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AW vs Paraguay Oct 12 Match Thread

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
sounds like a bit of south american partisanship going on there....
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
paraguayans and uruguayans  are the more dirty football players in the whole world ...so i understand  winston  ....it is true , they are  well known  for elbows,  dirty tactics .....
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
in some cultures it''s considered a good thing to try and get away with anything u can get away with.  that's not limited to paraguay and uruguay though.  maybe some of the south americans are more obviously expressive and upfront than, say, some of the europeans, who can also employ dirty tactics. don't take the world cup final this year as being an example of that though. there was nothing subtle about the dirty tactics and anti-football of one side in that game.  
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
too many cameras , man    at last  world cup.... what  reid did was logical  after  the attacked he suffered  from that player  he  checked his shirt number  and  he said  to  himself "  it is pay back time !!
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Argentina have never played dirty....

Have to say I thought the game was played in a pretty good spirit although I still haven't seen a replay of Reid's tackle yet.     

We Still Love You Colin We Do!

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
JAVIER wrote:
paraguayans and uruguayans  are the more dirty football players in the whole world ...so i understand  winston  ....it is true , they are  well known  for elbows,  dirty tactics .....
TBF didn't see too much evidence of that on tuesday night or with them at the World Cup.
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Argentina have never played dirty....

Have to say I thought the game was played in a pretty good spirit although I still haven't seen a replay of Reid's tackle yet.     



Dude, if you're going to have a chant about our Captain in your signature, spell his name right - Nelsen.
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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
George Kostanza wrote:
Argentina have never played dirty....

Have to say I thought the game was played in a pretty good spirit although I still haven't seen a replay of Reid's tackle yet.     



Dude, if you're going to have a chant about our Captain in your signature, spell his name right - Nelsen.


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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Turfmoore wrote:
pao1908 wrote:
Sorry Turfmoore, but I don't see how Ricki's comment can be justified. ....

Sorry Pao, I think you misinterpreted my comment. I wasn't attempting to justify Ricki's comment.

We were justifiably grumpy that Grella was reportedly NOT sent off because the Oz-NZ match was a "friendly". (Opposite of Rici's view)

My end note was that this precedent may have affected Ricki's judgement. Explain it to some extent maybe, but certainly doesn't justify it in my view.

(Explain and justify quite different beasts: Being drunk may explain one's action, but certainly doesn't justify it)


Ricki has apologised.

Line, under, drawn, this.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Good for him. Glad he has seen the light (and probably the replay)
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