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Listed below are comments made by omniSpudulika between Monday, 2nd March 2009 and Monday, 13th July 2009.

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The greatest Open ever? 12:12pm on 13 Jul 2009 I hate to tell you this, but it was 32 years ago. Epic.
Battered Washington still chasing gold 11:59am on 15 Jun 2009 This is by far one of the most enlightening and compelling articles I've ever read on BBC Sport. Like most I don't follow athletics apart from the major events (World's, Olympics, etc.), and of course I've been put off athletics for a while now, after all the constant drug stories. Of course Usain Bolt has changed that a little, but there's still that element of doubt about him, he smashed the 100m world record. We can't help but be suspiscious now, constantly of these athletes. I remember once reading Ben Johnson thought he could run 9.80 clean, but that still doesn't excuse the fact he's a cheat.

Anyway it's sad that this aspect of the story isn't recognised, I never really thought about just how much it affects the athletes, losing out to cheats, financially. There's also the fact that if you are given gold after the other athlete cheated, people don't recognise it as much as being an acheivement. We (myself included) tend to think they didn't deserve it and they got it by default. Which is wrong, and this article has started to highlights the real crime, that drugs stops great acheivements in sport being recognised, and not that sportsmen were only great because they cheated.
Can Man Utd re-write history? 12:17pm on 02 Mar 2009 The Europa spot goes to the 6th place team, and if the FA Cup final is between two teams already qualified for Europe then that place goes to the 7th placed team I believe. COYI!!
Can Man Utd re-write history? 12:15pm on 02 Mar 2009 I can't see how anyone can deem it embarrassing if United won everything. It will be one of those things that will be forever remembered. The guy who wrote this comment, would probably drool if a foreign giant such as Barcelona or Inter won all their domestic trophies and a major european trophy.
I think this talk of 5 trophies is a bit overplayed, then again everyone was talking about Chelsea doing the quintuple in 2005, then they got knocked out of the FA Cup 4th round. If anyone can do it in this day in age it's Ferguson, or maybe Mourinho. I can see United getting to the Semi's of both the FA Cup and Champions League, but from then on it's anyone's guess. Nonetheless, I will be paying close attention, as a neutral, to witness greatness.

I keep reading that people are saying the EPL is getting a little boring because all the goals have dried up. However, after the last two seasons when we had a ton of goals, espescially from United, and the dreadfulness that was Derby. This season has been the total opposite, but the tightness, has made it just as exciting, and although the winner is now a formality. I think that if Man Utd go on to do the 'quintuple', everyone worldwide will simply have no option to sit back an admire.
Plus it would mean that Giggs would have won 11 EPLs 5 FA Cup, 3 League Cups, 3 Champions Leagues, 1 Fifa World Club Cup, not to mention other minor trophies. The only thing he wouldn't have won would be the European Super Cup, then again he'd have another shot at it next season, hopefully against City.

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