25 Aug 2024 17:18:34
Ilan Kabal from Paris FC reportedly inbound. An attacker I know nowt about, and haven't googled to sound knowledgeable about.
25 Aug 2024 17:49:23
Not someone I've had the chance to see either, Brighty. Apparently very good.
25 Aug 2024 19:23:41
Do I detect a wee little dig there Brighty? ?.
25 Aug 2024 22:01:05
Private jet landed at LBA from Paris at 7.30pm.
25 Aug 2024 22:14:15
Nah, not at all CC. I’m just not a Googler as such, and definitely not going to do it to sound like I know anything about the dude! Don’t even know what he looks like, let alone if he’s any good! ???.
26 Aug 2024 01:07:44
Eduoard Michut heavily linked by the ITKs. 21 year old, French central midfielder, now a free agent after the Turkish club he played for were late with wage repayments. Lots of fans speculating he was on the flight from Paris this evening. tomorrow should be an interesting day, could we land 2?
26 Aug 2024 05:39:08
I guess I'll just address it because it does seem that way when I read both the inital post and the response after my post.
Even if it was a dig, it's kinda funny as it's off the mark, as just googling a player isn't what I do. I spend hours and hours of my spare time every week watching players. We get linked with someone then I tend to spend some time watching them, take notes, read up about them, check data on them, make more notes. Those tend to be observation posts where I name a few attributes and why they would or wouldn't be a good fit. When I write my actual reports, those are players I've watched extensively and collated as much info about them as I can before writing a thorough report which generally becomes an article. That takes a long time and I invest a lot of my spare time doing it because I enjoy it. I tend to get hyperfixated when watching players, to the detriment of my social life. At the same time, I also can't watch everyone. I have other responsibilities which take up my time.
So hope it wasn't one, but if it was then please know it's wrong.
26 Aug 2024 08:21:54
I got for appreciate your insight Dill even if others don’t (I’m not saying that’s the case btw) . You definitely don’t get that level of information from Googling alone!
26 Aug 2024 09:53:08
Dill
Please, please, please keep doing what you are doing. You are an inspiration to me, at least. I try to watch players and gain an insight in to their capabilities, but your level of detail is beyond anything I can achieve and I look forward to reading every single one of your posts (even the ones you berate me for my liking of Farke) . I know from my own efforts that Google doesn't provide the level of detail that you publish.
Thank you for all the time and effort that goes in to your posts/ articles.
26 Aug 2024 10:19:52
Appreciate it lads. I have a personal goal so it wouldn't benefit me if that's all I did. I want to learn and study so I can eventually do something in a professional capacity one day, and this is the process where I can learn and get feedback along the way and see if I'm on the right track.
I'm really driven and passionate about it, but I realise I still have a lot to learn so going to keep posting and trying to improve my methods and get better.
26 Aug 2024 10:22:02
Dill. Don’t let a quip from someone make you disregard my response to it!
If it was a dig at all, it was at myself for being not the type to research players I know nowt about: nothing more and quite simply just that. I know coaching, and tactics, and can spot a player when I see one, which makes me totally different to yourself.
I have complimented you many times on your posts and research, and commended the fact that for you it’s a hobby now, which I stated we all need. It simply just isn’t one for me!
Sincerely hope this reply clarifies the facts!
26 Aug 2024 10:31:35
That response Dill, is EXACTLY WHY I would never aim a dig at you on this matter. I have never, ever discouraged, or sneered at anyone of any age for doing something they have a passion for! It’s just not in my nature! I do hope you can accept this as fact and put this bullcack straight where it deserves to be! If the last 12 years of posting here has not shown that, then I’ve wasted my time on this forum, with this group of people.
26 Aug 2024 10:56:21
Appreciate it, Brighty, I think things can get misconstrued in posts sometimes so probably all it was. Always respect and enjoy your posts, mate. Happy to move on ?.
26 Aug 2024 11:41:44
I with you bright dill. Just a misunderstanding. You both decent good posters.
26 Aug 2024 12:07:27
Thanks eff for that. If it had have been a dig, there would have been no doubts about it from anyone!
26 Aug 2024 12:35:48
Good to know, haha. Chalk it off as a misunderstanding and apologies on my part, mate.
26 Aug 2024 13:24:04
More than happy to Dill!