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RichieS

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Dec 23, 2004
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Best I have seen him play for perhaps two years both in defence nd then in central midfield. Well done Eric !
It's almost as though he just needed a run of games to get over the health issues he had all last season... (This is not a dig at you BTW, but it is definitely a dig at a number of people).
 

Spurslove

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Jul 6, 2012
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Much better second half, but that was a piss poor header for there goal

Maybe so, but Christ what a fantastic last ditch block inside the area to save a certain goal. That was the Eric Dier of old. Personally, I'd leave him at the centre of defence where he prefers to play and leave Toby on the bench. His defending has really been worrying me lately.

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VegasII

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Maybe so, but Christ what a fantastic last ditch block inside the area to save a certain goal. That was the Eric Dier of old. Personally, I'd leave him at the centre of defence where he prefers to play and leave Toby on the bench. His defending has really been worrying me lately.

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Stick Toby up front instead lol
 

rio bryan

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Far from it, Dier’s actions were grossly disproportionate with the incident involving the fan and his brother. He’s gone way over the top and should and most likely will be punished for his actions.
Actions ? what taking his brother away from an incident ?
 

Gb160

Well done boys. Good process
Jun 20, 2012
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Anyone hear the Burnley fans singing "Eric Dier... your brother's a twat" ?
I thought that was pretty funny myself.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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Best I have seen him play for perhaps two years both in defence nd then in central midfield. Well done Eric !
Great to see him finding his legs and some form again, certainly a decent player in there somewhere has just struggled with illness, injuries and confidence.
 

mil1lion

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May 7, 2004
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There's nothing to suggest he'll be banned for a long time. We'll just have to wait and see what the punishment is. The Mirror are just guessing.
 

SpunkyBackpack

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Dec 8, 2005
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Saoirse

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Aug 20, 2013
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What criminal charges would they have been? Did he break a seat with his foot on his way to shout at someone?
We'll never know for sure considering they decided against it. If I were to hazard a guess it would be a Section 4 public order offence.

((1)A person is guilty of an offence if he—

(a)uses towards another person threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or

(b)distributes or displays to another person any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting,

with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person, or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another, or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked.)
 

SpunkyBackpack

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We'll never know for sure considering they decided against it. If I were to hazard a guess it would be a Section 4 public order offence.

((1)A person is guilty of an offence if he—

(a)uses towards another person threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, or

(b)distributes or displays to another person any writing, sign or other visible representation which is threatening, abusive or insulting,

with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person, or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another, or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked.)

It would be really clutching at straws for any of that so to say he narrowly avoided criminal charges is a bit of an overstatement. They investigated (likely for 5 mins) because it was on tv and trending on twitter but nothing was ever likely to come from it.
 

BringBack_leGin

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? threatening. It’s only threatening because Dier is crew cut and 6ft3 and built. Anybody reckon the same charge would’ve been given to Winks or Lucas if they’d been hurdling up the stand?
 

doctor stefan Freud

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Sep 2, 2013
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? threatening. It’s only threatening because Dier is crew cut and 6ft3 and built. Anybody reckon the same charge would’ve been given to Winks or Lucas if they’d been hurdling up the stand?
They wouldn’t hurdle, they’d have to scale the stand using rope and crampons. The level of forethought and organisation involved in either of them doing what Dier did would be indicative of severe sociopathy: the foreword planning, the perfection of extreme climbing skills, the anticipation of the incident, and finally the coercion of an accomplice to haul the heavy gear for them chills me to the bone. Pair of fucking psychos
 
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