tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820451467781915782024-03-08T00:45:59.777-08:00n o t R u a i r inotRuairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04191615061577189850noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882045146778191578.post-38420071946434335092012-05-16T08:30:00.000-07:002012-05-17T04:24:44.932-07:00Science: That Iron Man Portal Gravity Issue Thingy Again<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Pub discussions are the greatest. You wouldn’t think that
combination of the steady flow of alcohol and deafening volume of music allows
for great innovations in science, but many of history’s greatest scientists
were shotgunning pints down in their locals while arguing over how to split the
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Thus, it was invariably in a pub when the “gaping physical
improbabilities in cinema” topic got thrown around. Empire had an excellent
article on this subject a few years back, using simple calculations to prove
that, had the stunt from the motorcycle scene in MI:2 been done at the alleged
speed on film, it would have instantly killed (crushed) both Tom Cruise and
Dougray Scott (and saved us from the War Of The Worlds remake as well as HITMAN, probably).</div>
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<i>"For science!"</i></div>
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Though at first it would seem fruitless to discuss a point like
this in relation to Avengers Assemble, a film where, for the most part, physics
gets the same treatment as a blue-eyed city-slicker would in Deliverance 3
double D, the subject of discussion is the moment where Iron Man involuntarily escapes through the tesseract
gateway at the climax of the battle in Manhattan, lots of people want to know
why he simply falls back through the portal rather than floating adrift in space
as soon as his engines turned off. Admittedly not being a qualified expert in portal
mechanics and thus far being unable to raise the attention of anyone at
Aperture Science for an educated explanation, we can roll up our sleeves and
see if good old fashioned Newtonian laws can answer the question.</div>
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N.B.: Even though Stark says “it’s gonna blow in less than a
minute”, the pilot’s declaration is actually the correct time, blowing up 2
minutes and 30 seconds after launch, on his mark. We’ll give the film the
benefit of the doubt and accept that the scene is in real time.</div>
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Let’s reason that the portal opening itself either has no
gravitational effect, or it has a ‘sucking’ effect, drawing anything from one
side toward the other, seeing as if it has a ‘pushing’ effect it would be
impractical to travel through it. For the purposes of this discussion, we’ll
also assume that the gravity from Earth is a constant 9.7m/s^2 through the
portal. First we need to know the velocity of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Iron</st1:city> <st1:state w:st="on">Man.</st1:state></st1:place> The
launched nuclear missile appears to be an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGM-88_HARM">AGM-88 HARM</a>, which has an average speed
of 2,280km/h. Iron Man does have to catch up to the missile, meaning that he is
traveling faster at one point, but he slows down to grab the missile, so he is
presumably traveling at the same speed as the AGM-88 now.</div>
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As soon as Stark goes through the portal and his engines
stop working, it takes 59 seconds for him to fly back through it again. The
question here is: is this physically possible? Assuming he flies through the
portal at the missile’s velocity, he flies for 19 seconds until his engines cut
and his momentum begins to dwindle. This would mean he travels 12km into the
breach before he even begins to slow down. His speed is still a lot lower than
escape velocity, so gravity would be decelerating him right away. Though after
59 seconds, his velocity would still only be 60.7m/s, and in the wrong
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However, if we take into account the nuclear blast, which
explodes 14 seconds after Iron Man’s engines fail, the explosion would be 5.330km
away (the distance between the missile's final destination and Iron Man's current position, accounting for deceleration due to Earth’s gravity) from him. No indication
is made as to what yield the weapon is, so <a href="http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/?lat=40.7525075&lng=-73.97744890000001&zm=12&kt=340">I’m going to suggest it’s the B-61</a>,
a standard nuclear warhead in the USAF, which has an air blast radius of just over
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Let's take
Iron Man (Tony Stark + suit) to be around 130kg, ~95 for the man himself and
the rest for the suit, as a normal-sized man with no military training doesn’t
want to wear a suit of armor much heavier than that. More than likely he has
built-in weight-compensation systems which lighten the load on him too, but that's a whole other post. Just roll with it. This size body would have an impact area of 0.8245 (taking into account average male shoulder width,
Robert Downey Jr.’s height) then the force would immediately accelerate Iron
Man back in the direction of Earth at a starting 210.7m/s^2. Allowing for 1 second
before the blast hits him and pushes him back, he will have 45 seconds to
travel 15.532 km. Should Earth’s gravity be acting on him, he would clear
16.737km in this time and make it through the portal.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Right, that settles that argument. Now if someone
wants to know the structural properties of Captain <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>’s adamantium shield when
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It was astonishing, bewildering, some would even say
downright stupid. Even now, you can bet your house and your parents’ one too,
the Panenka is being talked about somewhere right in the world at this very
moment. It was the 20<sup>th</sup> of June 1976, the final of the European
Championships was being played out under enormous tension in impoverished,
communist <st1:country-region w:st="on">Yugoslavia</st1:country-region>.
