The Screw-Up Heard Around The World

By: Sam | December 4th, 2007

It’s the 76th minute. You’re at home. You’re in the relegation zone. In front of supporters who boycotted the first fifteen minutes of the match because of your shit results. Hey, doing this might help!






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  • Ian |  December 4th, 2007 at 7:00 pm

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    Ouch … you know, everybody randomly falls down once or twice, but to do it all alone, right next to a striker, when your team is in that sort of situation? Wow.

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  • Inara |  December 4th, 2007 at 7:03 pm

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    I’m telling you, there is something shady about the Parc de Princes. I think it’s over cursed land or something.

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  • Ian |  December 4th, 2007 at 8:11 pm

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    Yes, wonderful, glorious cursed land.

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  • Magnusson |  December 4th, 2007 at 8:42 pm

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    I was watching this with PSG fans as usual. Even I could not laugh. This is tragic.

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  • Sam |  December 4th, 2007 at 8:45 pm

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    I was reading the Eurosport liveblog, and they were raving about “la boulette de Ceara, il s’est troué, bla bla bla” and I thought “oh well shit happens”. But when I actually SAW it, I couldn’t believe it.

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  • Inara |  December 4th, 2007 at 8:51 pm

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    Things like this almost make me embarrassed for for Ligue 1, but then I think about Paul Robinson and how he’s England’s #1 goalkeeper and playing in one the EPL’s topflight clubs, and then I don’t feel quite so bad.

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  • Ian |  December 4th, 2007 at 8:55 pm

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    I don’t really think this kind of thing says anything about the league it happened in – if you went through enough film of any league, you could find pretty comparable mistakes.

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  • Inara |  December 4th, 2007 at 9:09 pm

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    Yeah, but this sort of thing seems to happen to PSG on a fairly regular basis. Some kind of bad luck is always hitting them in the ass. It’s embarrassing because they’re the only club of the capital. Paris must be the only big European city with their club hanging out in the relegation zone year in and year out.

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  • Sam |  December 4th, 2007 at 9:45 pm

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    Yeah, that’s the main argument for many Marseille fans when chiding PSG fans. London’s got about fifty teams that could beat Paris’ best team right now, it seems.

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  • Ian |  December 4th, 2007 at 9:48 pm

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    Yeah, it does seem weird that Paris doesn’t have a top notch team. I don’t follow PSG that closely – what are the chances PLG is on the way out?

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  • Sam |  December 4th, 2007 at 9:52 pm

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    I personally think his job is pretty safe. Alain Cayzac (the owner) is as stubborn as a mule, and as near-sighted as he is I think he knows Le Guen isn’t the problem. The players are just sucking. Landreau is not nearly as sharp as in previous seasons, and the rest of the squad with the excpetion of Pauleta, Rothen, Armand and a few others are a bunch of inexperienced youngsters who shouldn’t really be starting for a major European club on a regular basis. Come the transfer window I expect them to make some big changes, maybe bring in a veteran defender.

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  • Inara |  December 4th, 2007 at 10:43 pm

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    PSG need to find new owners ASAP. Their current ones are so stingy that they make Liverpool’s owners ultra generous. The reason Le Guen has to rely on so many young players is because he isn’t getting the money to bring in anyone good. He wanted to get Wiltord and Reveillere but wasn’t given the funds.

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  • Inara |  December 4th, 2007 at 11:27 pm

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    Also, something is really wrong with the formatting of the main France page.

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  • Magnusson |  December 5th, 2007 at 2:15 pm

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    Listen I’m tired of hearing the money excuse. Paris is one og the biggest budgets in Europe with 120 mil third in france after Lyon and marseille. Marseille has a bigger budget than Porto. The Celtic and Rangers’ sbudget in inferior to that of Rennes.
    The ligue 1 has many problems. One is recruiting, second is lack of stadiums but money is REALLY not the problem.

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