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Post by JohnnyNeptune on Dec 9, 2007 21:43:00 GMT 1
nice to see the british public choose the right person for once  and hurrah for bobby robson. it takes something pretty special to get alex ferguson to talk to the bbc. |
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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2007 22:31:39 GMT 1
hear hear. Its about time joe got some proper recognition... |
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Post by michelotti on Dec 9, 2007 22:49:43 GMT 1
Do you reckon Hatton had a few grand on him to win it before last nights fight?  |
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Post by Admin on Dec 9, 2007 22:55:00 GMT 1
Do you reckon Hatton had a few grand on him to win it before last nights fight? haha amazed he won it, Hamilton was 1.2(1/5) on betfair about 30 mins before announcement.... Must have been won on the night I reckon... |
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Post by ralph2 on Dec 10, 2007 0:46:45 GMT 1
Why, what happened with Ferguson and Robson?
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Post by turtle on Dec 10, 2007 10:11:50 GMT 1
they had a little kiss and a cuddle. sirbobby doesn't look very well (sad smiley) and got a bit tearful.
Hatton looked a bit battered but cheerful.
Pleased that the welshie won. Right result.
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Post by daleylama on Dec 10, 2007 11:38:29 GMT 1
Phuck
Joe was 9-1 last night pre-voting.
Missed chance for me, i was thinking about having a pop on him seeing as Lewis is an ITV boy therefore less likely to be plugged by the BBC.
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Post by richhtfc on Dec 10, 2007 12:20:52 GMT 1
Worst TV programme of the year, always avoided at all costs by me.
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Post by daleylama on Dec 10, 2007 12:34:08 GMT 1
Did you watch Clarkson instead?
i love their "challenge" sliding scale of achievement. For example....
I'm Jeremy Clarkson. My challenge this evening is to drink 10 pints. Here we go, this is a toughie but I'm Jeremy Clarkson and this is what I do. 10 pints, shit or bust.
Oh no, somebody spilt sopme of my first pint. Bugger. That's unlucky but I'll persevere anyway. Here's Richard Hammond to talk over and sound all dramatic about it. Oh no, it's a disaster, they've run out of pint glasses. Oh fate, why must thou conspire against me.
Then calamity struck. They called last orders!!! What a blow. Undaunted, I pushed on. I battled through, dubbed a bit of dramatic music and then, against all the odds, I finished my pint!
*play rule brittania*
As you can see ladies and gentleman, the challenge was a resounding success and I've got a 14 inch cock.
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Post by richhtfc on Dec 10, 2007 12:38:15 GMT 1
I did, it was mildly entertaining.
I just can't bare the SPOTY, I don't see the point at all, it always seems so forced and awkward, and all the sports "stars" just seem a bit embarrassed.
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Post by GroveR on Dec 10, 2007 12:42:09 GMT 1
Can someone clear up EXACTLY how old Bobby Robson is please - we had estimates in the pub last night of between 65 and 104.
Whoever told Hatton and Calzaghe to stand beside Lennox Lewis clearly had 1) a sense of humour and 2) no sense of personal danger as they looked like stunted oompa-loompa's.
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Post by nsn on Dec 10, 2007 12:50:53 GMT 1
74 apparently. He looked very frail on the telly last night though.
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Post by daleylama on Dec 10, 2007 12:54:36 GMT 1
Calamari fought Lennox Lewis in Oceans 11, he must have been stood on a box or something because they looked roughly the same size in that.
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Post by fgrfc_dan on Dec 10, 2007 12:58:23 GMT 1
Oi Daley, are you saying that completing a 24 hour endurance race is as easy as drinking 10 pints? Because I'd suggest that it was quite considerably harder. And I'm rubbish at drinking.
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Post by daleylama on Dec 10, 2007 13:01:34 GMT 1
No
what I'm saying is that they started off by targetting a top 10 finish but ended up making everything appear dramatic and claiming a wonderful achievement because they managed to finish above a milk float when they had an ex-formula 1 driver as part of their team.
sliding scale. When your initial challenge is beyond you, simply change the rules so the challenge is attainable. They do it very well on that show.
