Leo Scienza

[Whitey Grandad]

26 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Which is fine. It doesn't say anything about him having an ego though.

"ego" has many meanings.  All derived from its original Latin meaning of I / me / myself.

Please don't get me wrong. I think he's a great player and I'm glad that he is playing for us. He will however need to adjust his temperament to the English game.

[hypochondriac]

43 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

"ego" has many meanings.  All derived from its original Latin meaning of I / me / myself.

Please don't get me wrong. I think he's a great player and I'm glad that he is playing for us. He will however need to adjust his temperament to the English game.

No he doesn't. He's proven so far that his temperament is great. It's our other loser players that need to adjust their temperaments not Scienza.

Edited 6 hours ago by hypochondriac

[Osvaldorama]

3 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

I see things a lot of other people miss.

I raised a reasonable question and I received a reasoned and sensible answer from Verbal.

We can move on.

You see a lot of things that aren’t there 

[Whitey Grandad]

Just now, hypochondriac said:

No he doesn't. He's proven so far that his temperament is great. It's our otheroser players that need to adjust their temperaments not Scienza.

Eh? Are we talking at cross purposes?

What I am (attempting) to say is that he will attract a lot of physical attention from other less talented players and he probably won't win the fouls that he might have expected in his previous experiences. 

[Whitey Grandad]

4 minutes ago, Osvaldorama said:

You see a lot of things that aren’t there 

Just because you yourself can't see them doesn't mean that they aren't there.

[hypochondriac]

4 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Eh? Are we talking at cross purposes?

What I am (attempting) to say is that he will attract a lot of physical attention from other less talented players and he probably won't win the fouls that he might have expected in his previous experiences. 

"he will have to adjust his temperament to the English game" he's already won more fouls than any other player since he signed I am sure. He doesn't need to adjust he temperament, he needs to keep doing what he is doing.

[The Kraken]

4 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Just because you yourself can't see them doesn't mean that they aren't there.

Just because you see them it doesn’t mean they’re real outside of your own inflated ego.

[Whitey Grandad]

17 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

"he will have to adjust his temperament to the English game" he's already won more fouls than any other player since he signed I am sure. He doesn't need to adjust he temperament, he needs to keep doing what he is doing.

Indeed,  but he's more use to us on the pitch than suspended. 

[hypochondriac]

14 minutes ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Indeed,  but he's more use to us on the pitch than suspended. 

He's had one yellow all season!

[Mboto Gorge]

5 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

Who is this "he" whereof you speak? If you're going to make a snide remark about another poster then please address that poster by name.

We left the school playground several decades ago. At least I did.

You literally wanted me to name check you , when anyone who reads 2 simple posts can see who I’m posting about,  rather than respond to a comment in the normal manner like a normal human being. This isn’t finishing school pal, it’s a football forum. Imagine being precious about that 

Edited 4 hours ago by Mboto Gorge

[Mboto Gorge]

2 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

"ego" has many meanings.  All derived from its original Latin meaning of I / me / myself.

Please don't get me wrong. I think he's a great player and I'm glad that he is playing for us. He will however need to adjust his temperament to the English game.

Yeah cos he’s really struggling overall isn’t he. 

[suewhistle]

2 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

He will however need to adjust his temperament to the English game.

In what way?

I have to say I've found the arguments on this thread rather difficult to follow. He feels that he isn't getting enough protection from the refs, and I suspect there'd be very few on this board who disagreed with that view. 

Objecting to attempts to physically harm him seems reasonable, and I've seen little evidence of diving. 

[Mboto Gorge]

Maybe if Leo goes in goal and concedes around 50% of shots he faces, whilst diving too late for the majority, Whitey will start becoming a huge fan. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Mboto Gorge