so what do we do?

[LongsightM13]

In the Transfer Forum especially, everyone should read their post before they send it.
Then read it again.
Then count to 10.
Then ask themselves 'Do I really want to say that?'.
Only if the answer is yes, should you press submit.

This applies to the Tolmie believers, the Tolmie sceptics — and Tolmie himself, along with the mods.
I always enjoy the summer madness in here, and don't doubt Tolmie's got contacts. But I agree with others that there should be no 'sacred cows' or special treatment.
Likewise, there is no need for abuse and the CoC already covers that. But I didn't see any real personal abuse yesterday. If there was. bans would have been handed out. They haven't.
There was some heated questioning of an unequivocal statement, albeit some own it was sailing close to the edge — especially from one poster in particular, whose debut on the board was attempted ticket touting and who since then insisted Skrtel was a done deal weeks ago.
But i Tolmie drops a genuine bollock, he should have shoulders broad enough to accept a bit of flak without the annual wobbling of the bottom lip and a dramatic flounce off the board.
And lets face facts here, Tolmie dropped a bollock yesterday, posting 'there will be an arrival today' — coincidentally, a bit after Alan Nixon of the Mirror tweeted something similar and then put a story on the Mirror website. And then going on to say the fee quoted for Sinclair was wrong, would be more like £5m.
You can see why some people were asking questions when it didn't happen — especially as this was a very unequivocal statement for Tolmie, given his usual propensity for intrigue.
Let's face it. We are all a bit frustrated with how this summer has gone. I'm sure Roberto feels worse than we do.
But let's count to 10 before losing our rag among ourselves, insulting others — or stamping our feet and slamming the door as we storm out.

 

[meeesh]

The abuse was naff all. I love Mancini and appreciate is work with us, I even named my dog after him. I have a reservation over his ability to work alongside players he dislikes and how we cast they away. Not a problem here but at other clubs I am sure he would have to work with them or at least try to for a longer period. I got called a rag, despicably I must add. I was accused of being a an alias for some Billy guy and also for HOMESLICE. Bang out if order, I asked mods to check ips to prove I wasn't these people and they did fuck all yet they protect TH.

FBloke gets a torrent of abuse and recieves no protection as somebody else said. Why so precious about Tolmie? I like TH but his cryptic clues open him up for such abuse. Vague posts about players who fo the heart thing, everyone Bale and he meant Alacantra. Whhy not 2 vids like a Flamenco dance and then the Heart video? Hazard was way off and we pulled out week before Chelsea signed him yet we were told we were right in for him. I'm not knocking TH but I will say he jumps the gun by posting premature info. We've been linked with Muller, Lowandowski, Alacantra, Cheick Tiote (Cheick he posted before), RVP and were told Bombs were imminent. Little has happened and yet mods scratch their heads why people are sceptical and frustrated. Yet again I reaffirm TH is a sound poster by my reckoning but if he was on the pull and his efforts so far were to go by then he'd be going by himself with his right hand looking very attractive.

Let's not forget TH is only as good as his source btw, any personal attacks show lack of intellect in looking at the bigger picture. City are running a tight ship now and maybe TH 'bulletproof info' (Damocles said) has become blank info and info intended to b leaked with half truths to throw sent off.

As for transfers, I predict a frenzy as window closes, across the board too.

i'd like to think all posters in the transfer forum are "protected" but thats as it should be for any poster on any forum. if fbloke or anyone else posts a rumour he should not be abused(a liitle strong that word) and belittled. its just gossip and that has to be embraced by the members. its no biggy if a player ends up going elsewhere. i dont like th vids either, maybe cos i'm wooden and can't follow them, i do however understand he can't name names at certain points of negotiations.
i do agree that the mods have been lax in the weaning out the nasty posts, i know i have. i hope to improve on that.