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Czechoslovakia</st1:country-region>, having beaten
Johann Cryuff’s <st1:country-region w:st="on">Netherlands</st1:country-region> 3-1
in the semi final 4 days previous, had thrown away an early 2-goal lead against
tournament favourites <st1:country-region w:st="on">West
Germany</st1:country-region>. Though the momentum had firmly
swung towards Helmut Schön’s men, the Czechoslovakians matched their counterparts
man-for-man, stride-for-stride. After 90 minutes, it was 2-2. After 120, still
no change. The championship would be decided on penalties.</div>
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Penalty shootouts are the most vocally reviled, yes secretly
adored part of association football. When a game is determined by 10 kicks of
the ball in a deathmatch between striker and keeper, the watching world will
become transfixed. The audience will shout, cry, scream and flop to the floor
as the agony of seeing composed adults momentarily lose all their nerve,
technique, and bottle becomes too much to bear. <st1:country-region w:st="on">Czechoslovakia</st1:country-region> had taken the lead
4-3 before current Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness sent his shot into the
evening sky over the bar. Antonin Panenka stepped up, knowing that scoring
would give his team, the tournament outsiders, the first title in their
nation’s history. What happened next was an unprecedented display of arrogance,
style and, above all else, bottle.</div>
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The sheer confidence exhibited by the midfielder to execute
a penalty of such sublime audacity was enough to make the watching crowd press
their hands against their heads to contain the inevitable bits of brain matter
spewing all around the Crvena Zvezda stadium. No one had taken a penalty like
that before. To debut it on one of the biggest stages in world football was as
remarkable as it was ludicrous. In a game that had been more or less unchanged
in over half a century, seeing something so new and radical was like receiving
the greatest loyalty card bonus in history – getting free accommodation in the
Hilton for life because every so often you stop into the hotel bar for a
lunchtime basket of chips, or being given a villa in Labadee because you bought
a Wyclef Jean record. Many names throughout history are forever associated
with/mocked for missing penalties (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voT5W9Doa-s">Baggio</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GQZf88FZP8#t=1m6s">Stam</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXvGgb-P_7Y">Beckham</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7RBvmdjQEE">Adam</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvpEfzRHyxs">Ramos</a>, even
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hkwhyayUlo">Messi</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cUc0Q2pgOA">Ronaldo</a> this year), but only one name remains synonymous with scoring
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Until July 24<sup>th</sup> 2010, that is. Ezequiel Calvente once
again innovated and radicalized the penalty kick with a method that was perhaps
less like the ‘Panenka’ and more akin to Kevin Pietersen’s switch hit move in
cricket. The young Spaniard picked up the ball against <st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region> after a
foul in the box and placed it on the spot. The ‘Calvente’ run-up disguises the
hidden beauty of the taker’s intentions. Hitting the ball with the standing leg
is no accident, poor Nicola Leali in the Italian goal had no idea what had just
happened. It takes real skill to put the ball in the net like that and not fall and break your tail bone doing it. At first you look and think ‘so what?’. Then, after a
second look, the viewer would feel their brain shifting gears without the
clutch. It looks like a clipping error, a glitch in the matrix. In fact, it was
history.</div>
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It would be a disservice to the art of the penalty by not
mentioning the late Theyab Awana’s cheeky backheel spot kick against <st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region>. But
rather than the thought and time that was put into Panenka and Calvente’s
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Who remembers The Descent? A rollicking horror adventure
that was more than the sum of its parts, despite stealing pretty much every
single aspect of the film from every single horror that had already been made
in the last few decades from the characters, to the location, even down to the
crumby, but traditional horror flick ending. Such an analogy can be used to describe Vanquish in relation
to every single 3<sup>rd</sup> person action game since the start of the
seventh generation of consoles. Vanquish is a thoroughly ridiculous and
unashamedly superficial game that chewed up the Gears Of War trilogy and spat
out everything that didn’t involve firing a gigantic gun at a robotic monster
with 100 or more gigantic guns, all firing at you.</div>
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The game sweats adrenaline,
bullets and alpha-male homoeroticism at any chance it gets and escalates the
struggle of style over substance to all-out war - there’s a button for simply
smoking a cigarette and then throwing it away, not even attempting to shoehorn
in a reason for doing so; like the way Metal Gear Solid promoted chain-smoking
as a sniping aid. It’s single-player only, and the campaign will last between
6 and 10 hours, but the game has that unique replayability of titles such as
Starwing and Time Crisis that keeps you coming back again and again for just… one… more…
delicious… explosion. When a game gives you rocket-propelled knees it’s hard to
pretend there’s any sense of pacing. Similarly, when a game is this much fun
it’s hard to complain.</div>
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If you’re looking for depth on the level of Skyrim or Mass
Effect, turn around and start running now, you’ll find no trivialities such as
