From Eastlands to La-la Land
What is going on at Eastlands? It's all a bit New Age airy-fairy right now. Good job that Thaksin Shinawatra is a doctor, eh? Unless it's all his idea this Feng Shui nonsense.
Any road, if you didn't know they've been planting lucky charms all round the place at Manchester City in the hope of bringing good fortune.
Offices have been adorned with all sorts of tut apparently. They've got 'lucky fortune trees', (presumably money grows on them), 'three-legged monkey toads' (has no one told Dr. Tax that UEFA cup-ties are played over two legs? Mind, I bet Stuart Pearce would have killed to have a couple of tripeds on the bench when he was playing Samaras and Bernardo Corradi up front); and of course there are dozens of Buddhas everywhere.
Personally, I like Buddha. If there is a way to enlightenment then I reckon sitting under a tree and eating might be as good a way as any.
Under the Eastlands turf they've put magic crystals, too. How did they get hold of them? Did they send Liam Gallagher into town with strict instructions to get the best price he could for Benjani and the dimwit swapped canny 'Arry's cash cow for a bag of sparkly rocks?
Surely it's what's on top of the turf you ought to be worrying about and, in recent years, the team-sheet for City has been of a quality that, let's say, could nourish herbaceous borders.
That is until last year when Sven proved to be an almost Biblical fisher of men and briefly transformed the side. Still, if you want a bit of luck, you're probably best off not sacking the best coach you've had in years. Not sure they'll be in the Uefa cup on the back of the fair play award this time next year with Sparky in charge. He seems to favour the Corporal Jones approach to footy - they don't like it up 'em.
Then again I'm not sure that the best reward for behaving nicely all season is an away leg in the bleeding Faroe Islands in the middle of your summer holidays. (I always fear that the Welsh national team will get drawn against the Faroes one of these days which would be a nightmare as they tell me in the Faeroes that Wales get absolutely slaughtered.)
Some very dedicated City fans ('dedicated' is code for 'should be put in touch with medical authorities') have been forced to abandon their sea trip to the mid-Atlantic on account of stormy weather. Fair play for having a go, mind, and having more awareness as to where EB Streymur's stadium is than Ronaldinho ever had of where City play their home games.
I'm sure it wouldn't have worked out anyway, but was anyone else giggling behind their hands - or actually roaring out loud - at the notion of the goofy genius fitting neatly into a Sparky 4-5-1 formation?
Shinawatra's money may be bringing all sorts of possibilities to the club but it seems that one of the things Eriksson took with him when he cleared his desk was a sense of proportion. Then again you have to be a bit of a fantasist to support City (or Boro come to that) and although this Hong Feng Hooey seems to be a little bit hat-stand it's no dafter than some of the good luck rituals I've seen.
I once played with a centre-half who had to ride to the match on his lucky bike. 'Course if we were playing 20 miles away he arrived looking about as ready for action as Chris Waddle after he's - well as Chris Waddle cos he always looked knackered didn't he? - and he only lasted half an hour of the actual match.
Me mate Tony Thompson insists on a curry the night before a big match - which is all well and good but the knock-on effect doesn't make for a good atmosphere in a crowded dressing-room if you get my meaning.
Me, I've got a whole series of lucky clothing and furniture for England games and - when you think about it - they're not exactly working are they? Of course I'm the only man I know who's had to go to A and E for seven stitches after being hit across the face by my own lucky horseshoe.
And sometimes it's a bit of an excuse all this idle superstition. An unnamed international great couldn't go on the pitch without a shot of his lucky Cognac, and another famous clogger would only enter the fray if he had screwed in his lucky filed-down studs.
So maybe the open shakras and good karma oozing through the Eastlands corridors will do something for the well-being of the football club. Although nowt could have improved the cosmic aura more than the absence of one Joseph Barton from their ranks.
I'm Derek Robson. People call me Robbo. Legend has it I was raised in the furnace and smog of Teesside. Some might say I took the hard road. I like to tell folk I had trials for Middlesbrough, for Hartlepool and for burglary (not guilty). I've always loved sport. My job is to say it as I see it - whether it's in the bar of the Blue Bell or on this blog. You won't find me calling a spade a soil-redistribution implement.
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How boring was that.
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I agree this article was about as interesting as a pompey home game last season. Also it's 'Chakras' not 'Shakras'
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The superstitious mind is, in effect, a dog in search of a master. Slavery is its highest ambition. - Jose Ortega Y Gasset, The Modern Theme
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Robbo Robson
attack liverpool next time then there'll all love it even if its rubish but there not jealous no way
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Some parts were funny Robbo; don't listen to 'em.
