Vinny Green Balls

You Let the whole forum down, sir.

How many targets have we really lost out on? Obviously Ekitike. Madisson may well just be speculative. And was Diaby really anything but a non-starter from the beginning? It's been somewhat boring, but I am not sure if I would qualify it as a waste of time. I am pretty glad that they aren't just firing wildly into a dark room like Everton did tbh.

Oh I totally think he is underrated. Bruno just seems on a different level to me. But I was always impressed with Shelvey’s accuracy, and am one who thinks he is a big miss right now.

Shelvey is a good passer, but that seemed a bit much from George.

And he actually mentions when he mutes people. To call him a raging bellend would do raging bellends throughout this wide world of ours a grave injustice.

Fuck yeah. That’s old school negotiation like Marcus Crassus and his fire brigade.

Sports journalism.

Part of the problem with why this turd can’t be flushed is this weird thing in English football culture that a lot of experience in a relegation scrap means that they are the best managers for relegation threatened teams. Bruce often found himself in relegation scraps strictly because he is dog shit at this. Being praised for your experience at being shit is just fucking bizarre. Yet so many buy into it since it is repeated like a mantra.

I feel pretty whelmed about the word tbh

Leeds would have been mad to value him at 35.

Ah, so the conversation is done when you responded then. I like you as a poster and appreciate your insight even when we have sniped a little in the past, but sometimes you act like a Russell Brand pastiche. You went well beyond your interjection, as you sometimes do. Pot calling the kettle black on the childish shite.

Would appear to be a pretty big roll of the dice if that’s the case.

now you are just being a dick just for the sake of it.

Dude, you win. You made a good point and I acknowledged it.

Is the 99% figure a thought or an opinion?

Love his ambiguous wording. “Confidence among some” is the new “people are saying”, which was the new “I am gong to pull something out of my ass but hedge it a bit.”

Anyway, point taken.

You kind of did accuse me with the “both of you are as bad as each other” line. But I appreciate the sense in your post.

I never had a problem with you, and certainly did not have you in mind with my posts.

I certainly don’t think I am superior, man. I read this forum a lot, and sometimes engage, but often just observe. I’ve just been quite irritated with a lot of the negativity and cynicism from some (this cynicism being well documented). But I have totally harped on about it too much, which hasn’t exactly contributed positively. And I am genuinely sorry for that.

I don’t disagree with what you are saying, but there really is a manufactured sense of victimhood with some of this, man. Not long ago, people were accusing others of being in the clique for calling their views out (almost sheeple level bad).

This is patently false. Were you paying attention all through the early Howe months? Some of that shit has continued on up until now. I do think we have probably unfairly grouped some people in with those, which is uncool. I am certainly guilty of that. But there is a subsection who seem to be cynical just for the sake of it, and then act like they are being victimized by us merry band of over optimistic bullies.

I know. But you must have seen some of the comments like, “people are allowed a differing opinion.”, which is sort of implying that they think that there are those who are trying to silence them, or at least want them silenced.. It’s pretty weird and reminds me a little of artificial victimhood (justly or unjustly).

Touché

Jesus Christ. This is such a ridiculous post, dude. We all understand that it’s a forum with differing opinions. But some of you keep on going with this madness as if you are being oppressed for people doing exactly what you are doing…expressing their opinions. My opinion is that some of you are toxic influences on these discussions. I am not throwing you in The Stalag over it though. Once again, some of you have absolutely no clue what real oppression looks like.