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Men Of Dishonor: Or, How To Cheat and Get Away With It

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Dave Partridge commented on Men Of Dishonor: Or How To Cheat and Get Away With It

I think the Darren Bent incident managed to get lost in the overblown hype of the Chelsea vs Man Utd clase, along with the rest of...

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  They are only higher profile than others because of the fact that the English media focuses...

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ben perri commented on Men Of Dishonor: Or How To Cheat and Get Away With It

It's strange but when darren bent dive there is no sanction and no polemic. I have the impression that it's only when foreign player do the...

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New Article: Men Of Dishonor: Or How To Cheat and Get Away With It

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Diving, or gaining an unfair advantage using theatrics if you prefer, has been the focus in English football once again this week. During the Liverpool vs Birmingham City game on monday night we saw another example of this disgusting behaviour...

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Premier League : Liverpool Vs. Birmingham live stream or the online video coverage is set to fire up this November 9, 2009 at exactly 15:00 EST...

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Homer Simpson commented on Michael Jordan: From Birmingham to Springfield

Why is this in the "soccer" section???

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Vampy Archer commented on EPL Super Sunday: Liverpool's Campaign Begins With A Defeat to Spurs!

Haha... Well, your article should have been: "Manchester United's campaign begins with a win..." Good article, but let's wait... its not a disaster yet!

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tumang bokaba commented on EPL Super Sunday: Liverpool's Campaign Begins With A Defeat to Spurs!

Salaar i wouldn't consider Rafael a senior player and Neville hasnt been playing much anyway to be missed. Still Leave-a-pool (of hurt) choked big time. Was...

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  @Salaar: i would want nothing more than to see pool trip over themselves and loose the...
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  @tumang: In football, everything is possible :)

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Puckpassion commented on EPL Super Sunday: Liverpool's Campaign Begins With A Defeat to Spurs!

Tottenham destroyed them. Should have been 3-0 No song rings better around a stadium than when the Spurs go marching in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuMbrQ5oxJ8&feature=PlayList&p=AB70E8FF1277D384&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=10

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  Thanks for the link mate, surely Tottenham couldve scored more and won 3-1 or 4-1.
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  You're right, I meant 3-1

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Stefan Vasilev commented on EPL Super Sunday: Liverpool's Campaign Begins With A Defeat to Spurs!

Good recap, Salaar. Liverpool were in trouble this much, weren't they? It was like their attackers were totally cut off from the midfield. Missing Xabi? :)...

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  Thanks Stefan :)

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Deepak Israni commented on EPL Super Sunday: Liverpool's Campaign Begins With A Defeat to Spurs!

Great review Salaar. I think Yossi should have been started by Rafa not Babel.

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  Thanks Deepak. Indeed, Liverpool weren't really able to create anything, it was a case of going...

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Mohamed Eldin Masri commented on EPL Super Sunday: Liverpool's Campaign Begins With A Defeat to Spurs!

Hehe, why do I feel like you're trying so disperately to be part of the group ....... LEGENDARY Salaar™. *Legendary Douchebag™ is more like it ;P*...

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  No Douchebag..you'll have to wait and see how long Arsenal can keep the fire from blowing...
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  @ Deepak now that's confidence :D

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Austin commented on EPL Super Sunday: Liverpool's Campaign Begins With A Defeat to Spurs!

Saw the Liverpool game this morning. I didn't recognize them at first. I knew it was a team playing Tottenham but they eerily looked like..... Are...

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  Are you watching Merseyside? Are you watching?

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Willie Gannon commented on EPL Super Sunday: Liverpool's Campaign Begins With A Defeat to Spurs!

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/237271-spurs-beat-lacklustre-liverpool-as-the-reds-begin-life-without-alonso Nice report on Sunday's games Salaar, but you should nearly be done for false advertising!! lol

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  False advertising? lol not too sure i get what you mean, Willie.

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