BensGrandad
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I think that you have to accept that majority was just terminology and not meant to be actually fact.
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I think that you have to accept that majority was just terminology and not meant to be actually fact.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
It's not agreement we're talking about really, it's the overall sentiment of the fan base. I think people would have to deluded to not agree that:
1. The majority on NSC are unhappy with the current recruitment activity
2. The number of NSC IS a good sample of all Albion fans, from a stats perspective.
It's whether it's a truly representative sample that's in question.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
Well-known member
The vast majority of those who felt the urge to respond to the poll. Yes.
Just checked. 198 people.
In depth then.
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Oh I dunno BG i’d Say you do count ..as regards to how well they are doing their job ..will you be judging that on who they sign (or don’t) or when they sign them
LamieRobertson
Not awoke
Aye that’s a fair point
I think this is a bit of a stretch. The same recruitment team that brought in Pascal Gross, Shane Duffy, Anthony Knockaert, Matt Ryan, Glen Murray etc.... I think the recruitment teams overall hit to miss ratio is blooming fantastic.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
Well-known member
But it's really not.
I'll say it again. The angry shout loudest.
This is like when people say "twitter reacted furiously". No....the angry people who can be arsed to go on the internet and rage at their keyboard reacted furiously.
Also 198 people responded to that poll. Is that the majority of NSC? Genuine question. I have no idea how many users there are.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Bozza has said there are thousands on Nsc, so not even 10%.
You're right, the angry ones do make the most noise. It reminds of kids when told they have to be patient and wait. Oh, but everyone else is getting one. It's not fair.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
And to illustrate my point... the poll about how we feel about the transfer window so far has the following results:
10/10 -- 15 votes 7.5%
9 ----- 0 votes 0%
8 ------ 1 vote 0.5%
7 ------- 0 votes 0%
6 ------- 2 votes 1%
5 ------- 3 votes 1.5%
4 ------- 4 votes 2%
3 ------- 15 votes 7.5%
2 ------- 21 votes 10.5%
1 ------- 137 votes 69.5%
Seems like NSC isn't happy. Is 198 votes significant?
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
That's the key... is 198 significant? Is it at all representative?
GT49er
Well-known member
He may not know what each of those 22,000 is thinking, but to suggest a majority of fans are not as content as the club with striker progress is not an unreasonable hypothesis.
It's a bit like just judging a result a half time. Lets see where we are at full time in the transfer window. I for one have been very impressed with the recruitment team over the last few years.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
Well-known member
See, to me, we haven't lost any players who we desperately wanted to keep. By default, that can't be a '1', i.e the worst possible score available.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
It depends on your expectations I suppose. It would seem that there's a mix of people expecting more, sooner in this window and a degree of non-objective voting (emotional).
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
That's the key, expectations.
Straight from the press conference
https://twitter.com/AndyNaylorArgus/status/953991801907699712
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Not really.
The pissed off are probably more likely to vote
Certain users are excluded from voting (tapatalk for example)
Representative of fans in general or NSC members ?
How many non-fans (Palace trolls ?) voted ?
Window isn’t closed yet so many will be waiting to judge the outcome (accepting poll is ‘so far’ though so asking for a judgement now). Probably in part explains the low voting numbers
Nixonator
Well-known member
I don't remember 'responding angrily' to any thread on here regarding the transfer window, yet I voted for it being a horrendously shit thus far on the basis that we screwed up the last one, and I and many friends felt we would get business done early. Doesn't mean to say it will end up that way.
Really hate this vocal minority crap, especially when in reference to a bloody poll where many are silent voters.
Johnny RoastBeef
These aren't the players you're looking for.
- Jan 11, 2016
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Does somebody need a cuddle?
The vast majority of fans are more than content, we remember where we came from and how bad things can get. What we have now is more than we could of dreamed of 20 years ago. So what if we don't get sign everyone we go after? If that's what you want in a football club then I am sure Real Madrid would be more to your liking.
Jog on mi amigo.
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
Well-known member
The point about "anger" isn't vocal though so please don't take it as that.
My point is, those who feel strongly about a subject are much more likely to vote than those who don't feel strongly.
I'm not concerned at all by the lack of signing this window, but I didn't bother to click on that poll and register that fact as, actually, people getting angry about something I'm not bothered about is not particularly engaging reading for me.
Now, if I WAS feeling aggrieved about the window then I probably would have opened that poll and voted 1/10 to represent this. Disappointment/annoyance are far stronger triggers than 'meh'