The “Ole In” Brigade

Mickson said:
I don't know, and I don't care. Don't compare Ole with the likes of Klopp and Ferguson. They're rare. Klopp is the best manager in the world and is going to win the league with a pretty weak squad right now.
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It took the "best Manager in the world" till 18/19 to win a trophy for Liverpool (Champions League). He joined Liverpool on the 8th October 2015. So it took 3 and a half years for him to finally get a trophy. You were the one to talk about Klopp in this thread, so lets talk about him.

1st season - joins in October. Gets to the League Cup final, loses on penalities to City. Knocked out of FA Cup in 4th round, loses Europa League final to Sevilla. Finishes 8th in the League.
2nd season - not even in Europa as failed the season before. Knocked out of League Cup in the semis losing to Southampton. Loses 4th round match to Wolves. Finishes 4th in the league on 76 points.
3rd season - Loses to Leicester in the first League Cup game, loses to West Brom in the 4th round of the FA Cup. Does however reach the Champions League final, losing to Real Madrid. Finished the season 4th on 75 points.

It's the 4th season where everything finally clicked in place for Klopp. What point am I making? That even for a great Manager like Klopp, it took time and patience before they were able to climb up the league and be a top tier club. They also struggled for consistency. For a Manager like Ole to bring United back up to where we want to be will also take time. We also are experiencing the same bumps Klopp and Liverpool had, but the signs of us going up the next level are there and uinlike Jose, Ole has everyone going with him and unlike Jose, Ole is approaching Uniteds rebuild with a long term strategy.

Either way, been a very good year to be a United fan. I've enjoyed it and i'm feeling very positive we're heading in the right direction. We'll still have a few more bumps but I see the signs that we've stepped up a tier and should finish on more points this season. Mid 70's is my personal objective.
 
big rons sovereign said:
2 billion? 2? Billion?
This post starts badly and goes downhill from there. I can only suggest a break from the keyboard as it appears to be warping your view somewhat.
I mean come on man, you're coming across as completely nuts.
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the guy is a complete troll. He’s not worth replying to. He’s gone on ignore. The posts on the last page are terrible.
 
RedSky said:
It took the "best Manager in the world" till 18/19 to win a trophy for Liverpool (Champions League). He joined Liverpool on the 8th October 2015. So it took 3 and a half years for him to finally get a trophy. You were the one to talk about Klopp in this thread, so lets talk about him.

1st season - joins in October. Gets to the League Cup final, loses on penalities to City. Knocked out of FA Cup in 4th round, loses Europa League final to Sevilla. Finishes 8th in the League.
2nd season - not even in Europa as failed the season before. Knocked out of League Cup in the semis losing to Southampton. Loses 4th round match to Wolves. Finishes 4th in the league on 76 points.
3rd season - Loses to Leicester in the first League Cup game, loses to West Brom in the 4th round of the FA Cup. Does however reach the Champions League final, losing to Real Madrid. Finished the season 4th on 75 points.

It's the 4th season where everything finally clicked in place for Klopp. What point am I making? That even for a great Manager like Klopp, it took time and patience before they were able to climb up the league and be a top tier club. They also struggled for consistency. For a Manager like Ole to bring United back up to where we want to be will also take time. We also are experiencing the same bumps Klopp and Liverpool had, but the signs of us going up the next level are there and uinlike Jose, Ole has everyone going with him and unlike Jose, Ole is approaching Uniteds rebuild with a long term strategy.

Either way, been a very good year to be a United fan. I've enjoyed it and i'm feeling very positive we're heading in the right direction. We'll still have a few more bumps but I see the signs that we've stepped up a tier and should finish on more points this season. Mid 70's is my personal objective.
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Great post. Sadly a bit wasted on those who has spat their dummies out already. They have thrown their toys out of the pram and are now feigning objectivity. They just cant stand that their entitlement isnt being satisfied. It certainly isnt about the journey for them.
 
