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Listed below are comments made by chippy23dec78 between Monday, 20th April 2009 and Friday, 19th June 2009.

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Acropolis now? 11:29pm on 19 Jun 2009 Maybe in the past there was some justification in holding on to the marbles but certainly not any more and definitely not because of economic benefits. They should go back to where they came from. We look foolish by not returning them. How would we react if the Greeks had dragged Stonehenge up to the Acropolis?
Hata la vista, Cristiano! 12:44pm on 11 Jun 2009 He'll miss his hair dryer.
Comedy football awards of the season 11:26pm on 09 Jun 2009 To 19 (superspursdirector)
"train delays on the Central line due to a points failure at Tottenham..."

I heard that the delay was because of levys on the tracks (only joking!).
Daylight Droggery! 4:32pm on 07 May 2009 #84 BlueCapricorn13. You hit a lot of nails on the head there mate. I might be able to shed a bit of light on why a lot of supporters 'hate' other clubs; it's often an irrational (some would say rational) mix of club rivalries (some local, some built up over the years) and jealousy and occurs in many countries. It affects different types of supporters (young, old, male, female). I suffer from it myself. Tried once to see if I could go a week not thinking horrible thoughts about Spurs. Gave up after about an hour. Couldn't function properly. Putting my fingers in my ears didn't help either.

It's a hypocritical state of mind too. I would have been livid if my team had lost like that last night. (As it was, we were so stuffed by Man Utd. there was no way we could've blamed the ref). I admit I had a chuckle when Barca scored yesterday but at the same time felt sorry for players like Cech and the thousands of decent supporters who went through the mangle at the end there.

The more I think about it, the more I come to the conclusion that I know more people who 'hate' their rivals than people who are indifferent to them. Must be the circles we move in.
Daylight Droggery! 3:11pm on 07 May 2009 I think post 51's got a point. ("this whole intentionality component just muddies the waters, If a player can kick the ball into another's arm, good for him..."). In hockey, for instance, if the ball hits the foot, intentional or not, the ref gives a free hit or penalty corner.

The only decision a footie ref then has to make is has the ball hit the arm or not. As for it possibly being unsporting to aim at the arm to get a free kick, it's no less unsporting than a defender shepherding a ball out of play like he's a doorman holding back an army of women trying to burst into a department store at the start of the sales, or the keeper coming for a ball with outstretched leg like Cato jumping out of a fridge to attack the Pink Panther.
Daylight Droggery! 2:35pm on 07 May 2009 Feel sorry for Fletcher but can't agree with rescinding cards just so that players can play in the final Robbo. Why change the rules just because it's the final? Players have missed semi-finals in the past because of cards unjustly picked up in the quarter finals. How many teams have been weakened at some time in the competition due to dodgy cards leading to suspensions? It would have been fairer to all teams to have implemented a rule change at the start of the champions league.

Also, would Barcelona have agreed to Fletcher playing, if they'd not had a red card themselves to contest? If we want UEFA to overturn a ref's wrong decision in this case, why shouldn't we expect them to consider other wrong decisions such as Chelsea's (and in the first leg, Barcelona's) denied penalties with the help of video technology? Until UEFA/FIFA go down that road, they can continue to hide behind referees and we'll continue to moan about poor decisions. This time it was Chelsea, probably more painful because they were so near to getting to the final. Next time it could be our teams that suffer.
Bitter recriminations at the Bridge 11:17am on 07 May 2009 I agree with post 236. It's a brilliant line ("Just think how many world cups England would've won with cameras in place")
and works both ways, worthy of Yes Prime Minister. We could/should have won 10 World Cups, but equally that number could've been a big fat zilch.

Also, as pointed out elsewhere in this blog, compare Beckenbauer en co's disappointed yet dignified reaction to our win in '66 to yesterday's theatrics. The depressing thing is that most teams have got one or two players capable of reacting the way we saw yesterday, given the right circumstances. Having said that, Chelsea had more than one or two and they all seemed to explode at about the same time, making it look even uglier. I'm not a Chelsea fan but won't have it that it's typical of them.
Bitter recriminations at the Bridge 09:27am on 07 May 2009 To #13, ScottishScouser, I agree with 95% of what you've said. The ref was poor. Where he comes from's not relevant, as you pointed out. No conspiracy at the Bridge last night, just plain incompetence. We get the same from certain clowns in black, green, whatever every week in the EPL, and as far as I'm aware, they're all English. So why the unneccessary, tired and boring jibe ("I suppose it comes down to the 'Engerlish' do it best do they?")?

I was impressed with the ref at the Man Utd - Arsenal game last week. Nobody complained about him, including Fergie and Wenger. I do think though that it's hard to ref consistently well because of the tinkering with the rules, the speed of the game, the cheating and the sometimes childish antics of some players. Apart from Collina in recent years, I can't think of a top-class ref who hasn't regularly had the odd stinker.

I wish UEFA of FIFA would dare to give video technology a try. You never know, we might even get more games where the right team wins, as in most other sports!
Keane's gone to the dogs 2:17pm on 27 Apr 2009 #12 Never liked Keane when he was playing – probably because he didn’t play for my team. He might’ve been a fruitcake at times but he didn’t half get those around him to raise their game. I would have loved having him in my team, just as most people would have, 10 years ago. Having said that, the walking away from jobs is part of his dark side and there’s no guarantee that it won’t happen again.

I think Dermot’s got a bit of a point in the way the tabloids never let the truth get in the way of a cheap story when it comes to Roy Keane. A bit like how they target Wenger from time to time. Maybe those two come in for special treatment because they’re not English, although you’d hope not. Having said that, with some of our ‘journalists’, you never know. It's seems to be a tactic of the tabloids to make sure they stop just short of going too far, be a bit friendly with the person in question for a short while before cranking it up again. I'd feel dirty inside if I had to do that for a living. Then again, if he’s not bothered about what Cascarino’s got to say, I’m sure he couldn’t give a monkey’s about the opinion of most of the leeches scribbling for a living.
Pitch imperfect 11:01pm on 20 Apr 2009 Come on Robbo, you've got a reputation to hold up. Leave the lazy journalism to the tabloids and satellite TV. You're spinning what Wenger and Fergie said. I've read enough of your stuff to know that that you're capable of a lot better. That pitch was a beast and even brought John Terry down at one point. It was that bad he was given a free kick.

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