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The day in tweets for 2012-02-22 from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

If David Cameron sorts out racism in football the same way he's sorted out the economy & the NHS then I'm sure that… Oh. #

The day in tweets for 2012-02-21 from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Finally getting a chance to watch the Brighton game. Great performance but that Suarez pelanty was poor. #
On a scale of 1 to Joey Barton, just how pretentious is that new Land Rover advert? #
I may have said this before but I actually feel sorry for Andre Villas Boas. #
@flipflopy also suspect Roman is the one really in charge there. As has been the case with everyone else who's managed there. #
Says a lot when watching a Chelsea game is preferable to watching The Brits. #
Anyone who seriously thinks that The Brits are genuinely representative of British musical talent are utter mugs. #
@iainmacintosh perhaps the Chelsea lads did a Jackass style stunt as a bonding exercise before the game? #noidea #

The week in tweets for this past week from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Odd how so many journalists are changing their tune now someone like John Barnes is, very intelligently, discussing racism. #
In fact, I'd love John Barnes to join Twitter. Suspect it'll never happen though, particularly given Collymore's experiences of it. #

The day in tweets for 2012-02-15 from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Odd how so many journalists are changing their tune now someone like John Barnes is, very intelligently, discussing racism. #
In fact, I'd love John Barnes to join Twitter. Suspect it'll never happen though, particularly given Collymore's experiences of it. #

