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Discussion in 'Celtic' started by EspaniaCelt, Mar 31, 2013.

  1. EspaniaCelt

    EspaniaCelt Well-Known Member

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    - who said this on 8/12/2012:-

    "Take Martin O'Neill for example - he is looking more and more like a manager who is going to fail at Sunderland ..."
     
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  2. Cossy

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    Aung San Suu Kyi?
     
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  3. RebelBhoy

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    Was it me? That is the kind of smart stuff I say all the time.
     
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  4. Big Audio Dynamite

    Big Audio Dynamite Well-Known Member

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    The chairman of sunderland?
     
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  5. rogueleader

    rogueleader suave gringo

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    <laugh>.
     
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  6. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    Probably me.
     
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  7. Thomas The Cat

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    Is the first time anyone was every right about something on here?
     
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  8. EspaniaCelt

    EspaniaCelt Well-Known Member

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    Well, what you say may or may not be correct but I'm disappointed that no-one has answered my question correctly. :emoticon-0101-sadsm
     
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  9. Mick

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    Nobody likes a braggart.

    I have a massive house, a gorgeous wife, and a massive cock.
     
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  10. EspaniaCelt

    EspaniaCelt Well-Known Member

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    <grr>

    Have to take your word for it - after all, you're bound to know! :emoticon-0105-wink:


    By the way, who is this 'nobody' anyway and what would he or she know?
     
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  11. Rocket

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    Self praise is no honour.

    Mow fu ck off back to Spain.
     
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  12. EspaniaCelt

    EspaniaCelt Well-Known Member

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    My my, such an amazing response. You're obviously a charming and highly educated chap with a keen sense of humour and an exceptional command of the English language.
     
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  13. RebelBhoy

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    Nobody is the made up name that Odysseus gave himself during his meeting with the Cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.

    Melanthius was a braggart and a bully who was a goatherder employed by Odysseus.

    So I guess it would be accurate to say that nobody likes a braggart......

    He did want to bust his head open many years later, but that isn't the point.
     
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  14. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    Are you a reader of the Classics then Reb?

    Funnily enough I just mentioned Stephen Pressfield on another thread, have you read any of his stuff?
     
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  15. RebelBhoy

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    Used to. Back in the days before I realised that readin' might be learnin' me sumthin'

    I think he's got all the credentials to be a great manager, although leaving Falkirk for Coventry may have been a mistake.

    ....I am aware of his work but I haven't read any of his stuff...I'm finding it impossible to read anything at all these days.
     
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  16. DevAdvocate

    DevAdvocate Gigging bassist

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    <laugh>
     
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