I have been accused of a few things on another board, firstly, I asked for a 7 day ban from our board for JWM for his offensive outburst, I sent him a PM stating why he was banned and that he could return from next Sunday, I was, however, accused of not letting him know! Then his pal Guru accused me of allowing Beefy to get away with murder because he is my little friend, Beefy, would you tell us about the pm's you have received from me and DH asking you to calm down. Finally, Guru says most of the Norwich posters hate me and want me removed as a mod! If that is true, please let me know and I will go! Read it HERE
I can certainly confirm I've had "calm down" PM's from you and the other members of the moderation team and you certainly don't let me "get away with it" I am passionate about my club, and I do show it, but I'm no wum. I know the team inside and out and I think I can contribute to any Norwich discussions on here. If you'd all like to check my started threads or later posts on my profile you can see I pretty much never go anywhere but the Norwich board, the perception seems to be I am this wondering HTH type on every forum winding people up. If you come to this board and try and wind us up and I wind you up then who's fault is that? Maybe these people should man up? Dave and the team do a great job over here doing a job I couldn't do, that's for damn sure. To say that most Norwich posters hate dave is laughable. Fact is, Guru was a **** mod and he's a **** poster. If he's got a problem with me then he can bring it frankly. Ill be on the Norwich board, where I always am. I won't post again on this thread unless anyone has any specific questions to quell any potential flame wars. In short, that binner can go **** himself dave.
and you believe everything Guru says???? All the same it is great to see his intentions to oversee how the Norwich board is run remains a high priority of his. Why they feel the need to come on here I am not certain, other than to try and stir up some **** from time to time. It's not like they have an army of friends over here is it? Quite the opposite I would suspect with more and more people getting pissed off with their "contributions" to an otherwise peaceful and harmonious board. Ban the lot of them Dave, for good. Any Norwich fan that wants to read their daily bollocks can go and visit their otherwise empty board.
HATE? HATE is a very nasty word. NO I don't hate Dave, we've had a run in or two, but I don't hate him, how the hell could I, I've never met him? He's a mod on our board, I'm fine with that!
I have to say that I was hopeful that following the win at the weekend that things would calm down a bit on the board without people getting worked up, over-reacting and falling out with each other. I think that everyone on our board has their opinion of certain other members as recent history shows but I don't see too much hate coming into it. I have had my disagreements with individuals on the board and I have had thoughts I have not committed to the board for fear of throwing petrol onto the fire as for me life is way too short to get upset by a football forum or, more importantly to upset anyone else. I would respectfully suggest that Beef and JWM and two sides of a similar coin - both are passionate about their club to the point where they may offend others. Personally I enjoy both of their posts and the banter with JWM and other visitors from south of the border but maybe I'm thicker-skinned than most. I would not want a mods job as I think that you are in a no-win situation. If you ban someone for, in your own genuinely held opinion, crossing the line then people will complain about your judgement and if you don't others will complain. Someone has to do it and as far as I can see all mods take flak at some stage. So Dave to answer your OP personally I don't hate you, or anyone else on the board. I am more than happy for you to stay on as a mod if you choose to do so.
Sorry Dave, being a mod is a bit like being a referee. Both sides think you are being unfair and everybody ends up against you. And it is usually rubbish. (Unless you're Clattenberg, of course, in which case YOU are rubbish.)
Sorry Dave, I think this is about the tangle I have had with JWM and Welly the other day. It is not the first time we have crossed swords but from my part there no animosity in what I say and JWM did loose it and ended up flinging the insults around a bit. I for one do not hate you and think you do a good job under difficult circumstances. As the Ipswich board gets quieter they do tend to come on our board more and more to try and provoke reactions (wumming). Which is OK as long as they can take it was well as give it. Deflecting their feelings on you is not fair, don't go Dave you are doing a good job. I mean what are you supposed to do when someone calls us all a "bunch of ****s"? It's the lowest form of personal abuse and shows very little class and intelligence.
I would perhaps go along with most of that but the "banter" is stale, boring and very. very repetitive. Making a statement that we are all "****s" is not banter, more a sign of social issues with the author. Banging on about who has won the most trophies, played in Europe the most, who has got the biggest cock, who can piss the furthest etc is boring but it comes every bloody week from the same bloody people. Tell me why the majority of Norwich supporters should put up with it, let alone enjoy it? It's like being in a room of scousers - you know, they all think they are gods gift to humour but......
I must admit that I was a bit surprised at Warky's outburst the other day, he's normally up for a bit of good natured banter. However his tirade of abuse included (correct me if I'm wrong), the line 'budgie c**ts'. I can only assume he'd had a few too many sherbets ! A lot of people on here do get very touchy at times and can be incredibly Politically Correct which is something I loathe with a passion, but basically if someone gives you abuse on here man up and give it back or simply just ignore them life's too bloody short. In conclusion Dave, I genuinely think you, maestro and DH do a grand job and I certainly couldn't be arsed to do it. It must take a lot out of your day and I can only assume you've all got too much time on your hands .... .
