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  1. bert slater

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    Gillette soccer sat. panel have pretty much just taken the pee out of us.
     
    bert slater, Aug 8, 2015
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    I remember they did when we were going for promotion on a number of occasions over the past season or so...
     
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    What was all that about? It was obviously an "off camera" joke that they were laughing about as they returned live and Stelling s******ed "Don't be disrespectful". Mr HH & I were speculating that it might be about Flores' strong accent. I have to admit I found it hard to understand him but, still, unnecessary. I don't generally subscribe to the "everyone hates us" view but that panel really gave the impression they want us to fail.
     
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    Yeah I think they were taking the **** out of Quique.
     
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  6. bert slater

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    What gets me is that 2 of them have never managed, Thomson was an assistant and Merson couldn't do the Walsall job yet they take the micky out of a coach that has won promotions, managed in some of the top leagues in the world including champions league and won a European trophy.

    If it was them taking the pee out of QSF's interview in what to him is a a foreign language they should take a look at themselves. Merson has problems stringing a sentence together in his native tongue and his attempts at pronouncing names of players from abroad is a joke,
     
    bert slater, Aug 9, 2015
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    Rod Liddle

    I came across his opinion piece in the paper today. Don't know anything about the bloke, so it might be unfair of me to pass judgement, but he does not appear to be a decent sports journalist. I don't know how to link the article, but the gist of it is that he believes Flores will be sacked shortly. I am not sure if he is one of those comedic journalist, rather than a serious sports journalist, but the article is not informed, witty, funny, sensible or good. I may have the completely wrong view on this guy, and this article may have just been a rush job as he just missed the mark for this week's effort and it falls far short of his usual high standards.
     
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    [video=youtube;nfWlot6h_JM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfWlot6h_JM[/video]
     
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    "Liddle has supported*Millwall Football Clubsince the age of seven. He frequently attends home and away games. He has written several articles lamenting the demise of football as the people's game"

    Basically sounds and looks like Michael Calvin in a wig.
     
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    I believe he reports for the Sunday Times and co-editor for the Spectator.

    Millwall fan ..... Enough said
     
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    I've read the first couple of paragraphs and I'd certainly not be tempted to pay the £12 a month it costs to read more. IF he's trolling for attention then it's not very good. If he's not trolling, he's a moron.
     
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    Milwall fan you say
     
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    I was in my local yesterday watching the game live with a few folk who were impressed with our display having never seen / been interested in seeing them play on live TV ... The pundits obviously haven't done any research on our signings this season ... It will be good to see these so called pundits eat their words ...
     
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    Oh yeah I read this article since my pops subscribes to the Sunday Times. It's the typical drivel that we've seen all summer from someone who probably still thinks we've sacked 4 coaches
     
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    Merson will probably eat his in the wrong order.
     
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    i'm not sure what qualifies any of these numpties to have 'Expert' on their cv. Some may be clever wordsmiths but none have any degree of insight into the club.

    Does anyone ever remember seeing any of them having a beer with fans before the game, to really get a feel for how we tick? Not a chance.

    They arrive in a protective wrapper, barricade themselves inside a sterile bubble, expel verbal diarrhoea for 90 minutes and then get chauffeured away at the end.

    Plastics and out of touch, the lot of them.
     
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    I think Rod needs a new job, he's not very good at his current one.
     
    Hornet23, Aug 10, 2015
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    On form, he is a very clever, ultra sardonic polemicist and pretty brave with it. He does have a blind spot where football is concerned, but he's not alone in that.
     
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    He has looked at the number of managers we have had together with the number of players we have signed and come up with the conclusion 2+2 =5 he really knows nothing about us except we aren't his beloved division one team!
     
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    I'd never heard of the guy before but after reading 2 or 3 paragraphs of this tosh I'm going to actively avoid anything with his name on it. I'm sure he's gutted about that so ha, **** you Rod.
     
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    A bit like refusing to read Samuel Pepys' diaries on account of his tendency to shove his hand up his serving maid's skirt.
     
    Luther Bassett, Aug 10, 2015
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    No. He's perfect for the Sunday times. Wouldn't want him writing for a site I may actually get round to reading.
     
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    He's a genius, if you sack 2 managers in August and 2 in September how many managers do you have that season?

    5.
     
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    He can be quite provoking - as any Millwall fan probably is.

    Our family club image is something the bloke hates I would think...and having lots of foreign players/owners.
     
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    This thread should be titled " Troll writes trolling article "
     
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    can't help but think that's a little sophisticated for some of the users of this forum


    Or the Internet in general, tbf
     
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    Negative Press

    How long until people stop going on about disparaging reports about Watford in the media?

    I'm going for mid October.
     
    Roger Irrelevant, Aug 10, 2015
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    Rod Liddle is the thinking man's Richard Littlejohn; ie. a total ****.
     
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    Never. I reserve my right to whinge about people who disagree with me
     
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    Which year?
     
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    In what situation would Watford fans stop moaning?
     
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    Rod Liddle is an ugly worm who spouts on about socialism and was a BBC man till ne got fired - therefore by my mathematical deduction by reducing the equation you get to RL=C*unt
     
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    He is a provocative sap.

    As someone posted earlier he usually spouts most of his drivel about football and from memory tipped Blackburn to win last season.
     
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    Armageddon.

    It certainly wouldn't be footballing reasons like winning the league or the European Cup or something.
     
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