I am not sure a draw would be enough, I mean I actually wanted one of them to take all 3 points (Citeh actually).Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
Liverpool have the easier run in and honestly it looks more and more like Klopp is going to get his fairytale.
We aren’t going to win every game between now and the end of the season
I don’t think Liverpool are either…they struggled to put the ball in the net when they had city on the ropes
City might but they’ve got the best squad and experience of going on these kind of runs
The way I see it if we draw with city and win every other game and that’s still not enough….well fuck our luck
I think City have the more favourable fixtures.
We’ve definitely got the trickiest.
I just want to see an Arsenal team go to the Etihad and not shit itself. Not looking beyond that because it’s such a graveyard fixture for us.
Hmmm
Liverpool - Brighton (H), Tottenham (H), Fulham (A), Palace (H), West Ham (A), Villa (A), Wolves (H), Sheffield United (H), Everton (A), Man United (A),
City - Brighton (A), Tottenham (A), Arsenal (H), Fulham (A), Palace (A), West Ham (H), Villa (H), Wolves (H), Forest (A),
Luton (H),
I don’t think there’s a lot in it but I think I’d just about rather have City’s matches
There's really not much in it when the same teams crop up numerous times.
Anyway, we have the chance to make it irrelevant which is all you can ask for.
I do have a story where that happened to me, actually.
I was on a work trip to India. At the entrance to the offices there was a noticeboard where they put the names of various visiting important people.
We turned up on the first day and noted they hadn't put our names there. Which was fine with me, we were visiting but we weren't important. I don't actually need validation from a noticeboard. Anyway, a colleague jokingly complained and when we got back from lunch there were our names! I took a picture and put it on FB with a comment something like "I feel validated by this". I'm jolly funny on FB, you know. Honestly, you're missing out.
Cut to a couple of days later when we visited again and, as expected, our names weren't there. So I took a photo and chucked that on FB with a comment something like "Well, screw you guys then!". It was a pretty obvious joke.
Next thing I know I have my line manager contacting me telling me someone had complained. After a bit of digging it turned out to be someone who
a) Didn't work in India
b) Wasn't FB friends with me.
It wasn't even a "lost in translation" thing in terms of language or culture and different sense of humours. It was some English bloke.
As you said, a busybody.
Nothing much came of it. HR certainly didn't get involved. I may have deleted the second post to avoid a scene. I can't remember if I had to "apologise" to anyone.
It was all complete bullshit. Some people seem so desperate to be offended by everything these days.
Sorry to hear about your experience. It sounds equally nonsensical.
I keep my FB profile public so I don't say anything stupid - I know anyone could potentially see it, so that keeps me honest. But you can't do much about the terminally offended.
I agree. The whole world and his wife seem to think it was nailed on. I really don't see it that way, he got the ball.
I'd have been fuming had a penalty been given against us for that.
'Screw you' is a bit strong though isn't it, it's basically a.slightly less rude way of saying f--- you. you'd probably have been fine if you'd said something lighter like 'it seems we're no longer important!' or suchlike
Regardless the reaction is always over the top. It’s always worse in the public sector as well, it’s so cynical and it’s just arse covering (or back side covering if you think arse is too strong).
Of course there’s nothing you can do to help the terminally stupid, I know of more than one example of people being fired for making jokes perceived as racist, sexist, homophobic etc. Now looking past the fact that I don’t believe anything should be considered out of bounds in terms of humour. What kind of idiot makes these jokes in a professional setting or a work based what’s app group.
If people like that end up losing their job (especially if they are in senior positions) I have to say I’ve no sympathy whatsoever. It was stupid enough of me ever to visit this place using a work computer, but this is another level.
On a similar subject, my brother was given the work laptop for a terminated senior manager for whom he’s had to replace (dead man’s shoes) and whilst I don’t think that was the reason for him being fired….the guys laptop was full of porn. I don’t know…why on earth would you watch porn on a company laptop.
I actually can't remember if that's exactly what I said.
It is the sort of thing I can imagine myself saying though. And there's a clear difference between the two words.
And, as always, context is important. And the context was the previous FB post. It was clearly a joke.
And my main point was no-one in the team I was meeting was offended. It was some busy-body who I'm not even FB friends with who decided it was ever so offensive on his behalf.
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