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Post by jerichoharris on Dec 10, 2007 13:02:39 GMT 1
I missed it, but it couldn't have been any worse than the drivel I ended up watching instead.
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Post by GroveR on Dec 10, 2007 13:06:03 GMT 1
74 apparently. He looked very frail on the telly last night though. MissusGrove has a thing for slightly dodderry old men and was cooing away at the telly when he was escorted back to his seat last night. There's always the one when he was managing Newcastle that makes me laugh Reporter: "So Shola, do you have a nickname at the club?" Ameobi: "Not really no." Reporter: "What do the lads call you then?" Ameobi: "Shola." Reporter: "What does Bobby Robson call you then?" Ameobi: "Carl Cort." |
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Post by CaptainSambuca on Dec 10, 2007 13:07:22 GMT 1
is there a book open for the 2008 spoty award yet ?
i have a cunning plan...
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Post by fgrfc_dan on Dec 10, 2007 13:22:01 GMT 1
Well it was a pretty remarkable achievement just to finish. Plus they did beat their closest competitor.
A lot of what they do with the challenges is to show how hard some things actually are so they start off with the attitude that it'll be easy, then discover just how challenging it is.
It's definitely fair to say that most of the work is done by people who know what they're doing though. I doubt Clarkson could weld two bits of metal together safely, let alone build a racing car. But then he's a presenter, not an engineer.
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Post by daleylama on Dec 10, 2007 13:35:40 GMT 1
I'm not even doubting the difficultness of what they try to achieve, it's purely the "we suceeded even though we failed" attitude that happens every show.
Thier nearest competitors were probably 79 laps behind them. They take dramatic licence a bit too far is kinda what I'm trying to say. If they were football managers they'd win every week with a 97th minute over head kick by the keeper.
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Post by fgrfc_dan on Dec 10, 2007 13:44:07 GMT 1
How would you suggest they did it then? Just say "we drove a car for a bit and finished somewhere near the back, roughly where you'd expect a bunch of novices to end up" and then have done with it?
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Post by daleylama on Dec 10, 2007 13:52:47 GMT 1
Somewhere inbetween would do for me.
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Post by sideshow on Dec 10, 2007 14:07:26 GMT 1
and without that freakish speech impediment, that's like an analogy. spoken. by a moron. with emphasis. in the wrong. place.
In fact they should stick to reviewing mondeos and not make us suffer the worlds ugliest sycophantic groupies lapping at his old spice infused studio sweat.
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Post by nsn on Dec 10, 2007 14:54:03 GMT 1
Old Bobby Robson made me tear up a bit too as he was a bit emotional and looking so old so suddenly. Probably hormonal |
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Post by jerichoharris on Dec 10, 2007 14:55:29 GMT 1
Or pregnant. Somebody should tell sith.
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Post by nsn on Dec 10, 2007 16:02:17 GMT 1
Wouldn't it be babies that would make pregnant people teary? Not old men surely! It's nearly 12 years since I was pregnant so I don't remember |
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Post by gymmers on Dec 10, 2007 16:31:24 GMT 1
Hatton looked like he's done several rounds when he spoke at the awards....
Several rounds of beer......
Not that I'm throwing stones... he deserved to get pished
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Post by MikR on Dec 11, 2007 10:24:32 GMT 1
This bloke went to a Bobby Robson book signing. He got there late, just as Bobby was packing up, but the old gent signed his book anyway. The bloke asked, "Had many people at the signing Bobby?". Bobby said "ooo, hundreds son, hundreds", and gave him his signed book.
The bloke looked at the book when he got home. It was signed "All the best. Bobby Hundreds".
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Post by denby on Dec 11, 2007 12:36:50 GMT 1
;D
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Post by latelark on Dec 11, 2007 21:47:02 GMT 1
Didn't watch it as I was travelling home after a weekend in Guz
Usually watch it and get annoyed at whoever has won
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