So long folks

So long folks, it was good while it lasted. no interest in main soccer forum. To many wind up merchant looking to get a rise..

i don't want to play with the bigger boys

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Right, it seems the general consensus is we need our own forum. I've got the IT knowledge to setup and admin one on a server, I just need the support. PM if you're interested in getting something going.

TBH a Facebook group would be much better for what your looking for, you would get much better interaction.
The day of private forums are numbered IMHO.
Maybe there already is a Irish Spurs Supporters FaceBook group already I'm not sure.

I'm a member of an Irish Liverpool Supporters group and it is great for getting advise for tickets/away days/travel etc.

I freind of mine is a member of a Man U and it is the same for them

Patww79 wrote: »

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Yep a lot more would than have forum accounts I would imagine.
I'm also a member of a homebrew forum and a hombrew Facebook group, the level of engagement is far greater on the Facebook page.

If I asked a question on the forum it could take days before I get a meaninful response (bit like boards where you usually get about 10 smart alack replies first)

If I ask a question on my Facebook group I will get multiple meaningful relies within and hour

What a stupid decision.

What's going on here?

On the app so don't see the so called stickies

Never mind, don't need stickies to work it out.

For those who can't stand the main soccer forum, the fantasy football forum has lots of decent, knowledgeable folks more than happy to discuss football matters in a civilised manner.

Ah balls,too many arseholes on the main football forum. The Man Utd and Liverpool fans will probably try and turn our thread into one of their usual pathetic arguments :rolleyes:

This is a very active forum with a wide variety of posters. No logic in shutting it down.

Dont like the "No discussion allowed" proclamation either. Why not? Why cant there be an open discussion on a discussion board about a decision like this.

Been on boards since it launched but getting tired of the facist style of moderation that has developed in recent years where decisions cant even have reasoned debate.

The soccer forum is a joke and always has been. Its a Man U / Liverpool mickey fest. Every game comes back to those two teams. It bears no relation to actual football discussion.

Good luck, i'm out

Beasty wrote: »

Sorry you feel that way guys. Don't want to turn this into any discussion of the decision to close the forum. I would though like to think the main Soccer forum has improved over recent years. Again it's not something to discuss here, but why not at least give it a go?

Consider me a user lost. I only used boards for this Spurs forum.

I don't understand why all clubs don't have a private forum. People who want to chat in the public football forums will always do that. While there is also a different kind of supporter who just wants to discuss topics in a constructive manner with like-minded football fans (i.e. other Spurs supporters).

peteeeed wrote: »

i don't want to play with the bigger boys

This type of response is the exact reason nobody wants to post in that hell hole of a forum. It is full of children like this particular poster.

I shall not be contributing in there unless people need help with tickets. Enjoyed the chat here over the last 10 years.

I don't own this website so I've little enough right to complain about the decisions that are made about it's running, but it strikes me that if you're trying to maintain something worthwhile about boards then a decision to close down an active and thriving subgroup which has developed as a community is counterproductive.

The decision is one thing, the discussion-free method is another. Thanks for the offer to discuss this in private but no thanks, if you've so little respect for your contributors that you want them to grovel in private you don't really deserve their efforts in any way.

I've hardly posted on boards in about a year, partly because the real world got a lot realer, and partly because the decisions that have been made about the running of the site have grated on me. This is yet another dunder-headed move that will please only the serial whiners on the soccer forum.

Thanks to everyone who I've met or conversed with over the years, you know where to find me if you want.

therecklessone wrote: »

I don't own this website so I've little enough right to complain about the decisions that are made about it's running, but it strikes me that if you're trying to maintain something worthwhile about boards then a decision to close down an active and thriving subgroup which has developed as a community is counterproductive.

The decision is one thing, the discussion-free method is another. Thanks for the offer to discuss this in private but no thanks, if you've so little respect for your contributors that you want them to grovel in private you don't really deserve their efforts in any way.

I've hardly posted on boards in about a year, partly because the real world got a lot realer, and partly because the decisions that have been made about the running of the site have grated on me. This is yet another dunder-headed move that will please only the serial whiners on the soccer forum.

Thanks to everyone who I've met or conversed with over the years, you know where to find me if you want.

And meanwhile Snowboarding is still there if anyone wants to discuss anything... Most posts were in 2013 tho ....

And , "PM to discuss "..... :mad:
Moderation should be moderate, not definitive !!!!

Ridiculous ..... 2nd post on the Soccer page was a slag/joke ?

daveyeh wrote: »

Watch a decent sport.

But im sure there is a great reason to close our Forum down......
but they just wont tell us.......

Anyone know if the Spurs Club shop sells Spurs Snowboards ??

GavRedKing wrote: »

The Chelsea group is being closed too, granted its a LOT less active, theres only been 200 odd posts this year, compared to 2,300 in this forum but theres a reason for that, all the Chelsea fan are over in the Soccer Forum already.

IMO, its pointless having 2 sub-groups that can be easily accommodated in the main forum, especially on a forum like Boards where debate and interacting with others is what keeps the community going.

Nobody is being forced to use the forum either, I counted 60 users in the Chelsea group, 59 have access to Soccer already and probably a good 20-25 post regularly enough in the main forum as it is.

Does it matter what the contributors to the forum actually think? Sounds like a couple of mods made this decision to suit themselves

slegs wrote: »

Does it matter what the contributors to the forum actually think? Sounds like a couple of mods made this decision to suit themselves

Well I'm assuming (could be wrong) its too move the two football "private" forums under the Sports category and into the Soccer Forum.

Its not a Mod decision either, its happened at Admin/Office level.

Theres nothing stopping Spurs fans just posting inside their own thread in Soccer too, plenty of fans stay exclusively within their own threads and dont bother with the Match threads which can be a bit heated, or other teams threads too because it doesnt offer them anything. I dont go into the Celtc thread, for example, it serves my no purpose, unless we were linked with a player and I was looking for some knowledge or opinions.