Sir Bobby Robson

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Post by Owen_Coyle » Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:55 pm

ratbert wrote:And now we can wait for the same tabloids that once tore him to pieces to eulogise him.
Totally agree. As time goes by you forget how bad the British Press put the knives into certain "celebrities", but I remember in his time as England manager they were absolutely merciless in their attempted crucifixtion of him and their mission to find something "wrong" about him.

A totally genuine guy I always thought and a sad loss.
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Post by hisroyalgingerness » Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:56 pm

Upset me a bit seeing him look so unwell at St James at the weekend. Glad he got a big send off. RIP
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Post by Abdoulaye's Twin » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:04 pm

RIP. What a legend :pray:
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Post by Bruno » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:14 pm

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Post by americantrotter » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:40 pm

RIP

I thought all England managers would be like him. I was so terribly wrong.
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Post by Montreal Wanderer » Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:41 pm

A sad loss. He was always quotable in the fashion of Yogi Berra and could brighten one's day. Who can forget "I said to the lads in the dressing room at half time, I said, there was nothing to say" and "The first ninety minutes of a football match are the most important"? RIP.
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Post by Prufrock » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:07 pm

Absolute hero growing up, always the manager I wanted to be like. Like Roy Hodgson, got past our insular mentality and went and proved himself with the best in Europe. It says a lot about a man when you cannot find a single person with a bad word to say about him. RIP
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Post by ChrisC » Fri Jul 31, 2009 3:49 pm

RIP :(

Nothing less than a true legend!!
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Post by officer_dibble » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:33 pm

Proper gentleman. RIP Sir Bobby.

Really glad he made his send off game.
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Post by bristol_Wanderer3 » Fri Jul 31, 2009 11:02 pm

RIP Sir Bobby. A great football man.
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