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Snuzzy

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Do it, zero tolerance
I mean, surely these things bring traffic, interest, discussion topics, emotional engagement to the forum?

People shouldn't need to be told "these are not reliable sources", should be able to have fun with unreliable speculation, and plenty of forummers here are very good at supplying context about which people are and are not actually informed?
 

tubbygold

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I mean, surely these things bring traffic, interest, discussion topics, emotional engagement to the forum?

People shouldn't need to be told "these are not reliable sources", should be able to have fun with unreliable speculation, and plenty of forummers here are very good at supplying context about which people are and are not actually informed?
This. Also I’m not sure why people suddenly call it the ITK forum? Surely it’s still the transfer forum with an ITK thread. The ITK just pops up more in the player threads these days. Let me know if I’m wrong here.
 

fishhhandaricecake

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The bastard aggregator Bayern 'news' followed by the ITK backing it up straight afterwards as well as our mental scars with Mr Levy's dragging out and then losing deals = fair enough that some lost their shit yesterday but it does also just show lets wait and see can be a good approach.

Either way the ups and downs are all part of the fun and as long as we get it done then happy days.
 
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lukalennon

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Just like to say thank you to trix,Herc,Wlb and Hotspur88 for having thick skins and their tin hats firmly strapped on as last night’s reactions were boarding on manically churlish , petty and infantile. Regardless of crap aggregators or posted or everyone is supposed to an adult not some arsey petulant child if you can’t refrain just leave thread and come later preferably after taking some form of calming meds. Personally I think a&c should be a given a free hand to deal as he fit.
 

Jiminio

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I am terrified that Spence is linked to this deal. Unbelievable he needs convincing, given how his career has gone he should surely just prioritise playing football again and rebuild
 

THFCSPURS19

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Just like to say thank you to trix,Herc,Wlb and Hotspur88 for having thick skins and their tin hats firmly strapped on as last night’s reactions were boarding on manically churlish , petty and infantile. Regardless of crap aggregators or posted or everyone is supposed to an adult not some arsey petulant child if you can’t refrain just leave thread and come later preferably after taking some form of calming meds. Personally I think a&c should be a given a free hand to deal as he fit.
Agree but I run the show around here, not A&C.
 

vegassd

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I´m sympathetic to the logic behind your post, mate. But if everyone should wait 12 hours to reply to any rumour, this site wouldn´t have much traffic, would it? Because, obviously it can´t only be a "no reply" rule for negative news - it should also be the same for any positive news.

It´s the internet. People react. Stupidly or sensibly - but they do react. Complaining about this very human reaction pattern shows little insight to human nature tbh.
I'm not in any way suggesting that all people wait 12 hours to comment on any rumour. I'm not even complaining about it. I was responding to somebody who said it's "very easy to be smart now" and making the point that it's pretty easy to be smart at the time as well. And that is in relation to the toxic posts that came out last night - not any reasonable ones. Maybe I should have been clearer about that.

People are going to have reactions to stuff, but I don't think that using "human nature" or "we've been here before" should be any excuse for somebody labeling Levy (or anybody) as a "cancer" in the club. We talk about episodes like that as meltdowns or people wetting the bed, which definitely aren't good things! Why not suggest that there is a more reasonable way to be a football fan once in a while?

Anyway, it's a storm in a tea cup. One person was talking in a pretty horrible way, a bunch of others were on the anti-Levy bandwagon, and the usual suspects were giving out the winner ratings. It's the standard toxic echo chamber that comes with a transfer window. I'm not losing any sleep over it and I doubt you are either. (y)
 

kd2000

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I am terrified that Spence is linked to this deal. Unbelievable he needs convincing, given how his career has gone he should surely just prioritise playing football again and rebuild
Unfortunately, his little group of merry men probably don't fancy Genoa. They much prefer a Kebab, Parmo and some dancing powder
 

Rosco1984

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I am terrified that Spence is linked to this deal. Unbelievable he needs convincing, given how his career has gone he should surely just prioritise playing football again and rebuild
fingers crossed we seem to have learn't our lesson about signing players with prior attitude issues now. Ndombele and Spence were well documented to be poor trainers in previous periods.
 

RobjDerby

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I am terrified that Spence is linked to this deal. Unbelievable he needs convincing, given how his career has gone he should surely just prioritise playing football again and rebuild
Which is why I think its utter madness at this stage, to attempt to include a known disruptive player to move, in order to get a player we've been chasing for two weeks, and is needed to be registered within 3 days.
 
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