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Loved this place since being an early adopter back in 1996.. but time to leave.. thanks Phil/Gav
It had a real comradery back then and to ride that Burley wave as a group was just joyous
But as per some other recent posters have stated, its gone the way of many things on the internet/society, its all about trolling and negativity and belligerence and nasty and disrespect being a badge of honour.
See you on the other side... and just remember:
- Trump is dangerous and is the thin end of the wedge for not just the US but the world, call him out! - McCarthy was a great man manager, could spot a player, but its a perfectly valid opinion to suggest he was never going to progress us - Organisations succeed with a clear vision, strategy and objectives and Marcus has failed us in this, and the selections he has made in his management team - We won't succeed until we have the right technical/tactical manager and footballing ethos running through the club - We're all blue brothers and sisters, we all have different opinions, but its fans forum for Ipswich Town, not a Twitter feed for slagging each other off - Comte is the cheese of champions
Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 21:19 - Sep 6 by Nthsuffolkblue
You don't find it disturbing that people want to shut down debate and express their own views as the only ones that are valid?
Fair enough but I am not going to have a day off from stating that I do.
As in does it worry me? Disturb me? No, not at all to be honest.
Nor do I think that's what was happening TBH. I can however see why someone replying 'LOL' to a comment and being deliberately obtuse is why someone would feel less compelled to contribute on here.
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Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 21:25 - Sep 6 with 3760 views
Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 21:23 - Sep 6 by Chutney
As in does it worry me? Disturb me? No, not at all to be honest.
Nor do I think that's what was happening TBH. I can however see why someone replying 'LOL' to a comment and being deliberately obtuse is why someone would feel less compelled to contribute on here.
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Perhaps you should take a day off and open your mind to debate then.
EDIT: No idea what your edit about posting LOL has anything to do with this or me.
Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 21:23 - Sep 6 by Chutney
As in does it worry me? Disturb me? No, not at all to be honest.
Nor do I think that's what was happening TBH. I can however see why someone replying 'LOL' to a comment and being deliberately obtuse is why someone would feel less compelled to contribute on here.
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Whereas calling a long-standing poster a "moron" is obviously really positive and encouraging ...
That and the people who relentless regurgitate their same anti club/Evans/Lambert viewpoint constantly. Free to have an opinion, but no need to keep going on about it at every single opportunity. It doesn't make the place happy reading at times from the same individuals.
Hope he stays though.
"The sooner he comes back the better, this place has been a disaster without him" - TWTD User (July 2025)
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I'm mortally offended.... on 21:40 - Sep 6 with 3683 views
FWIW, the people who don't understand what 'technical' means in football are simply very thick people, nothing more, nothing less. It's not anything to get worked up by. Just smile and wave :)
Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 22:27 - Sep 6 by Wacko
FWIW, the people who don't understand what 'technical' means in football are simply very thick people, nothing more, nothing less. It's not anything to get worked up by. Just smile and wave :)
There's no need to be so rude to UB as he's leaving..
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
I've been very close in recent weeks to be honest with all the negativity, constant pushing of agendas (opinions are fine...but calling for a sacking everyday before we start...) and the the big negative meltdowns on minor stories. BUT I think people have been bored/short on real football drama so it's made it 10x worse.
If we're ticking along ok and it continues then I think that is the time to say goodbye...and I'll join you.
Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 19:31 - Sep 6 by GlasgowBlue
See you tomorrow.
I don't think these belittling posts are helpful when people are genuinely fed up with this place, Glassers. It's rarely true they return the next day and they deserve a bit more respect than that. Someone said similar to me and I didn't return for a month and a half (and that was literally 3 words, helping someone with a film title).
People (and Phil especially) should be thinking about why so many long term posters are leaving (whether either for good or extended periods) IMO. This place has been as bad as it's ever been lately, and it's a shame. It seems to be going the way of twitter - a good idea at the time, but increasingly fractious at best and nasty at worst.
Perhaps a winning football team might help unite us, and the first game has been nothing but positive so fingers crossed on that. Maybe everyone's gone a bit loopy due to Covid. Dunno. There definitely seems a lot more assholery lately.
Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 00:15 - Sep 7 by BrixtonBlue
I don't think these belittling posts are helpful when people are genuinely fed up with this place, Glassers. It's rarely true they return the next day and they deserve a bit more respect than that. Someone said similar to me and I didn't return for a month and a half (and that was literally 3 words, helping someone with a film title).