Mickson said:
We are not really dominating games (with the exception of yesterday). We had less possession than both City and Leeds for example, both at home. The United Way :)
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The united way? Under SAF the united way was to play exciting gung ho football when our eleven was better than the opposition which was most of the time. SAF was no idiot and his utd way when the opposition players matched or bettered ours was to play cautious pragmatic football.

Basically, like all managers, he would set the team up so that they had the best chance of winning against whatever the opposition had.

I SAF later years we were not so much better squad wise and the football was not as gung ho but people have selwctive memories

Right now the lower teams in the EPL are closer to the top teams and whereas years ago rthere was usually one main team challenging at the same level as us now there are several.
 
matt10000 said:
The united way? Under SAF the united way was to play exciting gung ho football when our eleven was better than the opposition which was most of the time. SAF was no idiot and his utd way when the opposition players matched or bettered ours was to play cautious pragmatic football.

Basically, like all managers, he would set the team up so that they had the best chance of winning against whatever the opposition had.

I SAF later years we were not so much better squad wise and the football was not as gung ho but people have selwctive memories

Right now the lower teams in the EPL are closer to the top teams and whereas years ago rthere was usually one main team challenging at the same level as us now there are several.
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Good post. This is all true. Ole has a similar ethos to SAF. Attacking wherever possible but pragmatic.
 
Mickson said:
I don't agree that we have been on a good run all year. We have been very lucky at times (Brighton, West Ham, Southampton) and we have also been playing very well at times, and very bad at times. We have seen it all. He has been very good in the last two games, so that's a start. I agree that things are looking better. I haven't said anything else. Ole has done some good things. It's just that I don't think that's enough in the long run. To close the gap we need to be better than third, we have already fecked up CL. Do I think we will finish 1st or 2nd? No. I don't. Sadly.
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I’ve been reading your posts in this thread and, please don’t take this as patronising or condescending or mean, it’s been entertaining.

I can’t really comprehend what it must be like to feel as you do but to your credit you stick to your guns.

I don’t know about you but I detected a bit of a shift in the media recently. Fewer people saying Ole’s out of his depth. The idea of Utd as challengers being seriously discussed. More pundits talking about the general upward curve under Ole and the exciting qualities of our attacking football.

Sure there are skeptics and, I get it, you are one of them. Being as you are a fan, I’m not sure why you are taking such a negative stance but being a fan is not always easy and it’s hard to be patient etc, etc, I can sympathise to an extent. Having said that, I don’t find your arguments persuasive at all. But happy Xmas anyway, let’s hope for a trophy next year.
 
Mickson said:
I don't know, and I don't care. Don't compare Ole with the likes of Klopp and Ferguson. They're rare. Klopp is the best manager in the world and is going to win the league with a pretty weak squad right now.
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Yet you want a supposedly weaker manager to win things in less time than "the best manager in the world".

Did you read what you've typed there? You expect a worse manager to win in a shorter time span? Really?
 
big rons sovereign said:
2 billion? 2? Billion?
This post starts badly and goes downhill from there. I can only suggest a break from the keyboard as it appears to be warping your view somewhat.
I mean come on man, you're coming across as completely nuts.
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Yes, two billion. So you didn't have any arguments? I thought so.


cyberman said:
This isnt even close to being true
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Name a team that wins their league but isn't dominating their games and possession in general.


OrcaFat said:
Good post. This is all true. Ole has a similar ethos to SAF. Attacking wherever possible but pragmatic.
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Not at all. Fergies teams dominated games. Carrick especially picked up every second ball. They had control. A bit like Klopp's team. Ole's doesn't have control.


