Firstly Thank you, Robert. Just how much did we get out of Chelsea? Did we finish this before Mrs A took Mr A to the cleaners? I am in Leeds in two weeks. I hope to see the game. In fact I know I 'll see the game I just hope to see my aging Mother as well :) Michael
On 28/10/06, Robert HEATH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hate to sound like a creep, but this is a brilliant post! It is pure > literature, beautifully constructed and extremely well phrased. One of > the Top Ten posts to this list EVER, IMHO, and I really hope it proves > to be prescient. > > Whatever you were on when you wrote all that, MDM, I suggest you stick > to it! > > P.S. If I was wrong about my Guardian diatribe, I apologise, although I > do stick to my basic points which were that a) your original > anti-Manchester rant was weird, even by your standards, and b) when I > lived in Israel, I frequently found myself being abused merely for > reading The Guardian. > > Hi > Football is not linear or predictable. It is a bit like the weather. The > gulf stream or whatever. Illness and health is pretty good comparison > too. > There is a sort of overall predictability but then things can change in > an > unpredictable way. > Ever since the the Bowyer Woodgate evening of shame & O'Leary's idiot > book > we have been on a course of implosion. > A lot of factors inter playing in different ways with an inexorable > inevitability, each interacting in an unpredictable way in a series of > vicious cycles.Ripples became waves. Waves became a tsunami. > We imploded. Our initial position 'Living the dream' was not stable. > Then > the change came it was simply an implosion. It fed on the relationship > and > changes between all the interweaving factors. > But lets face it. The vast majority of those factors have played > themselves > out. > The signing of Wise was a very shrewd move. It may have been the right > move > for the wrong reason. > Now the factors that will interact and bring about a new dynamic are > positive ones. Monetary stability, a strong leadership, a team that is > playing below itself and thus can improve, a great youth policy [ God > bless > Wilkinson --- how much we are indebted to that man], fantastic support > and > the largest city in Europe with one team. > At present the momentum was down. But the factor, as I said are played > out. > The previous unstable situation has not only been 'corrected', it has > been > 'over-corrected'. > If anything we are in a new unstable situation ,which hope fully will be > 'corrected' by the newer positive factors. The predominantly positive > factors can now act and interact if handled properly. > If we get the 'Manager Effect' the momentum will change. There are good > reasons to feel that we will start to surge forward. I do no think that > we > can believe that the change will be linear or constant.But if Wise has > the > strength and Bates the wisdom and they weather the first inevitable > blips we > can start to soar, even this season. > Sure this explanation is built on a desire for it to be so. > But as I said Football is like very complex system driven by a host of > interweaving factors. We understand the factors but not the extent and > intricacy of the relationships. The factors have nearly if not all > changed > for the better. > The leadership needed to take advantage of the changes is in place. > I am no longer pessimistic,in fact I am guardedly optimistic. I hope > that we > can become very optimistic after say 10 games.I think to judge anything > on > one game, the next one is being simplistic and unfair. > Hope I did not bore you all to death! > Michael > > > -- > Dr Michael Benjamin, > myRay: For peace of mind, > http://www.myray.com > http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com > http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com > Psychiatrist > ----- > Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. > http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=YmVkZW5vZ2E5NDc0 > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list > administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions > of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > oh alright then :-) > -- Dr Michael Benjamin, myRay: For peace of mind, http://www.myray.com http://www.MyDoctorExplains.com http://www.DrMichaelBenjamin.com Psychiatrist ----- Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=YmVkZW5vZ2E5NDc0 _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist oh alright then :-)
