Fans Comment
POP Quiz Instructions: Choose A or B: 1) Wayne Rooney
2) Everton Team of the 80s
3) David Moyes
4) Bill Kenwright
5) Style over substance
So did you go for mostly A or B? All A's, not a lot of B's? Or vice versa? Maybe the great people of ToffeeWeb will turn this into a survey, and the thoughts and feelings of the majority of Evertonians will be known. Not like there is a game for 2 weeks; I for one would get on board on either side if that was the thinking of the vast majority of EVERTONIANS. Bob Roberts Responses: Er... ToffeeWeb person speaking here: nice idea, and interesting juxtapositions... but I can't quite grasp the point you are trying to make — if there is one. While there is gross exaggeration on each side to make your contrasting points, there are elements of truth, or the perception of reality in each of your Pop Quiz options. So where does that leave us? Yes, you may have done well to encompass the general spectrum of populist thinking, but I think where this falls down is the attempt to categorize these into a polarizing A or B selection. Not that anyone will be interested, but the things I believe are shaded grey. I see no real pattern, but I suspect most people will be equally divided, and could add their own statements on either side. Is that the point you are trying to get across? That anyone's view of proceedings to date can be cast as positive or negative — helped if you state it strong enough, exaggerate just a little, and and throw in a few unsubstantiated folk legends for good measure? I think the path to understanding is somewhere in the middle, weaving a tortuous path between understatement and hyperbole. Ultimately between the positive and the negative. It's obviously not easy to do because of the desire to perpetrate misinformation on either side of the debate. I can't claim that we steer that middle path... but we try. Now... let's figure out how we make this into a fun little quiz for the fans...
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