The Fish

It's based on the fact I don't think the very top clubs would have Benitez high on their shortlist. It's a fucking pointless conversation anyway, everyone's definition of "World Class" will be slightly or entirely different, and as a label it is entirely arbitrary.

I just don't think he's world class at the minute.

Which of the top jobs could Rafa Benitez actually get though? Barcelona, Bayern, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, PSG, Real Madrid, Tottenham? Which of those top clubs would go for Benitez? What makes a manager "world Class" if it isn't being on the shortlist for World Class clubs?

He's had an amazing career and that's not up for discussion. I'm just saying, right now, there are better managers out there. I don't think that's controversial.

Busier than here and it's an exercise in getting better at putting my point across. I lack brevity and clarity.

For me there's enough managers ahead of him in the list of top managers, currently. But if I say currently, it would take the conversation off on a tangent that's irrelevant. Trouble is, it's hard to say with managers, you have to take into account the context of the club they're managing. Is Wenger currently a top manager? Well his team consistently plies their trade at the top of a difficult league, they play great football at times, but all too often fall short of their remit. Mourinho delivers all over the shop, Guardiola does too, what about Simeone, Emery, Zidane, Conte, Klopp, Pochettino, and so on. I think he's been dealt a rough hand at Newcastle at was already a big task and if he succeeds here (whatever success looks like) he'd have to, once again, be spoken of as World Class.

Mitr

Hopefully this will make his representatives sort a move for him. If nothing else it'll get his wages off our books.

If the Supreme Leader is removed, is there just another despot waiting in line to take over?

There's still time to get deals done before the window shuts and I'm certainly hoping we'll see 1 or 2 new faces before September. That might rely on shifting some of the players who clearly aren't part of Benitez's plans. I'm just worried Charnley and Barnes will gamble on making their money back or better on players like Lazaar, Hanley etc.

As soon as I saw the trailer I thought "That'll be pretty but total shit." Same as Dark Tower. Definitely a film I'll end up watching when I've nowt to do though.

Hang on, Pardew is a fucking Sky Sports pundit now? Howay Kim lad, I'm done with this world.

Just looking, we didn't really spend a lot the last time we came up, we had a less capable manager and I'd say the league wasn't as shit.

I can't think why he's afraid to admit it now, I'm sure I've seen him do so before?

I think one of my frustrations with talking to Wolfy is that he'll speak of things like the radiation belt, and the need to cool equipment in space, but when someone explains it to him he dismisses it out of hand. He also talks in broad strokes "It's obvious if you think about it", "It's clearly nonsense", and stuff like that, but when pressed on those topics cannot clarify his position. All the while demanding concrete, physical evidence from others. A little bit of knowledge and all that. Oh and I too find his views on catastrophes hugely offensive.

Then why is he bothering to proselytise on what is ostensibly a football message board? If not to have an open discussion and allow others to question his worldview, why share it? Also doesn't help that he insults people's intelligence on this board in particular.

You prefer his page long diatribes?

Better organised, motivated and more balanced too.

Again it would have taken you fewer words to explain the Scientific MEthod in your own words. One wonders why you're not able or willing to do it? No, I've not accepted nonsense. I'm not accepting any of your Ice Dome horseshit for a start You have no authority to state what I'm doing or why I'm doing it. I'm happy to provide you reams of evidence, but I know that it would be fruitless as you dismiss it out of hand. Not because you understand it, have pored over it, have rigorously tested it, but simply because you have decided you are the arbiter of what is nonsense or not. My life is tickety boo. I'm open minded too. Why are you reticent to share the most basic details of your life? Your career? Try me.

Explain the scientific method in your own words. The point is that it's an incredibly complex and fragile construct, others would be easier and more robust. Why choose this one? You. Have. No. Proof. All you're doing is repeating "It's nonsense" without anything to back up that outlandish claim. You have no authority to dismiss this evidence. Simply declaring "It's nonsense" without backing that claim up is pointless and should be put in the same drawer as the men who declare "The End is Nigh" on sandwich boards in 90s action movies. It's not about making it easier, it's about humanising you. Then explain the scientific method in your own words.

The point I'm making is that you don't understand the scientific method. It would have taken fewer words to explain it than it did for you to write the above. Yes, you do claim a truth and you dismiss other people as authority. You claim there is a global conspiracy to dupe the masses. You claim hundreds of thousands of people are living a lie. You claim we who challenge you are gullible, ignorant and so on. You claim a lot as "truth". Why lie? You cannot replicate the kind of force that exists on a planetary scale. This is another of your claims, Gravity is nonsense. Despite it standing up to rigorous scrutiny and interrogation by brilliant minds. You declare it as nonsense because you don't understand it. It is easier and cheaper to actually go into space than it is to fake it. Certainly it was when Gagarin did it, when Armstrong did it and so on. Well, if you were a 14yr old school child we would encourage your inquisitive, sceptical mind. If you were an educated sceptic who had a solid understanding of the sciences you dismiss out of hand we may be curious as to how you came to your findings. If you are a security guard we may be less critical of your curiosity as it's likely born of boredom. Your career may provide an explanation for your position. Debate needs structure to progress, otherwise it's the Mail Online comments section. Well, you don't seem to know the scientific method, you certainly didn't know Rikko's insight, Parky has told you things you didn't know. This board has a variety of men who could provide real and genuine insight if only you were open minded enough to accept that they know what they're talking about.

Give us your explanation of the scientific method please. No it isn't, not even close. Otherwise I'd have been duped into believing your fabrication. Larger objects can behave differently to small objects. Can you understand this simple idea? ... there are easier carrots to dangle, and easier sticks. The effort to fabricate it is greater than actually doing it. Why are you so reticent to let us know what you do? I'm interested in progressing the conversation. You don't seem to be as interested. You are Wolfy, you're the ignorant one. You're also the arrogant one.

Do you know what the scientific method is? Not arrogant, confident based on evidence. Yeah, you're literally proving my point about you failing to understand that larger objects can behave differently to smaller ones. So, thanks for that. Yes there are easier methods, if you don't see that, you lack imagination. No, they don't If they have this ability to pull the wool over the eyes of everyone, why bother with a monetary system at all? If they have this absolute power why not foster a societal model that elevates them and keeps the rest afraid, ill-informed and cowed? A far less Herculean task than fabricating a multitude of industries, catastrophic events and faux-science. They were joking, I'm asking a serious question. You seem happy to share your theories, but steadfastly refuse to allow us an insight into the rest of your life. Insight that might better help us engage with you maturely. If you humanise yourself, you may find people more willing to treat you as a human, rather than a faceless "conspiracy nut". You Wolfy. It's you. You're the ignorant one.