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For of all the forms of love there are in this world there is none so cruelly, gleefully unrequited as the love of a fan for a Premier League club. Fans will go to the grave decked in club scarves, the club anthem their eternal ringtone. Clubs reciprocate that love in ways that make Enron look like the Salvation Army. The Premier League is not a metaphor of a dysfunctional society, it is its fullest expression a grotesquely overpaid, underperforming elite utterly disconnected from the communities from which its clubs take their names.
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This is an openly hagiographical work. There are scenes here of Shankly remembering each of his players in his prayers, almost as shocking to the modern reader as Leopold Bloom masturbating must have been to the reader of nearly a 100 years ago.
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For a long time now literary fiction has concerned itself with telling it like it is with power, corruption and lies or telling it like it was Tudors. This isn't a book about the way things were or the way things are. This is a book about the way things should be
Says he gets a higher percentage of his image rights (was 60/40 Ronaldo). I am having trouble determining whether or not he could still get away with 25% tax or not. It looks like from what I can tell, that tax rate is only available for the first 5 years of living there. If he keeps that €17m net, his gross would have to balloon from €21.25m to €24.3m a year. Either way, he'd be on over €400k a week now. That would mean that Messi and Neymar are both on over €360k a week gross.
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big story: there was systematic doping in West Germany after the war. 800-page-study will be published today
It wasn't the nicest welcome for Clint Dempsey in Seattle
Honda update. His agent says this is an "important" week for Honda and that there will be "developments" by this weekend, and Mediaset reports that Galliani is increasing our offer.
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<3 El Sha <3
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2 years ago, before Juve went on to win the Scudetto unbeaten they lost to Sporting, drew with Sevilla, won vs Club America & lost to Milan.
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You done good.
Anyone reading David Peace's Red or Dead? I enjoyed The Damned United and the ardently socialist Bill Shankly is a man who is difficult not to admire. The Guardian ran a pretty swell review too:
Bebe is legally permitted to travel, presumably.
United only wore that shirt for like two games. Instant classic. Must own if you can find one in decent shape.
Rumours Rooney refused to go to Sweden.
Rosell: "This year's away kit is already the most sold away kit in Barca history."
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Barca fans have awful tasted - confirmed.
Good idea commercially, play on the drive for Catalan independence.Rosell: "This year's away kit is already the most sold away kit in Barca history."
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Barca fans have awful tasted - confirmed.
Songo'o was on loan from Sporting Kansas City but was recalled and then released. Looks like it has worked out well for him in the end.Former Orlando City SC Defender Yann Songoo has officially been signed by English Championship side Blackburn Rovers F.C. after spending time with the club on trial.
The 21 year old impressed the right people at Blackburn, appearing in matches against Wrexham, Portimonense and Fleetwood in friendlies over the past couple of weeks.
Ah, that looks nice and it's a Catalan kit, so what chu talkin bout dc?
No one wants that cunt here anyway.Rumours Rooney refused to go to Sweden.
TalkSport say we are holding Wayne Rooney prisoner and should let him go for the good of the Premier League and the good of England.
Durham is on a classic wind up.
Haha happens to ours too. Joke.Starts raining, Sky reception goes.
£40 a month.
TalkSport say we are holding Wayne Rooney prisoner and should let him go for the good of the Premier League and the good of England.
Durham is on a classic wind up.
Didn't he also say that 30mil is more than enough too?
I quite like it
I quite like it
TalkSport say we are holding Wayne Rooney prisoner and should let him go for the good of the Premier League and the good of England.
Durham is on a classic wind up.
Thiago in this pic makes this even more glorious
The first problem is listening to Talksport. It's a terrible radio show purely aimed at the lowest common denominator. Not only that but they flat out make stuff up to get listeners and people phoning in.
What's up with Chicarito? Injured?
He played againsti Betis in the closed door friendly. No news that he's injured.
He'll probably play against Sevilla on Friday in Rio's Testimonial.But that was closed doors! How do you know he played? It's all secrets and lies man, secrets and lies!
Yeah he said £30m is "crazy money" for him.
Should be £40m MINIMUM for him if he's going to Chelsea.