Not at all. Fergies teams dominated games. Carrick especially picked up every second ball. They had control. A bit like Klopp's team. Ole's doesnät have control.
Adam-Utd said:
Having the best 2 forwards in the league, 2 world class fullbacks and a hard working drilled midfield? Yeah poor klopp.
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He has a generally weak SQUAD compared to how well they are performing. Very good first eleven but not much after that. Do they even have more than two fullbacks? Their midfield isn't even better than United's, yet we hear "Ole need better players!" and yes, they have two great attackers. Two. We have five keepers who are better than their second. Their center backs aren't anything special apart from Van Dijk, who has been injured all season. Klopp is a manager who gets everything out of his players, compared to Ole who doesn't. Their squad is worse than both Chelseas and Citys.


ClaytonBlackmoorLeftPeg said:
the guy is a complete troll. He’s not worth replying to. He’s gone on ignore. The posts on the last page are terrible.
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Someone doesn't agree with your vision - he's a troll! Learn football, then come back. I will be proven right, and you wrong.


alexthelion said:
Yet you want a supposedly weaker manager to win things in less time than "the best manager in the world".

Did you read what you've typed there? You expect a worse manager to win in a shorter time span? Really?
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Klopp had a playing style. Ole doesn't. Also, Ole is having one of the best squads in the league.


OrcaFat said:
I’ve been reading your posts in this thread and, please don’t take this as patronising or condescending or mean, it’s been entertaining.

I can’t really comprehend what it must be like to feel as you do but to your credit you stick to your guns.

I don’t know about you but I detected a bit of a shift in the media recently. Fewer people saying Ole’s out of his depth. The idea of Utd as challengers being seriously discussed. More pundits talking about the general upward curve under Ole and the exciting qualities of our attacking football.

Sure there are skeptics and, I get it, you are one of them. Being as you are a fan, I’m not sure why you are taking such a negative stance but being a fan is not always easy and it’s hard to be patient etc, etc, I can sympathise to an extent. Having said that, I don’t find your arguments persuasive at all. But happy Xmas anyway, let’s hope for a trophy next year.
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I just don't rate Ole. You can just read Michael Cox arguments, he isn't tactically clever enough. His set up is mostly poor. I can't even remember the last time we were great for 90 minutes. Happy xmas!
 
Mickson said:
Yes, two billion. So you didn't have any arguments? I thought so.




Name a team that wins their league but isn't dominating their games and possession in general.




Not at all. Fergies teams dominated games. Carrick especially picked up every second ball. They had control. A bit like Klopp's team. Ole's doesn't have control.


Not at all. Fergies teams dominated games. Carrick especially picked up every second ball. They had control. A bit like Klopp's team. Ole's doesnät have control.


He has a generally weak SQUAD compared to how well they are performing. Very good first eleven but not much after that. Do they even have more than two fullbacks? Their midfield isn't even better than United's, yet we hear "Ole need better players!" and yes, they have two great attackers. Two. We have five keepers who are better than their second. Their center backs aren't anything special apart from Van Dijk, who has been injured all season. Klopp is a manager who gets everything out of his players, compared to Ole who doesn't. Their squad is worse than both Chelseas and Citys.




Someone doesn't agree with your vision - he's a troll! Learn football, then come back. I will be proven right, and you wrong.




Klopp had a playing style. Ole doesn't. Also, Ole is having one of the best squads in the league.




I just don't rate Ole. You can just read Michael Cox arguments, he isn't tactically clever enough. His set up is mostly poor. I can't even remember the last time we were great for 90 minutes. Happy xmas!
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I think his point is that you’ve inflated Ole’s spending by almost 10x :rolleyes:
 
We have been doing well so far this season in the PL after a terrible start. We need to keep this momentum especially on Saturday against Leicester. Ole needs to prove that he is good enough for Manchester United. That means he has to win a trophy and quickly and get us challenging for the PL this season.
Don't compare him to Klopp or Pep because even before they came to the PL they have already won the League in big leagues like La Liga and the Bundesliga.
 
alexthelion said:
If he had any facts, that is.
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Let's talk facts because every fact actually points to Ole not being good enough. So tell me, what's good enough? Losing to Seville in EL? Not progressing from the group stage in the CL? Coming sixth in the PL? Or third (which is, ironically, is maybe his biggest merit EVER) with the point tally that usually gives you a fifth or sixth position in the league. All this while playing counter-attacking football and sitting back at home against our city rivals only a couple of weeks ago.
 
