lexicon Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 On 1/18/2017 at 19:08, darrenm said: I always had that problem. Solved it by adding one to ignore. You sir, are correct. Number 17 on the list added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 10 hours ago, sparrow1988 said: My sarcasm detector exploded there. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael118 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) On 1/19/2017 at 04:06, bannedfromHandV said: "that potential" Really? Wow, don't know what could have possibly given that away, maybe it was the x amount of international caps or the fact he was signing from Milan....who knows?! Please enlighten us on the next unfound gem you can recommend, I've heard that Luis Suarez guy has some serious potential......maybe we should launch a bid for him!? No, it was his eyes and facial structure actually. Then his movement, body language, size, awareness and positional sense when I first saw him play. Speaking of Louis Suarez, I picked him also as a player with the same potential when he first signed for Liverpool after seeing a 10 second clip of him scoring his first or one of his first goals there. I never heard of him or knew anything about him. I picked Alexis Sanchez as well as another player with that potential on the day he signed for Arsenal. I was aware he was highly rated but knew very little about him. It was based mainly on his photo and possibly an international match I saw him play for Chile around that time. Too high profile for you? Cahill, Davis, Agbonlahor, Albrighton and Clark are players who came through our Academy who I always rated highly and saw as having the potential to make it in the Premier League. I rated Daniel Johnson as well and thought Ridgewell was better than he was ever given credit for on here. Players I never rated - Luke Moore, Whittingham, Bannan, Delfouneso, Osbourne and Robinson. I've always been 50/50 about Baker and never been fully convinced by Jack Grealish. I picked these all very early on. Edited January 20, 2017 by Michael118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael118 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 On 1/19/2017 at 05:47, av1 said: I apologise if I'm missing a joke, or my sarcasm detector is off today, but you're post's do sometimes take some working out. Are you seriously saying that you knew Laursen would be a good player purely from his photo? It was a long time ago but I remember looking at his photo and thinking 'this will be a good signing'. I had the same thoughts about Traore last season and to a lesser extent Gueye and Amavi. On the other hand I had almost the opposite impression of Gestede and Ayew when I saw their photos. I would say it's an initial impression but there seems to be a link between that initial impression and how much I go on to rate them when I see them play. I am still exploring it to be honest but I am finding it really interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael118 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 I remember seeing a photo last season of the Ayew brothers together before I saw either of them play and thinking 'we picked the wrong Ayew'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post a m ole Posted January 20, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2017 oh this is some A grade trolling. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 36 minutes ago, Michael118 said: I am still exploring it to be honest but I am finding it really interesting. I think you're the only one though tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 27 minutes ago, VILLAMARV said: I think you're the only one though tbf. On the contrary, I find it fascinating. I've been trying to work out the weird method that @Michael118 uses to evaluate players for months. My initial guesses were: 1) Nominative determinism, ie he seemed to rate players with more 'interesting' or unusual names, and 2) Over-rating players who 'burst onto the scene' in some way (Gil - some good early performances, Kozak - a decent goal return before his injury, Sellars - scored a hattrick in a preseason friendly) and then not re-evaluating in the face of new evidence I didn't guess it was all about face shape. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoof hearted Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Michael118 said: I remember seeing a photo last season of the Ayew brothers together before I saw either of them play and thinking 'we picked the wrong Ayew'. I remember seeing a picture of Cameron Diaz and thinking 'I'd deffo do Cameron in Diaz', didn't happen though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted January 20, 2017 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) 8 hours ago, Michael118 said: Speaking of Louis Suarez, I picked him also as a player with the same potential when he first signed for Liverpool after seeing a 10 second clip of him scoring his first or one of his first goals there. I never heard of him or knew anything about him. I picked Alexis Sanchez as well as another player with that potential on the day he signed for Arsenal. I was aware he was highly rated but knew very little about him. It was based mainly on his photo and possibly an international match I saw him play for Chile around that time. Wow, Luis Suarez who Liverpool signed for £25m as one of the most promising strikers in Europe? And Alexis Sanchez who Arsenal signed for £35m after successful spells at Udinese and Barcelona, recognised as one of the best players in Europe and having just helped Chile to the quarter finals of the world cup? I don't know HOW you do it mate! Edited January 20, 2017 by Stevo985 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Paddywhack Posted January 20, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, Michael118 said: It was a long time ago but I remember looking at his photo and thinking 'this will be a good signing'. I had the same thoughts about Traore last season and to a lesser extent Gueye and Amavi. On the other hand I had almost the opposite impression of Gestede and Ayew when I saw their photos. I would say it's an initial impression but there seems to be a link between that initial impression and how much I go on to rate them when I see them play. I am still exploring it to be honest but I am finding it really interesting. trolling or not, this is fantastic. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoof hearted Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted January 20, 2017 VT Supporter Share Posted January 20, 2017 Haven't been in this thread for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Michael118 said: No, it was his eyes and facial structure actually. Then his movement, body language, size, awareness and positional sense when I first saw him play. Speaking of Louis Suarez, I picked him also as a player with the same potential when he first signed for Liverpool after seeing a 10 second clip of him scoring his first or one of his first goals there. I never heard of him or knew anything about him. I picked Alexis Sanchez as well as another player with that potential on the day he signed for Arsenal. I was aware he was highly rated but knew very little about him. It was based mainly on his photo and possibly an international match I saw him play for Chile around that time. Too high profile for you? Cahill, Davis, Agbonlahor, Albrighton and Clark are players who came through our Academy who I always rated highly and saw as having the potential to make it in the Premier League. I rated Daniel Johnson as well and thought Ridgewell was better than he was ever given credit for on here. Players I never rated - Luke Moore, Whittingham, Bannan, Delfouneso, Osbourne and Robinson. I've always been 50/50 about Baker and never been fully convinced by Jack Grealish. I picked these all very early on. Sometimes I just look at the posters name and know that what he writes is going be a complete load of bollox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 33 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: On the contrary, I find it fascinating. I've been trying to work out the weird method that @Michael118 uses to evaluate players for months. My initial guesses were: 1) Nominative determinism, ie he seemed to rate players with more 'interesting' or unusual names, and 2) Over-rating players who 'burst onto the scene' in some way (Gil - some good early performances, Kozak - a decent goal return before his injury, Sellars - scored a hattrick in a preseason friendly) and then not re-evaluating in the face of new evidence I didn't guess it was all about face shape. I think when someone performs like utter dogshit on the pitch - its a refusal to accept that - your mind then flips - and because you beleive no one can be so poor - you convince yourself that actually there must be hidden talent. But in reality when someone is utter dogshit - thats all they have. It also explains why some people continue rate Remi Garde - 'nobody could be that clueless / " - "erm actually he was" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael118 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 10 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: On the contrary, I find it fascinating. I've been trying to work out the weird method that @Michael118 uses to evaluate players for months. My initial guesses were: 1) Nominative determinism, ie he seemed to rate players with more 'interesting' or unusual names, and 2) Over-rating players who 'burst onto the scene' in some way (Gil - some good early performances, Kozak - a decent goal return before his injury, Sellars - scored a hattrick in a preseason friendly) and then not re-evaluating in the face of new evidence I didn't guess it was all about face shape. Saying it's all about face shape is an extremely narrow way of looking at it. Basically we are all made up of energy and however that energy is distributed throughout a person's body shows to an extent on a person's face. Also in their body language, movement, behaviour etc. How it's distributed and how much of that energy we have also determines how much potential we have in areas we are passionate about. I have done a lot of healing on myself energetically and am really aware of the different places we can be at energetically and what is possible from being in those places. Everybody can change their energy but most people haven't tried or are not even aware it's possible. I also don't look for specific characteristics, I just get an overall feel of what is possible when I focus in on a photo or observe a player's movement, body language etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Veretout is good. Hope he comes back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, HanoiVillan said: On the contrary, I find it fascinating. I've been trying to work out the weird method that @Michael118 uses to evaluate players for months. My initial guesses were: 1) Nominative determinism, ie he seemed to rate players with more 'interesting' or unusual names, and 2) Over-rating players who 'burst onto the scene' in some way (Gil - some good early performances, Kozak - a decent goal return before his injury, Sellars - scored a hattrick in a preseason friendly) and then not re-evaluating in the face of new evidence I didn't guess it was all about face shape. I'm fairly sure that's how Glenn Hoddle used to pick the England team. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vreitti Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 37 minutes ago, Michael118 said: Saying it's all about face shape is an extremely narrow way of looking at it. Basically we are all made up of energy and however that energy is distributed throughout a person's body shows to an extent on a person's face. Also in their body language, movement, behaviour etc. How it's distributed and how much of that energy we have also determines how much potential we have in areas we are passionate about. I have done a lot of healing on myself energetically and am really aware of the different places we can be at energetically and what is possible from being in those places. Everybody can change their energy but most people haven't tried or are not even aware it's possible. I also don't look for specific characteristics, I just get an overall feel of what is possible when I focus in on a photo or observe a player's movement, body language etc. May the Force be with you pal! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 37 minutes ago, Michael118 said: Saying it's all about face shape is an extremely narrow way of looking at it. Basically we are all made up of energy and however that energy is distributed throughout a person's body shows to an extent on a person's face. Also in their body language, movement, behaviour etc. How it's distributed and how much of that energy we have also determines how much potential we have in areas we are passionate about. I have done a lot of healing on myself energetically and am really aware of the different places we can be at energetically and what is possible from being in those places. Everybody can change their energy but most people haven't tried or are not even aware it's possible. I also don't look for specific characteristics, I just get an overall feel of what is possible when I focus in on a photo or observe a player's movement, body language etc. I healed myself this morning too, put some voltarol on my dodgy elbow - is that the same thing? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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