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i agree it was hard to stay concentrated. normally better things to talk about i guess.
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At 9:54pm on 17 Jul 2008, Hot Butter wrote:
i agree it was hard to stay concentrated. normally better things to talk about i guess.
but i bet you enjoyed the bitter blues article attacking liverpool the other week the article that contained 0 facts
but it attacked liverpool wich is all thats needed for 606 users to be happy
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Haha!!! So so funny. Loved the Dads Army reference; I can see Mark Hughes hiring Ricky Hatton to 'help out' with training....
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Please clarify the meaning of the phrase in the penultimate paragraph, "... and another famous clogger would only enter the fray if he had screwed in his lucky filed-down studs".
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Thanks a lot BBC7 - you are so fickle. And snide with it. Are you a lass?
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I read the article and now I'm wondering why
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jeeez give the guy a break ......
tough day at the office and all that.....
being funny informative and interesting, consistantly is a tough ask......
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this was not an article to be remembered sadly. to be fair there is not much to talk about, euros have finished nearly a month ago and the EPl is still a month away. non of the big 4 have really bought anyone to get excited about (apart from chelsea and scolari + deco) jo for mancity is and modric to spurs is about exciting as it gets.
just wait for ronaldo to go to madrid, then robbo will be abck to his best.
footyfan, please stop banging on about liverpool.
dont worry robbo..
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"Also it's 'Chakras' not 'Shakras'"
If we're being pedantic, it's 'chakra', since Japanese plural terms don't have an 's' on the end - one ninja, many ninja (or shinobi, if you prefer!) and so forth. But we wouldn't be pedantic, would we? ;)
Ignore the moaners Robbo; some of us had a chuckle at the article!
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"Also it's 'Chakras' not 'Shakras'"
If we're being pedantic, it's 'chakra', since Japanese plural terms don't have an 's' on the end
If you are going to be particularly pedantic it should be 'chakura' since almost all Japanese characters are composed of a constanent and a vowel. 'shakura' would also be ok even 'shakras' would be fine because we are allowed to adapt foreign words. The Japanese are happy to do that, they say metabolic meaning fat for example.
More to the point I don't really know what the word means. My guess is thoses Budhist bead prayers.
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that was largely a waste of drunken time
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nippon: to be even more pedantic it's consonant not constanent. sorry, you started it...!!
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I'm pretty sure 'Chakra' means spiritual energy or something to that point.
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The article would be difficult to follow if you have the concentration level of a gnat which I doubt even some of the above posters have.
To simply say it's boring is more a reflection on the reader than the writer.
What some of you need is a good old fashioned slap.
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If you want to be REALLY picky but correct about the whole thing...
"Chakra" referring to the Seven spritual energy centres in the human body is an english term dervied from the Sanskrit Cakram. Therefore being an English word it is possible to pluralise with an "s" so Chakras is correct.
It's not a Japanese word. The only reference to Chakra in Japanese comes from Naruto (the Cartoon) and is used to describe a type Ki energy than the true meaning of the word Chakra... now i'm not sure what Robbo's scope of Japanese Anime is but i'm pretty sure ir's not shown on the TV at the Blue Bell
Now I've finished owning (and boring) everybody, i'm leaving...
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Seeing as we are being pedantic I feel obliged to point out that the English word "Chakra" is derived from Sanskrit, not from Japanese. So while the talk about Japanese is very interesting (although only partially correct) it isn't really relevant at all.
Incidentally, if Chakra was Japanese then "chakura" would be ok but "shakura" wouid be a different word. "Ch" and "sh" are different letters in the Japanese alphabet.
As for the article, we all obviously read it which means that Robbo's stuff is usually interesting to us. Just cause you didn't find this one interesting, doesn't mean the poor man is boring.
The funny part is people coming on the blog and going off about Chakra being from Japan. Also, I'm a Liverpool fan and by far and away the worst thing about these boards is Liverpool fans complaining about how badly treated we are. Makes me embarrassed to be a red sometimes, honestly get over it.
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As boring as a summer without football
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Shakura - lovely girl with memorable hits including :
Hips Don't Lie
Underneath Your Clothes
and my personal favourite:
Whenever, Wherever
Roll on 16th August ....
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Don't you mean Shakira?
Ah, being a pedant sure is fun. Fills the time until kick off...
