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See, for instance here.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 11:03:15 AM EST
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The story is partly hung upon the comments of Xabi Alonso:

Football Feed Article | Football | guardian.co.uk

Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso said: "I think they should be banned. They make it very difficult for the players to communicate with each other and to concentrate. "They are a distraction and do nothing for the atmosphere," he added after his team's 1-0 win over Iraq.

by Nomad on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 11:51:03 AM EST
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I'm not surprised players don't like the trumpets.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 12:32:31 PM EST
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This is a story from just last May about a regional TV station (joined by other sponsors who "saw this initiative with good eyes") planning to hand out 2,000 trumpets at a key game of a football team two divisions down from La Liga "to cheer and give colour to the municipal stadium in Ponferrada".

I guess according to Sepp Blatter Ponferrada is in Africa, not in Western Europe.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buiter

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jun 18th, 2009 at 12:38:39 PM EST
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They make it very difficult for the players to communicate with each other and to concentrate.

In American football this is known as home field advantage.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Wed Jun 24th, 2009 at 09:54:43 AM EST
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