The Conte Thread

[manpe 10,861]

1 minute ago, 11Drogba said:

Different admins have different opinions. I am just saying that two admins, the one that banned members for being negative/controversial  and the one who thought Leif should not be banned for that statement are not active anymore. They post once in a while but I am not going to blame Jason or Special Juan for the current state of the forum, imho no one should.

The banning of Leif wasn't even the point of my post, so I'm not interested in discussing it in the Conte thread. You named names, I didn't blame anybody specifically and I will not.

[11Drogba 2,000]

8 minutes ago, manpe said:

The banning of Leif wasn't even the point of my post, so I'm not interested in discussing it in the Conte thread. You named names, I didn't blame anybody specifically and I will not.

You are the one who brought up Leif's banning in Conte's thread and criticized admins. I am just saying Special Juan's decision was justified and right. Don't confuse Leif's banning with others.

If you miss Leif's antisemitic comments there are other forums to read such things.

[manpe 10,861]

7 minutes ago, 11Drogba said:

You are the one who brought up Leif's banning in Conte's thread and criticized admins. I am just saying Special Juan's decision was justified and right. Don't confuse Leif's banning with others.

If you miss Leif's antisemitic comments there are many forums to read such things.

I brought it just as the latest example only, you are the one who "brought it up" per se. One of my other gripes is that I asked for how long he was banned because the "banned/warned members" thread isn't being used anymore, but never got a reply. Poor show. His banning might have been justified if he was warned before properly, I don't know, maybe. All I know is that his presence brought something different to this forum, made it more interesting to read and will be missed here, and I wonder if it was considered before banning, or it was done on a whim because his last unfortunate post was directed at an admin. Now if you want to continue this discussion, pls quote me in a more appropriate thread.

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, Iggy Doonican said:

Member of the month is not a good sounding competition keep thinking it's people sending in dick pics.

I recall Jim (think it was him) redirecting the banned members to the 'meat spin'.  

[11Drogba 2,000]

1 hour ago, manpe said:

banning of good and respected posters by egomaniacal mods/admins due to personal grudges

 

You posted this in Conte's thread manpe. Don't cry when I reply to you here. I am done with you. If you have further question you should ask directly to @Special Juan  and tell him how special Leif was for you and how much you miss him.

[manpe 10,861]

Just now, 11Drogba said:

You posted this in Conte's thread manpe. Don't cry when I reply to you here. I am done with you. If you have further question you should ask directly to @Special Juan  and tell him how special Leif was for you and how much you miss him.

 

 

 ok mate.

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, manpe said:

Also, one more thing I'm sure is contributing to not getting many new members, is that TC's main focus has shifted to being a shit tabloid wannabe. As somebody already mentioned forum isn't being promoted in any way anymore, Jim doesn't appear in the forum at all anymore, totally disinterested, only the main page with crap articles for clicks clicks clicks from people who don't care about the forum. I'm grateful for all Jim did, but he's a sell-out. Articles used to be created by the community and they were always thoughtful and insightful, now all we get is clickbait shit from Don Balon and the likes... and those same articles are spamming the shit out of the forum feed as well. I have stayed only because of loyalty and habit, but truth be told - the forum is crap and inactive now, I'm giving it a few more years before it's completely dead and TC turns into a laughing stock "news" source.

The quality of articles may be questionable but in Jim's defence, he needs revenue to keep this site/forum going. Donations have dried up long time ago and couldn't sustain the amount of donations from members, especially with the site's cost going up from time to time. And it's the same case with the articles, couldn't sustain doing the thoughtful/insightful pieces as members' life changes and weren't even getting paid. 

[manpe 10,861]

22 minutes ago, Jason said:

The quality of articles may be questionable but in Jim's defence, he needs revenue to keep this site/forum going. Donations have dried up long time ago and couldn't sustain the amount of donations from members, especially with the site's cost going up from time to time. And it's the same case with the articles, couldn't sustain doing the thoughtful/insightful pieces as members' life changes and weren't even getting paid. 

I know, I would understand it if any attention was paid to the forum, but it's not. Also I doubt how much more revenue bullshit articles bring, I suspect there would be more readers if there was quality reading. I have for example blocked ads on the main page (not forum) because I don't intend to support that direction of TC.

[Jase 43,479]

This is becoming a farce now, if it hasn't already.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/17/antonio-conte-looks-to-fa-cup-after-chelsea-exit-europe

That is a deeply frustrating situation for Conte to find himself in, as he made clear when asked to assess the importance of winning the FA Cup. “A lot of times we compare good season, bad season, if you win something. You have to know which is our level now,” he said. “Last season we did a fantastic job. Also in this season we are doing a fantastic job. But you have to understand which is your position in this moment, which is your level.”

