I don't post on here anywhere near as much as I should, but I have no idea how you guys stand that arrogant, obstinate cunt, bus-conducter.
I used to read SC, and on there he was an insufferable prick who literally believed he knew better than anyone else, including one of the highest rated managers in the world, with one of the worst cases of confirmation bias I've ever seen. If his posting on the last couple of pages is anything to go by, I see that little has changed in his self-obsessed world.
And this place is far less forgiving on pretentious cunts like him than SC is. I'm surprised you lot havent torn him to shreds yet.
More than 1 thing can be true. I like
bus-conductor
, feel/believe him to have as good or better an understanding (and slavish devotion to what
he likes just like everyone else) than most on these boards; think the term 'arrogant' is very subjective and it's measure, relative (typically a lame attempt by the speaker to stay on the offensive while covering their inability to fight their corner, ie an ad hominem); and wonder if the value in accusing someone of obstinacy and confirmation bias on an internet forum where few have ever backed down from their initial assessments isn't similar to that of calling someone 'arrogant'.
BC, to his credit, tends to back up his
specious arguments with well-articulated reason and data...and typically, having actually watched the games. That, in and of itself, places anyone
(and this BC cunt in particular) slightly above the fray. And to his further credit he rarely moves things beyond the matters at hand (ie gets personal, etc etc). Perhaps his resoluteness is down to the possibility that compelling counter-arguments haven't been made
(who am I kidding, if there wasn't a roof presently over his head he would be shouting at the clouds because in his opinion it should be sunny today).
Do I disagree with BC? Actually, quite often
(because he's a cunt mostly). I do but I appreciate his efforts (and anyone else's) to explain his/their perspective. We disagree on Nabil Fekir as a target for Spurs but I see his point and he sees mine (and we've seen the games) but neither of us has any reason to change our opinions as to his ultimate usefulness until we see something objective to change our minds. But we still argue about it (without the need to visit the toilet to exchange invective
...though he's still an arrogant, obstinate cunt). Just like we do with Sissoko and the genius that is Bruno Genesio.
I ask you this, would you have posted this about a more 'popular' poster? That is to say would you have posted this if you didn't think a pile of folks would jump on and 'like' your post? I have my doubts and my preconceptions about folks that take on 'easy targets'. What I can say is that I don't think BC would have posted something like this about another poster. What does that say about you and him?