LRD Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Oh and number 30 isnt real With a fabricated backstory describing a teenage prodigy on a web of blog postings, evidently created by different people, reports of the youth talent were ultimately published in a The Times article titled "Football's top 50 rising stars",[1][2] as well as in When Saturday Comes and Goal.com.[3][4] As a means to establish credibility to the identity, the creators of the hoax planted text into Wikipedia articles and forged Associated Press reports.[3][2] The erroneous information remained in Wikipedia from July 2008 to January 2009. The entry in The Times read, "30. Masal Bugduv (Olimpia Bălţi): Moldova’s finest, the 16-year-old attacker has been strongly linked with a move to Arsenal, work permit permitting. And he’s been linked with plenty of other top clubs as well."[3] The Times later removed Masal from their list and published a clarification.[5] Goal.com printed an apology for the mention of "phantom prodigy Masal Bugduv", stating the information had come from "a fake Associated Press report."[6] Masal Bugduv sounds very similar to the Irish pronunciation of M'asal Beag Dubh (My Little Black Donkey), a story by the Irish-language writer Pádraic Ó Conaire about a dishonest salesman who seeks an exaggerated price for a lazy donkey.[7] John Burns of The Sunday Times suggested that the Ó Conaire story was indeed the inspiration for the entire hoax, and that the prank, which also included a fake Moldovan newspaper titled Diario Mo Thon (Diary My Ass), was in effect a satire on the football transfer market.[8] Brian Phillips, a blogger of Runofplay.com, described in an article for Slate the anatomy of the hoax,[2] featuring a testimony email of "the alleged hoaxer's lengthy explanation of the Bugduv-creation process".[9] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 #43 I reckon they are pushing it when they are including 22-23 year olds, but he was 26 back then ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 #43 I reckon they are pushing it when they are including 22-23 year olds, but he was 26 back then ffs Playing for my local club. He's not pulled any trees tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 Masal Bugduv sounds very similar to the Irish pronunciation of M'asal Beag Dubh (My Little Black Donkey), a story by the Irish-language writer Pádraic Ó Conaire about a dishonest salesman who seeks an exaggerated price for a lazy donkey.[7] John Burns of The Sunday Times suggested that the Ó Conaire story was indeed the inspiration for the entire hoax, and that the prank, which also included a fake Moldovan newspaper titled Diario Mo Thon (Diary My Ass), was in effect a satire on the football transfer market.[8] Genius. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 #43 I reckon they are pushing it when they are including 22-23 year olds, but he was 26 back then ffs It's as if they'd include Nordin Gerzic now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 37. Mesut Ozil (Werder Bremen) 33. Dan Gosling (Everton) 17. Adam Johnson (Middlesbrough) Mesut Ozil rated lower than Gosling and Johnson? (assuming thats list is in an order) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tooj Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Dave Whelan on Sky Sports News going on about his broken leg in the cup final again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 No one went to see him in Hospital, Tooj. NO ONE! Not the Chairman. Not the Manager. Not the Tea Lady. NO ONE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 “I was playing with an ankle stress fracture in the run to the 2007 play-off final with Derby,” Barnes explains. “For whatever reason, I didn’t have a scan on it and was taking injections - it cracked in the final. It was a fracture but then it split. “The following February, I dislocated and ruptured knee ligament tendons. I went on loan to Fulham, but soon got a partial tear of my Achilles tendon. I went back to Derby for pre-season, trained when I should have been resting and it fully ruptured in a friendly against Stoke City.” This is called not learning from your mistakes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/482664_432781473469954_1223071127_n.jpg It's true like, their wage bill must be mental for a club their size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 I found this rather amusing: Mike "The Whirlwind" Williamson, Rob "Dilsh" Elliot, Steve "100 years old" Harper Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Elliot needs to get in shape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Can't find the TV thread but there is a doc on Laurie Cunnigham on ITV1 after the news, might be canny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-21687292 6 March 2013 Last updated at 14:59 Manchester United fan calls 999 over Nani's red card A football fan was so disgusted with the referee's decision to send off Nani in Tuesday's Champions League clash with Real Madrid he called 999. The 18-year-old Manchester United supporter was watching at home in a village near Bingham, Nottinghamshire. He felt the red card shown to the United winger was a crime so called police. He later apologised for the call, saying he was caught up in the moment. Police will not take any action. 'Waste our time' The fan, who has not been named, called police at about 21:20 GMT during United's second leg clash against the Spanish giants. He was incensed by the referee's decision to show Nani the red card for a high challenge on Alvaro Arbeloa. Ch Insp Ted Antill said: "While this recent example may be amusing, it illustrates the sort of insincere calls we have to deal with on a daily basis in the control room. "They waste our time and they direct us away from genuine victims of crime, particularly if we dispatch officers out to something that turns out to be a bogus report." He warned that prank 999 calls were a crime and said people had been prosecuted in the past. "It's no joke. In this case, the man realised his bad judgement and apologised and we decided not to pursue it further," he added. Nottinghamshire Police said it received 6,933 recorded hoax calls in 2012, which is about 2% of all reported incidents. Had Tuesday's 999 caller followed Sir Alex Ferguson's example, he would have avoided a police telling off - the Manchester United manager was said afterwards to be "too distraught" to speak about the match. The game turned after the dismissal of Portuguese winger Nani - whose real name is Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha - with Real Madrid scoring two quick goals to win the match 2-1, knocking United out of the competition 3-2 on aggregate. Why did they let this idiot off? Maybe if they made an example of him other idiots would think twice before ringing 999 and stopping operators from answering genuine emergency calls. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Should have made him promise to support Nottingham Forest as part of the caution. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elbee909 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Docu-thing about Laurie Cunningham now on ITV. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Craig-NUFC Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Docu-thing about Laurie Cunningham now on ITV. Cracking doc that. Never knew much about him since he was before my time and after watching that I find it mental how he isn't celebrated more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 i can't believe that a player as good and skillful as Cunningham ended up at a team like Wimbledon and to top it off ended up with a cup winners medal. Mental. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elbee909 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Docu-thing about Laurie Cunningham now on ITV. Cracking doc that. Never knew much about him since he was before my time and after watching that I find it mental how he isn't celebrated more. Same here, had no idea. Real Madrid, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Docu-thing about Laurie Cunningham now on ITV. Forgot to record this. Does anyone know if it's repeated or on ITV player? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Pinkman Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Set face to cringe and: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 :anguish: The best bit is when he nearly says Gareth Barry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 On Paper Corner on SSN they showed the back page of the Sun 'Ref in clear'. Its been two days and they are still bleating over what was a harsh but ultimately correct decision while ignoring the goal he missed against them. Really is a shameful rag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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