Idrissa Gueye - now gone

[PeterWithe]

I don't really get the decimation one, didn't it start as removing 1 in 10 (with deci being the important bit) and then alter to removing a large amount?  Seems more of a broadening of the term rather than an implicit misuse.  I agree there's probably plenty of people who don't know the original meaning but they're not all that different.

It came from the Roman army tradition of punishing a dishonoured legion, no not that one, by executing every tenth man.

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The execution would be carried out by the 9 out of 10 left to beat the others to death with clubs.

[dave shelley]

The execution would be carried out by the 9 out of 10 left to beat the others to death with clubs.

Our club has certainly tried beating us to death over the last six years!

[paul_e]

I don't really get the decimation one, didn't it start as removing 1 in 10 (with deci being the important bit) and then alter to removing a large amount?  Seems more of a broadening of the term rather than an implicit misuse.  I agree there's probably plenty of people who don't know the original meaning but they're not all that different.

It came from the Roman army tradition of punishing a dishonoured legion, no not that one, by executing every tenth man.

Oh I know, what I'm saying is the modern usage (10 players in a 25 man squad being out is described as a squad decimated by injuries) isn't accurate to the exact original but it's not a complete abuse of the word in the way that literally not actual meaning that you have to take it literally is.  It's not a change in meaning, just a broadening from a very specific meaning to a more general one, that's all I meant.

[The Edge]

I don't really get the decimation one, didn't it start as removing 1 in 10 (with deci being the important bit) and then alter to removing a large amount?  Seems more of a broadening of the term rather than an implicit misuse.  I agree there's probably plenty of people who don't know the original meaning but they're not all that different.

Isn't that the point, though? In the modern context implies the destroying of much more than 10%.

True but it's not like outright abuse of the word as has happened with words like literally, wicked, sick and a few others.

A million per-cent agree, bruv.

I've told you  a million times to stop exaggerating.

[nodge]

It was all a bit Paul Mortimer. He came, he went, not many f*cks were given.

[Duncan Shaw]

I'm just hoping he doesn't let the door hit him in the arse on the way out.....

[joe_c]

https://twitter.com/ben_machell/status/760549572871585792

[ozzjim]

Would tire badly in the second half, and was left out due to fatigue for a couple of games. Think he is a good player, but loses concentration in a way Kante doesn't. Does not track runners in the same way either.

[villadelph]

Would tire badly in the second half, and was left out due to fatigue for a couple of games. Think he is a good player, but loses concentration in a way Kante doesn't. Does not track runners in the same way either.

he breaks up play nicely, that is it.

[tomd2103]

It was all a bit Paul Mortimer. He came, he went, not many f*cks were given.

Exactly.

[pooligan]

My lasting impression of him was that wonderful pass from our corner to set up what i think was the third  Man City goal at Villa Park in the cup ,if only he could have played passes like that going forward

[castlefields_villan]

My lasting impression of him was that wonderful pass from our corner to set up what i think was the third  Man City goal at Villa Park in the cup ,if only he could have played passes like that going forward

I'll agree with this, I think we've done well to get what we have for him, I was surprised how many games he started, let's just hope he'll be back at Villa Park when the stat that always gets mentioned restarts again in 2017-18.

[Pete3206]

I can just imagine Everton fans saying "Who?". Such was his impact at Villa Park.

[edgysatsuma89]

I literally get a hard on for Moneyball talk.