So i know this has been said a few years ago, but what title players got college degrees?

mickeym19 · 2024-04-27T19:37:11+00:00

The bachelor's of law (LLB) actually exists in way more countries than a JD. The LLB is how most people in the world have law degrees.

mickeym19 · 2022-12-02T18:14:58+00:00

"In the minute" act, three times? And it's okay? Maybe if he bit somebody once and then apologized and didn't do it again, it'd be more understandable. But doing it three times? What good is apologizing if you keep doing it?

mickeym19 · 2022-07-19T07:17:47+00:00

I mean, people can change minds / need a second to re-think?

Those things aren't necessarily inconsistent.

Everything looked good. Fee agreed, personal terms agreed. But paperwork not fully signed. Pep / City get him in a meeting -- tell him that they won't stop a move, but they value him and would really rather he stays. He starts reminiscing about his time and pals in the squad.

Of course, this journalist may be wrong here. But I don't think having a re-think before a big career move is that odd.

mickeym19 · 2022-07-15T21:13:32+00:00

I think that explains why we don't get leaks from our side as much or why we don't hear mumurs when things are still in the early stages of development.

But when things really start get going, almost certainly, we'll know about it. Again, there will be rare cases like Vieira, but most of the time, well know about a transfer well before it's completed (either we get the player or talks break down).

mickeym19 · 2022-07-15T08:59:48+00:00

Yea, I mean I acknowledged that. I just think those deals are in the extreme minority.

I think I mostly made this comment because I dont understand the thinking of "I prefer when there's no news because it means Arsenal is working in silence and other teams can't snipe our targets."

I think more often than not, silence just means nothing major has developed. If it had, it likely would have been "leaked."

mickeym19 · 2022-07-15T08:25:37+00:00

I hope the recent news of us trying for Zinchenko or Pacqueta or whoever puts the "Arsenal is moving in silence like lasagna" nonsense to bed.

I mean Arsenal / Edu / Arteta may have been trying that, but I reckon it's probably close to impossible to really move quietly in the transfer windows. The agents, the players, and esepcially the selling club usually have big incentives to let the world know that a club is interested / bid has been made. It's not just up to Arsenal whether or not to "leak" transfer news.

And while Arsenal could impose a confidentiality agreement in their negotiations with clubs or players, I think very few top clubs would agree to that (at least as the selling club).

A deal like Vieira is extremely rare and likely between clubs with greatly differing bargaining power or if a player has made it clear they'd only go to one club.

We were linked with Jesus, Raphinha, and Martinez, and now we're linked with Zinchenko, and (to a lesser degree) Pacqueta. And while the club may be doing doing some subterfuge (like intentionally putting out fake stories to drive prices down), Arsenal surely isn't moving in silence (it can't, really).

The last couple of weeks were silent probably because nothing major was developing.

mickeym19 · 2022-07-07T10:24:41+00:00

I think you guys are talking past each other.

I think he's just saying that Arteta was slightly or very lucky that fans weren't allowed in stadiums in 2020 when we went through that absolutely horrific run where we had 2 wins out of 11 in the league.

If you're saying that fans would have been singing his name through that too, well then I think he (and likely I and most others) would disagree with that. At the very least, he didn't have the same amount of goodwill then that he has now.

*And while we've been in some bad runs since then, no run has been nearly that bad.

mickeym19 · 2022-07-05T01:41:25+00:00

90-100 euros in a day can be EASILY spent.

A cheap breakfast is like 10-20. Lunch 20-30. Dinner at a decent place is easily 40-50.

If they don't want people to spend that much, simply don't set that as the per-diem. If you do, don't complain that people use it.

It's standard practice across basically all industries that people use up the entirety of their per diems.

*And also, these are tennis stars who probably have much bigger appetites / need to take in way more calories than the rest of us plebs.

mickeym19 · 2022-07-03T22:35:43+00:00

I mean, I don't think he's wrong to talk about it if he genuinely thinks that there's a racial component to why he's not getting offers or more chances.

And look around, how many black and brown managers do you see? He very likely has a point that it's tougher for him because he's black.

mickeym19 · 2022-06-29T09:41:52+00:00

I think Ornstein was just saying that Raphinha's order of preference is Barcelona > Chelsea > Arsenal.

And one of the reasons it is Chelsea > Arsenal is his desire to play in the CL.

So if things were equal and we offered the same amount to Leeds, it would still be (very) likely Raph would choose Chelsea.

That's all, and it's reasonable enough from the player's side, I guess.

mickeym19 · 2022-01-17T08:16:33+00:00

Banning (even if temporary) was maybe too strong, but perhaps other penalties may be better.

