He was certainly stubborn. Whether refusing to listen to another point of view precludes the existence of intellect, I'm not sure.
Not so much a refusal as an inability, born of the conditions I pointed out before. Twitter seems ideal as it's essentially millions of people shouting from their own rooftop, rather than the more tranquil and gentlemanly Stammtisch that is AWIMB.
imo.
"Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.
"But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."