The week in tweets for this past week from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Can I be controversial for a second? I find American Football an utterly ridiculous and inpenetrable sport to follow. #
I appreciate that there are many people who do enjoy the sport but I'm not someone who pretends to like something, or someone, when I don't. #
@pauledwards1973 I'm sure there are quite a few that don't think that about it though. #
American football is a lot like other American sports; they like to talk alot about stats and such to hide the fact that the sport itself… #
Is actually a fairly simple sport in itself. That and the adverts too. Baseball is much the same. I've got time for basketball though. #
Another day, another spammer blocked. My work here is done. #
@estoy_lee Simple genius in those last two tweets of yours, love 'em. #
.@becc_one Nobber really is one of those underused insults. #
I didn't realise Victoria was there #badoomtish #hereallweek RT @ErinNYC75 And there was Beckham's cock. #
Morning. Time to watch the goals from last night then… #
Right, that didn't take long. #
So, been a nice quiet few days since I last tweeted then? #sarcasm #pleasenoteuseof #
First off, many thanks for FF mentions today, and indeed for past few weeks. Always appreciated. #
Stuart Pearce is under scrutiny for racially abusing Paul Ince. In 1994. Not wishing to sound like Richard Littlejohn but world has gone mad #
All for stamping out bigotry and racism but starting to think that current climate is almost one from a Brass Eye special. #
Won't be long before a player (probably Patrice Evra) claims that he was being racially abused because someone was looking at him funny. #
Oh, and I hope you've enjoyed my absence the last week or so because I'll be tweeting & retweeting like my old self this weekend #forewarned #
Are the FA run by a bunch of narcissists? Why should they care what the media think who should be the next England manager? #
If The FA are going to appoint someone who everyone can "get behind" then that rules out a certain ex-LFC manager who might want the job. #
I was referring to Rafa in that last tweet and not Woy, just in case you were wondering. #
Don't blame Suarez for not shaking Evra's hand. Not the cleverest thing to do but don't blame him. #
Phil "not on my watch" Dowd having a decent game so far. So expect a pelanty to Utd any time soon. #
Glen Johnson isn't related to John Barnes is he? Third mazy Barnesesque run of the game from him. #
Suarez not shaking hands is one thing but Evra should be man enough to accept that he might not want to shake his hand. #
If John Terry (of all people!) can accept that someone might not want to shake his hand the surely anyone can? #toomuchtoask #
BREAKING: David De Gea to star in new series of adverts for Specsavers. #
Good first 25 mins for LFC, Utd certainly on top now though. Sadly. #
Fair play to Phil Dowd for keeping a lid on things in that first half. Certainly didn't expect it from him either. #
Henderson having a stormer today. ALMOST starting to be worthy of wearing Xabi's shirt. #
Couldn't have said it better myself RT @paul_tomkins Downing is not a bad player, but he doesn't have the self-belief to be an #LFC player. #
RT @Quaaam Sorry but you don't want to shake hands with someone who supposedly racially abused you 10 times. #
Good question RT @zarifrasul Any other Premier League signings from last summer that have been as underwhelming as Stewart Downing? #
To all those complaining about the system, think it worked fine in the first half. 2 basic mistakes have cost us dearly. #
And as I've said before, Stewart Downing reminding me of Harry Kewell; good player being expected to provide far too much for the team. #
With Kewell, there was no-one on the other flank creating so he was expected to do everything. Same is true of Downing here. #
Though the fact that we need a right winger is a) not exactly an earth shattering revelation & b) something I've said more than once. #
Are you here all week? RT @el_pikester @TSmilinAssassin with Downing though we have nobody on either flank. #
.@zarifrasul Valencia is hilariously one footed and can only play in one position but we need a player like him so badly. #
If only we'd kept wantaway players like Torres, Masch, Mereiles, Pacheco & Aquilani then things might've been different today….. #
Great assist from Rio Ferdinand. Take a bow son and so on. #LFC #
This is the worst performance of the season, until we score at which point there'll be life in the old dog yet…. #
And when we equalise, Dalglish will be hailed as a genius. I do love Twitter on matchdays. #
Admittedly we still need to equalise but point remains the same. #
Excuse my language but what is it about being Manchester United captain that turns you into such a massive twat? #
Credit to Suarez for not rising to the bait from Evra at the end. Lesson learnt perhaps? #
I also wonder if these journalists who backing Evra so much will be quite so keen to defend after his antics today? #
Re. Evra. And you're sadly right. RT @rafa23 @TSmilinAssassin they will back him and say it was justified, despite the hypocrisy #
Not Neville's biggest fan but comment about "can't understanding players who celebrate like Evra at end of matches like this" made me laugh. #
He still a massive bellend mind. #
As for the football match that happened today, we are still very much a work in progress. More things change…. #
.@mjschroeter1 To be clear, Gary Neville was joking in his comment about celebrating. #
So we've now entered a realm in which booing a player & refusing to shake his hand is now considered racist behaviour. #
As Ryan Babel might say, #SMH #
Arry will be pleased if this stays the same, he had a tenner on 5-0 #triffic #
Seeing as Spurs are playing (and I didn't get a chance to tweet them on Monday) here is something to think about. #
Spurs netspend on transfers from June 2007-February 2012 = £118.5m. #LFC #039;s netspend in the same time is £30m less. #perspective #
Two most telling season? 09/10 when Spurs had a net SPEND of £10m and #LFC had net GAIN of nearly £6m. Even worse in 10/11 when… #
Spurs had a net SPEND of nearly £22m and #LFC had a net GAIN of nearly £4m. Those two seasons were the ones where H&G did the most damage. #
@CGtheJediMaster That is kind of my point though #
So that's a £40m difference in transfer spending between LFC and Spurs. And some people are wondering why Spurs are so far ahead of us. #
@Emperor_Kenzo they are a far more "settled side" would be perhaps a better way of putting it. #
Despite what many say, can't see either Kenny or Luis leaving this Summer. Neither are going to happily walk away from what's happened. #
Both could certainly do with more support though. Kenny from the owners and Luis from other, and new, players in the squad. #
If I went to a train station & started singing to a girl on the other platform, I'm more likely to get a restraining order than her number. #
If there is a greater example of the breakdown of British society than #TakeMeOut then I haven't seen it. Yet I appear to be watching it…. #
@BrianDurand56 he seemed to busy doing an Irish jig to be bothered shaking hands. Credit to Suarez for ignoring him though. #
.@LFCZA FSG have done a lot of good things but need someone to "take the heat off" Kenny and get him focusing on football again. #
I wish I could take some of these girls out on #TakeMeOut With a Heckler & Koch MP5 machine gun, preferably. #excessive #
To think, before Luis Suarez arrived at #LFC we were getting along brilliantly with absolutely everyone at #MUFC He's a disgrace, isn't he? #
Just in case anyone is in any doubt/is a bit simple/doesn't understand sarcasm, I was joking in that last tweet. Ok? Good. #
Quite RT @JordoWesthead Find it hard to laugh at Torres while we have players that can't score either. #
@IHaveaBoomstick @JordoWesthead quite #
George Galloway, a former good friend of mass murderer Saddam Hussien, is apparently suggesting Luis Suarez should leave the country. #
We are people about to see the "Irony Singularity", a point where irony becomes so dense that it falls in on itself. #
Also, if you haven't read @sidlowe's timeline from the last hour or so, please do. Talking alot of sense, as per usual. #
If the club had left Luis out to dry, then I could understand why he might want to leave. Fact that KD & players have backed him says a lot. #
It's why I think we'll get at least another year out of Luis & Kenny. #
Actually think the best thing for #LFC to do right now is keep quiet. No matter what they say, press will spin it whatever way they like. #
Luis Suarez wasn't in Los Angeles last night, was he? #inslightlypoortastetweets #
Have read the LFC statements, could someone be kind enough to send me a link to the MUFC ones please? #
Oh, right. RT @AttackoftheKop @TSmilinAssassin There's only one. And they accept #LFC #039;s apology, even though it wasn't aimed at them. #
Makes you wonder that if we'd made these statements 4 months ago, this might've been avoided. #
However, issue has always been standing up for what you believe in, which is always something to be applauded. #
Thank you! RT @LauraMogs @TSmilinAssassin http://t.co/NmpARP86 #