‘story’ and ‘character development’ here. If you’re looking for a fast-paced
action game where you get to blow up thousands of enemies that are already
exploding, and thought Ikaruga was about as intense as a Teletubby's naptime, you
can’t really do a lot better. It’s buckets of fun and a perfect stopover until Darksiders 2 in August. It’s available for as low as €14.99 in game
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Or, if you’re not the kind of gamer that likes spending
money, you could do an awful lot worse than check out the online catalogue of
free <a href="http://stabyourself.net/">Stab Yourself</a> games, with the mind-bending, dimension-shifting Orthorobot
being the pick of that particular bunch. Stab Yourself accepts donations via
PayPal, but they don’t actually want you to stab yourself, in case that wasn’t
all that clear.</div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This week you may or may not have heard something about Welsh footballer <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/apr/20/ched-evans-found-guilty-rape?INTCMP=SRCH">Ched Evans</a>, convicted of rape and sentenced to five years imprisonment after having had sex with a teenager who a jury had ruled was not in any condition to consent. This is unarguably rape and he needs to serve his time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What is more disturbing is that so many people don't see what he did was absolutely <b>wrong - </b>many petrified by their own experiences of drunken sex and one-night standery immediately set thousands thinking <i>this could happen to me</i> and jumped to his defence, portraying the victimised girl as all manner of things which will not be repeated here ( that's what <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/Ched%20Evans">Twitter</a> is for). A more accurate example of </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">what happened in Rhyl last year </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">would be you drunkenly sleeping with someone, another person showing up as you sleep and molesting you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_King#Incidents_and_legal_cases">Marlon King</a> is a nasty piece of work. 14 convictions, jailed twice, once for sexually assaulting a woman who had rejected his advances, beating her and <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/6439730/Footballer-Marlon-King-told-woman-Im-a-multi-millionaire-before-breaking-her-nose.html">allegedly shouting</a>: "<b>Don't you know who I am? I'm a multi millionaire! You're not even in my league!</b>". Wigan restored so much faith in football's integrity by sacking the player immediately after his conviction. Within two months of his release, he was signed by Coventry City, and became their top scorer, as well as the team's player of the season. King currently plays for Birmingham City.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">An announcement about Evans' employment with Sheffield United is imminent. It is certain The Blades will see fit to terminate his contract, and it's equally certain he will be signed by another club upon his expected release in 2 years for good behaviour, though plenty of things may be considered 'good behaviour' compared to rape, for example: arson, blackmail and puppy-drowning.</span></div>
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With the Colombian Apertura underway, Atlético Junior were playing (and beating) Pereira when a passage of play near the corner flag resulted in a very unaware owl, who happened to be sitting on the pitch, being upended by the ball. The owl is upside down and confused, but visibly alright until Panamanian footballer Luis Moreno quite senselessly and horrifyingly jogs over and hoofs the down-on-his-luck avian with his right peg. Though the owl's current condition is unknown* (presumably not good) the video is honestly shocking and those of sensitive disposition are advised to take the previous paragraph as the full narrative of what happened and not watch.<br />
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background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="watch-comment-atlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/comment_search?username=truemozzer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; 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background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">2 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9lhU28_PCNZVMx4ncbI1COpAPZhBAR-PFGE" score="0" author="MrSinnerstefan" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; 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font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MrSinnerstefan" title="MrSinnerstefan" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">MrSinnerstefan</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">4 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9liH_tTKMsbpendjlTiSncuE4SY2DORuVLk" score="0" author="aafrican" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; 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background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="watch-comment-atlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/comment_search?username=gun7seven" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">@gun7seven</a> HAHAAHA GATTUS IS SPARTAN !!!