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That's the Japanese colloquial spelling
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Anyways i wouldve thought being a pendant would be boring - all that hanging around?
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Funny how? Like a clown?
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If shakra's a Sanskrit word then I'll spell it any way I like.
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haha good article actually
and some of the comments (particularly shaira/shakura-based comments) made me chuckle heartily.
back to article...
do any city fans really think such mumbo-jumbo will work? sorry if i sound disrespectful , but just because something is eastern, mystical and (truely) interesting doesnt mean a) it'll work or b) its a kind of magic, magic, magic.
i think if such things actually worked they would as of yet be employed on a more worldwide and extensive scale....
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Mildly amusing but not up to your usual standard Robbo but sod the begrudgers.
Fastestchris, couldn't agree with you more about the section of moaning Liverpool fans. I am also a Red but find the constant victimisation theories embarrassing. In fact I think footyfan is disappointed he has nothing to complain about.
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Truly awful. Not sure which is worse the really atrocious Faroes/Wales pun or the derisory jokes about eatern culture (which, to be honest, are borderline racist).
I really don't get the Northern 'wit' of these articles, and I have extreme boredom at work to thank for wasting my time reading this.
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Shakra is a Swiss hard rock band, founded in the late 1990s.
Ref: www.wikipedia.com
Sounds interesting burying rock bands under football pitches...... Isn't/Hasn't Bon Jovi been near by.............
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rubbish they're racist, not even borderline.
if it were critical of druids, rhunestones and divining for water would anyone whine, pulling out the racism card? doubt it strongly. all cultural intricasies as such are fascinating, i'd love to meet a real druid, but to truely believe them is another thing. and to criticise them lightly in an opinion blog? isnt the point that we can say what we think? and since it wasnt done in a particularly disrespecful way i dont see any problem.
the wales joke was poor tho... :P
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I guess its been a slow news week eh Robbo? Must've been difficult cutting and pasting all that info from the gossip column all week.
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I didn't finish the article, not one of your best Robbo.
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Robbo,
Each time I read your blog, I am amazed at how it found its way onto the bbc website. But I give it another chance, expecting you to redeem your employer's faith in you.
I've learned my lesson. Wish your employer would!
Ps Sorry to moan, but your blog is SO bad, it would be wrong not to.
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Not that much funny stuff happened in footie world during the week, did there? Well, it's hardly Robbo's fault, and I didn't notice any of the grumbling comments contradict that!
Would Ronaldinho have arrived at Manchester Int airport with a smile on his face? About as likely as a lorry driver smiling while pumping diesel in the middle of his worst migraine fit. It might have looked like a smile from distance but up close it would have been 99.9% grimace.
But if he had arrived there with a fresh contract from City packed with his hair care products, something truly comic would have just taken place.
Interesting stuff about Sanskrit. Personally, I was hoping shakras meant open bog seats in Hindu dressing rooms, but now I'm not so sure...
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pretty sure that was the most boring thing I have ever read. still, nothing happening at all in English football at the moment so I guess it aint really your fault. Although I'd amend a clasue in your contract to state "if nothing's happening, I dont need to waffle on baout rubbish for a page". just a thought.
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Was it Steve Martin who said "If you're going to tell a story, make it have a point"?
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'Shakura - lovely girl with memorable hits including :
Hits Don't Lie
Underneath Your Clothes
and my personal favourite:
Whenever, Wherever'
Don't forget her other classics like
'Birmingham Bertie'
and
'Whoops Mrs Miggins You're Stepping On My Artichokes'
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That was the most boring thing I have ever read. You couldn't get a job on Channel 5 you clown.
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'Fair play for having a go, mind, and having more awareness as to where EB Streymur's stadium is than Ronaldinho ever had of where City play their home games.'
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Is this despite Ronaldinho playing the opening game at the City of Manchester Stadium??
Think he might have known where it was on that afternoon....
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Robbo - thank you for your enquiry - I am not a critical young woman (=snide lass).
To give your article the benefit of te doubt, I re-read and guess what:
I DISCOVERED A PREVIOUSLY OVERREAD JOKE (The Wales one).
So I change my mind to be fair to your waffling:
How boring was that - except the Wales joke.
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how about moderating U11122070? so far this plonker has threatened physical violence and now suggests he has forcible sex with a female, possibly a minor....cant you remove the registration of pondlife like him?
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plonker, don't you ever go with girls older than your IQ then?
oh and btw this forum is for people with a valid and relevant point, not braindead thugs with nothing to say except threaten people - ship out t*sspot!!!
