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Listed below are comments made by homeoftheshoutingmen between Thursday, 20th November 2008 and Monday, 10th August 2009.

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Turning down Newcastle 12:58pm on 10 Aug 2009 Get Ramps in - I guarantee he'd take his chance to partly-ease the one cloud hanging over his career - a disappointing Test record.

Ian Bell is the biggest pansy in sport. That picture of him modelling the new England kit with a tough stare - what a joke.
Review of the week 4:00pm on 21 May 2009 That Burnley fan is hilarious!
Who will win at Wembley? 3:45pm on 21 May 2009 COYG!
Improving football for kids 9:51pm on 26 Feb 2009 Really enjoyed that Gavin. Having played club football between the ages of 5 and 16 (I had to give it up for rugby) I completely agree. We made the switch to full-size pitches at under11 too, and for the first few years the matches were awful. I´d suggest 14/15 would make more sense, with a compromise between 7 a side and 11 a side sized pitches for the years in between (although I realise this would need more funding).
Music meets football in South America 01:36am on 24 Feb 2009 Fantastic article Tim. Wonderful read. Have just been offered a blog on a new sports site, and am currently living in Argentina before moving to Brazil, so I see you as a sort of idol! Tough act to follow. Brilliant.
Football's last-chance saloon 01:44am on 18 Feb 2009 Great blog Fletch, really refreshing read. I know a couple of lads who have left school to pursue their dreams, a risk made greater by the ever-growing influx of foreign players. I hope it works out for them but you can´t help but feel sceptical, no matter how promising thy are as young talents. But it´s good to know that there are systems such as this in place to try and ensure that not everyobdy slips through the net. I´ve had some experiences of trials and find the whole system very unfair, and only encourages boys to play selfishly to try and prove what they can do, which makes it harder for many to prove what they can do in a normal situation. But I can´t think of anything better....
The continuing adventures of Andy Hessenthaler 1:13pm on 01 Dec 2008 John Knee - fair enough, I realise I sound pretty one-eyed, what I was getting at is he doesn't break legs.
The continuing adventures of Andy Hessenthaler 12:43pm on 01 Dec 2008 Post 4 - You are spot on there, that goal made all the difference.

I started watching the mighty Gills regularly around '98 (I don't really remember the games before that) and Hess really is a legend. Similar to that Charlton fan, what we'd do for someone his mould this season.

Paul - I find your blogs on characters lower down the leagues fascinating, and while I recently disagreed with your assessment of Dirty Gregan, you couldn't have picked anyone more worthy of praise this week.

Hess was a little terrier, not dirty, gave his absolute all week in week out and because of that was a real fan favourite. I was in tears at Wembley '00, just knowing how much Hess, Smudge, Trigger, Adey, Barry, Butters, etc all deserved that so much after Citeh the year before.

Maybe I'm being romantic but there seems to be so few players of his ilk around anymore, who the fans really have an affinity with.
Lords lunch proves unpalatable for Brooking 08:42am on 21 Nov 2008 At last! Mihir! Something interesting! What a refreshing change! Thank you!!!
Boxing's laureate riles Malignaggi 10:16am on 20 Nov 2008 Great blog Ben, very refreshing read. Although I can't imagine a more 'chalk and cheese' partnership in boxing than Hatton & Mayweather Sr I have a sneaky feeling that it could work like a dream, and really rejuvenate the Hitman. Obviously his days are numbered whatever the result but it was sad to see him so sluggish and predictable vs Lazcano, so here's hoping that sparkle has returned. Come on Ricky!

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