I highly recommend it, mate. Just click on the person's name tag and there should be an option to ignore. The only time I (unfortunately) see posts from the two I have on ignore is when others reply to their comments. In my experience it doesn't stop the personal abuse but most of the time you don't get to see it. There are moves afoot for our mods to be more proactive in ruthlessly deleting abusive comments. I hope they stick to that pledge.
Is is worse to see abuse or to be the only person that can't see it...? Maybe it's just me but I do love having the final word I'm aware of the personality clashes on this board, made for a decent twenty minutes of browsing this week - as a neutral, I say you should both draw a line in the sand. You both love the same club, the same players and so on. Much more in common than otherwise. Life's too short to fall out with users on a football forum!
Tried it. Didn't work. Trouble is I use the Ignore button but they don't and I can't imagine why. I usually avoid them when I can but that's not always possible. You have to decide whether using the Ignore button is good for the forum and forget about yourself. I've found that generally it works as it's reduced arguments and even though they've carried on with the abuse (you can see their comments on replies) the other posters can make their own judgment about them, so I'm happy.
I went in the bedroom the other day with my sheep under my arm. The wife was laying on the bed.I said "this is the pig I shag when you're not up for it" the wife said "I think you'll find that's a sheep!" I replied "I think you'll find I was talking to the feckin sheep" Ah, the old ones are the best