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har har! go ahead and keep demonstrating to these good people just what a tw*t you are, laugh? I nearly sh*t
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come on guys the House Rules say you're registration can be pulled for constantly posting garbage like U11122070 - boot him off I say!
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if they boot me off, i'll just make another user hahah
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Phil Mcnulty is a lot worse.
Only the BBC would let a bitter blue write about the reds.
That article about the 'Barry saga' was incredible, no other word to describe his liverpool bashing.
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Yet another thought provoking article, Robbo....if one takes the trouble to read between the lines....the summary being that with Joey Barton gone, the GOOD karma is back with the team, no crystals needed.
The comment that the influence of the owner is almost laughable just after he has sacked the best coach --who was bringing the team along so very well and had established his OWN good vibrations.
Yes, it's a slow time in the football world but time to THINK on such things....
in the midst of all your puns and stuff, the message always comes through. Sven made me take notice of Man City, enough said.
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I generally look forward to Robbo's bit of fun, but I have to say this was pretty lame - more so for the obviously cynical "what a load of old tosh" critique of fengshui. People used to say the same about acupuncture, but now it's on the National Health. As far as I can see, if the Chinese have been using it for thousands of years, it's pretty dumb then to simply dismiss it as nonsense - that just shows ignorance and stupidity, especially as he goes on to list all the really ridiculous superstitions that he and his mates perform before a game.
2 out of 10 Robbo.
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7. At 10:10pm on 17 Jul 2008, footyfan wrote:
"but i bet you enjoyed the bitter blues article attacking liverpool the other week the article that contained 0 facts
but it attacked liverpool wich is all thats needed for 606 users to be happy"
Sorry - DID it ACTUALLY ATTACK Liverpool?
Or was it actually about Chelsea and the only sense in which it supposedly 'attacked' Liverpool was merely not mentioning them at all.
A figment of paranoid imagination maybe?
hmmmm :/
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Summary of Robbo's opinions in this blog: -
- Feng Shui is a waste of time
- Liam Gallagher and the Man City decision makers are a bit thick
- Man City are rubbish
- Mark Hughes encourages thugs but not skillful play
- Faroe Islands is a long way to go and hard to get to?????
- a bunch of people have "funny" superstitions
- Joey Barton leaving is a good thing for City
A right riveting read and well worth the licence fee alone, I'd have thought.
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robbo you can be funny some times...but this was rubbish!!!!
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Chakras , Shistras ? I just thought it was shit
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I didn't think this article was that bad, quite amusing in places (herbaceous borders). A lot more amusing than some of the **** that passes as comedic entertainment on tv/radio.
I wish some people would try to write a witty/amusing posts/articles, they'd find it isn't that easy.
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Never mind the spelling Robbo,I thought it was funny anyway.
Bit too complicated for some bods though,I suspect.
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Now....Ive been a City fan a long time and have heard various types of critcism, jokes (some funny, some not so) and pity been directed at my beloved Blues. But never in all my life have I heard such utter rubbish...You should be let go for writing such a ridiculous piece of drivel.....
Uninformed, bad spelling, bordering on racism in parts and ultimately void of any type of integrity...It really doesnt work on any level at all.....period. Perhaps your type of journalism would be better suited to the Star/Sun newspaper. Im sure youd give Mystic Meg a run for her journalistic money...
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Robbo, in response to your response to BBC7 - you should know that there are no girls on the internets.
Nothing wrong with the article, although why the beeb are insisting on using this blog thing instead of 606 confounds me.
I still believe Robbo is in fact not one man, but is either eight men working together or a cyborg created by the beeb, created with the intent of writing 'what people want to hear'.
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some sort of conspiracy theory going on here. If Robbo mentions Liverpool he is a chelsea fan, if he mentions Chelski or L`Arsenal, he is a manure fan and if he mentions City he`s being boring (fair point). its obvious really. Robbo is a Smoggy and therefore as a persecuted minority deserves our support. dont take his job off him, being employed in Teesside and not just cooking parmos makes him special.
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Come on the Faroe Islands/Wales joke was funny
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Robbo isn't any number of men. He's a comic character, whose creator probably lives in Islington, but none the worse for that. I've enjoyed him for years but I miss the audio.
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Bored to a level, I just read few line and scrolled all the way down.
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The Buddha did not sit under a tree eating. He vowed that he would not move until he became enlightened, which he did by observing at the subtlest level with detachment the nature of arising and passing away in his own mind and body.
