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The Round Ball Game - II
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostThe government and other institutions are very keen to be seen to be addressing an issue while hoping that their subsequent failure to actually do anything - even if that were possible - can subsequently be quietly announced late on a Friday afternoon, preferably as a kind of afterthought at the end of a communication relating to another subject.
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostSomewhat heartless V....
I've just PM'ed vinteuil Jayne, who's usually a light-hearted individual. He mentioned to me that his "ho ho ho" was a sardonic reaction to all the nonsense going on about this football lark (my words not his), and not in response to my post.
So you see, in all respects, all's well with the world again!
Even Woodward has gone!
And so to the enemy on Saturday, and maybe rub their noses in it still further!
Regards,
Mario
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Originally posted by Auferstehen View PostAnd so the soul-searching begins.
Do I go back? Of course, OGS & the players are innocent in all this.
Do I forget everything that’s happened? Like hell I will!
Will my club ever again be able to remove the foul stench attaching to the fact they were ring-leaders in all this? Will fans ever forgive Manchester United FC?
Talk about the club being unpopular with most fans before this – they’re absolutely gonna love us now!
Mario
To prove the above point I shall go on about this again: Palace were due a place in Europe having come third in Div 1 in 1990–91 because Liverpool in second place were officially still under a European ban after Heysel. Quote from wiki : "in April 1991 UEFA's Executive Committee voted to allow Liverpool back into European competition from the 1991–92 season onward, a year later than their compatriots, but two years earlier than initially foreseen". Little doubt that UEFA under Lennart Johansson wanted a big team in their Cup and were happy to show leniency and reduce their ban. Thus Liverpool were granted yet another chance of glory and unfashionable Palace lost probably their only chance ever of European participation.
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I’m truly sorry to hear this gurnemanz.
In 1991, I was based in Asia, where football coverage was extensive, but hardly ever in English. I was rather busy with work at the time, so I missed this.
I have absolutely no doubt that, given the facts as you presented them, your supposition is correct.
I watched Steve Parrish’s response to the Super League fiasco – not the most coherent of businessmen, is he? Or do Eagles’ fans love him?
Mario
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....someone on the Beeb Sports website yest' amassed a list of "mouth watering" games awaited with anticipation by football world {involving the Bad6}....out of 10-15 or so all ended nil - nil....(and no doubt were played between the 2 penalty areas....like Gorecki Symphony #3)....played in sorrow....bong ching
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Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post....someone on the Beeb Sports website yest' amassed a list of "mouth watering" games awaited with anticipation by football world {involving the Bad6}....out of 10-15 or so all ended nil - nil....(and no doubt were played between the 2 penalty areas....like Gorecki Symphony #3)....
2 penalty areas, Gorecki S No 3 - sorry, does not compute.
Mario
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Originally posted by Auferstehen View PostAs usual 8o, your convoluted, triple-somersault with a pike, obtuse and I'm sure very clever humour completely misses me and is way over the top of my head!
2 penalty areas, Gorecki S No 3 - sorry, does not compute.
MarioLast edited by eighthobstruction; 21-04-21, 10:26.bong ching
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostThere's an interesting strapline at the top of the 'From where I sit' column in the May 2021 issue of Gramophone that has just arrived:
If football commentators can get technical, why can't musical ones, asks Edward Seckerson
That's something that I've often wondered.
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Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post....someone on the Beeb Sports website yest' amassed a list of "mouth watering" games awaited with anticipation by football world {involving the Bad6}....out of 10-15 or so all ended nil - nil....(and no doubt were played between the 2 penalty areas....like Gorecki Symphony #3)....played in sorrow....
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostIf football commentators can get technical, why can't musical ones, asks Edward Seckerson
That's something that I've often wondered.
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Originally posted by cloughie View PostMaybe the players couldn’t be a......ed, after all there’s no relegation involved and it’s only to protect the debts of our greedy bosses!bong ching
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Originally posted by Auferstehen View PostI'm not into all that astrological horoscope nonsense, but by all accounts, I'm a typical Libran, and I do try to be fair.
I've just PM'ed vinteuil Jayne, who's usually a light-hearted individual. He mentioned to me that his "ho ho ho" was a sardonic reaction to all the nonsense going on about this football lark (my words not his), and not in response to my post.
So you see, in all respects, all's well with the world again!
Even Woodward has gone!
And so to the enemy on Saturday, and maybe rub their noses in it still further!
Regards,
Mario
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Just watching John William Henry II apologise to us, the Liverpool fans, on the lunchtime news. Paraphrase "We should have known we could never do it without the support of the fans..."
Manchester United and Liverpool owners apologise to supporters for their involvement in a proposed European Super League.
I feel exultant today. WE DID IT! WE WON!
Anyone who protested - here or other social media, fanzine websites, signed petitions, banners outside stadia, Klopp and the Liverpool players who spoke out quickly, Carra and Neville, managers and other famous footballing figures - we can feel proud. And it was the UK fans who led the way!
I love this beautiful game! It is our game! Let battle be rejoined for footballing honours! Foxes for the Cup! The top four chase continues....and Real v Chelsea, PSG v City...will have their precious, historical resonances after all....
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