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Well what a big bad toughie you are,i wouldnt dare mess with you i couldnt compete with such a seriously intense and hard natured individual,you really are quite formidable No he probably wouldnt feel sorry for you.....but then who are you ? what joy have you given to the average man in the street? Yes he was an idol and yes he is now a laughing stock....but part of what makes a professional sportsman a great is mental strength,Gazza didnt have any,is that reason to pull him to shreds,no it just means despite his proven physical talent he wasnt blessed with mental strength and discipline...
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[quote name='lab-tastic' date='10 July 2010 - 02:11 PM' timestamp='1278767487' Are we ment to feel sorry for him because he is an alcoholic like? Not me! Lets not kid ourselves that hes had some hard life, he was a great talent that couldn't handle it and went down a slippery slope. Some people may like to think of him as the cheeky chappy but some might just think he is a bum. Yes we are supposed to feel sorry for him,same as any sane decent person would feel sorry for anyone with a life threatening illness !! I supposed George Best was " just a bum " in your eyes as well..... Ga
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Thats why i have reservations about Dana White.....a good " product " will sell itself....and mma/ufc is a good product......it doesnt need money from freak shows it needs money as a competetive legitimate sport. Dana White thinks he is being trendy and a " no shit " kind of guy when he calls people " motherfuckers " etc on tv interviews.....it only shows a simple lack of class and it is things like that which keep the sport as just another " trend ". When did you ever hear Frank Warren or Don King swear like that on a tv interview. I believe at this stage of a new sport like mma its qua
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Personally i think thats a total backward step....if mma is to be taken seriously as a sport then the last thing it needs is dosey wwf fans,in fact anything to do with that pathetic nonsense......any association with that will bring with it the showbiz/entertainment value......and for a serious sport thats the last thing it needs. Dana White has been great for the commercial side,but the man is an idiot with no class who i believe keeps the sport down rather than promoting it in a positive way.
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You see Kye this is where i think the whole sport/fight thing can get confusing,i dont for one minute believe mma is " a true fight "....you know yourself its not. So i guess you could call it a sport,but then when the ufc try to make claims like " mma shows what style/s would win a real fight " is a load of old bollocks ! Back in the early 90,s when no rules fighting first came about it really was a fight,then when they brought so many rules in to make it more watchable and to fit in with state laws and tv companies etc i felt they sold out on the actual " real fight " description but ye
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Thats an interesting analogy you make their Kye....the thing that strikes me as ironic about the 3 names you mentioned,all 3 Dempsey,Tyson and Marciano were predominantly sluggers relying on brute force,apart from Marciano the other 2 both came unstuck against technically better fighters at the top level.In other words their brute force,strength and pure violence wasnt enough. This is what im saying about mma,Brock Lesnar has proved that brute force,strength and agility CAN overcome superior technical ability at the highest level,which has been proven does not happen in boxing,particularly
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[quote name='Catcher 1' date='08 July 2010 - 12:02 PM' timestamp='1278586941' post=' It,s fool,s like you.With remark,s like this that make us all look bad.Had a few run in,s with plod over the year,s.But that,s life.This nut job is out of control.The people he has shot or killed have families who are grieving:censored:. While i agree its sad people will be grieving for the mans actions,it annoys me the way a policemans life is always held with more value than a normal everyday person....a coppers life has no more value than mine or yours,but you can bet if and when this comes to
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I feel a bit sorry for the lad,coming out of nick to be told by your mrs that shes shacked up with a plod cant be much fun,especially when she then turns round and says " not really ".....daft bitch ! The comments on here about the fact he was using gear make for hilarious reading......you could put Julian Clarey on steroids it wont make him any more of a man
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Your missing the point mate....personally i think Lesnar is a fantastic athlete and has made the most of what he has and good luck to him,i actually think he has a great attitude to fighting,he is trying to learn but never forgets what he is and what he is a a superb physical specimen who can overwhelm far superior technical fighters.....this alone i believe makes a slight mockery of the sport when folk say how technical it is and how you have to be well rounded etc etc....well clearly you dont,being a hugely strong agile athlete is good enough ! My problem with fighters like Lesnar walkin
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I despise that term " pound for pound "....its a new trendy terminology for an impossible question.....how could anyone say St Pierre would beat Brock Lesnar for example.....he would get murdered !!...the reason being Brock Lesnars strength is his size and strength !!.....so to compare the 2 men as athletes and fighters and say one could beat the other " pound for pound " is just ludicrous. I would say the most complete mma fighter around at the moment is St Pierre yes,but he will be beaten as will Lesnar.It seems to be a sport where no man totally dominates their division for an entire ge
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I have every respect for mma fighters and the sport in general...but i truly believe these type of contests do a lot of damage to the sport. Ticket sales and freak show entertainment value should NEVER be the reason to put a fight on.....the best should fight the best to prove who the best is....simple as that....the minute you start to compromise the competetive element to any sport you hurt that sport. Kimbo.....Lesnar.....Pudzianowski now James Toney.....all men who are walking into a sport at the very highest level to put bums on seats and sell tickets....i think its a shame the wa
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EXACTLY !!....and that has taken him to the pinnacle of the sport after a couple of fights.....to me that is an embarrassment to the sport.....all the claims of what a techincal sport mma is,Lesnar has proved good old fashioned brute force strength and athleticsm can overcome all that. AS for the heart he showed,i would say yes he did,this is a man who has never been in a fight until recently remember.Most people who compete in sport at the highest level have done so since very young be it football boxing or whatever and by the time they are on the world stage in their sport have already p
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Im not one to dislike a sportsman because their not " a nice man "...and ive never watched that soppy boys wrestling.....so personally ive only really paid attention to Lesnar since he has been in the ufc and i think he has a great work ethic and attitude to fighting....i think he has embarrassed the whole sport of mma.....ok he was a top college wrestler,but the fact is a man with no fighting background has walked into mma and become world heavyweight champion in a couple of fights through sheer brute force !.... It just proves that a big strong guy with great athleticsm can overcome skill e
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Personally i dont go in for all this English/Scottish thing,i wanted Murray to win simply because he is from a country close to my own....no different to if i could choose someone to win the lottery i would choose my closest neighbors ! The fact he dont like English folk who cares.....once again too many people like to judge sportsman on " whether he is a nice man " ......what a sportsman does when he is not being a sportsman i couldnt give a flying bollock !...judge a sportsman as a sportsman and a showbiz celebrity as a showbiz celebrity......the day you get the 2 confused is the day y
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Of the 66 world cup squad only Banks,Moore,B Charlton....and possibly Jimmy Greaves ( though he didnt play in the final ) were recognised world class players......the likes of Nobby Styles,Geoff Hurst,Martin Peters etc were not known outside of England..... Although i agree with you about pressures the truth is the rest of the world has caught up with us due to the worldwide popularity of the sport,the sport has grown massively but England are still the same size....it stands to reason we cant dominate like we did back then.
