It's a master stroke by the OP, tbf. A trap that the Kopite imposters have fallen right into. 15 of them so far. That's a fair sized problem on one forum.
It was a little trappy (I am not entirely opposed to traps as my "late night" hard-drive will attest). That said I am fairly staggered at 48 (basically the same total as City ... we really do not like City).
I don't believe I can retroactively change it to public (nor should I really -- if Modz want to make that decision [or look at it privately] that's their call) -- if people want to defend their choice they can post in the thread. I can see someone having that opinion (sick dad a RS or something) and not wanting to go through the inquisition of publicly admitting the fact.
I don't doubt some RS might vote as a wind-up although in their heads we *should* want them to win. Us wanting them to lose is what makes us so "bitter" (in their warped minds). The fact we have a poll where them winning is basically tied with City completely goes against their "they'd rather lose the CL and cost us the title than make the CL and hand us the title" BS rhetoric.
Makes me laugh how the op dropped this [Poor language removed] bomb of a thread and hasn't been seen since
Once you roll the live grenade into the room you don't stick around to experience the explosion. That said it wasn't entirely designed as a popcorn secret RS trap ... it IS a topic I think we are (for obvious reasons) trying to avoid thinking or talking about. I know it was something I didn't want to think or talk about that much ... which is why I thought I/we should talk about it. I'm not going to out anyone (and none of them are, to my knowledge, forum members) ... but I know Evertonians who have privately admitted some new strange feelings ... but yes Tubey while they may have been born in Liverpool but they don't live there now which makes a big difference.
I don't want the RS to win personally BUT there is a "Vulcan" side of me which has a belief: that belief is that the Prem is so out of control with money and such a closed shop that nobody but a billion pound team can win. I've argued this fact with some of you. Now the RS are rich so it's not exactly Swansea winning ... but as I said in OP they finished below us two years on the bounce and their squad seems fairly attainable. Assuming we could get Rom with CL (big ask I know) I don't look at their team and see anything we couldn't match. They may be stronger in some spots and we are stronger in others but they didn't all cost 50m ... if all our young players stick with us and develop as we hope (and we get some good new additions) we would be better than they are now.
I don't believe anyone but the obvious can win the Prem and they aren't the obvious ... so logically it would change how I see this game in the modern era to some extent and potentially signal that my boss team of blues could win the title too.
That said ... it's still a hideous nightmare that grates harshly against everything I have ever thought or believed ... so Chelsea I guess?
The star is above city, tho i guess thats not much proof as it can be edited (not that I have)
