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Robben vows to shake off 'diver' tag next season Arindam Rej Saturday May 6, 2006 The Guardian Arjen Robben made a promise yesterday to not dive next season. The Dutchman has been criticised for going to ground too easily, particularly against Liverpool in February when José Reina raised his hand, while Didier Drogba's recent tumbling has further damaged Chelsea's reputation for fair play. "Those things happened," said Robben. "Diving has been a very big issue this season, I think. Everyone has his opinion about it. I have mine. You have yours. I don't want to look back. I want to look forward. Next season I won't be in the headlines for diving again. That's a promise. Next year you won't write about me diving again." Robben said the regularity with which he fell last season was because of his mental state, created by bad experiences in 2004-05. "If you look back to the season before this, I had three injuries," he said. "I think people forget that sometimes. At that time I had comments like: 'You have to jump sometimes' and 'you have to avoid getting kicked' because I broke my foot three times. Sometimes you just jump out of the way. Sometimes maybe the style of jumping or falling is not the nicest but I haven't been kicked this season and that's a good thing. I'm not a diver. I know that. Next season I'll just carry on the way I play and I won't change my game at any time." ere His mental state must be a worry after the way he rolled about to get Reina sent off but then he was obviously protecting his foot again.

Everton well they mean everything so why do we go it's something only we know something only we know something only we know They're an embarrasment to the city singing songs like this.

Not sure of the point in this thread meself.

Not going to boo him onto the park if he comes off the bench though are we?

There's a Cup Final he is likely to figure in and you may well be cheering him on then.

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Amarillo, Some tune by Keane (weren't they going to sign him once?), and Band Aid! Fooookin ell. And they reckon they are all 'true Scousers'? That's the world famous Gwladys St for you

I heard a rumour that they are in big trouble financially the other day. Be a big shame if they were, but crowds have dropped off big style I heard.

Got them both lined up for Monday night! Gerrrrrrin there

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It was my 21st birthday that night. Its all behind me now but I was off me head on "pounds shillings and pence", got back home to watch the highlights - no clock in the corner of the screen to try to make sense of it all - and suffered about a dozen nervous breakdowns trying to follow the goals flying in. Manic euphoria at our magnificent goals and desperate confusion at their mad scrappy equalisers - how many last minute equalisers can you have in one game? The game seemed to go on for about a week! Woke up the next evening to see King Kenny resigning... Still got this nagging feeling that maybe I imagined the whole thing? Them window panes were bad news for watching footy.

When I first watched it back on dvd I felt the same. We didn't play that badly but their forward play had an extra edge which knocked the stuffin out of us as each goal went in.

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After midnight too. Thats Entertainment!

Away goals should be 'scraped', ideally in a goalmouth scramble - its much more exciting that way. It was a big ol achievement to score in the away behind the Iron Curtain in the olden days I guess. But its still quite an achievement and draws the away side into trying to get something even if 3 or 4 down. We have the penalty shoot out rule though and thats at the end of a draw. And if you had pens in the second leg that would give the home team an automatic advantage. Replays can't go on and on these days either.

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not with them skinnymalink legs on him he can't, he's another McManaman judging by his socks.

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in 1992, when football was started. only they sang "you Scousers will never walk alone in Scouseland and neither will Man City or Leeds cos we hate them as well!!!"

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Did you ever see the 'fanzone commentary' for that? Roy Evans and Frank McClintock...as the ball drifts over Adams, Evo says quietly "this is a goal this Frank" when he still hadn't even reached the feckin ball. Magic!