RTG

That is very true as I recall it. It became apparent to me quite quickly what was happening. The persons responsible for turning what was the best thread in quite sometime into what it ended up being should be ashamed, as should those in positions of responsibility for sitting idly by and allowing it all to unravel. It would seem short term gains for increased traffic were more important than the long term good of the board as a whole. Since, I would guess, midsummer last year the board has been declining at an alarming rate, to the point where Roger felt it necessary to make a plea for common sense to prevail. Whilst this appeared to have some effect, it proved to be short lived. The usual suspects have reverted to type. As I stated earlier it’s a damn shame that what was arguably the best football forum in the country has become what it is now.

 

Spot on this. The board is slowly deteriorating into a racist, xenophobic mess with cliques immediately pouncing on anything whatsoever.

13 years I spent on there and the last two years were terrible. My account has been deleted and I will not return.
The trolls won

 

It’s awful to read that. To think that a handful of people can drive out posters such as yourself is deplorable. Unless firm action is taken I can see a time in the not too distant future when the SMB and PF in particular becomes an echo chamber unless firm action is taken to prevent it.

 

I did report what was happening but nothing was done. The same posters who hounded hank, did the same to myself.

I don’t need the hassle but sadly it appears some have followed onto here. To be seen how things go.

I will add the vast majority of posters we’re fine and no problem but wading through 50 to 60 alerts per day of abuse is not my idea of fun

 

Nor mine. And I don’t blame you for leaving after all that. Hopefully the moderators on here are more robust if as you say some of that type of poster is now over here.

 

Give it time they will appear on here soon enough. Just for their info on ignore over here as well but vent your spleens trolls

 

From what I’ve read their time here may well be brief. I hope so anyway.

 

How dare you insinuate that we might like 'them'

Have you not noticed anything that we've done to look after this board

We do our best

 

It was not my intention to suggest that you were anything like them. If that is how my post came across I unreservedly apologise. I’ve not been on this message board long enough to gauge how you deal with inappropriate, personally insulting, or blatant WUM posts. Only what I’ve occasionally come across, which is to say that you do not gladly suffer fools, which is very good news. My experience on here so far has me pleasantly surprised and for that you are to be congratulated. It will go a long way to prevent this forum ending up the way the other one is heading at a rate of knots.

 

Who was the poster on there that used to post early morning because he lived abroad somewhere. Very friendly bloke that got in with everyone. No particular reason for asking but I don’t remember reading his posts for ages.
My account over there was deleted at my request.

 

burchmackem?

 

clem young

 

No mate

aye that’s him. Cheers

 

The site is absolutely toxic and should be closed. It is so damaging to the image of us as fans.

 

Aye then all the numpties will come here

 

It amazes me the amount of 'keyboard commandos' - they are very good at camouflaging themselves, think that SD and CM should be their glove puppets.

 

Whereby they can be managed

 

Unless the useless mods get on board too

 

Eh !
That sounds like you think that the mods could come over and automatically be mods here, Hank, or at least they'd have some sort of influence

We'd better batten down the hatches

 

You can't rule anything out marra