Sound

 

[NipHolmes]

The abuse was naff all. I love Mancini and appreciate is work with us, I even named my dog after him. I have a reservation over his ability to work alongside players he dislikes and how we cast they away. Not a problem here but at other clubs I am sure he would have to work with them or at least try to for a longer period. I got called a rag, despicably I must add. I was accused of being a an alias for some Billy guy and also for HOMESLICE. Bang out if order, I asked mods to check ips to prove I wasn't these people and they did fuck all yet they protect TH.

FBloke gets a torrent of abuse and recieves no protection as somebody else said. Why so precious about Tolmie? I like TH but his cryptic clues open him up for such abuse. Vague posts about players who fo the heart thing, everyone thinks Bale and he meant Alacantra. Whhy not 2 vids like a Flamenco dance and then the Heart video? Hazard was way off and we pulled out week before Chelsea signed him yet we were told we were right in for him. I'm not knocking TH but I will say he jumps the gun by posting premature info. We've been linked with Muller, Lowandowski, Alacantra, Cheick Tiote (Cheick he posted before), RVP and were told Bombs were imminent. Little has happened and yet mods scratch their heads why people are sceptical and frustrated. Yet again I reaffirm TH is a sound poster by my reckoning but if he was on the pull and his efforts so far were to go by then he'd be going by himself with his right hand looking very attractive.

Let's not forget TH is only as good as his source btw, any personal attacks show lack PF intellect in looking at the bigger picture.

Could you point me in the right direction as to what fbloke has been proven correct with, ref City transfers.

I'm not at liberty to point at fuck all as I don't follow his Twitter and nor do I believe him. But as success goes so far this window TH is hardly walking on water is he so could you please point me towards his success. Fact is a forum is where you share opinions, some will be agreed with and some won't. Nobodys opinion is better than anybody else's unless factually incorrect. We all deserve equal protection and all deserve to not have personal abuse. FBloke gets hammered yet TH gets shielded, I don't see how that's fair and nor do I see how that's correct. FBloke is a attention whore imo but his efforts are bound by affection for club. Those who hammer him need to understand he's a fan with a good heart.

The rule to gauge he an TH is De Rossi. FBloke reckons its on and TH reckons no chance. Which way it goes helps decipher who deserves more stock, but regardless of that both deserve to be protected from abuse whether right or wrong, that's not up for debate.

 

[waspish]

Have thicker skin?

People can't take criticism don't go on Internet forums!

 

[Rammy Blue]

Maybe this is a thread that should be locked now?

Going round and round in circles with not a hint of youtube....

 

[Soulboy]

IMO the straw that broke the camels back,was probably down to the poster accusing Tolmie of losing someone`s hard earned £500 savings on a transfer that he took at face value and plonked all of his money at the bookies,but lost.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
So who was at fault there then ??

I also understand that a few posters on here have bet money on RvP turning up at City this window, based on it being a "done deal" several months ago!

How gullible, eh?

 

[Del_Bosque]

Never got the Tolmie abuse, clearly connected but as you know stuff changes all the time.

He also never pushed it when stuff he said when stuff came to fruition that he'd posted.

Where as someone else mentioned was quite possibly one of the smarmiest pricks on the planet when it came to shit like this.

He'd post shitloads of random musings in some threads then state ohh i alluded to this months ago when something vaguely connected hit the press, i've also seen him try and claim credit for news articles. Oh and don't forget ;)

 

[Akira]

Because some people on here, take the Transfer forum WAY too seriously...

 

[Danielmanc]

Have thicker skin?

People can't take criticism don't go on Internet forums!

I think this is it really. No 'abuse' took place and it's probably better to avoid posting on a forum if you can't cope with randon strangers questioning your view / opinion / info

 

[milly08]

I posted on the "It's quiet" thread in the early stages about City being in talks with Barcelona about Sanchez, as far as I was concerned it was true when I posted and I still believe we were in discussion with them because I trust the person that told me 100%.
Luckily I was ignored by most posters as usual, haha, so I avoided any abuse but it was my decision to post and I knew that I could easily have been abused or even banned for wumming.
If you post info on the Internet then I think you have to be prepared to take the rough with the smooth, having said that, some posters need to calm down and stop taking TH's info so seriously