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Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition Forum?

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Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition Forum

Post: # 1575320Post bob__71 »

Seems some think it should stay and others think it has outlived its time on the main forum.


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Post: # 1575321Post Saints94 »

I say move it to the opposition forum.

although it says a lot when its probably our most active thread on here.


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Post: # 1575322Post satchmo »

This thread should be on the General Forum.


*Allegedly.

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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575330Post IanRush »

Saints94 wrote:I say move it to the opposition forum.

although it says a lot when its probably our most active thread on here.
My personal view is that “the issue” of E’dope has League-wide ramifications, hence it should stay where it is. The CAS official statement on the Essendon case show that it's not a "Melbourne-only" matter either, the World Sports Industry is watching this one.

Thanks.

As this poster said above, the E’dope thread has the most views and a lot of traffic for a reason.


USELESS FACT: The WADA case against Essendon (in Sydney as well) is exactly 10 years to the day that Australia qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575331Post HitTheBoundary »

A thread about Essendon.

With the majority of posts by a carlton supporter.

On a Saints forum.

:shock:


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Post: # 1575333Post magnifisaint »

Doesn't the Blues spew have it's own forum on this?


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Post: # 1575335Post magnifisaint »

Doesn't the Blues spew have it's own forum on this?


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Post: # 1575339Post The_Merchant »

Don't understand how this is relevant to StKilda anymore.


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Post: # 1575341Post magnifisaint »

Not relevant.


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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575346Post Johnny Member »

HitTheBoundary wrote:A thread about Essendon.

With the majority of posts by a carlton supporter.

On a Saints forum.

:shock:
It's not about Essendon.

That's naive.


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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575348Post kosifantutti »

Johnny Member wrote:
HitTheBoundary wrote:A thread about Essendon.

With the majority of posts by a carlton supporter.

On a Saints forum.

:shock:
It's not about Essendon.

That's naive.
What's it about? Or should I go read it?


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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575353Post FQF »

kosifantutti wrote:
Johnny Member wrote:
HitTheBoundary wrote:A thread about Essendon.

With the majority of posts by a carlton supporter.

On a Saints forum.

:shock:
It's not about Essendon.

That's naive.
What's it about? Or should I go read it?
Don't - do yourself a favour.


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Post: # 1575356Post IanRush »

All-star cast here willing to try and shut this one down, and the players I'd expect it from too. Bob, HitTheSauce and The Marchant. All we need is plugger66 and few more and we can have a proper party.

All the same playrs that added little value to the E'dope thread and research into it.

At least everyone's agenda is coming out now.

Well done to these guys for not seeing the bigger picture of THE GAME AND THE LEAGUE. The result of the Essendon finding will impact on St Kilda and other clubs.

Up there for Narrow Mindnedness and Shirt-sightedness.


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Post: # 1575357Post FQF »

IanRush wrote:All-star cast here willing to try and shut this one down, and the players I'd expect it from too. Bob, HitTheSauce and The Marchant. All we need is plugger66 and few more and we can have a proper party.

All the same playrs that added little value to the E'dope thread and research into it.

At least everyone's agenda is coming out now.

Well done to these guys for not seeing the bigger picture of THE GAME AND THE LEAGUE. The result of the Essendon finding will impact on St Kilda and other clubs.

Up there for Narrow Mindnedness and Shirt-sightedness.
It really isn't healthy to be so emotionally attached to a thread on an internet forum frequented by loonies.


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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575359Post HitTheBoundary »

No one's trying to shut anything down.

If the thread is moved to the other forum you can still post about Rupert Murdoch, real estate deals and how the PBS is funded as much as you like.

You'll just have less of an audience.
Which seems to have hit a nerve.


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Post: # 1575361Post IanRush »

FQF wrote:
IanRush wrote:All-star cast here willing to try and shut this one down, and the players I'd expect it from too. Bob, HitTheSauce and The Marchant. All we need is plugger66 and few more and we can have a proper party.

All the same playrs that added little value to the E'dope thread and research into it.

At least everyone's agenda is coming out now.

Well done to these guys for not seeing the bigger picture of THE GAME AND THE LEAGUE. The result of the Essendon finding will impact on St Kilda and other clubs.

Up there for Narrow Mindnedness and Shirt-sightedness.
It really isn't healthy to be so emotionally attached to a thread on an internet forum frequented by loonies.
Mate I'm trying to protect the game's interests, and more to the point, the international reputation of Australian sport, which at the moment, is a laughing stock because of some wannabe banker and a tryhard Civil Engineer out at Napier Street, essendon, a few years back.


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Post: # 1575362Post kosifantutti »

Shirt sightedness?

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Post: # 1575363Post IanRush »

ha Ha! Typing on the fly! :)


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Post: # 1575364Post IanRush »

HitTheBoundary wrote:No one's trying to shut anything down.

If the thread is moved to the other forum you can still post about Rupert Murdoch, real estate deals and how the PBS is funded as much as you like.

You'll just have less of an audience.

Which seems to have hit a nerve.
I think the thread being on display to non-members is good. if the thread was offline and out of view, I (and others) likely would not have found it in late 2014.


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Post: # 1575371Post bergholt »

Who cares? It's a single thread on a page with 50+ threads. You don't care about it, don't read it.


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Post: # 1575385Post desertsaint »

Don't really care, but...

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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575390Post The_Merchant »

bergholt wrote:Who cares? It's a single thread on a page with 50+ threads. You don't care about it, don't read it.
Not the point. It doesn't really matter to me one way or the other, but as I and many others have said previously when this has come up on the thread, why should one irrelevant thread have a place on the main board and not all of the other irrelevant threads. State and federal elections have large effects on all football clubs, including St Kilda, but it doesn't mean we should have threads on the Fan Forum for elections.

We have a specific place for threads like this, why shouldn't it be there. The most activity the thread gets lately, other than Rushies cut and paste, are discussions about relevance and people whinging about other posters.

That said, another 3 or 4 months on the main board won't hurt, then the appeal will be done with.


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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575393Post dragit »

bergholt wrote:Who cares? It's a single thread on a page with 50+ threads. You don't care about it, don't read it.
Yeah, I don't see the problem… yes technically it should probably be in the opposition forum, but it is clearly the most popular thread SS has ever had.

Seems to be old-fashioned party-pooping going on to me, wanting a thread moved that you don't read. I don't enjoy it, so I don't want anyone else enjoying it either.

Regardless of the results of this poll, the thread has over 22,000 posts and 500,000 reads… it's the biggest scandal the game has ever had.

Just don't click on it if you don't want to read it.


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Post: # 1575401Post Dr Spaceman »

Bombers weren't particularly worried about where they juicily jabbed their players, so I'm not particularly worried about where we discuss them juicily jabbing their players.


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Re: Should the Essendope thread be moved to the Opposition F

Post: # 1575407Post Con Gorozidis »

While we are still playing against them once or twice a year it remains relevant.
When we stop playing them or the 34 players involved no longer play then it will not be relevant.
Wont be many left of the 34 left next year you would think. Maybe leave it on the main board until the end of 2015.


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