[quote author=Ryan link=topic=44451.msg1325057#msg1325057 date=1304295267]
[quote author=spider-neil link=topic=44451.msg1324762#msg1324762 date=1304260747]
kuyt is a competent player [/quote]
That right there is why everyone laughs at you Neil.
You get away with preper tirades of abuse because you seem to be decent-hearted and a likeable sort, but you talk utter fucking shite 90% of the time, and that effort above encapsulates it.
You've become a fucking joke on here I'm afraid.
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I said I over did it with the 'competent' remark as I think kuyt is a very good player who lets himself down with slumps that lasts for long periods (that get sweep under the carpet when he has a purple patch). long slumps followed by purple patches never sustained periods of consistenty.
you've fucked me off with your 'talking shite 90% of the time' and I'm fucking calling you on it. when the fuck am I talking I talking shite? of the top of my head I'm going to list the stuff I've got into major arguements and why I've got into these arguments and you tell me where I'm talking shite.
1. kuyt
I've said he is a very good player who has slumps which go on for too long and is afforded too much time to recover that form usually when we're losing points hand over fist.
is that a load of shite?
2. DA
I've said from a position of 6 (we are now currently 5th) it is too much to expect a jump of herculean proportions to become champions (not securing CL, becoming CHAMPIONS) and cited our away form (which has been dire for two seasons now) as a major reason why I doubt it will happen.
is that talking shite?
3. the build of a central midfield
a subject I have long since conceeded but keeps getting brought up over and over again.
4. babel
a player I 'LIKE' not a player I 'RATE' since you used to go on about the mercurial talent that is hayden fucking mullins I would have thought you of all people would recognise the distinction.
5. we weren't that good away from home?
I said this as an observersation no a critisism and listed many reason for it but the bottom line is, was I talking shite? were we good away from home in europe this season?
then we have to go a little further back
the beginning of the season
6. roy hodgson
completely the wrong choice of manager. reason I cited was his away from of the 4 years bordering on a disgrace.
was I talking shite?
7. needing to get rid of roy early into his liverpool career.
the reason I cited was the squad we currently possess (the 6th best in the league) we should be in a minimum of 6th place. was I talking shite?
8. defending too deep under roy
can't be asked to go into the ins and out of this, the bottom line is, is this talking shite?
9. the G&H refinance
I said hicks doesn't need board approval to sell his shares (which was a fact not specualtion) but I was wrong (thank god) about G&H managing to get refinance which I thought was going to be the natural conclusion of hicks getting the finance together from the sale of his shares. so my speculation of G&H getting refinance was wrong but that's all it was, specualtion.
going even further back
10. mash's erratic passing
I've observered mash struggle to hold down a place in the barca team, a lot of that would have been because they are such an attacking force they don't NEED a out and out holding midfielder but I suspect another reason is mash isn't an excellent passer of the ball (putting it mildly). you can say I was talking shite about mashes passing ability, that's your choice but he was giving the way too cheaply at anfield.
11. attacking fullbacks
an experiment that has largly failed at liverpool, either because;
a) the fullbacks weren't good enough.
b) the holding midfielders weren't good enough to cover the space they leave.
I could conceed the point as they haven't worked but I need to see tactic of attacking fullbacks utilised properly before writing it off.
even further back (koptalk days)
12. didi hamann
I said we need a holding midfielder who is better able to dictate play from a deep position to overcome the fact the holding midfielder never comes forwards with the ball to support the attacking players.
result; we buy alonso.
we can debate who was a better player didi or alonso but imho there is no question alonso made us a better team than didi did. I was at length to stress that at what didi did (breaking up play) he was probably the best in the world and certainly better than the overrated mesh.
13. getting rid of owen.
I said we need to cash in giving his injury record and the length of his contract. well, that was like a prophecy, wasn't it?
okay, there you have it about 4 years of arguements summed, you may disagree with every single one of my arguments but you tell me where I 'talk shite 90% of the time'? back up your arguments or FUCK OFF!!
