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太棒了！ 非常开心！感谢托尼！ (or words to that effect)
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Yeah but we're not asking him to play centre half and rush back goalie as well.
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The RJW63 Official Jack Grealish Appreciation Thread
BigJim replied to kevangrealish's topic in Other Football
Me too. But I don't agree that he should be used as an impact sub. If we have too little creativity as it is, we certainly can't afford to start with Jack on the bench. Besides, he has enough experience to be a regular starter now. Perhaps he needs to take more risks. I see him gliding past players, but too often then playing the safe pass. -
Seems to me it's the way he prefers to play, spends far too much time looking for the ball 40+ yards from goal, and then trying a Roy of the Rovers solo act.
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I agree Gestede is not the most mobile, but still I don't remember many aerial crosses from open play for him to attack. He clearly doesn't work if we want to keep the ball on the deck.
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Also them saying that only Gana had a release clause. Which should put to rest the fears, if there were any, that someone might snatch Amavi, or even Traore, from us.
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Ironic indeed, but RDM has to be pragmatic, I think. If we are stuck with the player, may as well see if we can get some return from our investment. I'm sure most of us agree the chances are practically nil, but supposing Gabby puts the hard yards in during training and otherwise keeps his head down, RDM's open minded policy may just produce something.
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Agreed, though once the season starts we've got the before and after press conferences, that amounts to a quite lot of the manager in the media, like it or not. But yes, I will also be happy he keeps in the background the rest of the time.
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RDM the new broom being as fair as he can. But even he must know that it's an awful long way back for Gabby with the fanbase. Even to risk him in a big game (and every game is a big game this season) is taking a hell of a chance, in that the odds are that the player will screw up and the fans will be incensed. That's not going to help anybody. I can't see him risking it at VP. Maybe on the bench away from home, see how that goes for a month or two.
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Doubt he would work hard enough. Whatever folk on here think of Westwood, he puts a shift in. Do you think we could afford to have Morrison and Grealish in the same team?
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If, as it seems, Gana has one, I'd think it's pretty likely that all last summer's signings of similar value would have one.
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Disagree. If terrorism is politically inspired, it has a possible negotiable, political solution, even if it is never reached. Otherwise it is not political, by definition: politics is the art of the possible. Islamist terrorism is inspired in religion not politics. It is the non negotiable variety. I find your description of it as "flavour of the month" as simply breathtaking... I'm afraid I have to retire from the debate.
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Of course it requires special and different action. The inspirations and causes are so wildly different from traditional political terrorism...the effects so more far reaching. You can negotiate with Basque separatists... you would't expect to have to combat the Tamil Tigers in Argentina. How you can say this is not different is beyond me.
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Thing is, terrorism has historically been linked to local or regional political aims. Scare people into conceding what you want. The islamist stuff has added a whole new and more terrifying dimension to the acts.
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Well done for that massive post, many very valid points. And I would just like to emphasize the last one: while the threat of homicidal public toilets and articles of clothing may be statistically greater at present, I would wager it won't be for much longer.
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Off topic, but I have at least learned that minuscule is the correct spelling, not miniscule (though the latter is apparently more widely used).
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Had to laugh at this. But at least we're not as bad as Sunderland (are we?)
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If you perceive it as a different point then I probably expressed myself badly.
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Doug, I'm sorry: it wasn't my intention to upset you or anybody else. But if you're only happy when everyone takes the same stance as you, perhaps a football message board is not the ideal place to hang out.
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I imagine your numbers are probably in the ballpark, but the point was simply that we may be in danger of underestimating the numbers of players (and potential players) if we dismiss them as wackos. It is largely irrelevant how small a percentage of the universal Muslim population they comprise: their numbers are growing (that's my perception at least). And their levels of support should not be underestimated either.
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I speculate that things are not going according to plan in several ways, but on balance I trust the management will get it mostly right in the next couple of weeks.
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1. You're quite right, it's nonsense. But the cancellation is the nonsense that inspired it. 2. If he saw it as redundant, yes within his rights, but in that case he should have cancelled it ages ago. 3. Lighten up man .
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Only thing I can think of is that ALL the players are up for grabs if only we can find takers. Desperate times.
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Agree with the sentiment, I just worry slightly about the terminology. Barm-pots and wackos just make it seem like the problem is down to a miniscule minority. And while they clearly are such in the western target countries, they are driven/inspired by very large numbers. Their lifespan is short, but it seems every one that falls is replaced by two or three.
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I assume it's all to do with what the player wants, once the figure in the release clause is met?
