by andy_g » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:54 am
kazza and lando, do you not see the irony / hypocrisy in what you are saying? you continuously accuse mick of repetitively writing the same old things and trying to convert people to believe the same as him - but is that not exactly the same as you two are trying to do? for example, lando, you mention at the top of this page that you try to 'put people right' and get ever more frustrated when you don't succeed. frustrated to the point in fact that you get yourself all in a tizz and pick up another card. kazza, you just go for the character assassination and make all sorts of childish insults and speculations about mick's character. you then both dream up this fantasy that he has a bunch of 'followers', 'cohorts', 'acolytes' or whatever and you only get more and more frustrated and start banging away at your keyboards with ever more fervour in an attempt to sway peoples' views even more.
the truth of the matter is that the only people who are Fu*king up this forum are the ones that constantly bitch and moan about the input of other posters who are at least trying to dicuss the matters in hand. if you don't like it then be a grown up and ignore it and move on until you find something you'd like to dicuss. don't behave like a little school kid throwing around stupid infantile insults and casting aspersions about peoples' characters and then claim some sort of moral high ground for having done so.
to be honest i find myself agreeing less with mick's views and miss the days when he'd post good stuff about tactics, formations and intricacies of the game. but right now the overriding theme is that we're in trouble and there's a lot we can discuss about why that is the case.
let's have a couple of open questions:
a) are we currently in a precarious situation with the team performing badly?
b) shall we highlight what the problems are then, and see if we can work out where its been going wrong?
if your answer to question 'a' is a resounding 'no' then there is no point reading on because your heads are firmly buried in the sand. just carry on shouting 'go, rafa!' and waving your scarf believing that everything is just rosy in the garden of lfc. dismiss the ones who are concerned about the defeats as people happy to have their point proven (ridiculous assumption number 1 on this forum), not 'real' supporters, and build your insulting barricades a little higher.
if your answer is 'yes', as most open minded, objective thinking people would answer, then lets have a discussion about why that is the case. lets analyse all the possibilities about purchases, budgets, individuals, tactics, motivations, etc etc etc. the truth is we don't know the definitive answer but at least we can have a good hard look at things. and yes, its going to get a little repetitive because their isn't a whole lot else to talk about. its also not always going to be pleasant reading because its not exactly a pleasant situation to be in. or would you prefer a small number of threads like,
- europa league, yay we'll win it!
or
- rafa benitez, its ok, he'll make it all better
or
- kuyt, he's the 2nd best winger in the premiership
followed by 300 posts basically saying 'yes, thats right, we're the best'...?? support and flag waving is for the ground, and in and around the pubs before and after the game. that's where we do our work as supporters to cheer on the team, to show them our passion and belief. on here it doesn't really matter, none of them are reading it, and we should be free to say what's on our minds about the state of the team and its performances.

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