The Arsenal v Liverpool, Emirates stadium, 4.30pm Sunday 7 Januaey

[Mac76]

10 minutes on the trading floors where I worked as a kid

so you're one of those parasites who's made money off the backs of people who actually work for a living - no wonder you're such a moral vacuum

[HCZ_Reborn]

did they? when?

i've only seen you use such examples on here, with the possible exception of NQ i can't think of anyone who would jump to using such a comparison as opposed to something more everyday

and what does it even mean anyway? how do you know how a rapist touches as opposed to anyone else?

The fact that it’s a stolen metaphor for one

Just like another metaphor I used recently “the penetration of a marshmallow Willy”

You are asking me to explain idioms to you?. Honest question…are you on the spectrum?

[Niall_Quinn]

so you're one of those parasites who's made money off the backs of people who actually work for a living - no wonder you're such a moral vacuum

There you go again. I shouldn't really be disturbing you while you prove my point.

No, I was providing low pay IT support for those parasites who's[sic] made money off the backs of people who actually work for a living. The only vacuum around here is intellectual.

[IBK]

Okay, good response. But I think I probably didn't get my point across properly. You are talking about the professionalism and commitment the individuals possess and I'm talking about the team, in fact the whole club, and how that professionalism and commitment must be aligned and focused from top to bottom, in every aspect. And I'm not highlighting Odegard for his lack of goals, even Henry couldn't score every time he touched the ball. I'm talking about the small stuff, the basics. It's astounding to see a professional, committed, highly paid, supremely privileged sportsman misplace a simple pass for the nth time, especially when execution of the simple pass could provide the opportunity to score some of those goals we are currently lacking. I find such lack of application to be unacceptable at this level. I don't expect him to take the ball from box to box, beating every opponent on the way. I expect him to execute the basics with machine like regularity because he's supposed to be the best. If you applied this lack of performance in a boat you could soon open a seafood restaurant. And the club is no better. If you can't step onto the pitch with the task at hand laser focused in your mind, your flags, banners and armour proudly on display - if you instead turn up dressed as Leeds Utd and worry about which knee you should take at the critical moment when battle is about to begin, well, start as you mean to go on.

Which Uni, btw, if you don't mind me asking? Which you probably do. Because that's what I'm following right now, university rowing.

Oxford.

...as for professionalism i'm not sure you could describe Arsenal 2024 version as unprofessional. Surely as a club we are the epitome of professionalism? And are misplaced passes or wayward shots the result of a lack of application? I'd say that Arteta demands 110% application on the training pitch. In matches - I don't see our players not trying - if anything they are trying too hard and over tense/snatching at chances. At this level, minute percentages can make all the difference and as I say my money's on the mental side rather than effort/application...

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[Niall_Quinn]

Oxford.

...as for professionalism i'm not sure you could describe Arsenal 2024 version as unprofessional. Surely as a club we are the epitome of professionalism? And are misplaced passes or wayward shots the result of a lack of application? I'd say that Arteta demands 110% application on the training pitch. In matches - I don't see our players not trying - if anything they are trying too hard and over tense/snatching at chances. At this level, minute percentages can make all the difference and as I say my money's on the mental side rather than effort/application...

Ah, the wrong blue? Just kidding.

A wayward pass, understandable. A missed shot, understandable. Nobody is looking for perfection. But consistency is a must, I'd say. The number of times these players can't deliver very simple outcomes, even from a standing ball, a corner, a free kick, is unacceptable to me. There aren't any fine margins involved in beating the first defender with a cross or a corner. These lapses are anything but the epitome of professionalism. And this is all happening at a lower tempo than historically, and under less pressure. What would happen to these players if you let a Billy Bremner loose in the middle of the pitch? They'd disintegrate into screams and tumbles and blind panic. Yes, this is a mental problem, but that's part of the professionalism isn't it, the mind and the body? Why do they have mental problems performing the basics with proficiency? I've already said I doubt very much Arteta sends them out there to make so many simple errors. And if he's seeing proficiency on the training ground which then falls to pieces on match day then there's a serious problem with these professionals. Half of the minimum requirement is absent. Which would explain the predictable collapses you can set your watch to, and which also answers your original question, how can these players be performing like this?

[Mac76]

Yeah, I tumbled your fee-fees when I was mean to Nicola Sturgeon, that fine example of a woman you were defending. How did that one go? I was being venemous towards her not because I hate women, as you claimed, but because I had knowledge and all you have is Pavlov's bell.

I can't remember exactly what you said, I think that was a while ago, but I've a feeling I wasn't objecting to your criticising her per se, but the way you did it which i've a feeling involved making offensive remarks about her anatomy

you and HCZ love to ignore the fact I'm not objecting to you choosing to criticise someone, it's the language you use which indicates a wider hatred or obsession with particular sections of society

[Mac76]

The fact that it’s a stolen metaphor for one

Just like another metaphor I used recently “the penetration of a marshmallow Willy”

You are asking me to explain idioms to you?. Honest question…are you on the spectrum?

so you know about metaphors and idioms but not grammar it seems - 'willy' in this context isn't a proper noun and should therefore have a lower-case 'w'

and whether or not you are borrowing someone elses's phrases, that says more about the kind of people you tune into more than anything else - you're regularly referring to rapists, child molestors etc which to me shows unheathly obsession - where you got it from is your problem

as for calling me autistic, i think most people are tbh

[Niall_Quinn]

I can't remember exactly what you said, I think that was a while ago, but I've a feeling I wasn't objecting to your criticising her per se, but the way you did it which i've a feeling involved making offensive remarks about her anatomy

you and HCZ love to ignore the fact I'm not objecting to you choosing to criticise someone, it's the language you use which indicates a wider hatred or obsession with particular sections of society

You have a feeling? And another feeling? Your fee-fees? Followed by a firm conclusion, no doubt based on the prior strident methodology revealing my moral iniquity?

Well it ain't Science Jim - not as we know it.

[Niall_Quinn]

so you know about metaphors and idioms but not grammar it seems - 'willy' in this context isn't a proper noun and should therefore have a lower-case 'w'

and whether or not you are borrowing someone elses's phrases, that says more about the kind of people you tune into more than anything else - you're regularly referring to rapists, child molestors etc which to me shows unheathly obsession - where you got it from is your problem

as for calling me autistic, i think most people are tbh

Not if he got it from you. I've always had suspicions about that.

Just a feeling, but conclusive proof nonetheless.