a little birdie...Torres et al...

[The Fixer]

have been watching this forum that some "long term posters" don't take kindly to "newbies" posting comments of any kind, It isn't a very welcoming place.
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correct... I've been here a long time and still feel like a newbie.

I'm an agent. God's honest truth.

Yourself?

You registered under the fa then razor?

 

[RazorH]

I'm an agent. God's honest truth.

Yourself?

estate or showbiz

Secret.

D'oh!

 

[rice10]

You cant ban someone for asking questions surely?! I know sometimes it can come accross as an attack but I bet there is plenty of people on here who want to know the answers to the questions some of these so called "ITK hounders" pose.

I have just gone back and had a look at the original post and it seems that Dzeko is our main target over Balotelli is this still the case? has Tolmie even mentioned Balotelli on here in any of his posts?

 

[The Fixer]

He's not a journo

 

[YCNMIU]

The ITK protectors are the biggest problem, I agree.

People have a right to post even the most ridiculous or unlikely transfer rumours.
People have a right to respond with their opinion on the validity of these rumours.
People DO NOT have a right to tell people what they should think.

FACT.

-- Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:14 pm --



But Mr.De Niro, people get banned, even if they are civil, simply for expressing the opinion that the transfer rumour is bull**** or that in their opinion the ITKer is not ITK.

Which leaves people, such as myself, tending to think that the entire reason that the ITKers are protected in this way is to protect the site traffic.

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But Mr.De Niro, people get banned, even if they are civil, simply for expressing the opinion that the transfer rumour is bull**** or that in their opinion the ITKer is not ITK.

so why dont these so called doubters after they have said that the rumour is bullshit then go on to explain why its bullshit ??

having an opinion that "you think" its bullshit with nothing to back up your opinion is what gets up peoples noses..

It starts slanging matches...nowt else..the ITK's do have good info that they cannot prove because of their position but they do have good previous track records so their info should be taken in good faith that its more than not true..

By the same measure, why arent the ITK's censured when their ITKage does not come to pass ? And why arent ITKers bound to give any back-up to their claims ?

To be completely fair to TH, I don't really have a problem with his claims, only the fact that they are so bloody general & abstract, a case of talking often but not really saying anything.

The real 'look at me' ITK poster is Ajay, IMO, but I think that his claims are generally being treated with the scepticism that they merit (not saying that he is a complete bullsh**ter, but he has a tendency to exaggerate his ITKness).

The real thing is that people do have a right to question the ITKers, or to pull them up when things do not come to pass (take the last Monday or Tuesday claim) without being banned as long as they do it civilly, and without having clueless ITK protectors (who, lets face it, know no more on an ITK posts validity than the person who criticises it) claiming that they are a rag, or that they should stop posting or that they do not have the right to lick the shoes of the ITKer.

 

[The Fixer]

You cant ban someone for asking questions surely?! I know sometimes it can come accross as an attack but I bet there is plenty of people on here who want to know the answers to the questions some of these so called "ITK hounders" pose.

I have just gone back and had a look at the original post and it seems that Dzeko is our main target over Balotelli is this still the case? has Tolmie even mentioned Balotelli on here in any of his posts?

Perhaps the questions could have been asked via a pm?

 

[RandyBlue]

estate or showbiz

Secret.

D'oh!

Ah, bless, a totally inept attempt at being endearing.

 

[RazorH]

He's not a journo

Absolutely not a journo, although it was my first love mate.

Whether anyone chooses to believe it or not, I'm 100% City and I don't know why anyone would think I wasn't.

I am surrounded by rags though - probably more than most of you ;-)

 

[RandyBlue]

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But Mr.De Niro, people get banned, even if they are civil, simply for expressing the opinion that the transfer rumour is bull**** or that in their opinion the ITKer is not ITK.

so why dont these so called doubters after they have said that the rumour is bullshit then go on to explain why its bullshit ??

having an opinion that "you think" its bullshit with nothing to back up your opinion is what gets up peoples noses..

It starts slanging matches...nowt else..the ITK's do have good info that they cannot prove because of their position but they do have good previous track records so their info should be taken in good faith that its more than not true..

By the same measure, why arent the ITK's censured when their ITKage does not come to pass ? And why arent ITKers bound to give any back-up to their claims ?

To be completely fair to TH, I don't really have a problem with his claims, only the fact that they are so bloody general & abstract, a case of talking often but not really saying anything.

The real 'look at me' ITK poster is Ajay, IMO, but I think that his claims are generally being treated with the scepticism that they merit (not saying that he is a complete bullsh**ter, but he has a tendency to exaggerate his ITKness).

The real thing is that people do have a right to question the ITKers, or to pull them up when things do not come to pass (take the last Monday or Tuesday claim) without being banned as long as they do it civilly, and without having clueless ITK protectors (who, lets face it, know no more on an ITK posts validity than the person who criticises it) claiming that they are a rag, or that they should stop posting or that they do not have the right to lick the shoes of the ITKer.

Sigh. Calv, there are other topics, young man. Try posting on them before you're banned for good.

 

[blueinsa]

It's one thing asking legitamate questions and nobody minds that.

The problem is that it often decends in to childish remarks/sarcasm.

Manners cost nothing and people that post should do so as if they were talking to the guy face to face.

Very easy to get carried away with the anonymity that the inetrnet provides.