Quote from: Ad@m on October 02, 2011, 11:04:58 AMQuote from: Chris Smith on October 02, 2011, 09:07:42 AMI didn't want us to sign Ireland as I was convinced he'd be trouble but he's starting to show what he has to offer. What we get with him, Bannan and Delph in midfield is much better movement and therefore more creativity. If you can't see that then perhaps you're not as good a judge as you think you are.Yes, because you're a better judge of a football than Roberto Mancini, Gerard Houllier, Alan Pardew and Gary McAllister.Why can't you just have an opinion rather than constantly having a pop at other posters?To be fair to chris then, who was he having a pop at? Or is it that his opinion doesn't match yours?
Quote from: Chris Smith on October 02, 2011, 09:07:42 AMI didn't want us to sign Ireland as I was convinced he'd be trouble but he's starting to show what he has to offer. What we get with him, Bannan and Delph in midfield is much better movement and therefore more creativity. If you can't see that then perhaps you're not as good a judge as you think you are.Yes, because you're a better judge of a football than Roberto Mancini, Gerard Houllier, Alan Pardew and Gary McAllister.Why can't you just have an opinion rather than constantly having a pop at other posters?
I didn't want us to sign Ireland as I was convinced he'd be trouble but he's starting to show what he has to offer. What we get with him, Bannan and Delph in midfield is much better movement and therefore more creativity. If you can't see that then perhaps you're not as good a judge as you think you are.
Not sure Ireland & Bannan can play in the same side, too lightweight & fancy.
Quote from: Ad@m on October 02, 2011, 11:04:58 AMQuote from: Chris Smith on October 02, 2011, 09:07:42 AMI didn't want us to sign Ireland as I was convinced he'd be trouble but he's starting to show what he has to offer. What we get with him, Bannan and Delph in midfield is much better movement and therefore more creativity. If you can't see that then perhaps you're not as good a judge as you think you are.Yes, because you're a better judge of a football than Roberto Mancini, Gerard Houllier, Alan Pardew and Gary McAllister.Why can't you just have an opinion rather than constantly having a pop at other posters?Could you be any more pompous? You called it the we love Stephen Ireland thread, implying that you're a better judge that all this at the game yesterday who appreciated his efforts and gave him a good ovation when he was taken off because he was injured. You appear to have no appreciation of the different roles players are asked to do.
What's pompous about that? Do you even know what the word means?!
QuoteWhat's pompous about that? Do you even know what the word means?!I also know what unintentional irony means.
He was at the front of the diamond, his job was to keep the ball moving quickly and allow Delph and Bannan to play around him.
Right, so you weren't there. That explains a lot.Let me explain something, you appear to be a bit slow on the uptake. You acted hurt at the thought of being called pompous and followed it up by asking if I understood the word. Your response was, therefore, to be pompous. That you didn't see the irony makes it even funnier.Football is a team game, Ireland linked things together in our midfield. His movement and ability to move the ball quickly allowed others, Bannan in particular, to flourish. He wasn't brilliant but he had a decent game and it was appreciated by the majority of the crowd.Let's leave it there, we're not going to agree on this.
I still would rather see the back of Ireland. He's been here for over a year who has contributed very little and still remains one of the highest earners.
Not a great fan of Hutton, but he was ok defensively on saturday. Ireland was worth his place, it just isn't quite happening for him at the minute, but his workrate has definitely improved.
Quote from: Chris Smith on October 02, 2011, 09:32:04 PMRight, so you weren't there. That explains a lot.Let me explain something, you appear to be a bit slow on the uptake. You acted hurt at the thought of being called pompous and followed it up by asking if I understood the word. Your response was, therefore, to be pompous. That you didn't see the irony makes it even funnier.Football is a team game, Ireland linked things together in our midfield. His movement and ability to move the ball quickly allowed others, Bannan in particular, to flourish. He wasn't brilliant but he had a decent game and it was appreciated by the majority of the crowd.Let's leave it there, we're not going to agree on this.I was there so I've got just as much right to have an opinion on this as you.Definition of pompous - 'Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important'. I haven't shown any of these, either in the initial comments that set you off or in asking if you understood the word. Since you used it incorrectly, to ask if you understood it was a genuine question and displayed neither pomposity nor irony, intentional or otherwise.And again you go with 'you appear to be a bit slow on the uptake' - yet more abuse of other posters rather than just sticking to your views. I'm guessing here but I reckon at least 15,000 of your 25,000 posts are attempting to explain yourself when you've upset other posters. The other 10,000 involve unprovoked abuse.You just don't get the idea of debate do you?