I used to post extensively on the old forum which was attached to the club website which unfortunately was closed down. I registered with this forum but made a complete ballsup of registering and was unable to log on. I managed by setting up a new email address to re-register on here and looked forward to some heated and informed debates as in the days of yore. To my surprise I felt I had very little to say. If anybody started a thread which looked as if it could develop into something interesting it soon degenerated into childishness. Particularly annoying are the posts which are made to post a solitary smiley(cue the kids). txtspk & lwr cs only are other irritants. I will post again but only if I have something relevant to add. I'm not holding my breath waiting though.

I generally only ever come on here to discuss rugby.

I don't really post on topics such as "who's going to such a game" etc......

What irritates me is things such as the thread about the league express this week that got de-railed and eventually locked. It was a genuine thread on rugby league related to Warrington that degenerated into playground rubbish.

As Safeway pointed out another irritation is people who's only contribution to a thread is a smiley face. I was posting on the Cas board after our recent game about the Morley/Sherwin incident and a moderator was unable to post a reasoned debate so accused me of trying to get a rise.

Some really good posts on this thread, and it seems that many are of the same opinion as me.

I have no issues with people having a different opinion to me, that makes it interesting and you get good debate. I have no issues with people being new to the game and not having as much experience as others, That is great and people's varying levels of RL knowledge is a good thing and leads to different opinions as above. If we all had the same opinion this board would be even worse!

I disagree been some good posts.

Yes there are some idiots on here but some good posters aswell.

magic piano
Tancw
JWP
Sally
DGM

To name a few you can always add people as "foe" then you can't see there posts.

There has always been talk of the forum going downhill, and to be honest I don't think it is currently as bad as it has been in the past.
I like most on here know which threads to open by the name of the original poster or topic.

It does get on my nerves when posters start or contribute to a thread seemingly just to 'up' their post count. I have mental list of posters who when I see their names don't even bother reading what they have posted. I don't know why Saddened says he has posts deleted because what he does post often makes sense to me.

remember the good old wolf web,exactly the same thing happened to that

Scrap post counts and any tags that suggest post counts. I really don’t see what benefit they serve, does anyone?

Also stop users changing their name, again I don’t see any benefit.

Noticed on this thread that the imbeciles who bring the forum down with their moronic posts haven't even posted on here yet.

Well, apart from the Jigga Jigga.



There are a lot of adults that post on here, shame though that some of them act like little kids.

Well, that didn't last long..............

The main problem with this site, is that there are a small number of posters who can't seem to discuss Rugby League matters, without letting their Primrose & Blue tinted spectacles get massively in the way of their views.

Personally, I find the beauty of this site is that you can chat about things with fans of ALL clubs, and in doing so you can usually get a pretty fair assessment of a particular argument....Unfortunately, in recent times on the Wire forum, there have been a small group of people who are seem intent on simply drowning out the sensible discussion by posting total drivel and at times some of this drivel as bordered on the aggressive.

I agree that the Wire forum is not alone in this...Each team's forums seem to contain similar characters, who all seem to believe that 'discussion' means simply being derogative about another team.

Ultimately, we all have to accept that sensible and interesting debate will involve disagreements, and at times some of these may become passionate, however, we shouldn't let these disagreements become an excuse for petty name-calling and generally dragging this forum's standards into the gutter, which is sadly where it has skirted in recent times.

I like the way this thread seems to be moving in a direction that suggests things might start to change and improve around here, especially with Geordie saying he will take a look at the multiple user accounts.. People are obviously entitled to air their opinions on a public forum , but it becomes laughable when they use thier other account to just agree with themselves, and its fairly obvious who these people are ..Its also a pity that Seb Hasn't got much time on here lately, as by the sound of his earlier post he would enjoy clearing house on here lol ..

To me it doesn't matter if you have watched wire for 30 days or thirty years, i'll talk rugby league with absolutely anyone, and there can be some fantastic discussions on here.. But lately the people who are more interested in the post counts and the my dads bigger than yours type posts are dragging the boards down... Hopefully it can return to what it used to be.

I had better post on here quick so I am not in the 'imbecile' class.

Anyway... anyone has a right to put whatever they like on here but the multiple names and people pretending to be who they are not is pretty tedious (but hardly a hanging offence).

Maybe you should relinquish the role in that case?

The reason I don't post on this forum very often is the trolls from other boards who seem to be allowed to get away with writing what they want. The perfect example is 'Ogdem' from the Wigan board and his bitter we-didn't-get-to-wenbley rants abouts 'all Wire being Scum' etc. I took offence at this, as I'm sure alot of you did, yet our mods did nothing about it.

If the same had been posted on other boards about rival fans I'm pretty sure the posts would have been deleted and the perpetrators banned. Sebs comments about not having the inclination doesn't reflect well on the mods of this board and hint at a shake up with the introduction of new blood.

Rant over and spleen vented.