Round 8 pre-match thread - v Suns 1:45 PM Saturday @ SCG

[Aprilbr]

The day before Jmac 's signing i posted we had offered 4, his agent wanted 2, and Jmac was going to take 3. That was what i had heard , but i deleted as i didnt want to whip his biggest fan on here into a frenzy . Maybe a mod saw the comment and will back me up . Anyway i was not posting it to be smart , he is a popular player on here so wanted to share the good news . I am no better than anyone else but i reckon on 2 players i have been spot on

Mmm sounds all a little cloudy. He took 4 not 2 or 3. I certainly didn't see the original post. A strange reason for deleting it? Anyway, regardless of what happened with the post, the point I'm making is that we all speculate although some of us have better sources than others. I've posted up on here things I've been told by Barry Mitchell and Greg Miller. Sometimes they have proven to be correct, other times incorrect. I'm not having a go at you, TB. You're a fan like the rest of us and you will get it right and wrong. I just wish a certain poster would see that too.

[TheBloods]

Mmm sounds all a little cloudy. He took 4 not 2 or 3. I certainly didn't see the original post. A strange reason for deleting it? Anyway, regardless of what happened with the post, the point I'm making is that we all speculate although some of us have better sources than others. I've posted up on here things I've been told by Barry Mitchell and Greg Miller. Sometimes they have proven to be correct, other times incorrect. I'm not having a go at you, TB. You're a fan like the rest of us and you will get it right and wrong. I just wish a certain poster would see that too.

Sorry i was off by 1 year , its not like i was in the room when he signed . Imagine if i had said Jmac was re-signing then we didnt get an announcement for weeks . Imagine the flack i 'd cop , and i 'd send uninformed into an early grave !

[COB]

I find your idolisation of The Bloods to be excruciating, BS. I doubt that I'm the only one.

There is no poster on here that is immune from wrong calls - so please stop putting one person on a pedestal as being more knowledgeable than the rest of us.

Agree 100%

[COB]

The whole RWO site is being hijacked by this man and his ego and I think this site is just going to be ruined forever by the persistent nature of this attack.

Well said. On a different thread but same issue he had 42 posts in 19 days re one player. A pity he didn't have a break from RWO or change his ways as he said he would on a different thread. RWO members shouldn't have to avoid threads if we don't like the constant niggling as has been suggested by some. I enjoy many of the posts but have to wade through too much crap to get there.

[Bangalore Swans]

I find your idolisation of The Bloods to be excruciating, BS. I doubt that I'm the only one. So can you point me to which exact post by TB provided inside knowledge of the J-Mac's deal before it became knowledge? I suspect he just said that J-Mac loves the Club and is going nowhere. This is quite frankly, something that any of us could have said beforehand based on his interviews.

All of us get things right and wrong - TB is no better or worse than the rest of us. This time last season TB was calling for Blakey to be dropped and traded at the end of the season. He was wrong. I never thought McVeigh would make it after his first two seasons. How wrong was I? We all make predictions as avid supporters. Sometimes we are correct, and often we are wrong. There is no poster on here that is immune from wrong calls - so please stop putting one person on a pedestal as being more knowledgeable than the rest of us.

I’m a big fan of TB and I think most people can tell. TB for me is a must read.

I don’t think TB is loving my adulation.

TB is opinionated, he takes a position, he makes predictions, he sticks to his guns, has a unique to the point style and can be very funny.

I’m not the only poster who is a TB fan. I’m probably the only poster who is not afraid to go against Red and White group think.

I’m also a fan of Ludwig, Barracuda, MCS, I’mUniformed2, Bloodspirit and Faunac8.

[Markwebbos]

Bit surprised McLean preferred to Sammy. Is it due to youth over age? Neither were very effective last week so it may have come down to that.

I think the reason why they play the very limited McLean week in week out is because he plays a very disciplined structural role trying to negate the main interceptor. He’s the tall Sam Wicks.

If his opponent doesn’t pay him sufficient attention, he can take a grab and (generally) kicks straight.

Although I’m not sure how well he went against Andrews last week

[stevoswan]

I’m not the only poster who is a TB fan. I’m probably the only poster who is not afraid to go against Red and White group think.

Congrats Piers.

[Markwebbos]

Congrats Piers.

The silent majority no doubt

[Bangalore Swans]

The silent majority no doubt

Should have added that I’m also a fan of Markwebbos and Stevo.