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What proof do you have of this "Feng Shui nonsense" that you accuse the chairman of Manchester City FC of?!!! Where have you got the idea that it's all a bit "New Age airy-fairy" at the club right now? Please show me physical proof that "they've been planting lucky charms all round the place at Manchester City".
"Offices have been adorned with all sorts of tut apparently. " - So you're too lazy to pick up the phone and call the club to find out whether these "apparent" stories are true? How do you know that Mark Hughes will not come in and do more than "briefly transform the side" as you allege Sven Goran Eriksson did? Fair enough, City have not won anything of value since the 1970s, but I believe Mark Hughes is the man to bring silvermare back to Man City just as much as I believed Sven was. What crystal ball do you have that says otherwise?
How dare you say that dedicated Man City fans "should be put in touch with medical authorities". I am a twenty six year old lifelong wheelchair user who has supported Manchester City for the last sixteen years and have been "in touch" with many medical authorities and, while I am not surprised by your total ignorance, I find your attitude utterly pathetic. Have you no shame? You claim that fans of Man City need to be "fantasists". Rubbish. City fans merely dream of success they have not seen for thirty years. There are many clubs whose fans dream of just the same. I would rather be seen as a fantasist for chasing a player dubbed the world's best, when we obviously have no hope of signing him, than chasing dross like Robbie Fowler. As a Man Utd fan you may remember that not so long ago the "mighty" Reds needed a favour from the ref to claim victory against Sheffield Wednesday, and therefore, their first title in 26 years. What was it, 7 minutes of stoppage time that day in 1993?!! Had it not been for those seven minutes, the history of British football may have been very different. Whether you are brave enough to acknowledge this post is, in my eye's, debatable.
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"do any city fans really think such mumbo-jumbo will work? sorry if i sound disrespectful , but just because something is eastern, mystical and (truely) interesting doesnt mean a) it'll work or b) its a kind of magic, magic, magic."
Sure does work. A few of us took them to both derbies last season.
And let's not get too hung up about poor spelling and grammar, or we'll be here all day. If you've got time to check the minutiae, do something useful and throw your lot in with the SATs examining board.
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BTW, it's not shakras, it's chakras. And someone at Eastlands needs theirs opened.
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I don't think this is Robbo's work. He must be on holiday, this is boring and unfunny.
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They're eejits at Eastlands. They don't need allegedly 'lucky charms' (no such thing) but we do need a few decent players to lift us up the table this season.
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YAWN YAWN YAWN- Get a life
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He's a Boro fan course he knows about bad teams , bad luck and no chance of European footie.What they really need to do of course is plant shamrocks under their pitch and hope they can attract ex-blue Niall over from the up and coming Sunderland.
Anyway i didn't think that the blog was that bad...though i would love to know what comment of Robbo Robson that got banned by administator (re commment 28).
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Robbo,
This made me chuckle quite a few times, ignore those who mock you.
Did any Citeh fans really believe Ronaldinho would go there? Maybe the board should have thrown in some dental surgery as an incentive. That may have swung the deal.
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Re comment 28
I'm pretty sure it was a summit about if shakras was Sanskrit he'd spell it with an ess at his leisure, or words to that effect.
I don't know whom it might have stung, but it prolly made someone feel like he/she just sat on a tack.
Robbo's are one of very few on-line efforts that actually cheer me up, so less of the bitter complaints, please!
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Don't pay attention to the negative comments, Robbo.
Keep coming up with your articles. We love them!
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Rather boring and uninteresting. Is this the best on offer?
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For a silly season blog it will do fine.
Hey, did you hear Sunderland are bidding for Robinho?
(source - my cousin's friend's dog who squeezes under the fence at the Stadium of Light)
Apparently Robinho really wants to play Premiership football and says it's the "best league in the world", so don't bet against it.
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This is truly pathetic. Are the BBC really paying for this crap ???
There's nothing erudite in football terms.
Examplified by the fact that this ignorant idiot based his 'hilarious' anti-city/anti welsh jibe on an imagimed first encounter between Wales and the Faroe Isles.
Durr.. Wales played the Faroes in a qualifier under Mark Hughes just afew years back.
I suspect our smoggy rag sympathiiser got no nearer the Faroes thatn his local Setanta pub ( if that...) LOL
What a waste of space
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this blog is usually top notch. what happened.
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Read up to the 'bespoke Ronaldinho slur' and then scrolled to the bottom. Thought we established about a week ago from another 'experts' mistaken blog that he's played at Eastlands before?
