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posted 05-09-2008 16:02
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If Little Davy Thommo is one of BIG Jay's best mates why is hanging out at the mall with Nasty Lucas?
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posted 05-09-2008 16:14
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Thought that racial slandering wasn't allowed on these boards or at least frowned up.
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Wouldn't be much of a race, mind. They'll all have had their cars nicked.
Or 'jacked'...
Ho ho ho...
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posted 05-09-2008 16:44
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Wouldn't be much of a race, mind. They'll all have had their cars nicked.
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Quick nurse, my sides have split again.
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posted 05-09-2008 16:51
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I'd stop with all these sideswipes if I were you. If Jamie Soprano were to read this (if he can), some posters will be sleeping with the fishes.
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posted 05-09-2008 16:55
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It's OK. Davey Tommo is a 'friend of mine'.
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posted 05-09-2008 17:05
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I'll tell the Don to send a text then. Give Little Davey a hug of gratitude.
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posted 05-09-2008 20:14
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Great excerpt.
I loved Carraghers Radio Phone in, pure class.
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posted 27-09-2008 07:45
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Right, I got this book for my birthday and I'm absolutely loving it. I've read quite a few footballer biogs and this is shaping up to be one of the best.
One thing's puzzling me. Carragher's just referred to Neville Southall making some sort of half-time sit-down protest on the pitch in 1990. What the...?
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posted 27-09-2008 07:48
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"Top ten sporting strops 9. Neville Southall, Goodison Park, 1990
The first match of a new season is usually a time for hope and expectation, when ambition is at its peak. Not for Big Nev.
After a miserable first half against newly-promoted Leeds at Goodison Park in which the Wales international conceded three goals, Southall refused to join the rest of his teammates in the changing rooms at half time.
Instead, he propped himself up against the post and sat disconsolately for the entire duration of the interval.
His sit-down protest nearly worked wonders as Everton fought back valiantly, only to lose 3-2.
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posted 27-09-2008 07:56
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Blimey. What a mental.
I'd love to know what the fans were saying throughout that,
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posted 27-09-2008 08:47
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Never mind the majority of the fans, does it say in the book what Carragher was saying during this moment? something along the lines of "calm down calm down, now that mr southall, you see he disrespects the family. my family, by not entering the changing rooms. mr gerrard, please arrange a horses head or a beating perhaps..."
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posted 02-10-2008 10:21
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Tell you what, the ghost writer's a bit of a show-off. With the odd exception (Kimmage on Cascarino), the best job a ghost writer can do is to make it so that you barely notice them and the 'voice' is believably that of the subject. In the last couple of pages, Chris Bascombe has less-than-credibly put the words 'pivotal', 'catalyzed' and 'agreeable' into Jamie Carragher's phlegm-flecked mouth.
Anyway, while I'm here, I'll give you one of my favourite extracts from the bewcchhh...
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Disturbingly for us, the biggest story of the 2006 World Cup was almost the journey home on the plane, which nearly didn't land. Players from Liverpool and United took a connecting flight to Manchester from Heathrow, but stormy conditions were atrocious. As the plane dipped from side to side there was a moment when all of us genuinely feared we weren't going to make it. On the plus side, the plane was rerouted to Liverpool John Lennon Airport. I tried to remain calm to reassure my children James and Mia, but most of the women and children were screaming.
"Try and keep quiet", I shouted. "The kids are getting terrified."
There was someone screeching in terror towards the back of the plane. I'd never heard howling like it before. Even my two-year-old daughter had never created such a noise.
"Whose child is that?" I asked Nicola.
When I looked myself, I noticed it wasn't an infant. Head in his hands, ducked into the safety position, was an inconsolable England and Manchester United superstar. It was Wayne Rooney.
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Last Edit: 02-10-2008 10:23 By Spearmint Rhino.
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posted 02-10-2008 10:34
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When I looked myself, I noticed it wasn't an infant. Head in his hands, ducked into the safety position, was an inconsolable England and Manchester United superstar. It was Wayne Rooney. [/quote]
Sounds like an excerpt from "Something funny happened on the way to the stadium to Alan Partridge" by Alan Partridge.
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posted 02-10-2008 10:36
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It reminded me more of the scene in Almost Famous when the drummer shouts "I'M GAY!"
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posted 02-10-2008 10:38
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In the last couple of pages, Chris Bascombe has less-than-credibly put the words 'pivotal', 'catalyzed' and 'agreeable' into Jamie Carragher's phlegm-flecked mouth.
Not as impressive as Henry Winter suggesting that Steven Gerrard said "I ached to launch my hungering body into the opposition" or that "Though Gerrard Houllier was largely responsible for turning me from a boy into a man..."
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