Quite like Piers as well. He goes after everyone. Right / left wing politicians, spoilt celebrities, poor performing Arsenal players, and Hollywood royals flying around in private jets telling us about cutting carbon emissions.

He’s even true to his word and jumps into a net to face Brett Lee thunderbolts.

Hope somewhere down the line that Piers becomes a Swans fan. The insights would be hard hitting and to the point.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

I find your idolisation of The Bloods to be excruciating, BS.

There is indeed something uncomfortable about BS's idolisation of TB. I find it reminds me a bit of Bruce McAvaney's drooling adulation of Cyril and Buddy, although some have suggested there's a touch the Smithers about it. A year ago it was thought to be rampant onanism, because the pair were assumed to be the same poster.

To be fair BS has also tried it on both Ludwig and Liz, but it didn't seem to take - maybe they didn't provide whatever it is BS is seeking?

Have you tried using the "ignore" button Aprilbr? You will still see other posters reactions (and quotes), but it might reduce the excruciation - is that a word?

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I do hope the team takes the Suns seriously, I'm really over inexplicably losing to this mob.

[Roadrunner]

There is indeed something uncomfortable about BS's idolisation of TB. I find it reminds me a bit of Bruce McAvaney's drooling adulation of Cyril and Buddy, although some have suggested there's a touch the Smithers about it. A year ago it was thought to be rampant onanism, because the pair were assumed to be the same poster.

To be fair BS has also tried it on both Ludwig and Liz, but it didn't seem to take - maybe they didn't provide whatever it is BS is seeking?

Have you tried using the "ignore" button Aprilbr? You will still see other posters reactions (and quotes), but it might reduce the excruciation - is that a word?

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I do hope the team takes the Suns seriously, I'm really over inexplicably losing to this mob.

Yes, there is something a bit sycophantish ( is there such a word?) about Banga, though in fairness some of his posts do elicit a chuckle or two! I liken BS and TB to Laurel and Hardy comedy and enjoy the banter, though sometimes they can be bit annoying, just like the latter pair

I like your”excruciation” Ruck’n Roll - it is beautifully descriptive and ought to exist and be used in our case. Please submit to the Oxford Dictionary and take the credit!

[i'm-uninformed2]

Yes, there is something a bit sycophantish ( is there such a word?) about Banga, though in fairness some of his posts do elicit a chuckle or two! I liken BS and TB to Laurel and Hardy comedy and enjoy the banter, though sometimes they can be bit annoying, just like the latter pair

I like your”excruciation” Ruck’n Roll - it is beautifully descriptive and ought to exist and be used in our case. Please submit to the Oxford Dictionary and take the credit!

To answer your question, as a pedant when it comes to language and grammar, the correct word is sycophantic. To wit:

"I do wonder too at the sycophantic attitute of Bangalore to TB, but I do think Bangalore's posts usually contain clearly constructed sentences and good spelling - even if he is occasionally prone to subjunctive clauses."

[joeykanga]

Should have added that I’m also a fan of Markwebbos and Stevo.

Quite like Piers as well. He goes after everyone. Right / left wing politicians, spoilt celebrities, poor performing Arsenal players, and Hollywood royals flying around in private jets telling us about cutting carbon emissions.

He’s even true to his word and jumps into a net to face Brett Lee thunderbolts.

Hope somewhere down the line that Piers becomes a Swans fan. The insights would be hard hitting and to the point.

Do we really need to know your thoughts on the people you admire in the world..you have an ego the size of the moon. For a more rounded personality why you don't try having a little less ego and to round your thoughts off with more diversity. We don't need you to be our critical thinker as we can all do that ourselves and I somehow don't think you are really that diverse. You really come across as a one trick pony with a huge ego

[Ludwig]

I very much enjoy fictional characters that are irritating, sycophantic and irrelevant. Is it perhaps a literary genius behind the Bangalore character? I am thinking of using the Bangalore character in one of my forthcoming novels. Will he be a hero or anti-hero? I'm still working on it. Maybe I will have the story take place in Bangalore, India.

One of the ingenious features of Bangalore is the way he has converted a forum for fans of the Sydney Swans into a forum about fans of the fans of a Sydney Swans fans' forum.

[Hotpotato]

I just enjoy reading Ludwig and can’t wait for the next novel notwithstanding he’s always a gunner and I can never find it in my Mosman bookstore .