</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">that won it all</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/aafrican" title="aafrican" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">aafrican</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">4 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9liZBDTdMiaYudX0-sErpZwv7-U6Jv011rg" score="1" author="SebastianEduardoLeto" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Gattuso = the fooliest player in the world</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/SebastianEduardoLeto" title="SebastianEduardoLeto" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">SebastianEduardoLeto</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">11 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9liDH4BFzr6ynu_Z7vQKnVxYudQiNwlWgGM" score="0" author="unitedcr7rq7" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Gattuso is just gay</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/unitedcr7rq7" title="unitedcr7rq7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">unitedcr7rq7</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">11 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9lg193UGRiQUabyFXDglJYPxDqm1abqfkdU" score="0" author="billykongTV" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="watch-comment-atlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/comment_search?username=gun7seven" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">@gun7seven</a> no is WANKER</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/billykongTV" title="billykongTV" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">billykongTV</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">11 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9lhEMPTYdOZOl8MZ_5mawQl7HG_t6TqrADk" score="1" author="gun7seven" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Gattuso is SPARTAN</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/gun7seven" title="gun7seven" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">gun7seven</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">11 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment hidden flagged" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9ligg0W8dBn_PyJQRhuJhMI3s0rHUDCITk0" score="0" author="carttaha" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="True" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-show-hide" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">This has been flagged as spam</em> <span class="hide-mode" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h6l6p6_oIw#" class="show" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">show</a></span></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/carttaha" title="carttaha" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">carttaha</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">11 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9lhzXQssk5pIy2zFc5ew8Gmm4w7IDcg6mRM" score="1" author="slickestc" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Gattuso is just boss</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/slickestc" title="slickestc" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">slickestc</a> </div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><br /></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><br /></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; "><ul class="comment-list" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; list-style-type: none; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; clear: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9lj4-6EtjfvGkekBIvIGfvGkNTXCYdeK2EY" score="0" author="suuperstylin" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">gattuso is just enetertaining haha</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/suuperstylin" title="suuperstylin" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">suuperstylin</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">12 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9lhnvhRPf0UJ4mrB4tnKiRbzlPF_djy7L6A" score="1" author="truemozzer" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Gattuso is just idiot</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/truemozzer" title="truemozzer" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">truemozzer</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">12 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9lgqqJchWanvIaTy4fFCGsVclkEUTVVqT6k" score="0" author="oOSaladinOo" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Gattuso is just cool</p></div></div><div class="metadata" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 0.9166em; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; line-height: 0.6; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/oOSaladinOo" title="oOSaladinOo" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(66, 114, 219); text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">oOSaladinOo</a> <span class="time" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 11px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">12 hours ago</span></div></li><li class="comment" viewing="" id="kLs701zg9lgFPW82E_mcoOCZPpy0EtR5JGEaFopcOHg" score="-1" author="QuaresmaStylezZ" pending="0" blocked="" flagged="False" removed="False" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: left; position: relative; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="content" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; width: 450px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div class="comment-text" dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Gattuso is just pathetic</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 12px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 11px; line-height: 6px; "><a class="author" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/QuaresmaStylezZ" title="QuaresmaStylezZ" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; 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You can't explain to someone how you're in love. Sometimes you can't logically justify it. I am in love with Liverpool FC and I didn't realise just how much until the events of the past week. Obsessing over something iconic for more than two decades will more than likely cause some sort of mental upside-down Helsinki Syndrome (I know it's Stockholm Syndrome, but I stick by Die Hard, damnit) I guess.<br />
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You didn't need to love football to be enthralled by <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/oct/15/liverpool-fc-sale-live-coverage-dallas-hicks-henry?intcmp=239">the takeover bids, the transatlantic court cases and injunctions and 'or-else' deadlines</a> that invaded the news this week. You probably know it all already. How much of an effect it was having on me, however, I did not realise until yesterday evening when the deal was completed.<br />