Foxbatt said:
We have been doing well so far this season in the PL after a terrible start. We need to keep this momentum especially on Saturday against Leicester. Ole needs to prove that he is good enough for Manchester United. That means he has to win a trophy and quickly and get us challenging for the PL this season.
Don't compare him to Klopp or Pep because even before they came to the PL they have already won the League in big leagues like La Liga and the Bundesliga.
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No he doesn't. A trophy means nothing in the grand scheme of things. LvG and Jose won trophies but were out of their depth here and PSG hired Poch. Arteta won the FA Cup last season, and how did that work out for him?

We haven't gotten Top 4 in consecutive seasons once since Fergie retired. In what world do you expect a title challenge, irrespective of Covid? Lest we forget this summer's window was a letdown where the first XI was not strengthened at all, and pre season many were expecting us not to get Top 4 at all if we didn't get Sancho (a view which I did not and do not ascribe to).

Now people are saying we're title challengers? Settle down. The truth about this team and Ole is somewhat in between the excessive expectations and the massively harsh criticism they receive in the bad times.
 
Mickson said:
Let's talk facts because every fact actually points to Ole not being good enough. So tell me, what's good enough? Losing to Seville in EL? Not progressing from the group stage in the CL? Coming sixth in the PL? Or third (which is, ironically, is maybe his biggest merit EVER) with the point tally that usually gives you a fifth or sixth position in the league. All this while playing counter-attacking football and sitting back at home against our city rivals only a couple of weeks ago.
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I know it’s Xmas, and the season of good will and all that, but this stuff you’re coming out with is out of control. It’s littered with suppositions and fabrications presented as facts and, whilst I am replying to you, none of what you’re posting amounts to sensible argument.

Possibly you’re mis-remembering the good old days, which is understandable, but your view of how we’re currently playing seems very blinkered and one dimensional and is impossible to take seriously.
 
Lentwood said:
As a proud member of the “Ole in” brigade, I’m getting tired of seeing the same lazy criticisms of us/the manager gathering likes on the Caf and Twitter.

I wanted to address them all in one place, hopefully some fellow sensible supporters will be able to add their own arguments

1) “The love for Ole is all based on nostalgia and reverence for an ex-Red”

Not true. I’ve never seen a single argument from a pro-Ole supporter saying that he should remain in the job because he is an ex-player/club legend. This argument has been made up by the anti-Ole brigade, who have then proceeded to get angry at their own argument.
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These are what are known as straw man arguments - you phrase them the way you want to make them easier to knock down. For example what the Ole outers actually say is that people are more reluctant to call for Ole to quit because he is a popular ex-player, and he therefore acts as a human shield to Woodward and the Glazers while they plunder the club's wealth.

I won't go through the rest but there are more Straw Men and Aunt Sally's knocking about this thread than the Wurzel Gummidge Xmas Special.
 
big rons sovereign said:
2 billion? 2? Billion?
This post starts badly and goes downhill from there. I can only suggest a break from the keyboard as it appears to be warping your view somewhat.
I mean come on man, you're coming across as completely nuts.
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Mickson said:
Yes, two billion. So you didn't have any arguments? I thought so.
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Eriku said:
I think his point is that you’ve inflated Ole’s spending by almost 10x :rolleyes:
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Regardless of the other stuff, I have a feeling @Mickson isn't trying to claim Ole has spent 2 billion euros.

You're talking Krona or something aren't you?
 
Withnail said:
Regardless of the other stuff, I have a feeling @Mickson isn't trying to claim Ole has spent 2 billion euros.

