Unpopular Opinions You Hold

[leicsmac]

4 hours ago, Wymsey said:

Greta Thunberg is not an annoying climate activist and going over-the-top with her viewpoints/reactions.

Anyone vaguely familiar with the scientific facts as we know them now regarding climate change would know this.

 

It's unfortunate that this is indeed an unpopular opinion because of so many folks who either don't know or don't care.

[Ian Nacho]

That Patson Daka song is awful. 

[Footballwipe]

On 16/10/2021 at 11:53, Steve_Walsh5 said:

Gillette Soccer Saturday used to be a lot better when it had Matt Le Tissier, Phil Thompson & Charlie Nicholas as pundits. 

It's interesting this. I've not watched GSS for bloody ages but when those four were on it the show really was at its pomp. The five of them gelled really well and it was a winning formula. I guess it's the old "adapt or die" and as well as Sky wanting to freshen things up, the panel they have now are probably a bit cheaper to employ (likely freelance contracts.)

 

That being said, I'd love to know the GSS demographic when they all left. I suspect it was either people who revered those players at some point, or younger people like me who'd grown up with the show and those four.

 

If they were going to ditch them, I'd have thought/hoped that they'd have at least tried and match the best version of this people-watching-football format the BT UCL Goals Show. Thorough, insightful, fun (and shows you don't need to be an ex footballer to carry gravitas).

[The Bear]

They had to move away from the middle aged white bloke formula and have a younger more diverse cast. 

 

Whether that is better or not is down to personal opinion. I liked a couple of them but don't miss the others. Ironically they kept the absolute worst one in Merson. 

[Corky]

Kris Boyd is good value on that show.

[Daggers]

Pub and club owners not taking active measures to prevent the spiking of drinks during student nights need to be locked in their establishments and burnt to the ground.

 

Anyone caught spiking a drink should be fed a wheelbarrow-load of shrooms and placed into one of those badly cared for rollercoasters.

[LiberalFox]

Not sure how unpopular an opinion it is but I find it crazy how big premier league clubs consider a previous playing career with the club to be an important factor in choosing a manager. If anything I feel like the emotional connection could be a hindrance. Mostly though I just don't think it matters and leads to clubs signing mediocre managers as a result. 

[Corky]

14 minutes ago, LiberalFox said:

Not sure how unpopular an opinion it is but I find it crazy how big premier league clubs consider a previous playing career with the club to be an important factor in choosing a manager. If anything I feel like the emotional connection could be a hindrance. Mostly though I just don't think it matters and leads to clubs signing mediocre managers as a result. 

Fans are just as bad. Radio Leicester used to be full of Give it Walshie calls circa 2008 as though a man with no coaching or management experience would sort us out.

 

We'll probably be calling for Schmeichel to take over at some point in the next decade, however.

[Sampson]

1 hour ago, Corky said:

Fans are just as bad. Radio Leicester used to be full of Give it Walshie calls circa 2008 as though a man with no coaching or management experience would sort us out.

 

We'll probably be calling for Schmeichel to take over at some point in the next decade, however.

Plenty of our fans were still screaming for us to rehire Martin O'Neill as recently as 2017 when he hadn't done anything of note in football management in years and was clearly well past his best.

[Parafox]

2 hours ago, Daggers said:

Pub and club owners not taking active measures to prevent the spiking of drinks during student nights need to be locked in their establishments and burnt to the ground.

 

Anyone caught spiking a drink should be fed a wheelbarrow-load of shrooms and placed into one of those badly cared for rollercoasters.

May I point out this is the "UNPOPULAR" opinions topic? Or are you posting for likes?

 

An "UNPOPULAR" opinion would be the direct opposite of your post

[Jimothy]

2 hours ago, LiberalFox said:

Not sure how unpopular an opinion it is but I find it crazy how big premier league clubs consider a previous playing career with the club to be an important factor in choosing a manager. If anything I feel like the emotional connection could be a hindrance. Mostly though I just don't think it matters and leads to clubs signing mediocre managers as a result. 