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I was holed up in my room for the best part of the week. I sweated off all my recent exam weight. The days were spent in and out of a hazy consciousness. My heart started aching from a mixture of constant dehydration and my brain not registering hunger. This is what happens to most people when someone you love is ill and there's nothing you can do about it. I genuinely felt there was a real possibility Liverpool could go to the wall before too long.<br />
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Thankfully, it's not happened and I'm a couple of pounds lighter now. Will the future be brighter? That's for another blog post. For now, I'm remembering a friendly match Liverpool played against Villareal last season, when the yellow-jerseyed Spanish fans held aloft thousands of tiny submarines for their Merseyside guests, and I saw that they got it. We don't speak the same language, but understand each other.<br />
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They love football just as much as I do.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">You may have heard, but there's a rather sizable event starting this week called the Fifa World Cup. For those of you who don't know...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Of course you already know, and I haven't got it in me to sink to this depth of sarcasm. I love the World Cup. I love it more than you can imagine. Yes, it can be slow and disappointing and ultimately not as good as club football, but to deny that it isn't somewhat magical is to deny yourself the truth. Football (particularly international footy) has the ability to make us humans unite and celebrate like no other power on this Earth.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">But this is not a description, analysis of or recap (per se) of World Cups gone by, but, whether you like it or not, you've grown up with the competition. Every four years, it marks a certain point in your life. Where were you then?</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">World Cup 1986</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">29 June, Mexico City</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Final result: Argentina 3-2 West Germany (yup, still west)</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Who was I supporting?</b> Unable to form a logical thought at that point, probably the USSR. Had I been grown up? Probably the stylish Hungarians, even though they had fallen down from their peak on the world stage, lamenting the end of days of Ferenc Puskas past.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Where the heck was I?</b> Just a few months old, so snoring, eating, whinging, pooing myself, relying on the care of others. Depressingly little has changed in just under a quarter century. Let's move on!</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">8 July, Rome</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Final result: Argentina 0-1 Germany (Berlin wall gone, like full fat milk this time)</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Who was I supporting? </b>This one's a bit of a blur, though I distinctly remember supporting Italy throughout, promptly bawling my eyes out in a cascade of tears once those naughty, naughty Argentines knocked them out in the semi-final in Naples. Maradona knocking out the hosts in the city where he was loved and adored so? This wasn't exactly spilled milk!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Aye? And what happened?</b> The only World Cup final I never (reasonably) watched any of. I thought 'My team were gone, so what was the point?' and found some interesting wallpaper to colour in. Ah I really had so much to learn. Either that or I was both stupid and wrong.</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">17th July, Pasadena</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Final result: Italy 0 (2) - (3) 0 Brazil (First World Cup final ever to be decided on penalties) </span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Who was I supporting?</b> Ireland, of course. If you're Irish, you'll probably already know about Ray Houghton's (winning) wonder goal against Italy in the group stages. If not, </span><a href="http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5433/38/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">go enjoy it</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">. Particularly at 0:15 when, while hugging Houghton, the rest of the Irish players all look at the clock and think "We have to hold on for </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">HOW</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> long?!". After Ireland sadly departed the competition, my allegiances once again switched to my Italian brethren.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Right, so how'd it go?</b> I remember this one! Parking my arse on the sitting room floor, little Italy (but not Little Italy) shirt tight to my chest, right fist in the air, left forefinger scratching my navel with nervousness. The final was tense/boring and extra-time was a non-goer. I remember being utterly silent when Roberto Baggio, Italy's most composed player, missed his penalty and Brazil became world champions for a fourth time.</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">World Cup 1998</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">12 July, Saint-Denis</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Final result: Brazil 0 - 3 France</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Who was I supporting?</b> It may seem strange to you, but after the fall of former Yugoslavia, it became very easy to like Croatia. Their first World Cup, only a couple of years old as a nation, full of talented and brilliant players. They were the neutral's favourite and were only knocked out by the eventual winners.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Ok, then what?