04 Feb 2019 05:53:47
Ok ed001, was reading down the pages about Klopp making sand snow and water excuses.

Could you do a and finally. of the weirdest excuses/ reasons managers / sportsperson have made after a loss. :)
I remember tony pulis once said at stoke they lost because his team wasn't tall enough that day!

{Ed001's Note - ok mate, I will do that one after the one I am in the middle of doing is finished. Good suggestion.}

1.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 07:21:00
Great mate. what are you currently working on?

{Ed001's Note - a few things, but the And Finally... is going to be a few Alex Ferguson anecdotes, as people were surprised he did anything for Hillsborough. I thought it would be good to open people's eyes and show the other side of him, as he was more than just a gum-chewing bully intimidating officials and journalists.

As well as that, I am midway through a new great teams article, a manager profile of Bielsa and a player profile of Dubravka. Just started a sporting villains article, and am in the middle of researching articles on the Iraqi team during the Saddam Hussein era and the next boxing legends article on Willie Pep (for hsf).}

2.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 07:24:58
One of the more recent examples I recall is Strachan's eugenics excuse, that was pretty baffling to say the least.

3.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 07:59:33
Hands full ed. looking forward to all of them.

{Ed001's Note - they won't even make a dent in the to do list though!}

4.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 10:37:01
i still think our 'beach ball' incident with sunderland was a fairly valid reason as to why we conceded and lost that game!

{Ed025's Note - its always bloody something with your team swish.. :)

5.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 09:11:26
Really love the boxing ones ED so looking forward to the Willie Pep one - a boxer I have heard about but basically know nothing of - just curious but who else is on your boxing to do list? I know you've been inundated with requests but wondered if there was a list anywhere of pending articles (or perhaps 'book' would be more appropriate given how much you have to do? ) .

{Ed001's Note - Muhammed Ali
Sugar Ray Leonard - barnesybob
Joe Frazier
Jake LaMotta
Larry Holmes
Nigel Benn
Chris Eubank
Michael Watson
Steve Collins - Jimmy boy, aoe
Jack Johnson
Joe Louis
John Conteh
Sugar Ray Robinson
Roberto Duran - Toe Knee, barnesybob
Tyson Fury - Skysaleh
Henry Cooper - hsf
Ken Buchanan - jamesbhoy67
Pernell Whitaker - Dirty Kuyt
Marvin Hagler - barnesybob, Col1972
Erik Morales - ian the red
Julio Cesar Chaves - Twinkletoes again
Prince Naseem Hamed - RedLorryRedLorry
Benny Lynch - jamesbhoy67
Jess Willard - hsf
Harry Greb - hsf
Max Baer - hsf
Max Schmeling - hsf
Jack Dempsey - hsf
Sam Langford - hsf
Gene Tunney - hsf
Jack Johnson - hsf
Rocky Marciano - hsf
Floyd Patterson - hsf
Ken Norton - hsf
Ernie Shavers - hsf
Lennox Lewis - hsf
Frank Bruno - hsf
Evander Holyfield - hsf
Buster Douglas (first man to beat Tyson.) - hsf
Teofilo Stevenson - Roro1892
Aaron Pryor - hsf
James Toney - hsf
Roy Jones Jr - hsf
Joe Calzaghe - hsf
Bernard Hopkins - hsf
Micky Ward (his triology with Gatti, unreal!) - hsf
Vitali Klitschko - hsf
Wladimir Klitschko - hsf
Don King - hsf
James Butler - hsf
Ike Ibeabuchi - hsf
Sonny Liston - hsf
Panama Lewis (Boxing trainer) - hsf
Stan Johnson (boxing trainer) - hsf
Emanuel Steward
Angelo Dundee
Arguello - stone
Aaron Pryor - stone
Julio Cesar Chavez v Meldrick Taylor fight - Johncrow Junior
Floyd Mayweather Jr - Roro1892
Fighting Harada - Roro1892
Larry Holmes - stone

That's the boxing list mate.}

6.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 11:21:18
Jeez ed1, stop being so lazy 😅.

{Ed001's Note - I know sorry mate, I have been slacking!}

7.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 13:01:30
Thanks for the list ED and may I say bloody hell! That's just the boxing ones, mental. Good stuff though, a testament to your work that there is such demand - look forward to reading them as and when they are published.

{Ed001's Note - thank you mate, I always take it as a compliment when someone requests one.}

8.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 17:21:25
Good God 😵. That's a few years of articles, right there. I hope "hsf" makes it worth your while, Ed001!

{Ed001's Note - I am not sure there is anything he could do, well other than set me up with Angel Locsin maybe, to make it worth my while!}

9.) 04 Feb 2019
04 Feb 2019 19:48:38
Legit counting the days until you post the Tyson Fury one ed 🤣.

{Ed001's Note - could be a long wait!}