ManDee

Your know the rest:)?

the troll is back

Hey TGR let's move on, you probably picked the wrong word and I am a pedantic protuberance.

I empathise with a fellow Melbourne supporter for I have traveled the same road.

Empathy and Sympathy Writers often confuse empathy and sympathy. These two words are similar in meaning, but they are not the same. If you use the wrong one, you will either change the meaning of your sentence or be spotted as someone who doesn't know the difference. EmpathyThe noun empathy denotes the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. This ability usually derives from having shared the same, or a similar, experience. For example, you can have empathy for a poor person if you are, or were, poor. More examples: I have empathy for your problem. I've been there. Empathy is at the heart of the actor's art. (Meryl Streep) The great gift of human beings is that we have the power of empathy. (also Meryl Streep) Friendship is a living thing that lasts only as long as it is nourished with kindness, empathy and understanding. (anon) The corresponding verb is to empathize: I can empathize with you. I've been there. He will empathize with you. He managed the same department for ten years. SympathyThe noun sympathy denotes feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune. For example: You have my utmost sympathy. You trained like a demon for that race. I would like to extend my sympathy to your son. I'm very sorry to hear of the death of his goldfish. The corresponding verb is to sympathize: The vicar will sympathize with you. She knows how hard you trained. (There is no suggestion the vicar has trained hard herself (that would be empathize not sympathize). As a result, the preposition with does not feel right with to sympathize because sympathizing usually means you haven't experienced the bad event yourself. With seems a better fit for empathize. However, it is used with both verbs.) Sympathy is not always about feelings of pity and sorrow. It can also mean to understand or to agree with. It carries a connotation of not full support. For example: It's hard not to have sympathy with their claims. It's clear from her inaction that she sympathizes with their cause. Read more at http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/empathy_sympathy.htm#6ri7uhq2AdHtfBJ5.99

TGR is online now. Was that a poor choice of words?

Fair point. You are very generous, I slip straight into moral outrage. That puts a different light on the post. Edit: I tend to take the written word literally. Perhaps I should consider intent in future. How does one presume intent?.

When I first wrote that I typed if. When I re read it I thought it too negative. I accept your point on severity of illness and did not mean to downplay it.

Read the first sentence. "Let me preface this by the fact that most of us have no empathy with bonefide mental illness." This is stated as fact not opinion. His view or opinion is "As I said before, my view is that Clark will play for Fremantle in latter 2015.

Mitch Clark ✔ @MitchClark11 My heart will always beat true. Thank you for all your support. http://instagram.com/p/mkcbjDpm7V/ Retweeted by Melbourne FC You know, I don't think he would risk starting at a new club with his issues. He is still in Melbourne. He gas not gone back to WA. When he gets his head back together, if he wanted to play I would guess that he would stick with the Dees. This is pure conjecture but I think more likely and less risky for Mitch.

What is the basis of your declaration of fact? You appear to make grandiose statements with little or no knowledge. I think the start of your second sentience says it all. How would Clark get to Fremantle? Would he declare for the draft? Would no other side entertain picking him? I think we have another troll TGR. (acronym - troll gets response)

I like your quote re Sean Wight. He was born in Scotland moved to England when he was 10 and trialed for Fulham soccer club. An all Australian 1987 and hall off fame member and played 150 games for us. He would have won the golden fist. Peggy, we won't forget Sean.

But what about those socks?

stupidee?

You are more of a diplomat that me. Whats with the socks?

So the alternative is .... stupidity?

In the past I organised a squash competition. My equalisation system was to take a quality player from the top side and swap them for a struggling player in the bottom side. It worked. Something like that could work in the AFL

Consider this. Mitch Clark makes a claim through Workcover for injuries and illness resulting from his employment at the MFC. He would be well within his rights to continue to be paid for the term of his contract. Further he could make claims for long term losses to income resulting from those injuries/illness. Has Mitch Clark done this? NO. He has honorably and in my opinion bravely retired. What angrydemon is paid is irrelevant and is more to do with his obvious abilities or lack thereof.

What interest? Are you going by the rubbish peddled by the newspapers? Or the leaks from his player manager? This is a fishing exercise. Nothing to see here your worship.

If English is a second language to you I apologise. You have an amazing ability to make illogical, irrational and ignorant comments totally illegible.

Could you proof read and use correct punctuation. I have trouble understanding what you are writing about. And when/if I do understand it seems to be mainly angry drivel.

What the F? You are very sad angrydemons, you don't understand that Mitch is ill. This is not his fault and he is not in control of his illness at the moment. Do you have any idea how hard it would be to quit a job paying approx $800k pa with no alternative income in sight?

I disagree about having to wait 3 years for improvement. Early picks can have good first seasons. Daniel Rich. Oliver Wines David Swallow Dustin Martin. Mature bodies. I do not disagree with the principle however that a PP should be traded.

I thought the same thing.

Brian Lake took a pay cut to go to Hawthorn. I cannot see them paying more for Frawley than Hogde Mitchell & Roughhead get. I would swap Frawley for a #2 pick in the draft like Josh Kelly.