mojo31 said:
Sometimes I get the idea that my opinion is bookmarked. A few words changed and hey presto a brand new post comes out.
It just keeps happening on some of these threads.
Not to be forgotten is the quoting of a particular point taken out of context.
I would prefer if it stops and genuine discussion took place rather than recycling someone elses posts or trying to get 1 over on someone.
It just keeps happening on some of these threads.
Not to be forgotten is the quoting of a particular point taken out of context.
I would prefer if it stops and genuine discussion took place rather than recycling someone elses posts or trying to get 1 over on someone.
Take some advice from 'an experienced navigator through this cut throat world of internet football knowledge' .
If you phrase your analysis, something like, '..this player did this today which he regularly does & in the future he needs to work on this, so he can maximise his potential to become this type of player..', you can manage to still express your opinion while covering yourself - you can be informative rather than definitive, whilst avoiding the other extreme of saying too little and being wishy-washy.
It's also a good way to look at things as this mirrors the way a player hopefully gets feedback from the coach and specialist coaches. Also this encourages discussion, drawing out opinions from other posters and allows your opinion to be part of an ongoing, let's say, 'work in progress' discussion.
That's all my experience, take it or leave it, hope it helps you avoid the battered internet opinion syndrome, if you're feeling it now, wait until you write something negative that is read by a mate or family member of a young player, believe me, some of those people go in hard. ;
See, the things you wrote about Ryan Jackson's performances in the intra club match really irritated me, I actually agreed with your assessments on that inidividual performance, but I had a real problem with your conclusions on his talents. Firstly, your opinion was in direct contradiction to the assessments I've made in his Under 18 career - and I have watched him very closely, because I saw something in his ability that could develop. Fair enough, in the real world we just have a difference of opinion, which if we were mates we'd just put down on the board and see who was right in a few years, but this is the faceless world of the internet.
Yesterday, Jacko was for mine the second most impressive player for the Northern Bullants, he'd obviously got feedback from the coaches on his intra-club performance & on his next showing he put it into practice. On Jacko, at the Northern Knights he was given a variety of roles, so that's one of his positives - he can do a job for a coach and thinks about his footy.
My valid comeback to what you wrote on him, is - So did you see the Bullant's game yesterday? And what did you think of Jacko's performance?
Look at it this way - a good boxer doesn't lead with his best shots, he waits to see what his opponent has got & delivers the meaningful punches when he knows there will be an opening. And he has done a lot of background research prior, as an 'internet expert' you can at best re-watch tapes but you're in a special position if you have info on a players social & psychological background.
Maybe I won't follow my own advice when it comes to expressing an opinion on Jacko, but heck, you still have to live and die by something

