The Fish

A very good swing at it, but you forgot to go on a long rambling analogy that goes nowhere.

Ok, but explain that without using mathematics, appeals to authority, personal testimony or any kind of evidence.

Yeah, I can understand and Irish, or maybe even Scandinavian people choosing a Premier League side and, sure, if you want it easier go for one of the teams that wins all the time. Why not? But a kid from Surrey can choose any one of the London cunts, go be a fucking Chelsea fan or something.

It's because they did a real days job back then.

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I think this is like a step towards understanding some conspiracy nuts. they cannot conceive of a mind capable of the level of understanding that leaves the rest of us in the weeds. I'm not having a go, by the way. You're saying it's so alien to you (us) that someone can have that ability that it's mind blowing. Conspiracy Nuts say that it's not possible. They are so arrogant that the refuse to believe that there are minds out there capable of thoughts beyond their own comprehension. You saw Wolfy's stuff. It was a resolute dismissal of anything outside his own little bubble. I'll never forget Rikko patiently explaining, as best he could, how a nuclear submarine works. And yet because Wolfy couldn't understand it, he fucking dismissed it. Anything more complicated than what he could understand, was by it's nature impossible.

I'm the best player in the world and I'm offered the move to midtable Championship club where the city is a shithole, the prospects are poor and the 'fans' fuck off at 60 minutes? Sign. Me. Up.

He's outperformed the xB

Then you'd know that calculator was a paid position?

Well, in terms of automated calculations, sure the modern calculator has more processing power than the monster machines they had then. But the mathematics was just completed by people and brains have pretty powerful processing capability. You might enjoy the film "Hidden Figures". I remember my Dad brining home a early version of a laptop, it was massive, the battery pack was huge and it essentially needed to be constantly plugged in. He proudly declared "you could run a small country" with it. Well, sure, it had a spreadsheet program and a word processor.

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Haven't read the thread, but same positives and same negatives. We're playing ok, we're not overawed by better opposition, we're just missing chances that we'd bury in the first half of the season. Shame that Joelinton is out, but that's not the biggest call you'd just bring Willock into that midfield 3. The biggest call Howe has to make is up front. Wilson is getting chances and there has to be a balance between keeping faith in a good striker who's having a bad string of games, or dropping in and potentially further damaging his confidence? Howe is certainly loyal to his players, new players aren't guaranteed a start. But Isak has looked dangerous in his cameos, and he certainly drags opponents out of position more than Wilson does. Wilson keeps his place chiefly based on his goal return. He's not doing that and it's compounded by the failure of other players to find the back of the net either. If someone was playing now like Almiron was then, it wouldn't matter so much. But we have to, have to play Isak, right? Trippier doesn't seem himself either, maybe have Ashby on the bench for the next few games?

WHY WON'T YOU LET ME GET RID OF MARK FUCKING GILLESPIE?

Aye, maybe. I dunno, I just don't see him as anything but taking up a space in the squad list. Pope + Karius would be fine for the majority of the season. Not sure Gillespie is good enough to be relied upon in any game of consequence.

That's fair. I just think Dubravka will still be highly regarded. Happy to be proven wrong.

No, and few outside of Motherwell and Carlisle have. Which is kind of the point. He's not good enough to be 3rd choice for a team aiming to end up top half of the Premier League, I can't believe this is even up for debate.

£25k pw for the next 3 years? Better to sell him for buttons, right?

I could see him ending up back in the Premier League at the Play Off promoted Championship side.

We got £10m for Shelvey.

Right, but bad decisions are still bad decisions. Just because they tossed a lot of money around doesn't soften the blow, does it?

It would cost about £18m to buy out his contract, so you have to assume there'll be an effort to sell him. Still think a Championship club would want him.

Hayden's on a contract until 2026, so letting him go for nothing seems unlikely.