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Theatre of the absurd has usurped glory game

“Are you a fan of existentialism, Merse?” wondered Jeff Stelling on Soccer Saturday last weekend.

Sat, 22 Sep, 2012 - 01:00

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“I don’t even know what word it begins with,” Paul Merson replied.

The very same thing Algerian goalkeeper and philosopher Albert Camus said when somebody drew down the subject for the first time. Maybe.

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