His "opinions" isn't the problem.
This is:
Luckily people at the club understood it relatively soon.
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This is:
Luckily people at the club understood it relatively soon.
- Oct 17, 2008
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Pop psychology, really?
Many highly respected psychologists and psychiatrists actually state they’ve never diagnosed a single psychopath, because so many traits would fall within other criteria, it makes a reliable diagnosis nearly impossible. Those that do recognise the term generally state that it would be impossible for a true psychopath to operate in society due to their innate nature.
These pop psychology diagnoses are about as useful as a “Which tellytubby am I?” quiz on Buzzfeed, or worse, astrology.
Stick to football.
The article actually says at the beginning "but remember that a few signs does not a psychopath make. A proper diagnosis can only be given by a medical professional. “Anything else is speculation,” warns Robert Schug, PhD, a neurocriminologist and clinical psychologist specializing in the biology and psychology of the criminal mind."
US Seagull
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Ligue 1's trouble getting a broadcast deal sorted might make it literally unwatchable at this rate.
US Seagull
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That was the first time I'd seen it, and it was not pleasant reading for sure. Absolutely scum of a person.
If only that were true.
As Machiavelli said, you only kill people if you truly have to. Manipulation normally gets you all you want.
- Oct 17, 2008
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It’s a well-regarded opinion in psychiatric circles, one which many disagree with - but that’s medical science for you. But I don’t really want to go down this route. Only to say that branding someone a “psychopath” with absolutely zero evidence, qualifications or clinical expertise is absolutely ridiculous.
I could brand Swansman a psychopath by cherry-picking science journals which support my case and ignoring others which don’t, but that would be equally as stupid.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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That singing could be career-defining.
Barnet Seagull
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I'm going Po
I agree. I missed that bit in the thread. Not a thread I wish to investigate further.
- Oct 17, 2008
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So you’re Po-faced?
Ok and many other highly respected psychologists and psychiatrists has written entire books on psychopathy and I'm going to have a bit more faith in those than I have in.. you.
Roberto De Zerbi is a psychopath, not much doubt in my mind.
Knows how to push buttons to make people turn against each other while they continue to lick his feet. A weaker chairman would have been drawn into the whole shit and danced to his tempting tunes just like most fans did. Once a new job (also known as more money) was on the cards he started to make himself impossible in the eyes of those running the club, wonder why? After the Roma game, calling out EVERYONE (including his staff) except himself (correct me if I'm wrong because I could only watch it once), saying they need to improve.
Playing young kids through injuries so we could win more games JUST so he could further his career (aka earn more money and power), while also blaming them for the lack of success. This all while being a 45-year-old single man living in a rented flat. Every other football manager is capable of getting himself a life.
I liked Roberto De Zerbi to begin with. It wasn't easy due to the whole Potter yin/yang thing, but the football looked nice, he kept up the nice way of using the academy. But at some point during the first transfer window I was getting uneasy. I watch all press conferences and shit because its a bit fun, and it struck me that nothing was spontaneous, nothing was from the heart. On occassion he got upset and blamed everyone but himself, but generally speaking every f***ing word had been practiced in a mirror or something. He didn't respond the questions of the journalists - he told them the stories he wanted to tell.
Along with 53 Portuguese individuals, he is the (through my way of seeing life) least likeable person I've seen in football.
Another year with him in charge would have killed my short and still somewhat fragile romance with this club and I'm absolutely delighted he has f***ed off and 200% certainly will never ever work with us again.
What about Mason Greenwood?
pigmanovich
Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Baldseagull
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**** then if you prefer, the rest is an example of what could have been said, by someone possibly about to become his manager, not how I would personally describe his history.Just a “wanker”? “Personal problems”? “Damaged relationships”?
Oy vey
pigmanovich
Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Fair enough, but it’s only marginally better.
Baldseagull
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For me he is an obsessive, and certainly has character flaws, but nowhere near being a psychopath. If you are saying that another year of him would have driven you away, some people are going to wish he was still here all the more.
Farehamseagull
Solly March Fan Club
This.
And the shit I got on here for calling out that **** last season from people bizarrely obsessed with defending him despite the harm he was doing our club.
Tosser and massively over rated manager too. Thank f*** we’re rid of him.