From: Manx Gunner on
[Bruce D. Scott <bds(a)ipp-garching.mpg.de>]
[Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:11:06 +0000 (UTC)]

: : : I'm very interested to see to what extent this Chelsea problem
: : : diminishes next season after Ballack has left for Leverkusen...
:
: : To be fair, they're far from the only team who engages in such behavior.
: : They do seem to do it an awful lot, though.
:
: My point is that Ballack (as Matthias Sammer before him) is
: exceptionally bad. He was by far the worst in the Bundesliga when he
: was here.

Fair point. For a moment during the screw-job Chelsea received against
Barcelona in the Champions League, I thought Ballack was going to strike
Ovrebo (the referee who was so badly out of his depth).

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From: Evan Kirshenbaum on
Evan Kirshenbaum <kirshenbaum(a)hpl.hp.com> writes:

> HASM <netnews(a)invalid.com> writes:
>
>> Deeppe <tutall(a)hotmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> I'm now assured that you both are referees,
>>
>> Both Evan (an ex-co-worker)
>
> We are? (Frantically tries to match names to initials.)

Wait. I think we are. A definite possibility came to me in the
middle of the night.

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From: HASM on
Evan Kirshenbaum <kirshenbaum(a)hpl.hp.com> writes:

>>> Both Evan (an ex-co-worker)
>> We are? (Frantically tries to match names to initials.)
> Wait. I think we are. A definite possibility came to me in the
> middle of the night.

Yes, that's me.

-- HASM
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