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Discussion in 'Charlton' started by lardiman, Mar 26, 2020.

  1. The Penguin

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    There was plenty of talk about xg after the Leicester game because apparently we are should have won by something like 1.5 to 0.5. I go along with what the late great Jimmy Sirrel said, that the right team always wins, the rest is just noise.
     
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    lardiman We can rebuild him
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    As long as nobody cheats.
    Like Suarez or Maradona in the World Cup.
     
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    I wonder what the late and great Brian Clough would have thought about it<laugh>
     
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    He had Peter Taylor. There can't have been a better judge of a player (apart from Old Reamsy).
     
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    I wonder if Taylor threatened violence if anybody disagreed with him<whistle>
     
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    Or Thierry Henry vs Ireland. Joe Jordan vs Wales. Paul Scholes vs Poland. Allowing for the odd ref blunder I still think it's a good general rule. Football is all about hitting the onion bag, simple.
     
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    Henry <laugh> Shameful.

    He took a dive on Black Sabbath as well, when we whipped them 2-4.
     
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