see ya fats, none of us will miss you. Maybe all the other Euro posters will follow suit...

See, this is the normal contribution from phil, when does he get banned for actual trolling?

Oh no, the guy with no footbnall knowledge won't miss me - boo hoo

I've actually been a choir boy wrt trolling for a long time.

Basically, I was trying to find a nice way of saying "you're not wrong, you're just an *******".

lol i randomly lurk the EPL thread and fatshaft ****ing sucks

I do think there should have been a U.K.'er set as mod. 1. It would lessen Seth's load; 2. It would provide the balance you request.

Nothing wrong with 72 or Seth at all. I think more deference should be given to the U.K. posters ... after all, it is their game and we are visitors (generally speaking).

I appreciate that a lot of your so-called antics lately are borne of frustration that seems to stem from the fact that N. American-based Arsenal fans seem to get preferential treatment in the thread. I am not entirely in agreement with you, but I do recognize a lot of their (our) posts are of little substance and are more homerism-type posts. Well, big deal. The thread is big enough for one-eyed fans, homers, cynics, pundits, experts, whatever ... even pissed off Bolton fans .

I think most are tuning it out when the arguments you make have more attack in them than substance. Personally, I don't care about all that, I find you very entertaining and knowlegable about a sport that I am intersted in learning more about ... such would also include the culture and viewpoints of those actually attending the matches and talking it up with the man on the street. I find that valuable and I would like you to keep contributing to the forum.

Pre 2010 Fatshaft was the best epl reg.

hahahaha, good one.

+1

I always enjoyed fats contributions to the thread because it's nice to have a non top 4 poster being such a major part of the thread. I also agree with Oski that maybe a euro based mod would also be good for the thread.

I've been asking for a Euro mod, pre-WC for months. Tuq thinks that's humorous for some reason.

Is 72off a hockey mod who sometimes posts in the epl thread, or is he a soccer mod like Sethy?

I realize all mods cover everything, but there is a distinction between Needle modding NFL, Sethy modding soccer, and basketball circle jerk modding circle jerks.

i'm not a mod, but tuq said in the NHL thread:

"A non-trivial added benefit of this is that 72off is a soccer fan and come World Cup time he can help keep the nationalistic meltdowns somewhat under control."

so i think the idea is that 72off mostly stick to hockey. i am sure that tz posters with ffvb have that thread on ignore but it has 20k+ posts and didn't have a moderator.

So whats your opinion on FS?

Cashy for mod!!! Even though he is a Gooner

This is blatantly false.

To be honest, I usually enjoy him, and if I didn't have to deal with the constant FS related drama-bombs I'd think he was A+.

yeah except the problem with his posts is that they are intended to get a reaction from people and not a response. I almost forgot which team he supports since 90% of his posts are talking **** to arsenal fans.

I don't follow the MLB threads at all. But based on everything I've heard about them, a baseball mod is much more needed than a hockey mod.

It was the Arsenal defeats that sent him crazy. I remember he had 1 HUGE post about it all. Was pretty epic

lol how quickly you forget his lengthy stop watch argument with United fans.....

MLB does not really have a big catch-all thread. i mean, it does, but it's nowhere near as popular as the NHL thread.

I dont think I was around at that time but do you not remember he went on the warpath after those B2B defeats? I lol'd so hard at the time

It was after the Manchester Derby.

Ah right. That day I was getting barred from a pub and getting thrown out on my ass. Wrecked the place after Owens goal.

Im going to find that post after the Arsenal game just so I can laugh at it again