Dave, come here! Warky deserves his ban for that tirade of expletives, no place for that here. Guru just behaves like an adolescent, had to do a double-take on his age. Welly's always welcome on here as far as I'm concerned, and KOPR is a gentleman from whom the first two could learn a lot about posting on other club's boards. Just my opinion, of course.
I have to admit that I was not privy to the reason for the JWM ban when posting. It seems like things got a bit out of hand so a cooling-off period may be best for all concerned. I know that the ITFC fans can be repetitive but in fairness we have drunk from the well of you are skint and will never be promoted again a few times so we can't have it both ways. I would rather be allowed to dish it out and have to take it than only hear from NCFC supporters. I suppose it depends on whether you see the forum as somewhere solely to discuss all matters NCFC within your own supporters or more as an ersatz-pub where whilst in the room the topic is all things NCFC but there is banter going on with fans of other clubs. Personally I see the latter and enjoy hearing from fans of other clubs and I do look on their boards and contribute where I want to in a wholly non-WUMming manner of course.
One would assume then KIO, that hurling insults is a perfectly reasonable practice because the forum is football related because you don't tend to see much of it on IT forums or thousands of other forums? That being the case and that is largely agreed then we may as well not have any moderators on the site and just let everyone do what they want. That's why there are some rules in place, to try and keep an air of respectability about the place and keep it a little more civilized than the average terrace culture is/was. If the mark is over-stepped, and in this case it certainly was, then what has subsequently happened was right. To let it go would have only encouraged further use of such terminology and I think most probably take exception to that particular word.
I'll paste below the post for which he was banned! Just point out any banter you can find! Chips on shoulder eh mate! Pots and kettles spings to mind. As for us being a **** team well we have won some major silverware something that you boys for all your new found millions will never do! We've played in Europe more recently than you have and that will remain the case for many years to come. So **** your 'proper' team you can stuff it up your ****ter, I support one that has won some 'proper' trophies and has given more to English football than you bunch of ****s ever will.
Again I agree with most of it but the simple truth is that it is more often than not impossible to discuss NCFC related stuff on here with an ITFC visitor for any length of time as it invariable descends in the normal rubbish of a pissing competition. Your Personally I see the latter and enjoy hearing from fans of other clubs and I do look on their boards and contribute where I want to in a wholly non-WUMming manner of course is the ideal world and it is a praise worthy statement but we both know that it ain't going to happen. Guru doesn't want that to happen, he gets no enjoyment from it and JWM can sometimes play nice but I am beginning to think he is suffering with the effects of taking Cannibis for many years
These binners should remember that this is the Norwich City forum, so they are basically here as our guests - and should attempt to behave appropriately. If they want to slag NCFC or anything to do with it off, feel free chaps - but do it in private. To be fair, I have posted snippets from the EADT which I follow (out of morbid curiosity ) on twitter so if they respond to that on here, fair enough. But to hijack matchday threads and start "giving it large" in the foul and abusive department need not be tolerated - it's at the disgression of our mod team. Two options then bin men, behave and 'contribute' or **** off back from whence you came Dave, Maestro and DH do a difficult job to the best of their ability - if they choose to impose a weeks ban on "snipers" then accept that decision, as we who belong on here would do. Hang in there, Dave, the season will soon be over
Personally (as I have put on the Ipswich board) I have seen a lot worse abuse on these forums go unpunished... This is certainly not a dig at any mods btw (all clubs) but obviously with tensions running high between two passionate supporters things got said.. Personally I think most of us on here and give and take a joke and JWM is up there with the most passionate support and has given and taken a lot of abuse so I certainly wouldn't ever consider him as a 'Whining winnie' What a mod does for their board is up to them, and Dave has always been a very approachable mod so I certainly am not here to meddle, only to try and calm the fires as the thread on the Ipswich board is certainly no 'witch hunt' against Dave or Beefy, only JWM blowing off some steam
I can't believe that this is even in question. Dave you do a good job and given that there are two other Mods, the thread on the Ipswich board is quite blatantly a cynical attempt to manipulate. Warky's outburst was pretty shameful and so if he thinks he has a leg to stand on he is sadly mistaken. I'm surprised that some of the more respectable Ipswich posters are backing him. The bottom line is, if you go on another team's forum, you have to accept that you are behind enemy lines. The rules are not the same for you and nor should they be. You should expect what you write to be considered wumming and you should be prepared for a backlash. Any attempt to manipulate mods on other teams' fora by playing the "it's not fair" card is, quite simply, as unrealistic as it is cynical. If you don't like it and find yourself easily wound up by other fans, don't go on others' message boards. This post by JWM is clearly a personal campaign against you Dave and should be treated with the contempt it deserves. I'm not even going to bother answering the title of this thread. The fact that he thinks you are the only mod shows how deluded he is. Ignore it. And frankly, if he comes on here calling us ****s again, he should be banned permanently. The only thing I think you should take from this, Dave, is that perhaps when you would normally send a quiet PM to calm someone down, perhaps you should simply put a post on the thread informing everyone that, whoever it is, has been told to get a little less frothy mouthed. Otherwise, as you were.
Were you Henry Kissinger in a former life, KOPR? If we ever need a mediator, as opposed to a moderator, we'll know who to ask
