shelfboy68
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- Jun 14, 2008
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SP you reacted exactly the way i thought you would called your bluff as it wereWhy the hell would I want to do that?
Look, I made the post so exaggeratedly over the top to highlight how exaggeratedly over the top your post was. If you had said you fear Liverpool will be stronger for this and finish above us I wouldn't have made comment. If you had said if were to be offered a direct bet between us and them, you would back them, I wouldn't have made that post. But the fact is, you said it as though you were sitting looking into your crystal ball, as we speak. You weren't - it is impossible for you to have a degree of absolute certainty. If it were, you would wager your house, your car, your wife, your kids, your life and everything you had, because you would know you couldn't lose. But you won't do that, so you won't back up your assertion that you are certain that they will finish above us. So, perhaps the lesson is for you to learn to speak with just a little moderation.
And jsut to be clear about this: I haven't anywhere said that I am certain that we will finish above Liverpool. I have said I don't see anything to say that they have definitively spent their money with any certitude of wisdom. I have said they will miss Suarez massively, that Gerard is coming to a termination point,that a huge number of factors all combined to their advantage, that often their results were much better than their performances and this gave them a morale boost. But I have never, anywhere, said either that they will finish outside of the top four or that they will finish below us. I have said I don't think they will have such a good season next season. I have said I think we will have a better season, next season. I have said that I believe we spent our money last summer much better than is being made out. I have said we have an excellent young squad - with a couple of omissions. I have said we have a great youth set-up, and great youth personnel and I am excited for the future, from that. But nowhere have I said either that I have certitude that we will finish above Liverpool, or that we will finish in the top four. Apart from anything, I would wait to see the rest of the transfer dealings, and even then I would be cautious because we have seen Brendan Rodgers get a Liverpool team playing, but we haven't seen how our lot will adapt to Pochettino.
But that is the whole point: I was highlighting the hyperbole of your post, and you made another hyperbolic post. Ssssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
The only bet I would even consider is maybe putting a five on us finishing in the top four, and as the odds for that, last I looked were veering to 9 - 2 to 5 - 1, I might consider laying that with you - but you would have to offer me considerably better odds than that, otherwise I would be well advised sticking with the bookies. Or, you could just get the point and moderate your claims to omniscience
.But Ive read your post and you see something in the team/squad that frankly i dont but thats good for you to think we are a fraction off the pace but I think we are quite a bit off in reality and not able to compete with The others.
We should not be putting pressure on a manager who has only had one good year at a club who are happy just to be in The premier league and who probably have the best youth academy in the country.
I certainly wont change the way i post as I am always honest and realistic in My views on the club which not everyone likes if course but I hope it wont stop dialogue between us as you obviously dont agree.