 

 

[tom27111]

2 hours ago, Daggers said:

Pub and club owners not taking active measures to prevent the spiking of drinks during student nights need to be locked in their establishments and burnt to the ground.

 

Anyone caught spiking a drink should be fed a wheelbarrow-load of shrooms and placed into one of those badly cared for rollercoasters.

 

What more would you suggest they do?

 

As a former pub manager, there are only so many measures you can have in place. 

 

Put it another way, you can have the best security measures in place to protect something like your house or your car, but if someone wants to break in to it, you'll struggle to stop them.

 

I totally agree that it the most abhorrent and despicable behaviour to spike someone, but there are plenty of pubs and clubs doing what they can to stop this. Unfortunately, you can't stop utter scum determined to do something.

[Daggers]

9 hours ago, tom27111 said:

 

What more would you suggest they do?

 

As a former pub manager, there are only so many measures you can have in place. 

 

Put it another way, you can have the best security measures in place to protect something like your house or your car, but if someone wants to break in to it, you'll struggle to stop them.

 

I totally agree that it the most abhorrent and despicable behaviour to spike someone, but there are plenty of pubs and clubs doing what they can to stop this. Unfortunately, you can't stop utter scum determined to do something.

If you are making a mint off running student nights you have a basic duty to protect them, not to say “well cars get nicked even if they have alarms so we should do shit about it.” Increase HD camera coverage, increase volume of security, add undercover spotters, sell sealed drinks, increased level of vetting for staff…do you want me to go on? 
 

NBs in Northampton has had a problem for month after month, kids were being warned about it this summer - owner’s response was to say it’s all blown out of proportion. He did nothing. The result? My daughter being interviewed as a potential witness because yet another girl (her flat mate) was taken in to A&E last weekend.
 

They aren’t doing what they can, they can do more. If not, it should be made an offence and landlords sent down for crimes committed on their property - they’d pretty swiftly find more ways to keep clients safe.

[tom27111]

1 hour ago, Daggers said:

If you are making a mint off running student nights you have a basic duty to protect them, not to say “well cars get nicked even if they have alarms so we should do shit about it.” Increase HD camera coverage, increase volume of security, add undercover spotters, sell sealed drinks, increased level of vetting for staff…do you want me to go on? 
 

NBs in Northampton has had a problem for month after month, kids were being warned about it this summer - owner’s response was to say it’s all blown out of proportion. He did nothing. The result? My daughter being interviewed as a potential witness because yet another girl (her flat mate) was taken in to A&E last weekend.
 

They aren’t doing what they can, they can do more. If not, it should be made an offence and landlords sent down for crimes committed on their property - they’d pretty swiftly find more ways to keep clients safe.

 

I'd also suggest that the client has a responsibility.

 

Knowing NB's in Northampton myself, I'd simply recommend not going in there.

[Buce]

9 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

 

I'd also suggest that the client has a responsibility.

 

 

Wow. Pure victim blaming.

 

Right up there with women should dress more modestly.

[Finnegan]

2 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Wow. Pure victim blaming.

 

Right up there with women should dress more modestly.

 

At this point, if you read a tom27111 post and he says something fvcking stupid you probably have to accept some responsibility. 

 

Knowing tom27111 myself, I'd simply recommend not reading them. 

[tom27111]

10 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Wow. Pure victim blaming.

 

Right up there with women should dress more modestly.

Really? 

 

If a place is a shithole and has a reputation for people being spiked in there, why would anyone put themselves in that situation?

 

Not victim shaming, its called common sense.

[Buce]

13 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Really? 

 

If a place is a shithole and has a reputation for people being spiked in there, why would anyone put themselves in that situation?

 

Not victim shaming, its called common sense.

 

 

[LiberalFox]

12 hours ago, tom27111 said:

 

What more would you suggest they do?

 

As a former pub manager, there are only so many measures you can have in place. 

