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I doubt if he would pass the Black Box Personality Test. I doubt very much as if the club would want him back.

My feeling exactly T & G. Some of the bile that was thrown at the people running this club last summer as well as this was appalling. As I have said before, constructive criticism is one thing but when it comes down to spite and bile then you have to wonder if this is the club for them. If this is the way that normal family men behave it is little wonder where the children get their bad habits from. I have tried the ignore button but that doesn't help as the offending quotes get requoted in following posts. I find it interesting that negative posters can get so much support and we are told that they are entitled to post what they like. Ok but there are rules about abuse and one poster in particular gives out just as much abuse as he gets and has never been banned. Try and engage in a debate with him and you can get called a "bellend" of if you speak in defence of someone who isn't here to defend himself that person can become labelled your "Messiah." It is so incredibly childish and yet, apparently, it can give you forum "legend" status! Really? If the only way you can get pleasure out of a hobby is to vent your anger and frustrations at in on an internet forum, then maybe you need a new hobby. Try as I might, I cant find a definition of supporter that says slag off at every opportunity.

In terms of money I am sure a move to Spuds would be a step up. In footballing terms however I don't see it as much of a progression for him. Surely an ambitious player would be looking for a top 4 club and CL football?

Isnt he an Everton fan? Either there or to Bournemouth if they manage to stay up.

This is something I find it hard to understand. Why engross yourself in something that brings so much angst? Yes, I play the man in Alpine because he seems to suck all of the joy out of what is supposed to be a joyful and fulfilling experience. He also rarely debates but just hurls out negative one liners and abuse. I would love to have a debate with him but it doesn't happen because it is just an expression of frustration and blind rage that you usually get from him. I have no doubt about his passion for the club - we all have that or why do we spend so much of our precious lives wittering on and on. We are grown men with families. We have all lost people in our lives and experienced great joy and deep grief. We should by now be able to put football into focus. Shankley was wrong. There are far more important things than football.

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Argh! SORRY!

Not at all sure and I really hope that he can turn things around with us. Not holding by breath but I would love to be proved wrong.

Very good post!

We kind of are on topic because said poster wrote just a few days ago that we wouldn't be signing van Dijk (and that Les would sell Wanyama).

Original or worthwhile Dalek? Like finishing 17th and bring back Hoddle perhaps?

I think the word "fixated" is a bit off the mark Duncan. To me he is just like many of the jokers who say they support Spurs but seem to spend their lives moaning about the club. The word support doesn't seem to feature in Alps world. If support mean picking the club apart at every opportunity, hiding when the team is winning and then infecting every thread with negativity when they lose, then yes, he is a passionate supporter. Alternative voice? You could also say negative troll. I am not the only one who gets fed up with his one dimensional negativity, but thanks for singling me out.

Alpine goes hiding when things are going well but reappears when things aren't going so well and dumps a thick layer of crud over any thread that invites his attention. He seems to have a real glee for slagging off the people who run the club and digs out certain players for his special attention who are normally given really funny names, like Gashton. Call me old fashioned but the word support implies to me an element of getting behind your club, not running it down. That is not to say that everything is always perfect, but there is a real difference between constructive criticism and basic slagging and negativity. Nice to see some of the bed wetters backing him up too. Good to see you sticking together when one of your main moaners falls flat on his face (welcome to Virgil and what a surprise, Vic is still here - not what our passionate sage was calling at all).

Sadly it happens to some players. We are not the only club to buy a player and for whatever reason it doesn't work out. He clearly can play but it doesn't look like the Premiership suits him. I hope he finds a decent club elsewhere and revitalises his career if he is done here.

It is not just Levy though is it? It goes on all of the time all over the planet. Clubs claim the moral high ground when they want to keep a player, but what about when they want shot? Football is not a very nice business but then every business that generates a lot of cash also generates a lot of bullsh*t.

I am not sure that you can just change someone's contract of employment without their consent - other than that - great plan!

Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion. The problem with a certain poster is the constant negativity, the constant assumptions that things will turn out for the worse and the constant mindset that his world is out to disappoint his expectations on a daily basis. The latest nonsense when he said that we weren't going to sign Virgil and that Les was going to cave in and let Wanyama go to Spurs is just the latest in years of cr@p that he has peddled on here. To suggest that the Mods should protect him is the biggest laugh. He is quite happy to abuse those who pull him up on his nonsense - he could have been banned dozens of times over for his online abuse. It is nice that some people feel the need to support him but I think you will find you are massively in the minority.

If this was a schoolyard and Alpine behaved the way he does on here, I have no doubt that he would end up having his pristine copy of Mein Kampf wedged firmly up his @rse.

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Apparently Chelsea have 33 players out on loan. WTF?

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It is good to see a CH who is comfortable enough on the ball to push forward and support the attack. I hope that is something that Ron encourages with him. If only we had English CHs who could do this!

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Shame about Clasie getting crocked early on but it hasn't been a bad window for us overall. A bit worried about Cedric defensively but he looks good going forward. Comfortable top 10 I would say at this point.