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tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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Ninpo posted:

It's pretty much this. Journo 101 is to include the age of the subject in the piece, it almost always affects the interpretation of the article by the reader. "The 54 year old, accused of throwing a custard pie at an opposing player, had this to say:" for example.

It's mostly done to avoid other people calledt John Smith suing the paper for defamation when all their friends read about the terrible stuff Other John Smith has done.

Which makes it doubly amusing that sportswriters do it, as there's literally no possibility of anyone misunderstanding who Jose Mourinho is.

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tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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City also get a bit of a pass because they play nice football, they play nicely with the press and still have a comedy defensive howler in them to humanise them a bit.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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That's a fuckton of money for a defender. And he's not been that good so far this season.

Buuuut, he's better than Lovren and is a big lad who can head the ball at set pieces.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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Wonder how long that shirt's been in storage :)

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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Ewar Woowar posted:

That is a disgusting amount of money for a defender but it was clearly a position we needed some genuine quality and leadership in. If we can keep Coutinho and pick up a quality defensive midfielder in the summer I'll be a very happy man.

We won't keep Coutinho unless he gets hurt.

tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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shirts and skins posted:

Do we know if DeBruyne is dead yet

Apparently he’s basically fine.

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tarbrush
Feb 7, 2011

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r.y.f.s.o. posted:

Suarez really broke a lot of liverpewl supporters didn't it

Which particular aspect of Suarez? The biting? The racism? The transfer?

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