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How did you come to this conclusion? Karanka brought so many of his own. Not long ago, everyone was having a go at Karanka for bringing too many of his own men in. And then people had a go at Orta. I'm not having a go at you, I'm just genuinely interested in how you came to that conclusion as I have almost the exact opposite picture of Gibson.

This is awkward at best Never thought I'd say this, but the kit from last year was better looking.

They'll struggle to shift his £90k pw. Seems odd selling a player you signed 6 months ago. Am I missing something here?

I'll forgive him for everything.

I'm triggered.

Memes. "But could he do it on a cold night......" And Tony Pulis, of course. But I completely agree, both solid Premier League teams and have been for a long time now.

"Oh.. the play-off final just ended? Who won then? I was havin' a parmo, you fancy em?"

Imagine if we had judged Karanka as harshly on our play off performance. We would have got rid of him before he could take us up the next season. If both teams just arrived at Wembley on time they are already doing better than Karanka did with us. Karanka was driving seriously slow. His braking temps were too high and his tyre temps too low. He didn't know what to do. Please help him.

I mean, De Roon was by far the most offensive thinking of our midfield players but ok. Wasn't that the problem?

I would like to add Humpty is the real villain.

I'm not analysing anything in relation to him. He wanted out and we wouldn't let him go those are the facts I'm talking about. Karanka subbed him at half time against Stoke and then dropped him for the next game. Again that's a fact. Agnew picked him and then eventually dropped him completely. Again another fact. Karanka suggested there were issues with his performance relating to what happened if you actually read the articles linked earlier he clearly says Ramirez has to get over the fact that he wasn't allowed to leave. That's not me saying it, that's the manager and whatever else

Fact? What fact? You are correlating Ramirez' performance with his wish to leave. That is not a fact, but is your interpretation. I normally think you are spot on about many things, but you are seriously misusing "fact" when you are blatantly analysing anything related to Ramirez. If you blame his poor performances on his wish to leave during the winter transfer window, then that's your interpretation - it's not a fact. If you look at him during a game and find his attitude poor, you are analysing, it's not a fact. I have done the exact same thing but you refuse to acknowledge it and cast

DOWNING IS THE SOURCE CONFIRMING THIS. *puts on tinfoil hat* But seriously, if that text was analysed by anyone at high school level, you'd quickly find the nearest thesaurus and look up ethnocentricity. *puts on tinfoil suit* This is journalism with a very, very clear agenda. And it sure as *** isn't just to say Orta was causing havoc. We'll see a lot of articles in the near future about all the foreign staff members and players. That isn't to say they are not right - I did write about potential cliques within the squad based on language and nationality and that potentially harmin

Of course I read the articles. Wanting to leave, refusing to play, or playing poor are all different things. I wholeheartedly agree with you - And I did say that. I am merely trying to compare your analysis of the situation surrounding Ramirez with that of Downing. If Downing had handed in a transfer request, we could've said the exact same things about Downing (probably). Remember, he left Downing out of the squad against City and benched Ramirez and Negredo. "Now in the difficult moment I need 18 fighters in my team. Where the players show me that they are ready to play and they are

"“His attitude in training has been really good,” he added. “Gaston has been really positive and that is important for me when it comes to pick the squad. “I would have no problem playing him on Saturday because he has shown me he can be positive.” "“It was difficult for him but he has to change his mentality. He is here and he has to help us. It was difficult for him to put that behind him." Last article is pure speculation with agent talk. I thought we didn't put much into that. I'm truly sorry if I come across stubborn and pitiful, but you can't criticise me for picking Downing on

I assume you did not solely base "Villain" on performance. In that case, what deemed Ramirez the villain of the season? I didn't make him my villain of the season. I said you can't compare Ramirez who we know as fact caused a problem with Downing when it's based on supposition alone. I didn't name a villain of the season as there are a number of people I'd put into that category rather than one person alone. Right, and where did this fact come from? You know what I'm fishing for. For all I care, I based everything related to Downing on articles whilst the very same was done for

I assume you did not solely base "Villain" on performance. In that case, what deemed Ramirez the villain of the season?

You haven't used the same method because we know what happened with Ramirez whilst you're guessing about Downing. Source? Or recap. I understand if you can't be bothered digging it up.

I am well aware of that. But if we can't discuss anything based on articles or rumours, then 95 % of all posts on here would have to be removed or questioned in the same manner. I fail to see how my reasoning for Downing is almost deemed invalid when picking Ramirez isn't. I have used the same method to pick Downing as my Villain as everyone else picking Ramirez. I, too, find Ramirez to be a villain. But I base that on articles, rumours and everything in between, and so do everyone picking Ramirez. If for performance only, no one would pick Ramirez, statistically he was not the worst at all

I think Billy Woof Woof is the president.

I see so Karanka was the biggest villain of them all then in your eyes as he contributed more to internal disturbances than any other employee of the club? Karanka fell out with some players and staff in the period before he left and it had nothing whatsoever to do with Downing. I think some people have created a fictionalised account of what has happened here this season which sees the innocent and well meaning Aitor Karanka undermined by the machiavellian machinations of Stewart Downing. I don't really understand why this is unless you choose to ignore every other bit of information t

You read me like an open book! I actually deleted some text with ethnocentricity. I admit, I accidentally put 'solely' which I suppose could add some confusion. Here's a list of my reasoning for deeming Downing my Villain of the Season: - Poor performances - Flipping the fans - Attitude on pitch - Bust up with Karanka - Claiming some players don't want to be here in a post-season interview published on mfc.co.uk adding support to previous rumours. Again, I don't know why you are giving me stick. Villain of the Season is literally a scapegoating, is it not? Why is Ramirez a

Poor performances is fair enough reason as is flipping the fans or rather a fan if that's what actually happened. The bust up with Karanka is a bit different though as he's on a long list of players who fell out with him or that he fell out with. Claiming some players don't want to be here is simple honesty I'm afraid as some of them clearly didn't/don't and either aren't here now or will shortly be on their way. I'm not sure he can be labelled a villain for stating the truth even if it's a truth that some people don't seem to want to hear. Conjecture alert: Anyone contributing to

You read me like an open book! I actually deleted some text with ethnocentricity. I admit, I accidentally put 'solely' which I suppose could add some confusion. Here's a list of my reasoning for deeming Downing my Villain of the Season: - Poor performances - Flipping the fans - Attitude on pitch - Bust up with Karanka - Claiming some players don't want to be here in a post-season interview published on mfc.co.uk adding support to previous rumours. Again, I don't know why you are giving me stick. Villain of the Season is literally a scapegoating, is it not? Why is Ramirez a