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	<title>Comments on: Is the Ballon d&#8217;Or Getting Predictable?</title>
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		<title>By: mele419</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-the-ballon-dor-getting-predictable.html#comment-136963</link>
		<dc:creator>mele419</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>^you&#039;re an idiot.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>^you&#8217;re an idiot.</p>
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		<title>By: bobby_digital</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-the-ballon-dor-getting-predictable.html#comment-136954</link>
		<dc:creator>bobby_digital</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>^^^^^lol... wow you must some type of loser to let ronaldo really affect you like that...

and sportsmanship is similar along the lines of &#039;class&#039;, its subjective... it sounds good but it really means nothing in the big picture, it doesnt determine results or win you trophy&#039;s.. and if you want to get detailed, every professional footballer from gerrard (diving) to zidane have done questionable things.... so lets drop the notion like it makes a difference, beacuse it doesnt... 

and who cares how he reacts after scoring a free kick? especially considering how amazing most of them are...he cant celebrate? he cant let 99% of the world know he&#039;s better than them at football? this nitpicking pussification of the game has to stop people... enjoy the game and the players for their talents..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>^^^^^lol&#8230; wow you must some type of loser to let ronaldo really affect you like that&#8230;</p>
<p>and sportsmanship is similar along the lines of &#8216;class&#8217;, its subjective&#8230; it sounds good but it really means nothing in the big picture, it doesnt determine results or win you trophy&#8217;s.. and if you want to get detailed, every professional footballer from gerrard (diving) to zidane have done questionable things&#8230;. so lets drop the notion like it makes a difference, beacuse it doesnt&#8230; </p>
<p>and who cares how he reacts after scoring a free kick? especially considering how amazing most of them are&#8230;he cant celebrate? he cant let 99% of the world know he&#8217;s better than them at football? this nitpicking pussification of the game has to stop people&#8230; enjoy the game and the players for their talents..</p>
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		<title>By: mele419</title>
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		<dc:creator>mele419</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah I&#039;ve got plenty against him, because as a human being, he&#039;s a piece of shit. Great he scored 42 goals, but he uses baby blood as oil for his cars and children&#039;s tears to water down his orange juice, which he makes cute puppies squeeze for him in his dark dank basement.
Messi and Tores are both much better than this piece of garbage.  Dodgy handballs and dives are nothing compared to how utterly disgusting Ronaldo&#039;s personality and sportsmanship is. Can I cite his &quot;Eh, whatever&quot; reaction to his stunning free kick?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah I&#8217;ve got plenty against him, because as a human being, he&#8217;s a piece of shit. Great he scored 42 goals, but he uses baby blood as oil for his cars and children&#8217;s tears to water down his orange juice, which he makes cute puppies squeeze for him in his dark dank basement.<br />
Messi and Tores are both much better than this piece of garbage.  Dodgy handballs and dives are nothing compared to how utterly disgusting Ronaldo&#8217;s personality and sportsmanship is. Can I cite his &#8220;Eh, whatever&#8221; reaction to his stunning free kick?</p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-the-ballon-dor-getting-predictable.html#comment-136936</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They are supposed to take the personality thing into account, at least in terms of sportsmanship and things like that. The trouble is, the alternatives - Messi has gotten himself in trouble for a few dodgy handballs and things, and Torres is known for going down as easily as Ronaldo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They are supposed to take the personality thing into account, at least in terms of sportsmanship and things like that. The trouble is, the alternatives &#8211; Messi has gotten himself in trouble for a few dodgy handballs and things, and Torres is known for going down as easily as Ronaldo.</p>
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		<title>By: bobby_digital</title>
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		<dc:creator>bobby_digital</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>^^^^..mele but what does his personality have to do with his skill and all the goals he&#039;s scored and the trophy&#039;s he won last season?

sounds like u might have a lil thing against the boy ronaldo... thats a &#039;you&#039; problem</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>^^^^..mele but what does his personality have to do with his skill and all the goals he&#8217;s scored and the trophy&#8217;s he won last season?</p>
<p>sounds like u might have a lil thing against the boy ronaldo&#8230; thats a &#8216;you&#8217; problem</p>
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		<title>By: mele419</title>
		<link>http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/is-the-ballon-dor-getting-predictable.html#comment-136925</link>
		<dc:creator>mele419</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ronaldo is garbage.
He&#039;s a prissy twat with no respect for anything but himself.
He&#039;s full of himself and he&#039;s an arrogant douche. They should take these things into account when voting...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ronaldo is garbage.<br />
He&#8217;s a prissy twat with no respect for anything but himself.<br />
He&#8217;s full of himself and he&#8217;s an arrogant douche. They should take these things into account when voting&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Taylor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Taylor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah... clever puns... I also wrote that because I have the feeling that perhaps the author of the above posting may, perhaps, be a defender... and if I can find a way to bother Daryl, then I will utilize it immediately</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah&#8230; clever puns&#8230; I also wrote that because I have the feeling that perhaps the author of the above posting may, perhaps, be a defender&#8230; and if I can find a way to bother Daryl, then I will utilize it immediately</p>
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		<title>By: Louise</title>
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		<dc:creator>Louise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Understood Taylor.  When one appreciates great defending,  one just tends to get, well, defensive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Understood Taylor.  When one appreciates great defending,  one just tends to get, well, defensive.</p>
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		<title>By: Toby</title>
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		<dc:creator>Toby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They should make it like the Britts or other such terrible awards, like be really unpredictable and give it to someone aweful so the person who should have one gets all the public effection and the winner is left holding a golden bit of tat.

My vote gots to Titus Bramble either way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They should make it like the Britts or other such terrible awards, like be really unpredictable and give it to someone aweful so the person who should have one gets all the public effection and the winner is left holding a golden bit of tat.</p>
<p>My vote gots to Titus Bramble either way.</p>
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		<title>By: Taylor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Taylor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And Louise, trust me when I say that I would love (more than anything else) to see Berbatov track back and win a slide tackle. Some shit just ain&#039;t gonna happen though...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And Louise, trust me when I say that I would love (more than anything else) to see Berbatov track back and win a slide tackle. Some shit just ain&#8217;t gonna happen though&#8230;</p>
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