monkey magic
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Superb article today by Keown slaughtering the Japanese cheat, and he doesn't hold back. Its not available for copy and paste, but here's some paraphrased excerpts.
" The interweb is already full of little montages of Furuhashi doing the dying fly on the pitch. They are quite comedic in their own way, like some kind of Charlie Chaplin meets George Carlin mash-up. There's him going down in the area to win a penalty against Livingston at the end of October, toppling with all the dramatic effect of The Wicker Man. There's the masterpiece at Dundee a week later, his piece de resistance, no doubt, where he headbutts a Dundee defender in the chest in a scene more Death In The Afternoon than Dens Park, and then hits the deck with the force of a vanquished bull in the final act of the tercio de muerte. No penalty that time, sadly, but 10 out of 10 for artistic merit. Same goes for the incident with Aberdeen's David Bates. Furuhashi jumps with the defender, they're chasing the ball together, and out of the blue he's flying through the air faster than a crush barrier in the Parkhead car park on the day of a League Cup exit, and landing with a more emphatic crash. Even Bates can't stop himself laughing. But the thing is this : this is now going beyond being funny, particularly as it has now happened four times in Celtc's last seven games. The latest incident came in Hearts recent visit to Parkhead. After squaring up to Heart's Souttar, Furuhashi is back doing the three falls and a submission in the penalty box. Furuhashi has crossed the line and looks as if he's actively trying to get opposition players sent off. "
Keown doesn't miss the endless antics of The Cheat.
" The interweb is already full of little montages of Furuhashi doing the dying fly on the pitch. They are quite comedic in their own way, like some kind of Charlie Chaplin meets George Carlin mash-up. There's him going down in the area to win a penalty against Livingston at the end of October, toppling with all the dramatic effect of The Wicker Man. There's the masterpiece at Dundee a week later, his piece de resistance, no doubt, where he headbutts a Dundee defender in the chest in a scene more Death In The Afternoon than Dens Park, and then hits the deck with the force of a vanquished bull in the final act of the tercio de muerte. No penalty that time, sadly, but 10 out of 10 for artistic merit. Same goes for the incident with Aberdeen's David Bates. Furuhashi jumps with the defender, they're chasing the ball together, and out of the blue he's flying through the air faster than a crush barrier in the Parkhead car park on the day of a League Cup exit, and landing with a more emphatic crash. Even Bates can't stop himself laughing. But the thing is this : this is now going beyond being funny, particularly as it has now happened four times in Celtc's last seven games. The latest incident came in Hearts recent visit to Parkhead. After squaring up to Heart's Souttar, Furuhashi is back doing the three falls and a submission in the penalty box. Furuhashi has crossed the line and looks as if he's actively trying to get opposition players sent off. "
Keown doesn't miss the endless antics of The Cheat.
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