Wigan away

Quote: Uncle Rico "I actually read it as a backhanded compliment, as many on this Forum often ridicule dissenting comment from visitors as trolling when it might just be an opposing view. Threads often contain posts along the lines of "await the usual nonsense from"......usually either Castleford, or Warrington Fans...

There's a definite siege mentality which can be a healthy motivator, however it's bordering on quite a few playing the 'always the victim' card. Conspiracy theories abound, because of their owners outspoken views, the RFL are out to do them down, everyone's jealous etc which I think is tedious at best and stifles real debate.

No doubt there is some terrible trolling on here as there is on most boards, perhaps the best way to deal with it is to ignore it rather than almost invite it?

BTW I'm not trolling or inviting it either. There are quite a few posters that I actually enjoy reading and as a fan of the previous Dad's Army Salary Cap Dodging team, then things should improve if you can build on this year and particularly the recent improvement in form and people look beyond twitter and sound bites.'"

I read it as a compliment too.

As regards ridiculing dissenting comments, we don't actually get too much dissenting comment. It would be nice if we did because, personally, I don't mind discussions on the sport with fans of other clubs. Unfortunately, what we get is ill-informed clarts from people who seem incapable of doing even the most basic fact checking, and its that that gets ridiculed. We had a few months of it from Cas fans during the Marc Sneyd saga, and it only really tailed off when he showed his love of Cas by joining Hull. Now we just get the occasional visit from 'newgroundb4wakey', but they just bring to mind a scene from Father Ted where Ted is trying to explain to Dougal the difference between things that happen in his head and things that happen outside in the real world.

We also had a steady flow of similarly ill-informed visits from fans of another club (I forget which one) who seemed to have such a chubby for trying to show that everything Marwan does is wrong that they'd already reached the vinegar strokes before they'd had chance to check what they were saying was actually true. Fortunately, they've tailed off too, although it's a little disappointing to note that some contributors to their forum still can't bring themselves to use the man's correct name, and prefer some asinine variation on it. It demeans us all because it makes us all look as childish as they are. It also stifles any real debate about him, because it's indicative of someone who's already made their mind up. A mind is like a parachute: it only really works when it's open. (You can thank Frank Zappa for that one.)

I don't think it's trolling, and I don't think the responses to it are necessarily indicative of a siege mentality. They're just ignorant comments by ill-informed people really. Trolling is what we get off that buffoon from Widnes whose name escapes me. Why people can't just ignore it is utterly baffling.

As for the 'always the victim' conspiracy theory stuff, I just cringe when I see it on here. It would be interesting to know if the people who think that way are also followers of Manchester United and have picked up the Alex Ferguson habit of seeing unfairness everywhere except when they're the beneficiaries of it.