 

Put it another way, you can have the best security measures in place to protect something like your house or your car, but if someone wants to break in to it, you'll struggle to stop them.

 

I totally agree that it the most abhorrent and despicable behaviour to spike someone, but there are plenty of pubs and clubs doing what they can to stop this. Unfortunately, you can't stop utter scum determined to do something.

Did you even look up the price of a rollercoaster?

[Daggers]

10 minutes ago, LiberalFox said:

Did you even look up the price of a rollercoaster?

Shopping trolley

Disused mineshaft

 

Instant budget rollercoaster

[Nod.E]

5 hours ago, Daggers said:

If you are making a mint off running student nights you have a basic duty to protect them, not to say “well cars get nicked even if they have alarms so we should do shit about it.” Increase HD camera coverage, increase volume of security, add undercover spotters, sell sealed drinks, increased level of vetting for staff…do you want me to go on? 
 

NBs in Northampton has had a problem for month after month, kids were being warned about it this summer - owner’s response was to say it’s all blown out of proportion. He did nothing. The result? My daughter being interviewed as a potential witness because yet another girl (her flat mate) was taken in to A&E last weekend.
 

They aren’t doing what they can, they can do more. If not, it should be made an offence and landlords sent down for crimes committed on their property - they’d pretty swiftly find more ways to keep clients safe.

Is there any data available on how the recent spate of spikings compares to a 'normal' month? Did a quick search and couldn't find anything.

 

Obviously any amount of spiking is too much spiking, but I have my reservations. Feels like another thing that has snow-balled on social media and become the recent vehicle for public outrage. Seems we need to be outraged at something at all times these days.

 

If there's data which contradicts my point, I'll happily admit that I'm wrong. I may well be.

 

Given how hard the data is to find, though, I doubt those marching with pitch forks know whether there is a concerning uptick or if it's just the latest flavour of the month.

 

If my suspicion is correct, then the real tragedy isn't the spikings themselves. It's the way in which social media will have highlighted isolated cases and terrified an entire generation of youngsters out of an enjoyable clubbing experience.

[Daggers]

1 hour ago, Nod.E said:

Is there any data available on how the recent spate of spikings compares to a 'normal' month? Did a quick search and couldn't find anything.

 

Obviously any amount of spiking is too much spiking, but I have my reservations. Feels like another thing that has snow-balled on social media and become the recent vehicle for public outrage. Seems we need to be outraged at something at all times these days.

 

If there's data which contradicts my point, I'll happily admit that I'm wrong. I may well be.

 

Given how hard the data is to find, though, I doubt those marching with pitch forks know whether there is a concerning uptick or if it's just the latest flavour of the month.

 

If my suspicion is correct, then the real tragedy isn't the spikings themselves. It's the way in which social media will have highlighted isolated cases and terrified an entire generation of youngsters out of an enjoyable clubbing experience.

Wouldn't know, I don't do angry social media.

 

Access to data is limited, made more difficult by the FOI hoops that need to be jumped through. Those media organisations who have put in the hours and the recent statement from Northamptonshire Constabulary indicate it is a growing problem.

 

And when it happens to a girl at my daughter's table - and could have been my daughter instead - I kinda take it personally. Irrational, I know, but we are all of maelstrom of hypocrisies. 

[RonnieTodger]

The Peter Crouch podcast is awful. It was good when he'd give an insight into being a player but now it's nothing more than daft catchphrases and trying to get minor celebrities repeating them.

[SecretPro]

Rachel Riley is an utter c*nt. Used to think she was fit, but now I can see her ugliness on the inside I find her about as attractive as Susan Boyle covered in cat shit.

[Finnegan]

1 hour ago, SecretPro said:

Rachel Riley is an utter c*nt. Used to think she was fit, but now I can see her ugliness on the inside I find her about as attractive as Susan Boyle covered in cat shit.

 

I don't know anything about her other than a few weird middle aged creeps on here are disturbingly obsessed with her nipples. 

 

Utter cvnt is strong language. What's the craic?