</b> See, a long long time ago there was a player called Ronaldo. No, not </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">that</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> Ronaldo, but a Ronaldo who was a goalscoring machine. A man who never failed at any club he went to. A man who, to this day, still holds the all-time World Cup goalscoring record. His medal case is... well... </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo#Individual"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">momentarily better than </span></a><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo#Individual"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">that</span></a></i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronaldo#Individual"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> Ronaldo's</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">. Anyway, this was known as 'The Ronaldo Final'. Basically, because the most famous player in the world was terrible and hideously unfit for the match. There are all sorts of conspiracy theories about how Nike pumped him full of painkillers and </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">forced</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> him to play. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Final Result: Germany 0 - 2 Brazil</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Who was I supporting?</b> Ireland, until they failed. Then the United States, until they failed. Then Spain, for one day. Then Turkey, until they failed. Then anyone but Germany or Brazil.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>So... what's the story with that? </b>Roy Keane's walkout of the Irish camp was well-publicised, so I needn't go into it. However it was the beginning of the downfall of the last really good Irish team. After being eliminated, I roared on the US seeing as they had beaten Portugal (no one like Portugal), Mexico (who were palpably better) and then came up against the Germans, who won that particular war. Then Spain, because they were stylish, before predictably failing. Finally Turkey who, through flair and grit, somehow ended up in a World Cup semi-final, getting harshly cheated out of a fair game by a Rivaldo dive (at a corner flag). After that I didn't really care who won the damn thing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Where in tarnation was I? </b>The silly time difference between GMT and whateverthehellMT it is in Japan and Korea meant that The Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations were on at the time and I was an attendant. It's like being an invigilator, except </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">outside</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"> the exam hall. I was reading 1984 for the first time and listening to the Ireland-Germany game on the radio headphones. When the commentator shouted that Robbie Keane had equalised in the 92nd minute, I leapt from my seat and silently bounded down the hallway, arms thrown to the sky. After turning a corner, another attendant was at the opposite end of the school and we hopped and skipped into a hug, not unlike that of Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed in that Rocky IV montage. I sat back down as the head invigilator opened the door. "Any score?" he asked. "Keane in the 92nd minute. 1-1 - result." "Oh right." He said, unmoved. 30 seconds later, that was the loudest and happiest exam hall on the planet. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Who was I supporting?</b> Argentina (have you noticed that I never yet actually supported the team who ends up winning the damned thing? This makes me tempted to support France this year, but I don't think they need any help from me there). They ended up kicking the living poo out of Germans in the quarter-final, but in a physical and not, y'know, a goalscoring way</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Ouch. Then what happened?</b> Despite having the greatest collection of players at the tournament in my eyes, scoring two of the most wonderful goals you could ever hope to see against Serbia in the group stages along the way, they somehow managed to fluff it. I suppose it could be worse for them though - Diego Maradona could be their manag... oh.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Where the criminy funk were you?!</b> I was having what was possibly the most enjoyable time of my life. The weekend of the final was spent at Oxegen, which had Delays, Editors, We Are Scientists, Eels and Artic Monkeys, as well as many more. Great music, plenty of tent drama with the girlfriend (as well as meeting the next girlfriend) and only a bloody World Cup final on a huge TV in the summer sun. I received a half dozen confused phonecalls asking me to confirm sketchy reports that Zidane had been sent off, penalties everywhere had been missed. I thought no one knew what had happened as I watched Grosso score the winning penalty - I rushed to the stage to see Sigur Ros starting their set, their amp stacks draped with a huge Italian flag.</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">11 July, Johannesburg</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">Final result: (hang on, it's not happened yet)</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><b>Where will you be? I mean what the Dickens, like?</b> God only knows. Wherever I am, I know I'll be happy and having a good time.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Where will </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">you</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> be?</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';">T<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">his post was inspired by </span></span><a href="http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/5433/38/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">When Saturday Comes - The Half-Decent Football Website</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">.</span></span></span></div>
