RUMOUR - Tommy Smith

[Ian Royal]

Ian, just block him already. Best thing I did. 4 versions of

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in a row numerous times and I have NO interest to see what it is he has said.

Are we any closer to signing Tommy Smith anybody? Interesting that he's not involved in any of the Watford friendlies today. What do we think about that and do we think he'll recover from his injury to pass a medical?

Probably good advice, I'm getting tired of his pathetic name calling. I tried to make the first move, but clearly it's failed. I tried to only respond to points where reasonable debate could be had and still got abuse. I tried to enter into debate with others on this thread and he just waded straight back in at me.

I hate ignoring people, partly because I hate the idea of just letting ignorance or WUMs go unchallenged. Partly because it seems so childish. I've only ever Iggied one person on here and they were banned within a week.

Oh well here we go.

Mods are welcome to delete any posts where I'm quoting or respomding to snowball. I'm getting frighteningly close to 10k anyway.

[Terminal Boardom]

By ignoring Snowflake it is incredible how much quicker it is to read through this stuff.

[Ian Royal]

By ignoring Snowflake it is incredible how much quicker it is to read through this stuff.

oxf*rd me! You're not joking...

I think this thread would only be 5 pages long for anyone who ignored him & me!

[Terminal Boardom]

By ignoring Snowflake it is incredible how much quicker it is to read through this stuff.

oxf*rd me! You're not joking...

I think this thread would only be 5 pages long for anyone who ignored him & me!

Actually Ian, it runs to only 4 pages

[Ian Royal]

[Snowball]

Stop making yourself look like a fool by acting like a child.

[Snowball]

So you've made your living out of professional writing. What have you had published, and where can I find it?

I've published five crime novels, one was shortlisted for an international award.

Sold UK and US (and including alleged, hard-to-get-accurate-figures sales in China) about 450,000 copies

I've published about three hundred short-stories and articles on creative writing and won 15 First Prizes, two for poetry.

But no way am I coming out with my writing name on this list.

[Snowball]

Probably good advice, I'm getting tired of his pathetic name calling. I tried to make the first move, but clearly it's failed.


Another example of "passive-aggressive" where Ian "innocently" manages to throw in another insult.

Y'see, saying someone is pathetically name-calling is ITSELF (effectively) "pathetic name-calling"

[tlcs]

So you've made your living out of professional writing. What have you had published, and where can I find it?

I've published five crime novels, one was shortlisted for an international award.

Sold UK and US (and including alleged, hard-to-get-accurate-figures sales in China) about 450,000 copies

I've published about three hundred short-stories and articles on creative writing and won 15 First Prizes, two for poetry.

But no way am I coming out with my writing name on this list.

Perhaps so.....but you think Jimmy Kebe is the bollocks !!!

Should have done the Spec savers advert i think

[Royalee]

Jimmy Kebe is indeed bollocks.

[Agent Balti]

1 A poster of statistics MAY choose to interpret those statistics
2 A poster of statistics may choose to post them for OTHERS to interpret.

Neither method is right or wrong.

BUT I DO NOT SAY THAT.

What I said was that someone can posts stats and follow up those stats with an interpretation
or s/he can posts stats for others to interpret. That does NOT mean that all interpretations are valid.

So...neither method is right or wrong...and not all interpretations are valid. So, therefore something is never always right or it's always wrong. It's too 'random'.

Statistics HAVE to be finite, surely? Otherwise, what's the point? (I'm not taking about Long, but any general statistical argument.) Surely, to achieve X then you can't have variables that just throw spanners in the works, no? It's be bendable at a whim!

[Rawlie19]

So you've made your living out of professional writing. What have you had published, and where can I find it?

I've published five crime novels, one was shortlisted for an international award.

Sold UK and US (and including alleged, hard-to-get-accurate-figures sales in China) about 450,000 copies

I've published about three hundred short-stories and articles on creative writing and won 15 First Prizes, two for poetry.

But no way am I coming out with my writing name on this list.

Enid? Enid Blyton?

[tomrfcurz]

Alright JK Rowling or whoever you are! (must be doing well keeping it secret, all those crimd novels paid off) umm...

Piss off

[Snowball]

...and not all interpretations are valid. So, therefore something is never always right or it's always wrong. It's too 'random'.

Statistics HAVE to be finite, surely? Otherwise, what's the point? (I'm not taking about Long, but any general statistical argument.) Surely, to achieve X then you can't have variables that just throw spanners in the works, no? It's be bendable at a whim!

On this list there will always be people who will move the goalposts. For example, when Shane's goals as a sub were going in that was "only" because defences get tired and it was "much easier" to score in the last 15 minutes.

Of course those arguing that overlooked the fact that DOYLE was playing 90 minutes in almost every game
whereas Noel Hunt was typically only playing 60 minutes and NOT playing against "tired defences"

But Noel matched Doyle on goals per minutes played (almost exactly)... but since "it's easier to score
in the last 15 minutes (and I think Noel only once or twice played in the last 15) then Noel, on that basis,
was the more potent striker.

It's very rarely about an individual, especially with two strikers in a 4-4-2. It's about the combinations. I've lost count of the times I said Doyle-Hunt was the best pairing

Statistic ARE finite, provided the stats the club provides are accurate, but as too many have said...
some criticise me for making "erroneous conclusions". Otheres criticise me for NOT making conclusions.

[Snowball]

Alright JK Rowling or whoever you are! (must be doing well keeping it secret, all those crimd novels paid off) umm...

Piss off

Thank-you for raising the intellectual quality of this board.

[Snowball]

So you've made your living out of professional writing. What have you had published, and where can I find it?

I've published five crime novels, one was shortlisted for an international award.

Sold UK and US (and including alleged, hard-to-get-accurate-figures sales in China) about 450,000 copies

I've published about three hundred short-stories and articles on creative writing and won 15 First Prizes, two for poetry.

But no way am I coming out with my writing name on this list.

Perhaps so.....but you think Jimmy Kebe is the bollocks !!!

Should have done the Spec savers advert i think

No, I think Jimmy has moments of sublime skill and COULD be, if he can be sorted out, awesome.

Personally I'd rather watch players who can do magical stuff even if they often screw up.

Better that than robots.

[skipper]

So you've made your living out of professional writing. What have you had published, and where can I find it?

I've published five crime novels, one was shortlisted for an international award.

Sold UK and US (and including alleged, hard-to-get-accurate-figures sales in China) about 450,000 copies

I've published about three hundred short-stories and articles on creative writing and won 15 First Prizes, two for poetry.

But no way am I coming out with my writing name on this list.

With that music info it shouldn't be too hard to find out...

[Snowball]

Music Info?

[Super Kevin Bremner!]

Smith is signing for Reading on Tuesday.

Haven't got a clue what the fee is because I forgot to ask, but exciting news and I'm pleased as punch.

[Ian Royal]

Smith is signing for Reading on Tuesday.

Haven't got a clue what the fee is because I forgot to ask, but exciting news and I'm pleased as punch.

His signing has been coming for a while now. Whether you really have a source or not, and whether it will actually happen on tuesday or not, I have no idea.

But as long as it happens within the next couple of weeks its very good news.