You're talking Krona or something aren't you?
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Shrewd move. Converting to Ole’s native currency (kroner btw) comes across as Ole-positive, but simultaneously the krone has been tanking in recent years, and so it can help bolster a negative narrative.

Berry berry shrew.
 
Foxbatt said:
We have been doing well so far this season in the PL after a terrible start. We need to keep this momentum especially on Saturday against Leicester. Ole needs to prove that he is good enough for Manchester United. That means he has to win a trophy and quickly and get us challenging for the PL this season.
Don't compare him to Klopp or Pep because even before they came to the PL they have already won the League in big leagues like La Liga and the Bundesliga.
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Sorry - I dont understand ? In order to beat Liverpool and City - OGS has to be better than Klopp and Pep - much better as they had a clear headstart when the season started
 
alexthelion said:
Yet you want a supposedly weaker manager to win things in less time than "the best manager in the world".

Did you read what you've typed there? You expect a worse manager to win in a shorter time span? Really?
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No, he wants who he deems to be a better manager - who he deems being operative here. And that’s the whole issue with ole outers. like keeping your tinder profile after getting in a serious relationship.
 
rotherham_red said:
No he doesn't. A trophy means nothing in the grand scheme of things. LvG and Jose won trophies but were out of their depth here and PSG hired Poch. Arteta won the FA Cup last season, and how did that work out for him?

We haven't gotten Top 4 in consecutive seasons once since Fergie retired. In what world do you expect a title challenge, irrespective of Covid? Lest we forget this summer's window was a letdown where the first XI was not strengthened at all, and pre season many were expecting us not to get Top 4 at all if we didn't get Sancho (a view which I did not and do not ascribe to).

Now people are saying we're title challengers? Settle down. The truth about this team and Ole is somewhat in between the excessive expectations and the massively harsh criticism they receive in the bad times.
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This is Manchester United we are talking about. Not some small time club. We always expect to win. I am not going to accept mediocrity from anyone be it Ole, Jose or LVG or anyone else. They were sacked because we were not challenging and rightly so. Buying Sancho is not going to make much of a difference. This team is good enough to compete at least with Liverpool or any top club in the PL. We may not win the PL but for sure this team is good enough to be competing to with the PL. As for Covid, did it only effect Manchester United?
 
glazed said:
These are what are known as straw man arguments - you phrase them the way you want to make them easier to knock down For example what the Ole outers actually say is that people are more reluctant to call for Ole to quit because he is a popular ex-player, and he therefore acts as a human shield to Woodward and the Glazers while they plunder the club's wealth.
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Have you considered that people are reluctant to call for Ole to quit because they think he is doing a good job?

The point about the Glazers plundering our wealth makes no sense because it was arguably SAF who did more than any manager to facilitate the takeover. It was SAF who told fans who complained to “go and support Chelsea”, it was SAF who used the “no value in the market” line over and over again to excuse our lack of spending, it was SAF who oversaw a 6yr period between 2005 and 2010 where we had a POSITIVE net spend...

I don’t really know how you draw the conclusion that Ole is “facilitating the plundering of the club’s wealth” - there’s zero evidence to support that.

What do you call an argument where you make stuff up to support a conclusion you have already decided is correct?
 
Foxbatt said:
This is Manchester United we are talking about. Not some small time club. We always expect to win. I am not going to accept mediocrity from anyone be it Ole, Jose or LVG or anyone else. They were sacked because we were not challenging and rightly so. Buying Sancho is not going to make much of a difference. This team is good enough to compete at least with Liverpool or any top club in the PL. We may not win the PL but for sure this team is good enough to be competing to with the PL. As for Covid, did it only effect Manchester United?
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This team Ole is assembling and managing, although a work in progress, IS competing with Liverpool and IS in the mix for the PL title. Feels good doesn’t it?
 
Mickson said:
Yes, two billion. So you didn't have any arguments? I thought so.
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Mate, 200 million is not two billion.

