The Court of Arbitrary Arbitration - Random Facts, Thoughts, Etc.

Shocked and sad to hear about the passing of Claude today. Was an Arsenal fan obviously (and a mainstay on AFTV for a while) but he was well known in the YT football fandom community for his passion and colorful antics.
Rest easy Claude...

 

This was the last communication he reportedly had on Twitter. Not knowing the cause of his passing, not going to blame this Pitabdhi person but the bottom line is, he's a pos nonetheless, simple as.
Another example (as if there aren't more than enough at this juncture) why social media comps need to do a much better job in terms of policing their sites. This person has deleted their account apparently which says enough. This is not acceptable behavior just because you benefit of the shield of anonymity. Seriously doubt this person would have the balls to bring that same type of energy irl. It's pathetic to be honest...

 

On what grounds would you punish that person if you were an SMC?

 

Good question.

@Ashur dude seems like impolite but nothing that rises to the level of bullying discrimination or racism, sexism etc for me.

 

Maybe the guy was even trying to be funny.

 

TH14 on his social media exile and what he hopes to see from companies going forward.

Exclusive: Thierry Henry applauds Southgate's social media blackout plan - and hails sponsors backing (telegraph.co.uk)

 

🔴 We 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 the comments.
⚪️ We 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 the abuse.
⚫️ We 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 the hatred.

But without an inclusive and diverse history, what would we have?#allredallequal #SeeRed pic.twitter.com/m08smRuCIY

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April 2, 2021

 

This ought to be interesting...

Arsene Wenger says automated system to judge offsides could be in place for 2022 World Cup | Football News | Sky Sports

 

Cancel culture is a myth. People with power don't like being held accountable. If you ******** up, I reserve the right to a) tell you you ********ed up b) take my business elsewhere or c) tell everyone how you ********ed up. Those things have always existed. Cancel culture is being used by the same people and in the same way as the term 'fake news' when people didn't like the facts deployed against them.

 

Swansea City has chosen to take a club-wide stance in the battle against abuse and discrimination of all forms on social media.

From 5pm today we will not post any content on our official social media channels for seven days.#EnoughIsEnough

👉 https://t.co/rmHXB0j2l7 pic.twitter.com/fKqKqHl8Ag

— Swansea City AFC (@SwansOfficial) April 8, 2021

 

I'm sure their 5 followers will notice.

 

🗣 "It's a sad thing to read but it's not a shock."

Swansea player Jamal Lowe speaks about social media abuse after his club decided to boycott social media for one week pic.twitter.com/vjuVy1OaLB

— Football Daily (@footballdaily) April 8, 2021

Swansea's decision apparently followed several of their own players getting abused on social media. Lowe above is one but at least 2 others were as well (Yan Dhanda and Ben Cabango while he was on intl duty with Wales).

A few top flight managers (Potter, Hassentutl and Allardyce) have already spoken on the issue and publicly offered their support.

 

7 ********ing days lolololololol


Hahahahahahahaha

 

Def worth giving this a listen....

 

Cocu could play every position on the pitch
Ballack
Keane
Robson
Alonso
Helguera


To a lesser degree:

Veron
Veratti
Gundogan
Vidal
Yaya Toure
Vieira

 

Matthaus and Cesc. Modric and Gerrard belong on that list as well. Can't really leave out Scholes either if we're being honest...

 

I considered them all. I don't think they fit.

Cesc AM and DLP but not DM. He never once did that job and he's too lightweight.

Modric comes closest and maybe he's a fair choice. Gerrard never had the defensive discipline to be a 6. Scholes could never tackle.

 

Ballack and Helguera didn't play as DM (ballack) and AM (helguera) but they both had the ability. Ballack could have played DM, his spatial awareness and reading of the game was good enough but he'd have been wasted as a DM because he was so good breaking forward.

Helguera could do everything but I think he, like Keane played further away from goal because it was best for the team. I'm more than willing to stipulate to Helguera and Ballack didn't 'actually' do it, but I think they could have.

 

Most are not traditional holding mids (Gerrard was the closest perhaps, particularly at the end of his career, Matthaus was as well: even played further back towards the end of his career as well). The rest have been deployed as DLP's at one point or another (which is a form of 6), just as they played in various more attacking role as well.
From the question posed as I understood it, the only players who qualify from your list as far as I'm concerned were: Robbo, Ballack, Cocu, Gundogan, Veron, Vidal and of course Yaya. Just like the players submitted from my list, all known as uber complete and versatile midfielders/players.
Helguera was a goal threat on set pieces but he was not as rounded as others on the list: really was CB who could play DM (or vice versa if you prefer): don't recall seeing him deployed either in a B2B or attacking mid role, whether it was with Real or with Spain.

 

TBF, most United fans dislike Ballack for his time at Chelsea. Might be part of the reason for the dismissal of his accolades.

 

Ballack did have unfortunate spell of finishing runner-up while at Leverkusen. He was stuck with that tag of silver medalist ever since.