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CuriousGeorger Athletic Bilbao Tea Baggins. #boosh about 3 hours ago via web Retweeted by avoidingthedrop and 1 other
CuriousGeorger So AC Milan's announcement of playing in Pittsburgh was apparently premature and possibly incorrect. Great. post-gazette.com/stories/sports… 5:44 PM May 23rd via web Retweeted by avoidingthedrop and 3 others
Within the FA decision on Barton is this quote: "Next time just call the players faggots, like a respectable Englishman, and you'll go free" 11:37 AM May 23rd via TweetDeck
Spider hair! Spider hair! Does whatever a Kalou does. 11:56 AM May 19th via Twitter for iPhone
@rogbennett lady physio gets to keep the trophy no matter who wins this game, she's that important 11:43 AM May 19th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to rogbennett
When does Fox cut to Strahan doing a sausage eating contest against the Fox robot? 11:05 AM May 19th via Twitter for iPhone
That Rio Ferdinand picture is fake, but by all means, keep it going. 8:38 AM May 16th via TweetDeck
CuriousGeorger Was it FSG that couldn't get the team to learn to mark a corner all year long? That kept playing Carragher? That kept dropping Carroll? #lfc 8:23 AM May 16th via web Retweeted by avoidingthedrop
CuriousGeorger "FSG need to show they know what they're doing." Oh I'm sorry, was it FSG that had only Jay Spearing as backup to a world class Lucas? #lfc 8:22 AM May 16th via web Retweeted by avoidingthedrop and 1 other
CuriousGeorger Again worth noting @ESPNsoccernet and Harry Harris's big scoop yesterday was that John Terry was out of the team. p.twimg.com/As91axCCAAAALy… 6:40 AM May 16th via web Retweeted by avoidingthedrop
CuriousGeorger The Italians called up a kid named Destro for the Euros. My loyalty is so confused right now. 11:10 AM May 13th via web Retweeted by avoidingthedrop
Safe to say, the Hazard transfer story is going to be the most grating of the summer. 10:23 AM May 8th via TweetDeck
Fox Soccer and ESPN, using the same Canal interview, draw exact opposite "news" conclusions following a joke question about kit colors. 10:23 AM May 8th via TweetDeck
So Spurs have to beat Fulham to guarantee their fourth place spot which will then be lost to Chelsea when they beat Munich. Good work 'arry. 9:59 AM May 6th via TweetDeck
"Goal line technology? Sounds dumb." -Bud Selig 10:56 AM May 5th via Twitter for iPhone
CuriousGeorger The site Chelsea want to destroy and build their stadium on is the picture from the cover of Floyd's "Animals." Just die, as a club, die. 7:52 PM May 4th via TweetDeck Retweeted by avoidingthedrop and 4 others
#cfc in a nutshell: fans leaving with six minutes left in a fourth place battle with two matches remaining. 1:37 PM May 2nd via TweetDeck
@luapula he also claimed Landon Donovan was way better than Dempsey. So yes massive troll, but fuck that guy 7:01 AM May 2nd via Twitter for iPhone in reply to luapula
Basically, fuck @simonborg, the bald little shit. 7:00 AM May 2nd via Twitter for iPhone
...sit in your basement and do nothing so no woman ever does something you like. HEAVEN FORBID! 6:58 AM May 2nd via Twitter for iPhone