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@gregdufc
Controversy Creates Cash
Dundee, Scotland ๊ฐ์
์ผ Ocak 2019
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@p_bov1 You lost that game because your team were fuckin rotten mate. Fuck all to do with the pitch.
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@The_Tman10 @Roebuckio @stevengrant3 I have fond memories of you gesturing to united fans, pointing downwards as if to say "your going down" before being beaten 2-1 and eventually relegated as you lay greeting on the pitch like a toddler.
Fond memories indeed.
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@Roebuckio @stevengrant3 Fond memories of Dundee United to be fair. Scored my 1st ever goal v DU for Hibs (Sturrock sacked) and scored winners v United numerous times for Hibs & Dunfermline. Oh and a derby goal at Tannadice. Hate? ๐คฃ I wish i could have played against Dundee United every week tbh. ๐๐ป
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@nicklopiccolo @JustAlyxCentral Once again, fud.
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@gregdufc @JustAlyxCentral It could be worse, I could be you.
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This is not an attack on Dave Meltzer as a person, but rather a critique of the mindset that has formed around him.
Dave Meltzer has convinced an entire generation of wrestling fans that wrestling can only be done one way. That a match has to hit a specific number of spots. That it has to fit into a very narrow, specific style. And if it doesnโt fall within that box, itโs not getting anywhere near four or five stars.
The biggest problem is that Dave Meltzer doesnโt even follow his own scale anymore. What is the highest rating now? Seven stars? Eight stars? Is there even a ceiling anymore?
The entire point of a rating system is that it evolves. A match that might not have been considered great years ago can be viewed very differently today, and the same goes in reverse.
Wrestling changes.
Audiences change.
Context matters.
But Dave Meltzer doesnโt adapt.
What he views as a โgood matchโ is outdated. And the fact that he has never given a five-star match to legends like Kurt Angle is completely inexcusable. Even worse, with the benefit of hindsight, he still hasnโt gone back to reassess matches that may not have landed at the time but absolutely hold up, or even excel, when viewed through a modern lens or within todayโs cultural context.
A perfect example: The Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania 18.
Yet somehow, weโve allowed Dave Meltzer to define how wrestling works. Weโve allowed him to dictate whatโs good and whatโs bad, when the reality is simple:
Heโs just one man with one opinion.
Greatness is decided by consensus. Itโs democratic. Itโs the collective voice of fans. A match that doesnโt work for one person might be the greatest match of all time to someone else. Wrestling has always been subjective. It was never meant to be filtered through one manโs perspective.
What really happened is that many fans gravitated toward Dave Meltzer during a time when they felt alienated by Vince McMahon and WWE. He gave them validation. He helped them maintain their love for wrestling, and he should be credited for that.
But many people never grew out of that phase. They never stopped outsourcing their opinions. They confined themselves to their echo chambers, and it's made wrestling overall less fun.
Dave Meltzer is not the end-all, be-all authority on what makes a great match.
Heโs just a guy with an opinion.
And thatโs it.

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@nicklopiccolo @JustAlyxCentral Nick, everytime you tweet him you manage to make yourself look like a fud.
Merry Christmas.
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Lord forgive me....
Dave can tell the difference between a Tiger Driver โ91 and a Burning Hammer, two hyper-specific, Japanese finishing moves, but he canโt tell the difference between athletic tape, a compression sleeve, and a knee brace. The purposes and biomechanical benefits of the three arenโt remotely the same. A โgiant knee brace,โ like the one Stone Cold Steve Austin wore, is a post-injury stabilization device meant to protect damaged ligaments. Athletic tape, by contrast, enhances proprioception โ the bodyโs ability to sense movement and spatial position โ which improves balance, control, and precision for athletes who need to plant or pivot at full speed. One is medical equipment. The other is performance maintenance. They donโt even belong in the same conversation.
Thatโs really the whole point. Dave doesnโt know what heโs looking at. He can cite attendance figures from 1993 Korakuen Hall, but he once called Patrick Mahomes, the best quarterback in football, โPatrick Mahonezโ multiple times on air. The clips exist. So when he claims to have โseenโ Rusev in a giant knee brace, what heโs really showing is that he doesnโt have the vocabulary or background to identify what heโs seeing at all (if he isn't making it up).
I never played a football game without tape around both ankles. Not because I was hurt, but because the tape sharpened my joint feedback. That microsecond awareness that separates reaction from instinct. Itโs the first thing you learn in athletic training.
