That's sick.

And what gets me...Lazio and Fiorentina are STILL complaining. They should be lucky their happy asses are stuck in Serie B.
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Lazio seem reasonably 'happy' with their return to Serie A. Fiorentina are primarily miffed by the fact that AC Milan got their Champs League spot back and La Viola didn't. Oh, and the 19pt penalty is going to be a bit difficult as well.

Juventus are on about going through the civil courts now. Whatever respect anyone had for that club (and let's face it, they've been cheating regularly since the 1970's) has long gone. A 17pt penalty might see them back in Serie A in 07/08, but hopefully not.
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now I know why I don't watch Serie A. Let Setanta have that contract and give me back my bundesliga!
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I take it you don't get Setanta then ?
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davet010 wrote:I take it you don't get Setanta then ?
nope, it is only on DirectV here in the states and they charge you $12 a month for that one channel.
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Milan declares war on Real Madrid lol.......


http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid ... +on+Madrid


Very corny, but entertaining.
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fsquid wrote:now I know why I don't watch Serie A. Let Setanta have that contract and give me back my bundesliga!


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Pah, English players do it so much more wholeheartedly..

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Rafa's seemingly endless search for a right winger ends with Jermaine Pennant. Hmm, well at least Bellamy has a drinking partner now. :)
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Depending how they line up (ie with Bellamy central and Mark Gonzalez on the left, preferably), I think Liverpool are a stronger side than MU or Arsenal.

They need Bellamy to be scoring regularly, though.
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Programmed2Kill wrote:
fsquid wrote:now I know why I don't watch Serie A. Let Setanta have that contract and give me back my bundesliga!


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We'll always have the 3rd place game....
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Now THAT's desperation :)

You won the most meaningless game in world soccer.

Gratz.
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davet010 wrote:Now THAT's desperation :)

You won the most meaningless game in world soccer.

Gratz.
England hasn't won a meaningful game since man walked on the moon. Point?
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Other than the qualifying games to get to the WC, and EC, and that glorious night in Munich...

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davet010 wrote:Other than the qualifying games to get to the WC, and EC, and that glorious night in Munich...

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I'd prefer to remember when Klinnsman and company lifted the trophy at Wembley and then 4 years later when Hamann closed the doors on that rathole.
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Real Madrid put on a new offer for Ruud, just as Beckembauer was hoping to get his services. I still think Van Nistelrooy would pick la liga over the Bundesliga if he had a choice.
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they've accepted the Real bid and not the Bayern one, so it looks like he doesn't get a choice!
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They haven't accepted either of the bids - RM bid £10m and MU turned it down - they want £15m.

Spurs have also bid for him - £10m and Horseface for Michael Carrick, aka the Poor Man's Frank Lampard. Fergie's response to this idea has not been recorded, although I suspect it contained some earthy Anglo-Saxon phrases.
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According to Spanish media outlets Dave, Man U accepted a 15M pound (how do I get the pound sign on my computer?) today.
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Sounds like AS and Marca have been having an off day again - here's the Drunken Scot in his own words. Still, it makes a change from them detailing what each player had for breakfast that morning.

http://www.football365.com/news/story_189575.shtml

If you get more interested in Spanish soccer, I can thoroughly recommend Tim Stannard's blog, La Liga Loca

http://www.laligaloca.blogspot.com/
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