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A special blog for special people like you and me.</div>notRuairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04191615061577189850noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882045146778191578.post-14944407628020030632010-06-03T06:55:00.000-07:002012-05-21T10:53:07.940-07:00Twatball<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img width="400" src="http://twatball.co.uk/pix/rooney.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hark, peoples! The 2010 World Cup in South Africa is almost upon us. Rather than play your average fantasy football game, some gentleman somewhere decided to set up a version that even those of you who may not even like the sport can enjoy!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ladies and gentlemen, I give thee:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.twatball.co.uk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">TWATBALL</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img width="400" src="http://twatball.co.uk/pix/punch.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Instead of your players getting points for scoring a goal or your keeper getting clean sheets, you get awarded points for:</span></div><div><ul><li style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">players diving</span></li><li style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">players getting sent off</span></li><li style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">vomiting, urinating or defecating on the pitch</span></li><li style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">failing to score from a penalty kick</span></li><li style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">being sent on as a substitute, then being subbed off again</span></li><li style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">player tests positive for banned substance</span></li><li style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">player walks out on squad mid-tournament</span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And many many more.</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.twatball.co.uk"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So go on then</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">. Even the haters can enjoy this one. Sit happily in the pub while Rooney kicks someone in the genitals again, while Drogba inverts himself time and time again against Brazil and Thierry Henry gets his second yellow card for sarcastically applauding his first (that one's worth thirty points), all the while smugly smiling to yourself, safe in the knowledge that your team is the twattiest.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img width="400" src="http://twatball.co.uk/pix/goalie.jpg" /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A special blog for special people like you and me.</div>notRuairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04191615061577189850noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-882045146778191578.post-32807125578898591402010-05-19T05:44:00.001-07:002012-05-21T10:53:07.964-07:00RIP Besian Idrizaj<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><img src="http://www.lfchistory.net/images/promising/idrizajreds.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">B</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">esian Idrizaj (22)</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">People die all the time, it's true, but not someone so young and healthy as a footballer. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><a href="http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-news/2010/05/19/swansea-city-to-retire-besian-idrizaj-s-shirt-91466-26476124/">Someone who 5 years ago won the Austrian Young Player Of The Year award that encouraged Liverpool to sign him</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> It makes me think there's something far shiftier going on in football at the moment than anyone knows about. Players are getting fed steroid milkshakes and performance enhancing vitamins that are just </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">this</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> side of legal and it's having a terminal effect on the body.</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">He's not the only young person who has died in the football world from unusual heart problems at an uncannily young age. There has got to be an investigation into why this keeps happening and going undetected. These kids could have been the stars of the future, and now they'll only be remembered as a footnote in wikipedia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><img src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/11_02/DaniJarque_228x296.jpg" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large; "><b>Daniel Jarque (26)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><img src="http://www.lexpress.fr/medias/196/pinault-foot-clermont_27.jpg" /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Clément Pinault (23)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><img src="http://www.unafuente.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/antonio-puerta.jpg" /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Antonio Puerta (23)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><img src="http://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Photo/footballcentral/FootballCentral/50050_400X600.jpg" /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Miklós Fehér (24)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_T2wUpOmhypQ/SkeeTcuZDfI/AAAAAAAAABU/EPsx6hPH7LE/s400/Foe.jpg" /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Marc Vivien Foé (28)</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And the many hundreds of others I have missed out on. RIP to all of you.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A special blog for special people like you and me.</div>notRuairihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04191615061577189850noreply@blogger.com0