Joe - i named no names. I didn't insult anyone even those who decided for themselves that they were who I meant. Ask me who I meant. I will tell you....that it's for me to know. If you want to label me for insulting someone then detail where I mentioned anyone's name!!!!
Even where I mention that several people are putting images up knowingly to avoid the swear filter I haven't mentioned their name.
So rather than say Justice should be served out equally (and yes I am assuming unknowingly that you mean me because you have already detailed your annoyance toward me) then you should read my posts properly and see I have not named nor hinted who I mean in any way!!!
p.s this is the only thread that I will be clicking the 'view post' on any of your posts
I am using the ignore list from now on.
To the poster above warbling on about 'us young uns'. I have been a Saints fan for years. We have always embraced foreign players since the premier league and EU regulation made it easier to employ foreign footballers. We had great teams with great foreign players throughout the past 20+ years. Do you think it is a modern phenomena that kids watch a lot of football??? The only difference between now and then was the speed of announcements. You read tweets tonight, we read newspapers the next day. We found out down the pub rumours, today we find out very quickly on forums. So don't get all this 'without us' garbage. It is actually quite a recent thing (to my knowledge) that more and more people talk about buying British. Seemed to disappear for a long time at the advent of the Prem.
The simple fact is (and I am only 37) that we knew respect both for elders, friends and acquaintances. If we swore in a pub too loudly and thought people outside of our circle had heard it we would do an 'embarrased' mouth cover Oops.
Similarly on here we carry on this etiquette of respecting that our 'informal speech' may offend others and restrain it somewhat.
We aren't trying to push anyone away, just ask that anyone young or old respect that the way they speak, act or talk may offend others and do what my generation (I'm only 37) did without even thinking.
On here I will be much more polite, much less boisterous, much more restrained than with 'my mates'. It's something that just comes naturally because of the way I and most others I know were brought up. Maybe it a failure of the facebook generation where 'young uns' as you call yourself think that everyone is their friend and so they speak as freely with no compromise as we would with our 'mates down the pub'.
I don't know but rather than pass our comments off as 'fuddy duddy' and say we need to get with it, then maybe you should think about it a little more with an open mind.
Some of us like it to be uber polite with no wasted space but accept a compromise because they understand others think otherwise.
Some of us have potty mouths in the real world with familiar people yet restrain from that kind of language online because they understand other don't like it.
It's about a compromise. The 'old guard' are already makng their compromise by not demanding 100% compliance with that their grandparents would have expected however the other half (the so called young uns) seem not to notice this and refuse to move from their stance.
We are already in the middle ground and you have to meet us there not insist we all move to your side of the argument
Oh and yes I understand long posts annoy some. It's something I had done very well at minimising until tonight. I understand and respect other people get annoyed with it so I try very very hard not to type too much. Doesn't always work but at least I am prepared to do something about it.
