Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Ernest was often funny with his wind ups, you do him a disservice comparing it to Junior’s rubbish.
I’m sure he’s pleased to have one fan though
I'm not a fan but I am a friend. Many people would recognise him at games.
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[Albion] That has to be the end of Potter?
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I'm not a fan but I am a friend. Many people would recognise him at games.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 15,970
ENREST used to make it blatantly obvious it was a joke/wind-up. That was (often, not all the time) funny.
This just comes across as Junior talking shite and, if he is winding people up –*why? The only one it's entertaining is him, which is a weird way for him to get his kicks in life.
But each to their own*– I just don't get why you would contribute to an internet message board your posts are almost exclusively negative/bizarre
Like I say, doesn't wind me up, just makes me think he's a bit odd. And why respond? Why not?
Exactly. Normally just the kind of game we bollox up. Monumental indeed [emoji16][emoji106]
- Jul 6, 2011
- 2,395
I don't believe the deliberate wind-up argument is correct, I think it is more a venting of emotion when games don't go well for us or when the angst of a transfer window proves too much.
Thing is these times are exactly when everyone else is suffering but trying to keep calm which is why the arguments start. The counterparty to this is all the overly excitable types waxing lyrical about every game no matter the outcome or quality of opposition.
If everyone could keep their emotions in check and just be mildly happy/angry that would be great. Thanks all.
Thing is these times are exactly when everyone else is suffering but trying to keep calm which is why the arguments start. The counterparty to this is all the overly excitable types waxing lyrical about every game no matter the outcome or quality of opposition.
If everyone could keep their emotions in check and just be mildly happy/angry that would be great. Thanks all.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
You've been on NSC for 11 years and still believe that?
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Badger Boy
Mr Badger
- Jan 28, 2016
- 3,658
I think it's pretty poor form to quote someone out of context, months and months and months down the line to score points. To be clear, I said the same when the positive posts about Potter/individuals were being quoted after long winless runs as well. If you have to temper every post with caution that it might look silly at some point in the future it will kill discussion and debate.
My own thoughts on Potter have been well established and as critical as I have been during those winless runs, I have to be balanced and credit him with the remarkable and sustained run of form we're currently showing. To be in February and to have only lost 4 league games is incredible, especially given that one of them was to Everton! He's doing a fantastic job and as much as I think that's largely because of the quality of the tools at his disposal, the fact remains that he is the manager of a team outperforming all reasonable expectations.
My own thoughts on Potter have been well established and as critical as I have been during those winless runs, I have to be balanced and credit him with the remarkable and sustained run of form we're currently showing. To be in February and to have only lost 4 league games is incredible, especially given that one of them was to Everton! He's doing a fantastic job and as much as I think that's largely because of the quality of the tools at his disposal, the fact remains that he is the manager of a team outperforming all reasonable expectations.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,249
Did Gormless Benny have any input into the recruitment of Lamptey or Cucurella? Was he instrimental in encouraging them to run really really fast? Did he leave Alexis Mac on the bench for yonks for any good reason? Or persevere with that corner thing where you volunteer to leave one of your players off the pitch for aforesaid corner? Or where you dick around at the back for no real reason at all. Nice clothes tho Emperor Potter 
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Badger Boy
Mr Badger
- Jan 28, 2016
- 3,658
Wow, how generous of you. Thank goodness for his tools.
Well, yes. But any manager is only as good as their players. Gus Poyet doesn't dominate and win League 1 without the signings we made that summer, with funds which possibly hadn't been available for previous managers. Potter is the beneficiary of years and years and years of investment in the squad, clever bargains like Veltman and Lamptey and expensive signings like Webster and Maupay. I'm not saying he's not doing well, but I am saying his job is made easier because of the structure of our club.
RandyWanger
Je suis rôti de boeuf
I used to love the ones when someone would post here complaining about someone, then he'd start a new post, from the other persons POV
I miss that poster.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
Interesting, so conversely it's a bit irrational to blame poor runs of form on the manager when it has so much to do with the players, their confidence, their personal form etc. Making starting threads about sacking managers of team's that are playing well, creating tonnes of chances, dominating games, only for said players to be missing chances - slightly ridiculous.
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 15,970
1) I'm not trying to score points
2) If he is willing to voice those opinions in the first place – whether to 'wind people up' or because he actually thinks that – I'm sure he can take it
3) If you stick your head above the parapet with a pretty strong opinion, don't be surprised when it comes back to bite you because that opinion has turned to shite!
Did Gormless Benny have any input into the recruitment of Lamptey or Cucurella? Was he instrimental in encouraging them to run really really fast? Did he leave Alexis Mac on the bench for yonks for any good reason? Or persevere with that corner thing where you volunteer to leave one of your players off the pitch for aforesaid corner? Or where you dick around at the back for no real reason at all. Nice clothes tho Emperor Potter
Seriously, you are maintaining that Potter isn't very good? Look at the league table.
Bold Seagull
strong and stable with me, or...
THPP is your classic wind up attention seeking poster. Why be loving the performances, the football, the climb up the table when you have the chance to swim against the tide being grumpy. It is a role some people are born for.
But on the back of beating Watford - come on.1) I'm not trying to score points
2) If he is willing to voice those opinions in the first place – whether to 'wind people up' or because he actually thinks that – I'm sure he can take it
3) If you stick your head above the parapet with a pretty strong opinion, don't be surprised when it comes back to bite you because that opinion has turned to shite!
At least wait until 10 points have been rattled off from Watford to Villa then come out swinging.
dadams2k11
ID10T Error
Did you manage to get a Utd ticket?
Badger Boy
Mr Badger
- Jan 28, 2016
- 3,658
1) I'm not trying to score points
2) If he is willing to voice those opinions in the first place – whether to 'wind people up' or because he actually thinks that – I'm sure he can take it
3) If you stick your head above the parapet with a pretty strong opinion, don't be surprised when it comes back to bite you because that opinion has turned to shite!
I wasn't replying to anyone in particular. The original poster is one of the most loathsome on this forum in my opinion, so I certainly wasn't trying to defend them - it was more a general point about the danger of killing discussion by bouncing old threads with the purpose of quoting out of context.