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Listed below are comments made by pragmaticaldo between Thursday, 21st May 2009 and Saturday, 19th September 2009.

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Ferguson talk must please Man City 09:15am on 19 Sep 2009 If any football club manager takes notice of what a competing manager says about him, he's not fit for purpose.
But it seems to me that unexpected failure or defeat quite often follows a pundit, manager or player who is especially bullish to the media about his team's chances for the next match (or season!)
Capello can plot World Cup glory 08:10am on 10 Sep 2009 On the strength of last night's performance it's easy to agree with all Phil writes here, but already the weight of expectation is becoming heavy. Capello's discipline currently extends to the team, but it remains to be seen whether that can continue for the next ten months under increasing media hype.
Bilic barbs inspire Capello 9:44pm on 08 Sep 2009 While I'm hopeful for the Croatia match, the spectre of Andy Murray, 'our' man in the US Open tennis, being beaten tonight by an unfancied Croatian is a bad omen .....
Getting away with it 07:12am on 13 Jul 2009 This is the sporting equivalent of Dunkirk, and may lead to success by either enraging Australia or inspiring England.

Being de-hyped and exposed in the first Test gives England the time to do something about its deficiencies, although whether it has the means - ability, confidence, skills & temperament - remains to be seen.

Tom Fordyce's quote continues to apply:
"It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand."
Valencia is not Ronaldo-lite 1:38pm on 01 Jul 2009 How Man Utd performs this coming season will determine whether Sir Alec's reputation grows or is somewhat tarnished.
Today's dogmatic naysayers would do well to remember their many like-minded predicessors of 2003 who quipped "He signed the wrong Ronaldo!"
The 'wrong Ronaldo' just cost the Real Madrid £80 million; the 'real Ronaldo' is not very 'Real' at Corinthians.
It remains to be seen whether Kaka, Ronaldo & Co enable Real Madrid to really live up to its name.
Have officials turned a blind eye to Burger? 9:47pm on 29 Jun 2009 Disgraceful; replay the match.
Man Utd right to sell Ronaldo 08:32am on 12 Jun 2009 Given a choice of living in Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Turin, Munich or London, I'm amazed anyone chooses Manchester.
Brilliant Barcelona outclass Man Utd 09:20am on 28 May 2009 UK media & public opinion was grossly exaggerated in favour of Man Utd before the event, Barca after it.
In the event, Barca was brilliant, Man Utd poor.
Just one (very important!) match in a series where luck plays, & played (just think back to the semis) a great part.
Barca has the Cup but the real winner is hyperbole.
Ferguson cool as history calls 07:08am on 27 May 2009 The discussion about luck is endless. Man Utd has enjoyed good luck, just as it has suffered bad luck. These things tend to even out. Tonight can go either way.
Going to the country 2:03pm on 21 May 2009 "But with the government needing to borrow more than 12% of GDP from the markets this year and next, the road to the next general election could be even bumpier than we thought."
Quite so.
But not as bumpy as the road after the next general election .....

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