Mickson said:
Name a team that wins their league but isn't dominating their games and possession in general.
Not at all. Fergies teams dominated games. Carrick especially picked up every second ball. They had control. A bit like Klopp's team. Ole's doesnät have control.
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No team dominates all their games. Liverpool last season, despite setting a points record had plenty of games where they barely scraped through. Possession counts for feck all really, its what you do with the ball that matters. Under LvG we usually had around 60% possession and yet had plenty of matches where we barely had a shot at goal

Mickson said:
He has a generally weak SQUAD compared to how well they are performing. Very good first eleven but not much after that. Do they even have more than two fullbacks? Their midfield isn't even better than United's, yet we hear "Ole need better players!" and yes, they have two great attackers. Two. We have five keepers who are better than their second. Their center backs aren't anything special apart from Van Dijk, who has been injured all season. Klopp is a manager who gets everything out of his players, compared to Ole who doesn't. Their squad is worse than both Chelseas and Citys.
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They have a great squad, better than City and to claim they are worse than Chelsea is absurd. Besides Silva (who is old as feck) i cant think of a single Chelsea player that would get into that Liverpool team
 
Bobcat said:
Mate, 200 million is not two billion.


No team dominates all their games. Liverpool last season, despite setting a points record had plenty of games where they barely scraped through. Possession counts for feck all really, its what you do with the ball that matters. Under LvG we usually had around 60% possession and yet had plenty of matches where we barely had a shot at goal


They have a great squad, better than City and to claim they are worse than Chelsea is absurd. Besides Silva (who is old as feck) i cant think of a single Chelsea player that would get into that Liverpool team
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I know, I meant in other currency. And for all who laughing, I would love to see them get all the things correct in a foreign language.

No, no team dominates ALL their games. But they dominate the MAJORITY of their games, say over 90%. The one thing the best teams in all the leagues have in common is that they generally have the most possession and dominates the majority of games.

I don't agree with that at all. They may have a better first eleven, but not a better squad. As I have stated before, they barely have any fullbacks. We cry that we don't have cover for AWB, Liverpool hasn't had a natural right-back for years. Origi has been their first choice from the bench for years. Also, their midfield, on paper, isn't that good even though it's their strongest part. If we had Jordan Henderson, he would be laughed at because he would be mediocre at United. Their reserve keeper is shit. No full back cover. Their center backs (without Van Dijk) isn't better than United's. They have two great strikers but Firminho, would he get on the Chelsea bench even? And he's the first choice at Liverpool. Sorry, but their squad isn't so strong.
 
Mickson said:
I know, I meant in other currency. And for all who laughing, I would love to see them get all the things correct in a foreign language.

No, no team dominates ALL their games. But they dominate the MAJORITY of their games, say over 90%. The one thing the best teams in all the leagues have in common is that they generally have the most possession and dominates the majority of games.

I don't agree with that at all. They may have a better first eleven, but not a better squad. As I have stated before, they barely have any fullbacks. We cry that we don't have cover for AWB, Liverpool hasn't had a natural right-back for years. Origi has been their first choice from the bench for years. Also, their midfield, on paper, isn't that good even though it's their strongest part. If we had Jordan Henderson, he would be laughed at because he would be mediocre at United. Their reserve keeper is shit. No full back cover. Their center backs (without Van Dijk) isn't better than United's. They have two great strikers but Firminho, would he get on the Chelsea bench even? And he's the first choice at Liverpool. Sorry, but their squad isn't so strong.
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Even 90% domination is a huge ask in such a competitive league. Again using Liverpool as an example, in 13 games last season they won with just one goal, so even as dominant as they were its not like they completely steamrolled every team they faced. Maybe you can get that in one team leagues like Bundesliga and Ligue 1, but not in the PL

TAA is a great RB, and its not like its very common to have quality cover in all positions. How do we have? Laird? Thiago and Fabinho are class and the likes of Henderson, Wijnaldum, Milner, Keita, Ox and Shaqiri range from very good to decent. Having a shit reserve keeper is not that big of an issue either.