[the wes 7,212]

Even Enrique rather go to arsenal than Chelsea cause he knows our board are nightmare to work with 

[Antonio8 736]

the problem of this board is the incompetence in football affairs. 

With a figure like lampard instead of marina, things should go better 

 

[Special Juan 27,424]

@manpe your a good act but your on too long, change the fucking record your boring now. Or quite simply you go the way leif went, and that's easy done.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

18 hours ago, the wes said:

Even Enrique rather go to arsenal than Chelsea cause he knows our board are nightmare to work with 

 

Tbf regardless if he comes in or not, the fans will all complain about him, the signings and his system too. I don't even bother blaming managers anymore because they all get the same shit. 

[Henrique 9,133]

21 hours ago, the wes said:

Even Enrique rather go to arsenal than Chelsea cause he knows our board are nightmare to work with 

No.

Enrique rather go to Arsenal because he knows there he can have mediocre and poor results, and at least 2 humiliating defeats per season, and despite that he will keep his job for years and years.

Mate, Arsenal is the dream job for ANY manager.

[Henrique 9,133]

On 16/03/2018 at 10:44 PM, Tomo said:

Doesn't even have a quarter. There was an influx of trolls around 2013 time who were left free to cause havoc on here for months, it frightened away numerous quality posters, most of whom haven't returned to this day and the trolls most likely frightened away potential new members too. 

This place when i joined was genuinely the best forum i have ever visited, today it's unrecognizable to those days.

I was thinking about the same thing, I think there are two main reasons behind that, and I don't its related with number of trolls:

1- "The board" started to ban the most active members for no good reason. When members like "zolayes" started to get banned the forum basically was killing itself in a slow process. Other situations like Justin3D banning was one of the most stupid things I've seen in social media. He was basically banned because the mods didn't like his opinion on some subjects. Not to mention once in a while the admins took their job a little too serious, and started to ban members because they were being "disrespected" or taunted. 

2- Reddit is killing most of the forums around. So if fans decide to discuss about Chelsea online, they will probably go to Reddit instead of joining a new forum.

[Fernando 6,455]

1 hour ago, Henrique said:

I was thinking about the same thing, I think there are two main reasons behind that, and I don't its related with number of trolls:

1- "The board" started to ban the most active members for no good reason. When members like "zolayes" started to get banned the forum basically was killing itself in a slow process. Other situations like Justin3D banning was one of the most stupid things I've seen in social media. He was basically banned because the mods didn't like his opinion on some subjects. Not to mention once in a while the admins took their job a little too serious, and started to ban members because they were being "disrespected" or taunted. 

2- Reddit is killing most of the forums around. So if fans decide to discuss about Chelsea online, they will probably go to Reddit instead of joining a new forum.

hehe I remember the justin3d and sloth conversations. 

Definitely made things interesting. 

But yeah there was many bans that did not make sense. Zolayes was a good chap, even though he would be like an old annoying guy. Terminator X altough obtuse as he was, he was a very unique character to have around. 

Oh well. 

[Amblève. 4,995]

On 17.3.2018 at 1:33 PM, Iggy Doonican said:

Excellent . That's from Preacher which is well worth watching. Edit: That's from Misfits

Loved Joe Gilgun in the This Is England series!

[Jase 43,479]

4 hours ago, Henrique said:

1- "The board" started to ban the most active members for no good reason. When members like "zolayes" started to get banned the forum basically was killing itself in a slow process. Other situations like Justin3D banning was one of the most stupid things I've seen in social media. He was basically banned because the mods didn't like his opinion on some subjects. Not to mention once in a while the admins took their job a little too serious, and started to ban members because they were being "disrespected" or taunted. 

 

3 hours ago, Fernando said:

hehe I remember the justin3d and sloth conversations. 

Definitely made things interesting. 

But yeah there was many bans that did not make sense. Zolayes was a good chap, even though he would be like an old annoying guy. Terminator X altough obtuse as he was, he was a very unique character to have around. 

Oh well. 

I can't speak for Justin3D as I don't think I was on here back then yet but for zolayes, he had his ban coming. Got warned countless of times for his behavior on the forum, was let off the hook so many times and IIRC, he even got some suspensions. So, can't say he didn't deserve to get banned. On the broader point - and I've mentioned this before - if we're being lenient and let things slide with members, people will moan about the staff not being strict enough. If we get strict with members, people will then moan about us killing the forum etc. We have let things slide plenty of times over the years, more than we probably should.