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Force Ashley To Cede Us Newcastle Today?

Well no, because the conversation was about the actual ball vs just any one of multiple balls from a match. Any one of multiple balls from a match is symbolic, the actual one isn't, it's the real thing. The difference between 'I scored a hattrick with that football vs Real Madrid' and 'I scored a hattrick Vs Real Madrid, possibly with that football and one or two other footballs' But the entire act of taking a commemorative ball home in the first place is a wholly symbolic gesture, is Kaiz's point. There's no practical function to it. There's nothing special about the ball used to score a hat-trick, except for the symbolic meaning invested in it.

Don't fucking be nice to those White House burning cunts.

This is what you get for taxing our tea and stamps and shit, motherfuckers!

Alright, now I want you to lose just because of the drunk Brit in this bar shouting 'Yer a wizard, 'Arry!' every time Kane touches the ball.

Boy Who Cried Wolf effect, he's done it too many times.

Vamanos Colombia!

Shame they didn't stomp hard enough to break his ankle.

Neymar has replaced Cronaldo as my most despised player. That takes some fucking doing.

The fucking foot save, though.

Gets special credit for playing on after suffering such a severe head injury, as well.

I don't understand the options. Which one means I get to laugh at you when you lose to Colombia?

We all want Mitro to break Neymar's leg, right? It's not just me?

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Germany definitely still haven't clicked yet. Don't look at all like defending champions.

Don't think Mexico will lose, though. Germans will beat S. Korea, Mexico will get at least a draw.

Game's gone to the dogs. Can't even throw a chokehold around an opponent's neck and wrestle him to the ground anymore.

No doubt, and he's saying exactly the right things and when it all goes to shit he can walk with his head held high. But there's no denying he's being stubborn and, yes, possibly even pig-headed. After all, he could sign a contract on trust, right? Pig-headed, to me, usually implies an unreasonable level of stubbornness. Don't think Rafa's doing anything particularly unreasonable here.

If you believe the rumours on their forums he's honour-bound to join them as he verbally agreed to join them a couple seasons ago but then Madrid came in for him and that was the end of that. Even if that's the case, you'd think the same sense of honor would preclude him breaking another contract to do so, though.

But how does that explain constantly playing Hayden Mullins in place of Mascherano for half a season. Does he not watch them in training? Even the craziest posters on football forums wouldn't make that mistake. Mascherano walked into our midfield as first choice competing against Xabi Alonso and Steven Gerrard. But could not displace Reo Coker and Mullins. Been a while, but am I remembering right that Tevez and Mascherano weren't Pardew signings? The agent went direct to WHam's owners, or something? If that's the case, I can completely see Pardew being stubborn enough to not play them because they were 'forced' on him, regardless of their talent. Fits in with the petty belittling, as well.

Think it's probably more likely that he knew full well who he was, but decided that he needed 'taking down a few pegs' by pretending not to know him, to, I don't know, assert dominance and teach him humility, or some other horrible man-management idea.

Anybody remember Rammstein's 'Du Hast'? Du! Du-Brav! Du-Brav-Ka!

They'll always have their classy fans.

This isn't happening in the Games section btw, in case that helps. Is happening in Football & GC. Football is working fine for me, but GC is still showing unread after viewing.

I can't see it personally, reckon they might be interested in the highlights part of what the PL selling but not full on coverage like BT/Sky. Might be looking for similar to their NFL Thursday Night Football deal - live streaming rights through Prime while televised rights remain with a separate broadcaster.