And no, the BBC aren't paying for this. The licence fees are, indirectly at least. I NEVER write on these things but for some reason yet another tidal wave of sheep-herded opinion awakened a long resisted urge inside me.
Seems we live in an age where intellligence, knowledge, and aptitude count for little; being overtly-opinionated, factually inaccurate and simply 'in the right place' seem to be winning CV attributes!
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I'll tip Man city to win a cup this season..don't knock this spooky spiritual stuff
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How embarrassing... I am sat in an internet cafe, and have actually soiled the chair I was sat on - your article was that funny! Hopefully the bill wont be too steep.
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Oh, how witty this article was. I especially liked the bit when you said NOTHING OF ANY INTEREST TO ANYONE.
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I hope you don't actually get paid to write this dross Robbo.
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godthelad (comment 74) clam down.
If take a light hearted blog like this to heart, then you really shouldn't be a football fan. Robbos merely giving us something interesting (if not to his usual standard) to read. I would love to see you do any better. And Robbos not a man united fan either.
And to everyone else critisizing robbo lay off, it was alright, no the usual high standard but good enough when you have nothin better to do on a Sunday evening.
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godthelad (comment 74) calm down.
If take a light hearted blog like this to heart, then you really shouldn't be a football fan. Robbos merely giving us something interesting (if not to his usual standard) to read. I would love to see you do any better. And Robbos not a man united fan either.
And to everyone else critisizing robbo lay off, it was alright, no the usual high standard but good enough when you have nothin better to do on a Sunday evening.
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it amuses me how many people have read this article, found it to be a waste of their time and then spent more time writing abuot hoe much of a waste of time reading this article, but not writing about it, actually was.....
or something.
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who is this guy??
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Posted by godthelad (74) - a favour from the ref to claim victory against Sheffield Wednesday, and therefore, their first title in 26 years. What was it, 7 minutes of stoppage time that day in 1993?!! Had it not been for those seven minutes, the history of British football may have been very different. Whether you are brave enough to acknowledge this post is, in my eye's, debatable
---I have no idea what you're referencing, United won the title by 10 points in 92/93. I can't recall it happening any other year either...?
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Honey attracts flies as well as bears.
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I read Robbo because he is pretty funny generally but the amount of bile produced by some of the above posters amazes me. People know these articles are just for fun, right?
Oh and comment 73 - he didn't say dedicated Man City fans should be put in touch with medical authorities. If you look again you'll see this was a comment about a group of fans who chartered a fishing boat to get to the Faroe Isles.
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Err comment 74 not 73. It's embarrassing that I can't type or proofread.
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Yet another journo thinking it's funny to write what he thinks is a bit of fun at our expense ha ha ha, well matie have a bloody go at someone else for a change as this has become boring, speaking of La La Land try instead Leeds (yes them, blimey they are worth a whole side splitting session on their own) or Luton, even Wolves.
So what if there are Buddha's going up around the place, whatever floats your boat, you should hear about the rituals they go through in the dressing room down at the other place across town, or up in Geordie land?
And you call us La La..............
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In response to CovCityConor (Comment 93), to be honest with you I did take the comment “Some very dedicated City fans ('dedicated' is code for 'should be put in touch with medical authorities')” slightly to heart and make no apologies for that. Like I said I have been in touch with “medical authorities” all my life and this has nothing to do with the fact that I am a dedicated Manchester City supporter. As it happens I am physically disabled.
I will be honest and say that I cannot compare this article to Robbo’s other posts because this is the first one I have ever read. I just caught the headline, saw that it was City related and read it. Perhaps I might be better not reading his posts in future, at least until I find my sense of humour lol!!! I stand corrected on accusing Robbo of being a Man Utd fan, and apologise for making that assertion.
And in response to chimney_leaf (Comment 97), the game I am referencing took place at Old Trafford on April 10th 1993 when Steve Bruce scored two late headers after a John Sheridan penalty had given Sheffield Wednesday a 1-0 lead. Bruce’s late goals secured victory for United, and prompted famous wild celebrations on the touchline, and indeed spilling onto the pitch (so funny that memory lol!!) by Brian Kidd and Sir Alex. Up until that moment United had been involved in a dogfight at the top with Norwich City and Aston Villa, who led the table for a large part of the season, before finishing the season strongly and winning the title by ten points.
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I am an open-mineded single girl and I love sports.
I want to end my single life by meeting a guy who likes sports too. Let's mingle at the club
(((((==== Mixed mingle.c o m====))))where love is color blind.(sexysophia there)
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