The day in tweets for 2012-02-12 from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Quite RT @JordoWesthead Find it hard to laugh at Torres while we have players that can't score either. #
@IHaveaBoomstick @JordoWesthead quite #
George Galloway, a former good friend of mass murderer Saddam Hussien, is apparently suggesting Luis Suarez should leave the country. #
We are people about to see the "Irony Singularity", a point where irony becomes so dense that it falls in on itself. #
Also, if you haven't read @sidlowe's timeline from the last hour or so, please do. Talking alot of sense, as per usual. #
If the club had left Luis out to dry, then I could understand why he might want to leave. Fact that KD & players have backed him says a lot. #
It's why I think we'll get at least another year out of Luis & Kenny. #
Actually think the best thing for #LFC to do right now is keep quiet. No matter what they say, press will spin it whatever way they like. #
Luis Suarez wasn't in Los Angeles last night, was he? #inslightlypoortastetweets #
Have read the LFC statements, could someone be kind enough to send me a link to the MUFC ones please? #
Oh, right. RT @AttackoftheKop @TSmilinAssassin There's only one. And they accept #LFC #039;s apology, even though it wasn't aimed at them. #
Makes you wonder that if we'd made these statements 4 months ago, this might've been avoided. #
However, issue has always been standing up for what you believe in, which is always something to be applauded. #
Thank you! RT @LauraMogs @TSmilinAssassin http://t.co/NmpARP86 #

