Keane autobiography.

Oranage2

SherlockWatson wrote: »

I think his interest in this thread, doesn't le with the book, moreso the book's target audience.

Well all my posts are about the book so I'm not sure What you're getting at, your posts seem to be the ones with the personal agenda, but I'm not going to be dragged into a tit for tat situation. If you would like to discuss the book then I will oblige, but if you're having a pop at me then I won't reply.

But jeez, I wouldn't like to invite some of you around to my book club judging by how aggressively defensive and emotionally invested some of you get to a book.

RayCon

Oranage2 wrote: »

But jeez, I wouldn't like to invite some of you around to my book club .

Will there be drink ?

SherlockWatson

Oranage2 wrote: »

Well all my posts are about the book so I'm not sure What you're getting at, your posts seem to be the ones with the personal agenda, but I'm not going to be dragged into a tit for tat situation. If you would like to discuss the book then I will oblige, but if you're having a pop at me then I won't reply.

But jeez, I wouldn't like to invite some of you around to my book club judging by how aggressively defensive and emotionally invested some of you get to a book.

I don't recall anyone challenging your opinion of the book, more so that its completely unfounded as you've read 6-7 pages?

Even the shíttiest of book clubs would at least suggest you READ the book, before spouting a worthless opinion around.

J Mysterio

Oranage2 wrote: »

But jeez, I wouldn't like to invite some of you around to my book club judging by how aggressively defensive and emotionally invested some of you get to a book.

In your book club do we actually read the books? Or do we just scan through and then make pronouncements about that which we do not know?

Aenaes

Can I comment on Oranage2's posts even though I've only read half the thread and looked at some of the nice pictures in the signatures?

kryogen

Oranage2 wrote: »

Hilarious and insightful ?!?!

Strongly disagree

You disagree that it is insightful? (which I didnt claim that part to be, but it is, gives you an insight into the relationship and the poor communication between himself and CEO)

Look up insight in a dictionary perhaps?

You don't find the event funny? Thats ok, humour is subjective of course, but I can see the humour in a manager telling the negotiator he likes this player and would take him if he could be got for around 400k and the lad goes off and spunks more then four times that amount on him!

Hilarious for all the wrong reasons......as I said. That nobody thought to ask him, hey do you still want him if they want 1.75 million for him? You know, you telling us to try get him for 400k and all

Try harder.

Will I Amnt

kryogen wrote: »

Look up insight in a dictionary perhaps?

He wouldn't get past the words beginning with the letter A.

Oranage2

kryogen wrote: »

You disagree that it is insightful? (which I didnt claim that part to be, but it is, gives you an insight into the relationship and the poor communication between himself and CEO)

Look up insight in a dictionary perhaps?

You don't find the event funny? Thats ok, humour is subjective of course, but I can see the humour in a manager telling the negotiator he likes this player and would take him if he could be got for around 400k and the lad goes off and spunks more then four times that amount on him!

Hilarious for all the wrong reasons......as I said. That nobody thought to ask him, hey do you still want him if they want 1.75 million for him? You know, you telling us to try get him for 400k and all

Try harder.

Well your original post said Very insightful, I disagreed that it was very insightful, but you are right, it did offer somewhat of an insight as vague as it was. Though to me it seems he was distancing himself as far away for the failed transfer as much as possible, whether it was his fault or not. Just like how selling Rhodes wasn't his fault etc.


I also didn't find it hilarious, but humour is subjective, and I'm not a fan of Ipswich or Keane as a manager so I didn't really relate.

Will I Amnt

Will I Amnt wrote: »

He wouldn't get past the words beginning with the letter A.

Hilarious and insightful?

Many people will have differing views on Keane, the book etc. But the "I disagree, so you are stupid" stuff? Come on...

As books go its great, really readable. Incomparable to rubbish autobiographies like Owens and Torres (I'm a Liverpool fan). Roy is Roy, if the mad / bad stuff we all did or said was widely publicised and people gave a sh1t we would all be considered horrible bastads.

Only about half way through it.... Was always impressed / surprised with his dealings with Quinn and McC', wouldn't be able to do that myself...

Will I Amnt

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Hilarious and insightful?

Many people will have differing views on Keane, the book etc. But the "I disagree, so you are stupid" stuff? Come on...

Who said that? He said he only read the first few pages of the book, hence the "wouldn't get past the letter A" part, the first few pages of the dictionary...
It's a joke, not a very good one but not a sleight on anybody's intelligence like you seem to be suggesting.

Will I Amnt

Will I Amnt wrote: »

Who said that? He said he only read the first few pages of the book, hence the "wouldn't get past the letter A" part, the first few pages of the dictionary...
It's a joke, not a very good one but not a sleight on anybody's intelligence like you seem to be suggesting.

It reads badly in that case, as the obvious inference in saying "he wouldn't get past A in the dictionary" is to insult. But I take your point in the context of this discussion.

Will I Amnt

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It reads badly in that case, as the obvious inference in saying "he wouldn't get past A in the dictionary" is to insult. But I take your point in the context of this discussion.

I'd say you read it badly more than it reads badly. The last few pages of this thread have been about Oranage giving his opinion but only reading the first 6 pages of the book.

Will I Amnt

Will I Amnt wrote: »

I'd say you read it badly more than it reads badly.

That simply does not make sense.

To read something and take its most obvious inference is not "to read it badly"...whatever "bad reading" actually means.

But Oranage does seem to have stirred up a hornets nest alright. It's a little amusing.

Will I Amnt

[Deleted User] wrote: »

That simply does not make sense.

To read something and take its most obvious inference is not "to read it badly"...whatever "bad reading" actually means.

But Oranage does seem to have stirred up a hornets nest alright. It's a little amusing.

That's what he likes to do