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Post by channonite on Apr 7, 2011 20:43:30 GMT
Can we all & I include myself in that, please try not to go onto TUI & wind them up? I am trying to set an example by resisting the urge to post on there.
I think Nick is a decent bloke & certainly doesn't deserve all the aggravation some are giving him. When you think how many years he has given to nurturing TUI, it does make me more than a bit cross.
I am not that interested in adding numbers at the expense of character, so would rather we grow by being seen as a good place to be.
This is an exciting time to be a Saints fan & there should be room for forums as diverse as IBO, TUI and The Saints Forum, not to mention SaintsList and a couple of other forums. Each has it's own distinct character and IBO now feels more like TUI was, before it was unceremoniously hijacked.
Thanks for reading this. Now, who was making the tea?
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Post by OneBeat on Apr 7, 2011 21:18:56 GMT
I'll put the kettle on.
I agree with you. I'm not here as a protest against The Ugly, or Nick. I like Nick, but the Ugly isn't for me anymore. If I wasn't here I wouldn't be posting on any Saints boards, and I haven't been back to The Ugly.
It's nice here.
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Post by bombay on Apr 7, 2011 22:37:23 GMT
the IBO board sounds like a boxing belt = THIS IS THE HARDEST BOARD IN THE WORLD - FACT
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Post by bombay on Apr 7, 2011 22:51:05 GMT
There's been something I have wanted to post for pretty much a year but I have kept me mouth (fingers) shut FPS
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Post by The Rover on Apr 7, 2011 23:00:17 GMT
Go for it Bomber.
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Post by bombay on Apr 7, 2011 23:02:14 GMT
No I won't. It's nothing "ITK" but just a thought and an opinion
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Post by Mandochris on Apr 8, 2011 6:14:42 GMT
Well said, Channers. I read TUI occasionally and have resisted the urge to post. I agree that Nick is a decent bloke and I'm sad for him for his ST and for the way his board has been hijacked by people (ab)using his stance on free speech.
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Post by emsworthsaint on Apr 8, 2011 7:36:10 GMT
I must admit I don't understand the reasoning. People have spent months complaining about certain posters, and then, when there is a chance to move away from them, keep going back and poking them with sticks.
Don't fuel the fire people!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2011 7:37:47 GMT
I've been posting on the Ugly for about ten years so I'll probably still read and post from time to time, even though it's not what it was. You can never have too many Saints' boards IMHO.
I've got nothing against Nick but I think his attitude to the influx of idiots has been affected by the issue with his season ticket, although if I'd suffered the same treatment I'd feel very aggrieved too.
I didn't make a fuss when Chester took a joke the wrong way and posted my real name on the Ugly and he's repeated the trick since but is still on there. I'd rather not share a board with someone like that if I can avoid it thanks. The horrible lunatics have taken over the asylum from the nice ones!
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Post by Furry Frank The Combat Wombat on Apr 8, 2011 7:44:39 GMT
I concur Channers, Nick needs our support in this matter. Since the birth of external beauty, I have posted there but the worst culprits are on ignore and I only post/reply to the "normal" posters there.
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Post by backwatersaint on Apr 8, 2011 8:13:19 GMT
I still have a look on there. Mainly because I don't like change and have not got to grips with this format yet.
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Post by lostboy on Apr 8, 2011 8:18:46 GMT
Have only posted on "transition day", not since. Got no interest in it anymore. Shame, 'cos as you rightly suggest Nick is a good guy but, to use the favoured pub analogy, I don't want to drink there anymore.
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Post by eusebio on Apr 8, 2011 8:27:23 GMT
I will now be 100% IBO. Thanks channers
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Post by patred on Apr 8, 2011 8:30:39 GMT
Forgive me if I differ from the general opinion on here, I never rose to Stu and Chessies provocative posts. The thread that changed that stance was the rejoice/coup thread a couple of days ago. It was a direct challenge to our mutual friends, and I include Nick in that. It was was a challenge I felt that needed a rebuttal.. Turning the other cheek is fine, and normally I 'd agree, but this gang had admitted deliberately destroying a place we all enjoyed and Nick had worked hard to maintain. And asking others to rejoice in their perceived success was a piss take,. That is is unforgivable! The more people have left them unchallenged, the worse it has got, to the extent that even Nick for all his hard work, lost the will to carry on. Neville Chamberlaine found out to his cost that bullies sometimes have to be confronted..
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Post by lostboy on Apr 8, 2011 8:41:32 GMT
Neville Chamberlaine found out to his cost that bullies sometimes have to be confronted.. I did exactly that and then got castigated for it. Disappointing that I never got one of Stu's PMs though. ;D
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