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Listed below are comments made by politeBoobie between Monday, 6th April 2009 and Thursday, 1st October 2009.

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Back from the brink - Southampton think big 08:16am on 01 Oct 2009 Correction: Liebherr is German-born, but in fact now a Swiss citizen.
Briatore bows out in unsavoury style 7:36pm on 16 Sep 2009 Surely the nadir for Formula 1.
Berlino the Bear - love him or loathe him? 4:50pm on 23 Aug 2009 He's Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!
Lily for Leeds? 1:00pm on 06 Aug 2009 Yes, times change. We can't reasonably expect that people of the age of Aggers, Tufnell, Hayden will have the same style as those of yesteryear. Don Mosey - please no! Trevor Bailey - "he's just a good county class bowler" was his mantra. Trueman - "I just don't know what is going off out there!".

Some were very good, but rose-tinted hindsight perhaps leads us to imagine they were all better than they were.

I have to agree with the last comment on Blofeld. He doesn't know what's going on, e.g. if somebody is out, or who is on the field, let alone the finer points of the game. How many times at Cardiff did he complain that the size of numerals on the scoreboard was too small for him to read? Good grief, once or twice was enough, but after that use the scorer's notes, look at a laptop, or ask somebody! He is one person who is way past his sell-by date!
Lily for Leeds? 08:55am on 06 Aug 2009 It will be fascinating to see what occurs if Ms.Allen is involved with a contertemps with Geoffrey! :-)

"Nahhh, you youngsters, you're just stoooopid! My Mum could sing and dance better than you lot!" etc...
Indian cricket resists drug code 11:59am on 05 Aug 2009 Please people stop saying that athletes are required to notify their whereabouts for 1 hour/day for 365 days a year. This is misleading.

The code (http://www.wada-ama.org/en/dynamic.ch2?pageCategory.id=371) states in summary:

# athletes are required to notify whereabouts 90 days in advance
# they need to give a testing location for a 60 minute period between 06:00 and 23:00
# they, or their agents or representatives can change that slot/location by 'phone, SMS, email, or "other appropriate methods" up to 1 hour beforehand without penalty or record
# "where an athlete does not know precisely what his/her whereabouts will be at all times during the forthcoming quarter, he/she must provide his/her best information, based on where he/she expects to be at the relevant times, and then update that
information as necessary"
Indian cricket resists drug code 10:06pm on 04 Aug 2009 Well, I might agree with the view that it's only the Indians who are against this except for the fact that I heard both Matthew Hayden and Jason Gillespie also decry the system on the BBC only a few days ago. So, I think to portray this as purely an India only problem is a little incorrect.

They showed, however, the classic misunderstandings, e.g. you have to notify 6 months in advance for 24 hours/day with no changes allowed.

I personally agree with the new system though and this author's viewpoint that a) it's a small price to pay in view of the rewards, and b) other sports have gone along with it.
F1 gossip column 07:52am on 13 May 2009 "surmation" - what's that then???
Masters memories 2:35pm on 13 Apr 2009 "Gallery guards" should be issued with electric cattle prods to administer instant chastisement to any "patron" who shouts "Get In The Hole!", "You're The Man!", or "Be The Ball!".
The loneliness of a long-distance cricketer 1:25pm on 06 Apr 2009 Post 89: goldyouknowitstrue, ah but you're forgetting "Kev's" pearl that he dispensed to Agnew that today's bowlers are bowl much faster than those of the past (Holding, etc).

I mean he MUST be a genius, mustn't he, if he can cope with the ueber-hostile bowling of today...

(Red Bull gives you wings!)

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