The day in tweets for 2012-02-11 from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Don't blame Suarez for not shaking Evra's hand. Not the cleverest thing to do but don't blame him. #
Phil "not on my watch" Dowd having a decent game so far. So expect a pelanty to Utd any time soon. #
Glen Johnson isn't related to John Barnes is he? Third mazy Barnesesque run of the game from him. #
Suarez not shaking hands is one thing but Evra should be man enough to accept that he might not want to shake his hand. #
If John Terry (of all people!) can accept that someone might not want to shake his hand the surely anyone can? #toomuchtoask #
BREAKING: David De Gea to star in new series of adverts for Specsavers. #
Good first 25 mins for LFC, Utd certainly on top now though. Sadly. #
Fair play to Phil Dowd for keeping a lid on things in that first half. Certainly didn't expect it from him either. #
Henderson having a stormer today. ALMOST starting to be worthy of wearing Xabi's shirt. #
Couldn't have said it better myself RT @paul_tomkins Downing is not a bad player, but he doesn't have the self-belief to be an #LFC player. #
RT @Quaaam Sorry but you don't want to shake hands with someone who supposedly racially abused you 10 times. #
Good question RT @zarifrasul Any other Premier League signings from last summer that have been as underwhelming as Stewart Downing? #
To all those complaining about the system, think it worked fine in the first half. 2 basic mistakes have cost us dearly. #
And as I've said before, Stewart Downing reminding me of Harry Kewell; good player being expected to provide far too much for the team. #
With Kewell, there was no-one on the other flank creating so he was expected to do everything. Same is true of Downing here. #
Though the fact that we need a right winger is a) not exactly an earth shattering revelation & b) something I've said more than once. #
Are you here all week? RT @el_pikester @TSmilinAssassin with Downing though we have nobody on either flank. #
.@zarifrasul Valencia is hilariously one footed and can only play in one position but we need a player like him so badly. #
If only we'd kept wantaway players like Torres, Masch, Mereiles, Pacheco & Aquilani then things might've been different today….. #
Great assist from Rio Ferdinand. Take a bow son and so on. #LFC #
This is the worst performance of the season, until we score at which point there'll be life in the old dog yet…. #
And when we equalise, Dalglish will be hailed as a genius. I do love Twitter on matchdays. #
Admittedly we still need to equalise but point remains the same. #
Excuse my language but what is it about being Manchester United captain that turns you into such a massive twat? #
Credit to Suarez for not rising to the bait from Evra at the end. Lesson learnt perhaps? #
I also wonder if these journalists who backing Evra so much will be quite so keen to defend after his antics today? #
Re. Evra. And you're sadly right. RT @rafa23 @TSmilinAssassin they will back him and say it was justified, despite the hypocrisy #
Not Neville's biggest fan but comment about "can't understanding players who celebrate like Evra at end of matches like this" made me laugh. #
He still a massive bellend mind. #
As for the football match that happened today, we are still very much a work in progress. More things change…. #
.@mjschroeter1 To be clear, Gary Neville was joking in his comment about celebrating. #
So we've now entered a realm in which booing a player & refusing to shake his hand is now considered racist behaviour. #
As Ryan Babel might say, #SMH #
Arry will be pleased if this stays the same, he had a tenner on 5-0 #triffic #
Seeing as Spurs are playing (and I didn't get a chance to tweet them on Monday) here is something to think about. #
Spurs netspend on transfers from June 2007-February 2012 = £118.5m. #LFC #039;s netspend in the same time is £30m less. #perspective #
Two most telling season? 09/10 when Spurs had a net SPEND of £10m and #LFC had net GAIN of nearly £6m. Even worse in 10/11 when… #
Spurs had a net SPEND of nearly £22m and #LFC had a net GAIN of nearly £4m. Those two seasons were the ones where H&G did the most damage. #
@CGtheJediMaster That is kind of my point though #
So that's a £40m difference in transfer spending between LFC and Spurs. And some people are wondering why Spurs are so far ahead of us. #
@Emperor_Kenzo they are a far more "settled side" would be perhaps a better way of putting it. #
Despite what many say, can't see either Kenny or Luis leaving this Summer. Neither are going to happily walk away from what's happened. #
Both could certainly do with more support though. Kenny from the owners and Luis from other, and new, players in the squad. #
If I went to a train station & started singing to a girl on the other platform, I'm more likely to get a restraining order than her number. #
If there is a greater example of the breakdown of British society than #TakeMeOut then I haven't seen it. Yet I appear to be watching it…. #
@BrianDurand56 he seemed to busy doing an Irish jig to be bothered shaking hands. Credit to Suarez for ignoring him though. #
.@LFCZA FSG have done a lot of good things but need someone to "take the heat off" Kenny and get him focusing on football again. #
I wish I could take some of these girls out on #TakeMeOut With a Heckler & Koch MP5 machine gun, preferably. #excessive #
To think, before Luis Suarez arrived at #LFC we were getting along brilliantly with absolutely everyone at #MUFC He's a disgrace, isn't he? #
Just in case anyone is in any doubt/is a bit simple/doesn't understand sarcasm, I was joking in that last tweet. Ok? Good. #

The day in tweets for 2012-02-10 from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

First off, many thanks for FF mentions today, and indeed for past few weeks. Always appreciated. #
Stuart Pearce is under scrutiny for racially abusing Paul Ince. In 1994. Not wishing to sound like Richard Littlejohn but world has gone mad #
All for stamping out bigotry and racism but starting to think that current climate is almost one from a Brass Eye special. #
Won't be long before a player (probably Patrice Evra) claims that he was being racially abused because someone was looking at him funny. #
Oh, and I hope you've enjoyed my absence the last week or so because I'll be tweeting & retweeting like my old self this weekend #forewarned #
Are the FA run by a bunch of narcissists? Why should they care what the media think who should be the next England manager? #
If The FA are going to appoint someone who everyone can "get behind" then that rules out a certain ex-LFC manager who might want the job. #
I was referring to Rafa in that last tweet and not Woy, just in case you were wondering. #

The day in tweets for 2012-02-09 from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

So, been a nice quiet few days since I last tweeted then? #sarcasm #pleasenoteuseof #

The day in tweets for 2012-02-07 from The Smiling Assassin

TSABlogDelicious — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Morning. Time to watch the goals from last night then… #
Right, that didn't take long. #