[JK.]

Tbh, all I have to do is click a button that says validate.

[Colbert]

It's all going to come crashing down when it gets forgotten one weekend

[JK.]

I know.

[Colbert]

Just give me and Louis moderator priveleges to ensure this doesn't fail miserably tbf

[JK.]

Tbh, I wish I could.

[Kevmeister]

I'm glad you can't, tbpfh.

[Colbert]

The subforum seems to be getting a lot of page views, not sure how they compare to the regular threads over a similar time frame but the word does seem to be spreading. I'm sure by next season it'll be a permanent fixture around here.

[Colbert]

In the title of each match thread you could put the channel on too

[JK.]

Yeh, makes sense.

[Colbert]

Has the football forum been noticeably more dead over the last couple of days or am I imagining it? Internationals are over ffs

[JK.]

Does seem like it.

It'll probably pick up today/tomorrow.

Threads opened in the other forum btw.

[marcusmerehay]

I'm back at home for Easter so my activity will be highly limited.

[Colbert]

I thought threads in the subforum had to be approved? Currently a member who joined three days ago has started one trying to arrange meetings to take money off others

[JK.]

I see.

I said something to admin before about them not coming up needing approval and it's supposed to be in place now, apparently not. I'll get it checked.

[Colbert]

The thread I started required approval though so there must be something in place

[JK.]

I've just looked at the log in the thread and it was approved by a super, human error not a problem with the system.

[muffingg]

(Original post by JK.)
After recent discussion with a few members, there are some changes we'd be interested in making. If you could read about the changes below, give your opinion on them (even if it's just a simple for/against, preferably with reasoning) and also add any suggestions of your own, it'd be much appreciated.


[SIZE="2"]Matchday threads
[/SIZE]
The main proposal is that of more individual match threads. Each week, there would be a main thread created with a list of all the upcoming fixtures and details of TV coverage, the main fixtures would have their own threads (which would be linked in the OP) for discussion and all other matches could be discussed in the initial thread.

This would mean that the societies are no longer used for match discussion in the way that they currently are, but more for general club news/discussion and some of the build up to matches in the week(s) before they take place.

Some of the advantages:

• Common thread for supporters of both teams (and neutrals) to discuss matches
• A place for supporters of teams which aren't well represented to post about and discuss their team's matches
• Less spam in the society threads - especially beneficial for those not online during a game

I'd like to thank the creative genius that is Colbert for his input with this suggestion.


[SIZE="2"]Other ideas? (will add suggestions in the thread to this list)[/SIZE]

European thread split?

Not too sure about this one, but I thought it may be an idea to split the current European football thread in 3:

-A thread for Spanish football
-A thread for Italian football
-A remaining thread for all other Euro football talk

Whilst this may help separate talk on different leagues and encourage more posts on other leagues in the current thread, it may have an adverse effect causing talk on all other leagues to die out.

Anyway, could be worth a trial period if others agree?

A thread about Spanish and Italian football and none about German? The German football is taking over Italian from next year according to the 5 years ranking (if that matters). Also it is often very well represented internationally as well as in their league with top teams such as Bayern, Schalke, Dortmund, Hamburg, and Bremen.

I would suggest that if you create one about Italian football, then you need one about German football as well.

[JK.]

(Original post by muffingg)
A thread about Spanish and Italian football and none about German? The German football is taking over Italian from next year according to the 5 years ranking (if that matters). Also it is often very well represented internationally as well as in their league with top teams such as Bayern, Schalke, Dortmund, Hamburg, and Bremen.

I would suggest that if you create one about Italian football, then you need one about German football as well.

In terms of the discussion generated on here, there is still more Spanish/Italian discussion than German which was the reasoning behind the separate threads, the German league is the next obvious choice if we were to split the European thread but as it's not being split it doesn't really matter.

Surely Leverkusen deserve a mention, too?

[muffingg]

(Original post by JK.)
In terms of the discussion generated on here, there is still more Spanish/Italian discussion than German which was the reasoning behind the separate threads, the German league is the next obvious choice if we were to split the European thread but as it's not being split it doesn't really matter.

Surely Leverkusen deserve a mention, too?

When there is no discussion happening, we'll do some:

I hate them that's why I didn't mention them

Well, Leverkusen is some weird team really. Some seasons being awesome and some proper crap...

[Colbert]

I think if I had ESPN I'd watch the German and Italian leagues. Whenever I see an Italian game covered on Zonal Marking there are inevitably some weird and wonderful tactical forays that seem to be missing in La Liga and the Premier League

3 man defences ftw.