The only place to be
Everything posted by The only place to be
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A top-class German talent playing for Dortmund...of course he's going to Bayern. I'd still love him here but as a right-winger in place of Willian. You're spot on with what you say about Willian. When one of his biggest strengths is that he has a decent song about him, then you're probably not going to find it hard to replace him.
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Gattuso might actually kill him. Weird Scottish connection there too as Gattuso played for Rangers (and has a Scottish wife I believe).
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Blimey. Following in Teddy Sheringham and Dwight Yorke's footsteps and entering Jordan. Surprised there's any tread left on those tyres.
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Ok then. When and where? Answer in PM.
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I'm done with this discussion when a mod suggests that being disgusted by an abhorrent practice (when I've also expressed disgust for the slaughtering of thousands of people, the disenfranchisement of millions and the oppression of hundreds of millions around the world) is indicative of some kind of unhealthy obsession. That is simply uncalled for and cowardly.
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Excuse me? What the fuck? FGM is an abomination and I want to see it removed for the lexicon of human language and for you to suggest something like that is beyond disgusting. To treat it so frivolously and to suggest that I have an 'unhealthy obsession' with it is reprehensible. Would you say that someone who is disgusted with the sexual abuse of minors had an 'unhealthy obsession' with it? Would you ever repeat something like that to my face?
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Actually it's not a case of me being clever, but simply haven't the intellectual curiosity that even a 5 year old possesses when they see a toy they want on television and that is thusly.... How do I afford that? Nothing wrong with asking questions, except when you're asking them of people who have no answers to regurgita....provide.
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Didn't the United Nations make a decent fist of that in 1948 with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Funnily enough I'm not proposing Blair or Bush decide. Does a good health service really balance out the massacring of tens of thousands of Kurds? But good point nonetheless and not at all hyperbolic....nope. The medieval philosophies have existed in the region for centuries. They are not a modern phenomenon, for instance female genital mutilation didn't simply happen in the last decade or so. There's a direct link between things like FGM and what we are seeing now and it's a common, underlying philosophy. Actually I simply pointed out that the premise on which you made that response was faulty. You misunderstood what I meant and discussing it would take us further away from the discussion at hand. Although if you wish to start a new thread on it then I'll try and find time to respond to it in due course because it's a finely constructed post that does deserve a response.
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Actually the ideology I'm referring to is hundreds of years old. It seems that your post was written on a misunderstood premise.
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So once again it's an entirely superficial analysis that you can't actually expand upon. Sorry, but you should really provide some sort of disclaimer if you don't want people to actually questions your posts and ask for things like 'proof' or 'even a basic explanation of how certain things would actually work in the real world'.
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What a great line. It wouldn't actually have any real-world positive effect but is that really what we're after here?
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Bernard Manning, Sun-reader....you're going to run out of freshman pejorative terms at this rate. I'm for intervention that frees oppressed peoples. It doesn't have to be purely militarily but can be culturally and economically. If Iraq wanted regime change in this country then I assume it would be to institute their own brand of medieval philosophy, ergo I would be against it. I'm a firm proponent of western, liberal, progressive ideology that enfranchises ALL people regardless of gender, sexual preference, colour or creed. So that's you, rmpr, choulo et al....oh no. Again, if you'd actually like to back up your.....sorry, couldn't finish that sentence without laughing.
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Hands washed again. It's actually up to a couple of generations of Scots to decide what they do with hundreds of years of a union and what happens when the oil runs out for future generations. Good Salmond impression though. Can you do the accent as well?
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So from advocating non-interventionism you're now positing the notion of some mass invasion of the middle east? That's a rather bizarre suggestion to make....they don't have the capabilities to do that, although they were shown to be supporting small cells who did have ambitions to attack us. I don't see where I've been hypocritical about this. I recognise there are economic factors that make intervening in some areas impossible. You're also lying about my stance changing on almost every post on Chelsea players, although if you actually want to back that up with facts then I'm more than happy to show where you're incorrect. For instance, I've criticised Oscar heavily but have recently applauded him for his performances in a different role in the team. I've also acknowledged that JT has rehabilitated his image not just off the pitch but on it in recent years. But once again I'll just assume your accusation wasn't exactly well thought through and doesn't bear up to scrutiny.
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Is Courtois still the flavour of the month?
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The club messed up his development last season unfortunately. You can't waste the first half of a season at that age and whilst Everton and Liverpool threw Barkley and Sterling in respectively and reaped the benefits, we sent Nat to a team that simply didn't suit him. That setback is no different to Van Ginkel or Romeu's injuries in the effect it has on their development.
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He was a cunt pure and simple. It's not a defence to state the bleeding obvious that there were other cunts in the middle east. So you're a proponent of non-interventionism then? Allowing women and minorities to be subjugated for generations because it's the easy option? Using trendy terms like neo-colonialism to wash your hands of any responsibility to do the right thing by helping those who are denied the opportunity to help themselves is cowardly, nothing more. Honestly I think people of your ilk who preach about the evils of Israel, the plundering of national resources and dangers of capitalism whilst actively supporting a football club owned by someone like Roman Abramovich are hilarious. It's hypocrisy and nothing more.
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And how exactly do you pay for all this? Higher income tax and higher corporation tax? Sounds like you'll be attracting a lot of wealth with those policies.
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I actually think he could become the most important player in there because he has the defensive workrate to help out Matic but also has the ability to pick a pass. It's also the reason I would've kept Van Ginkel around because he has the same potential to be a proper box-to-box midfielder. Ramires is a similar player but I think he's actually a little lacking in defensive intelligence and he's wasteful in possession. When a player gives the ball away 36% of the time he has it then you're not going to control the midfield.
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So you would have been happy allowing Saddam to stay in power? That's a valid point. He was an animal who treated his people with barbarism, but he kept them in line. Now we have a far more pernicious ideology spreading throughout the area. So your argument is essentially supporting the lesser of two evils, and obviously blaming the west, arms companies, Israel etc. What do people like you who simply attribute blame from the sidelines actually want to do?
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We didn't create the root of this issue. These people are barbarians following an ideology that is medieval. 'Us' selling them weapons to kill each other is not the problem. This man was killed with a knife, but of course I'm sure we'll find a way to blame Israel at some point. Circular logic is always best.
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How the hell do we fight an ideology with millions, maybe hundreds of millions of followers? Conventional warfare won't work against people who are comfortable hiding amongst women and children. The barbarism is simply incomprehensible and belongs in the middle-ages.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-29038217 The Islamic State have now executed Steven Sotloff. Animals.
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I don't see how that's obvious in the slightest. We're three games into the season, where the best left-back in Europe hasn't yet had a start because we're trying to get the train rolling form-wise first. Salah will get opportunities. There's absolutely no reason to use either Costa or Ramires on the wings.
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And Terry and Cahill completed 81% and 74% of their passes respectively. It was a sloppy performance from a lot of players. Matic and Fabregas have completed 83% and 89% of their passes so far this season. The Everton match was almost certainly a once a season aberration that people really shouldn't read too much into. The lack of Oscar had a lot to do with that.