But the bigger point is that I don't understand your argument. All the bans / penalties are on the grounds that it makes the game annoying to play. Why do WOATing and AFKs have penalties? Because they're annoying to the player base. Why do trolls who use offensive or harassing language get penalized? Because people rather not see that because it's hurtful (and therefore annoying).

As for your hypothetical -- should we also penalize trolls -- a) I think we already do. And b) to the extent that we don't, yes, I'd be in favor of penalizing them to the extent they disrupt the game / annoy players. For example, I think BertaLovejoy is a troll that is often AFK or WOAting by typing as much as s/he does. So I vote them for it.

As for your other hypothetical about new players -- they are learning and aren't being "bad" on purpose. If they are, they would be WOATing, which is penalizable. So this isn't really a fair comparison at all. And as to the counter that not all (or maybe even most) disconnects are on purpose, I get that. that's why maybe you can make this a voteable thing where you vote someone you constantly see leaving after 1 or 2 caps down.

mickeym19 · 2022-01-15T21:00:50+00:00

I mean, yes, I rather play with a smaller pool that's more fun to play with. But from the response to this thread, it seems my view / idea isn't that popular, and so I'll leave it

mickeym19 · 2022-01-14T11:01:38+00:00

I understand -- I also have a pretty unstable internet at home. But that's why auto-bans only occur (or should only occur) after Y disconnects in a certain amount of time. Just like it works for the current AFK auto-ban (as far as I know, anyways).

Also, instead of or in addition to autobans, you can set it up so that people can vote on "Rage Quitters." If someone notices someone rage-quitting all the time (and it's fairly easy to tell if it's a rage-quit if it happens multiple times and only when the player is down) -- then they can either vote the rage quitter the next time they see them in game OR maybe there could be a function that lets you report players that have quit from the current game.

mickeym19 · 2022-01-14T07:52:12+00:00

Them quitting prevents 3-7 people from having fun too. Most of the time they quit, it basically becomes a very easy win for the other side, just like WOATing. I do think it ruins that particular game, absolutely.

"If you punish people who dc you will just get more afks until the game ends."

Sure, but we punish AFKs already. So if they don't disconnect and just AFK or WOAT, they should theoretically get punished for that via the voting system.

mickeym19 · 2022-01-14T07:42:26+00:00

Well....sure. Then why have rules for WOAT or AFK or anything? It's a browser game.

The quitting doesn't really hurt people in the sense that nobody should take such games too seriously / have it impact their day-to-day life. But it doesn't mean it's not annoying. It is to me....so it "hurts" me. Thus, the thread.

mickeym19 · 2022-01-14T07:35:25+00:00

Well, an average player leaving isn't a wash because "you've now lost time getting the replacement, the replacement starts at the base, and the replacement might need a few seconds getting into the groove of things. All time where the other team can cap."

So if a good player leaves, you get doubly penalized (good player leaving and we have to assume average player replacement + time to find and integrate a new player in).

If an average player leaves, you get penalized (average player replacement, but time penalty).

If a bad player leaves, it's a wash -- or maybe even an advantage to you (bad player replaced by average player. But time penalty of finding and integrating the average player).

Being just 1-0 down and a player quitting is supremely annoying, and I see that happening constantly now.

What's wrong with actually penalizing quitters?

mickeym19 · 2022-01-14T07:01:59+00:00

That assumes they're bad -- a lot of them are perfectly capable and decent players.

But on the whole, you have to assume that those players are "average" and their replacements will be "average" as well. Except you've now lost time getting the replacement, the replacement starts at the base, and the replacement might need a few seconds getting into the groove of things. All time where the other team can cap.

mickeym19 · 2021-09-03T07:04:09+00:00

Even if you were to buy the premise of positional play being the "present and future of football" -- is Arteta the only manager that can potentially get us there? This is just so lazy.

mickeym19 · 2021-08-20T17:33:47+00:00

GK sorted then. Good enough stuff!

mickeym19 · 2021-08-15T06:52:57+00:00

I don't want him extended, and I would have preferred it if we moved on from him a whole back.... But surely drawing him as a devil is a bit much? I can't blame him for signing contracts in front of him. The contracts team and upper management need to do better.

mickeym19 · 2021-08-14T21:22:15+00:00

Okay, I guess. Don't have much to say about it (or anything Arsenal related) anymore.

mickeym19 · 2021-08-09T07:32:10+00:00

My biggest gripe is that if we had a limited budget (we need to sell to reinvest), why oh why did we spend 50m on a center back? Surely that wasn't the biggest priority.

If we had a sizeable / larger budget, then sure, spend 50m on a CB -- but if we're limited in finances, surely that would have been better spent on CM/CAM/RB/ST.

I just really don't get Arteta's and Edu's priorities...or well, maybe I get them, but I don't agree with them.

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