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In Gaelic football they have black cards where for a cynical foul, the person who has committed it is sent off but his team can make a sub, that would be a interesting thing to introduce in football, might end up with less Colback on the pitch :lol:

they'd run out of subs tbh. Not a big fan of the black card system personally

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I thought these European pre season friendlies and local derbies were a bad idea at first but seeing the players actually celebrate and take it seriously has made me rethink things. The levels have increased drastically.

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Football feels like it's really rapidly up its game in becoming everything we feared it would be like. Being lead out by Ronald McDonald, man. That should be a David Squires segment on it, not the reality.

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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jul/25/premier-league-best-match-liverpool-newcastle-april-1996

 

I didn't really want to read this, but I skipped through it and did find this lovely final para which is oft missed in the normal comments

 

Keegan, at least in his managerial guise, is still painted as a loser by … well, losers, the sort of people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. He won no major trophy, sure, but medals are not the be-all and end-all, and just look at the glorious legacy he left behind. One of the Premier League’s most memorable teams; one of the Premier League’s most fondly remembered title races; the Premier League’s greatest and most significant ding-dong battle. You have to be a bit special to do that. The man is a hero. History will be kind.
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https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/jul/25/premier-league-best-match-liverpool-newcastle-april-1996

 

I didn't really want to read this, but I skipped through it and did find this lovely final para which is oft missed in the normal comments

 

Keegan, at least in his managerial guise, is still painted as a loser by … well, losers, the sort of people who know the price of everything and the value of nothing. He won no major trophy, sure, but medals are not the be-all and end-all, and just look at the glorious legacy he left behind. One of the Premier League’s most memorable teams; one of the Premier League’s most fondly remembered title races; the Premier League’s greatest and most significant ding-dong battle. You have to be a bit special to do that. The man is a hero. History will be kind.

Fantastic piece of writing that.
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I was talking to a Man United fan at a wedding on Saturday about 95/96 and he agreed with it often being more about the talking points that shape how things are remembered. Us in 95/96, Gerrard's slip etc, but he couldn't resist with 'you'd rather have the title though wouldn't you?' :lol: Prick. Nah, he knew his stuff tbf, we had a good talk about football over the years and he made a couple of interesting points. Arsenal were their best rivals, 2011 Barca is the best team they ever played by a mile, and the team that won the title right at the end of Fergie's reign was probably the worst team to have won the title.

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I spoke to a Man Utd fan recently and he didn't even know that we lost out to them for the title. Hope I concealed my reaction.

 

:lol: Imagine not knowing you'd won a title.

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I spoke to a Man Utd fan recently and he didn't even know that we lost out to them for the title. Hope I concealed my reaction.

 

:lol: Imagine not knowing you'd won a title.

 

He was my age or older as well, maybe he used to live abroad or something. I couldn't say anything further :lol:

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I spoke to a Man Utd fan recently and he didn't even know that we lost out to them for the title. Hope I concealed my reaction.

 

:lol: Imagine not knowing you'd won a title.

 

He was my age or older as well, maybe he used to live abroad or something. I couldn't say anything further :lol:

 

That's pitiful like. Being a proper fan of a club with people like that everywhere must be a proper nightmare for your own credibility. We've had horse punching and buoycuotts, but they're still way less embarrassing than one of your brethren not realising when you'd won the league.

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