Regular people do it in the gym. Copper Fit literally markets to them. But thatโs the difference between real athletes and the products you can buy off the rack at CVS. Compression sleeves, the kind that come in a two-pack next to the ibuprofen, are made for general comfort, not high-performance proprioception. They increase circulation and reduce swelling for casual use, but they donโt provide the targeted tension, mechanical feedback, or neuromuscular reinforcement that athletic tape delivers. One is for recovery and light support. The other is for calibrated performance at game speed. Thatโs why the claim is absurd. That isnโt insider knowledge. Itโs ignorance dressed up as expertise.
This pattern has defined him for decades. Heโs memorized the data but never understood the substance. Heโs a walking index without an editor, confusing recall for comprehension. His entire identity is built on collecting fragments of a business he never participated in and selling them back to people who did. He speaks with the tone of a researcher but none of the discipline. Heโs a faux intellectual who has spent forty years mistaking immersion for insight.
And thatโs where journalistic integrity matters. Real journalism, the kind Deford practiced, starts with humility and precision. Deford, who is Dave's hero, understood that the story is earned through observation, not assumption. He knew athletes as human beings, not data points. If he were alive today, Deford would've long since distanced himself from Dave Meltzer, because he would've recognized what this is: a man mistaking the act of watching for the act of knowing. Deford built trust through accuracy. Dave erodes it through invention.
Frank didnโt worship the business he covered. He interpreted it. Dave writes like a mark desperate for proximity to the world he claims to chronicle. His โreportingโ isn't analysis, it's an elaborate projection of belonging.
So no, there was never a โgiant knee brace.โ Maybe there was tape, maybe there was compression, but no brace. And there never will be photographic evidence of one. What there is evidence of, spanning decades, is Dave inventing details to fit his own mythology. Thatโs not investigation. Thatโs fantasy. And when fantasy starts masquerading as fact, it stops being journalism at all.
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@nicklopiccolo Yeah, itโs the only thing I could think of that he โsawโ that he wouldโve claimed as a knee brace. Otherwise, I canโt recall seeing Rusev ever in a knee brace.
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@RubenScamorim @BBCSport How much did they pay for it?
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@BBCSport Yet again
A colossal waste of the TV taxpayers money
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@AVFC_Mogs @ThomasTParker @chrismd10 I get your point mate but if you pay for sky sports more fool you. Product has been woeful for over a decade now and only gets more expensive.
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Had a pretty surreal Sunday in a 4x4m space with Michael McIntyre and Gary Lineker.
Producers did an unbelievably good job of making us think the match was won by Spurs. First NLD Iโve missed since gaining consciousness, and Iโll not be setting up camp in here every Saturdayโฆbut this moment of the scoreline reveal was pretty priceless ๐
Also a reminder this got broadcast only on YouTube, where you can watch it for free, but you can choose not to!
..@Enigmaa13174
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@captainjimbob84 @unitedfeed__ Canโt be racist as above youโre jumping to white women black babies etc who mentioned the word black? Africa is a diverse country mate are jumping the bullet and saying Africa is full of blacks? If so thatโs pretty racist then Jimbo
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@parappa710 @CDCFC1888 Defend Europe?
These cunts couldn't defend a shot from the opposition half.
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@billybhoy999 He's a time wasting prick. Anyway, hope you enjoyed your night! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
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@wormingtononsea @EpicFootyStats Clubs that no longer exist like Rangers ๐งโโ๏ธ
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@EpicFootyStats I've often wondered who did Sheffield Fc play against.
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@Joey7Barton Twitters been too much for the wee snowflake Barton again.
Can give it out but when he gets shit back, "the intensity and pace of the online world" is too much for him ๐
Soft.
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๐ฌ๐ง
Over the past few years, a lot has happened. Professionally, personally and emotionally and it has reached a point where I need to pause and take proper stock of everything.
Iโve decided to step away from social media for the time being.
This isnโt a decision Iโve taken lightly, but the intensity and pace of the online world, combined with my own pressures and mistakes, have had a real impact on my wellbeing and judgement. I need space to reflect honestly on that, to understand how Iโve handled things, and to improve how I communicate going forward.
With the move to a new studio underway, this feels like the right moment to reset, reassess my priorities, and think carefully about how I want to use my profile in the future in a way thatโs constructive, responsible, and true to the values I want to stand for.
While Iโm taking this break, my accounts will be maintained solely by the admin team. I wonโt be posting personally until I feel Iโm in the right place to come back. @Common_SensePod
Thank you to everyone who has supported me, challenged me, and stuck with me. Iโm taking this time because I want to return better, clearer, and more grounded.
See you on the other side.
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