People (and Phil especially) should be thinking about why so many long term posters are leaving (whether either for good or extended periods) IMO. This place has been as bad as it's ever been lately, and it's a shame. It seems to be going the way of twitter - a good idea at the time, but increasingly fractious at best and nasty at worst.
Perhaps a winning football team might help unite us, and the first game has been nothing but positive so fingers crossed on that. Maybe everyone's gone a bit loopy due to Covid. Dunno. There definitely seems a lot more assholery lately.
Have to disagree with you (and the OP) about twitter, I find it largely extremely positive, not least because it has a total block facility which means that you can stop abusive people from seeing your posts at all, so you can put an end to any persistent baiting etc.
However, I certainly agree with your first para.
A few posts similar to Unstable's do seem to have cropped up regularly over the past few weeks, but as some have said in response to those, the kind of disrespect & trolling that he's referred to have always been present on the forum, and in fact in some respects I remember it being a lot worse 20 or so years ago, particularly regarding sexism and homophobia - that improvement is a credit to the forum. Some abuse obviously does still happen, and while it's tempting to let off steam in a road-rage manner for some behind the mask of anonymity, I really hope the umprovement can continue further (I include myself in that, as in some ways I've been slow to adapt to internet forum life).
No-one can read everything on here, plenty of insults tend to go unnoticed, so some will always be puzzled by others' views of various posters. And sometimes generally good contributors don't leave from choice - ban hammer, work, health, family committments etc. may cause them to depart. Where it is a choice because of the 'tone' of the board, haven't most people felt like leaving at some point? I know I have, but hang on to the fact that a while a bad atmos may be caused by a small number of people, there are hundreds of other regulars who aren't like that, but are actually rather lovely.
Peace, lurve, and a looo-oong winning streak for Town! 🤞ðŸ¼
Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 00:15 - Sep 7 by BrixtonBlue
I don't think these belittling posts are helpful when people are genuinely fed up with this place, Glassers. It's rarely true they return the next day and they deserve a bit more respect than that. Someone said similar to me and I didn't return for a month and a half (and that was literally 3 words, helping someone with a film title).
People (and Phil especially) should be thinking about why so many long term posters are leaving (whether either for good or extended periods) IMO. This place has been as bad as it's ever been lately, and it's a shame. It seems to be going the way of twitter - a good idea at the time, but increasingly fractious at best and nasty at worst.
Perhaps a winning football team might help unite us, and the first game has been nothing but positive so fingers crossed on that. Maybe everyone's gone a bit loopy due to Covid. Dunno. There definitely seems a lot more assholery lately.
I don’t disagree but what more can Phil, Gav do? I’m sure they don’t need this cr*p and didn’t sign up to be carers. They do an admirable job.
It’s our responsibility as humans isn’t it? It’s a message board for a division 3 football club (without being too dismissive of the team we love). They are fully in their rights to sack it off if they wanted and remove any affiliation with the club.
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Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 07:49 - Sep 7 with 3240 views
Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 07:28 - Sep 7 by Swailsey
I don’t disagree but what more can Phil, Gav do? I’m sure they don’t need this cr*p and didn’t sign up to be carers. They do an admirable job.
It’s our responsibility as humans isn’t it? It’s a message board for a division 3 football club (without being too dismissive of the team we love). They are fully in their rights to sack it off if they wanted and remove any affiliation with the club.
I think some of these posters complaining about how bad it is haven't done a lot to make it any better themselves, indeed some have made things worse. There's plenty of good discussion on here still, a few trolls but you get that with any forum unfortunately and they're not always easy to weed out.
Unstableblue, don't be too hasty. I always feel your posts are well balanced and measured with your thoughts and quite frankly you'd be a loss to this forum. I've done it myself and taken time away from here just to recharge the batteries. It can be a battle at times, but as you've rightly alluded to we are all blue brothers and sisters and we all want the same thing no matter how strongly we believe in our own opinion. Hoping this is a hiatus rather than a long term break.
Why do you feel it's your view that is correct? You haven't got exclusivity over peoples views. It's a forum. It's a place of views or there would be no point to it.
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Bye Bye TWTD... play nice on 08:55 - Sep 7 with 3106 views
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