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El Pirata
Imagine, for a moment, that you are Esteban Granero. You were so good as a child. Better than anybody you’d ever met. Much better than anybody you went to class with. You’re even better than some of the much older … Continue reading
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Tagged Esteban Granero, hopes and dreams, QPR, Real Madrid
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Players We Like: Mario Balotelli
Some French guy, I think it was Francois de La Rochefocauldierrebonmougepieusailleaux, once said something I first came across scribbled in the margins of a library copy of Is Future Given? by renowned chemical physicist Ilya Prigogine. Paraphrasing to the best … Continue reading
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Tagged Balotelli, cack, Camorra, crazy, curiosity, decency, dumb, empathy, homeless man, humanity, humility, ignorance, insane, Inter, Inter Milan, interrobang, Italy, madness, mafia, Manchester City, Mario Balotelli, Maserati, MCFC, media, Naples, narrative, pay me, Players We Like, prejudice, prison, racism, school bullies, stupid, Super Mario, tabloids, women's prison
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Players We Like: David Silva
I considered not writing this. Of course we like David Silva. Everybody likes David Silva. My grandmother has a David Silva tattoo (she tattooed David Silva’s face over her face) and my dog has a David Silva poster tacked to … Continue reading
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Tagged cool, Cool Hand Luke, David Silva, explosions, fucking cool, Manchester City, MCFC, Paul Newman, Silva, Valencia, VCF
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Players We Like: Thomas Müller
I subscribe to the seemingly unpopular school of thought that soccer is a rather uncomplicated game. Eleven men against eleven men, a plot of grass, a ball, two goals, and a referee to make sure nobody has too much fun … Continue reading
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Tagged Arjen Robben, Bayern Munich, Cyclops, FCBM, Franck Ribery, Gambit, Germany, Mario Gomez, Pace, Schweinsteiger, Tactics, Thomas Muller, Wolverine, X-Men
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Xavier De Rosnay: Best Player in England?
I’m new here, but I don’t think I’m overstretching my bounds by putting the Toblerone Jones stamp of approval on Xavier de Rosnay, because Xavier De Rosnay is really good you guys! Who would have thought? I didn’t even know … Continue reading
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Tagged †, Chill, dance music, David Silva, disco, House music, Justice, Manchester City, MCFC, party, Xavier de Rosnay
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Scholesy
I’ve tried to find words for Paul Scholes the last few weeks. The last few months, to be honest. I don’t have them. They’re not in me. They can’t do the fucker any kind of justice. I just love him, … Continue reading
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Tagged 18, California, EMA, Erika M. Anderson, Man Utd, Manchester United, MUFC, Past Life Martyred Saints, Paul Scholes, Scholes, Scholesy
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Elegy for Adebayor
Looks like Real Madrid are waiting to spend their money on galactico Neymar once the Club World Cup is over instead of bringing Adebayor back on the perm. At a press conference yesterday, the merengues manager Jose Mourinho said, “My intention … Continue reading
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Tagged Adebayor, C.R.E.A.M., Galacticos, Manchester City, Mourinho, Neymar, racism, Real Madrid, Tottenham, transfer
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