tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061207609776406342.post2934797444380257237..comments2023-10-22T06:16:38.241-05:00Comments on MATCH PRICKS: I remember when you could still tell a joke in this bar without the world coming to an endJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15452206219434460235noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061207609776406342.post-1642548216254572062009-09-14T17:00:51.828-05:002009-09-14T17:00:51.828-05:00mmmmhm. very much so. this is something a touch mo...mmmmhm. very much so. this is something a touch more realistic, however far fetched it may be for the Premier League...<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletcher/2009/09/carl_baker_and_stockport_an_ex.html#138740Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338458041883647058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061207609776406342.post-86223977823276018952009-09-10T19:05:40.601-05:002009-09-10T19:05:40.601-05:00Summed it up perfectly. My Arse-loving roommate st...Summed it up perfectly. My Arse-loving roommate still claims it wasn't a "bad" dive and has pointed me to Stevie G YouTube clips relentlessly. Um, I think that's your insecurity showing.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424300514329752025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5061207609776406342.post-57382411237327985612009-09-09T06:52:40.913-05:002009-09-09T06:52:40.913-05:00Huzzah! Well said. Honestly. Perhaps the reaction ...Huzzah! Well said. Honestly. Perhaps the reaction from the Arsenal side, from my side/perspective, ranged so quickly to defense of the lad exactly because the pendulum had swung so violently and so quickly to the other side. Like you said, we all knew it was a dive ... yet we also all knew it was meaningless. That it was given such greater meaning in the Historical Scheme of Diving seems an unfair overstatement through the lens of time.<br /><br />But still, it was rather funny, wasn't it? Thanks for the perspective. Let the early morning pratfalls commence.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01660542584323863636noreply@blogger.com