Firminho gets slagged off a lot here because of his lacking output, but hes very good at enabling Salah/Mane so he plays his role well
 
Mickson said:
I know, I meant in other currency. And for all who laughing, I would love to see them get all the things correct in a foreign language.

No, no team dominates ALL their games. But they dominate the MAJORITY of their games, say over 90%. The one thing the best teams in all the leagues have in common is that they generally have the most possession and dominates the majority of games.

I don't agree with that at all. They may have a better first eleven, but not a better squad. As I have stated before, they barely have any fullbacks. We cry that we don't have cover for AWB, Liverpool hasn't had a natural right-back for years. Origi has been their first choice from the bench for years. Also, their midfield, on paper, isn't that good even though it's their strongest part. If we had Jordan Henderson, he would be laughed at because he would be mediocre at United. Their reserve keeper is shit. No full back cover. Their center backs (without Van Dijk) isn't better than United's. They have two great strikers but Firminho, would he get on the Chelsea bench even? And he's the first choice at Liverpool. Sorry, but their squad isn't so strong.
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Which currency? And why the feck would you use an unnamed currency other than pounds on this forum?

For the record, I laughed at you, and am currently writing in my second language. Own your mistakes and stop deflecting.
 
Eriku said:
Which currency? And why the feck would you use an unnamed currency other than pounds on this forum?

For the record, I laughed at you, and am currently writing in my second language. Own your mistakes and stop deflecting.
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I don't know about the rest but I generally think in Euros not pounds, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same for a lot of people who thinks in their own country currencies and have to make a conscious effort to translate it in pounds.
 
JPRouve said:
I don't know about the rest but I generally think in Euros not pounds, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same for a lot of people who thinks in their own country currencies and have to make a conscious effort to translate it in pounds.
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You’re talking to an international forum, though. Do you really think it makes sense for people to just post up their figures in local currencies? The transfer forum littered with numbers that could be euros, pounds, Norwegian kroner, Swedish kroner, Danish kroner, rupees, dollars, what have you?

Makes absolutely no fecking sense. Euros and pounds get used on here a lot, but they usually state the currency if it’s in euros. I’ve never seen fees pertaining to United given in any other currency.

Just comes across as a lame defence to me.
 
Eriku said:
You’re talking to an international forum, though. Do you really think it makes sense for people to just post up their figures in local currencies? The transfer forum littered with numbers that could be euros, pounds, Norwegian kroner, Swedish kroner, Danish kroner, rupees, dollars, what have you?

Makes absolutely no fecking sense. Euros and pounds get used on here a lot, but they usually state the currency if it’s in euros. I’ve never seen fees pertaining to United given in any other currency.

Just comes across as a lame defence to me.
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He admitted a mistake, leave it at that.
 
Eriku said:
No he didn’t :lol:
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I'm pretty sure that he did in the first paragraph of the post you quoted, at least it was his way of doing it. No need to get your blood pressure that high. :D
 
JPRouve said:
I'm pretty sure that he did in the first paragraph of the post you quoted, at least it was his way of doing it. No need to get your blood pressure that high. :D
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Someone corrects him, he says he knows and that it was in another currency, before lamely claiming language difficulties. In no way is that him admitting a mistake.

My blood pressure is fine, I’m just bemused by the lengths people will go to rather than admit that they’ve made a mistake or failed at making themselves clear.
 
Eriku said:
Someone corrects him, he says he knows and that it was in another currency, before lamely claiming language difficulties. In no way is that him admitting a mistake.

My blood pressure is fine, I’m just bemused by the lengths people will go to rather than admit that they’ve made a mistake or failed at making themselves clear.
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I counted in another currency, and when several reacted I looked it up. That's why "I knew" when he wrote. You should learn a thing or two about how language works, but I guess it's hard when you are sitting on your high Norwegian horse.
 
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