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I agree with this in a way.....its like anything you invent that becomes popular,it ends up where everyone else passes you by ! As a nation we are a small in size footballing nation yet because of our reputation etc we are expected to be top of the tree.....look at this world cup,the sport has become huge globally,even nations not really known for football are becoming just as big as us....the asian and african sides not to mention the south americans have become great football nations simply because of the popularity of the sport....to the point where size IS making a difference.....when a s
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My tennis knowledge is very limited,but is Murray not going to need to be getting a higher % of first serves in if he is to reach the final ? Surely it must do your confidence good to know your first serves are going in,could he not slow it down 15 % to make sure more go in rather than having to slow it down 50 % on a second serve.... maybe i should stick to what i know
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I would like to see Harry Redknapp get the job but i dont think the FA will give it him,simply because he has a bit of scandal in his background what with the betting buiseness....i think the FA would rather have a squeaky clean character even if he is not as good as a manager...which is another one of our problems as a nation we are more worried about giving off the wrong impression than picking the best man for the job.....look at the Argies,they picked a proven drug taking cheat to manage their national side because he was the best man for the job.....our FA havent got the bottle to do that
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So..........when a team is 2 goals down with 20 minutes to go and MUST score to stay in a knockout competition...you bring a man on ( heskey ) who has a proven record of NOT scoring goals when on the bench you have a man with a proven scoring record ( crouch )...then with 10 minutes to go you bring on a right winger and play him at right back ( wright phillips )....well yes,what a tactical master !! The fact he has had success at club level means nothing he has NEVER managed at international level,the man cannot communicate and treats professional athletes like naughty children....thats witho
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I had the same conversation earlier,but hindsite is a great thing to have......can you imagine if Capello had taken the likes of Walcott,Johnson,Wiltshire,Gibbs plus a whole bunch of other in form fresh youngsters....and left Lampard,Gerrard,Rooney,Terry etc etc at home....and we got beat 4-1 by the germans and looked awful throughout the competition,everyone would have been saying is Capello nuts leaving our biggest stars at home !! A few players like Green,Upson,Heskey etc yes i agree with you.....but regardless,Capello was simply not 6 million pounds worth of managerial genius like we w
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Spain are a class act,if they can get it together i can see them running out comfortable winners.Wouldnt be surprised if it go,s to pens.With Spain winning hopefully.
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No i killed her stone dead as a matter of fact ....as you say,only a bit of banter eh..... And when your Scottish and talking about professional sport i understand you have to have a sense of humour so my mistake im sorry
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This is the same Roy Keane who walked out on his fellow man and went home in a sulk during the biggest tournament of his sporting life ....Maybe Mr.Keane should keep his opinions to himself on things that dont concern him,what does he know about being a top class manager,nothing....what does he know about world cup squads,nothing. If a manager picks the complete wrong players,cannot speak the language,treats grown men like naughty children and is totally tactically clueless making bad decisions.....id say no matter how shit the players were he is as responsible for being an overpaid pric
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Absolutely right it hurts....as a passionate football fan who follows my team around the country week in week out,as a proud Englishman,as someone who built their hopes up that we would do well.....absolutely right it hurts..... As for a bunch of neighboring nations who rarely get to the footballing world stage taking the piss out of us....no that doesnt hurt at all,its quite funny.......it kind of reminds me of one of those little Yorkshire Terriers that keeps nipping away at your ankles and you have to turn round and give it a boot every now and then.....it waits a while,then comes back
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Spot on.....i like your outlook on sport mr.johnnyboy you see things for what they are and dont get carried away with all the character assasination most folks do when it comes to sports stars,its very refreshing. As for Murray...im certainly no tennis expert but thats sometimes the thing about true sporting talent.....its clear and obvious even to the untrained eye......best of luck to him.
