Creating an 'off topic' thread about 'off topic threads' is the greatest example of ineffectual sniping since Mr Pot & Mr Kettle
Who said football is becoming a non contact sport !?!? It reminds me of an incident at work where the boss got fed up of the amount of announcements made over the tannoy system... Such was his frustration he ended up snapping and made an announcement over the tannoy stating that "the amount of announcements must be kept to a minimum" !? Idiot !!!!
Any good forum, with repeat users, will over time develop into a general forum with a basis in football. We will be inclined to talk less about football when it's depressing this happens about once every 6 weeks on this forum, and is a good thing, not a bad one.