Laugh at Carlscum Thread - Move to General Discussion?

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

Hi moderators and fellow posters,

I'm just wondering whether it's possible to move the 'Laugh at Carlscum Thread' back to the general discussion board because it will gain a far greater following and more people will post in this thread rather than it being in Nick's Other AFL where the posting rate has slowed since the thread was moved to this section of the forum early last year in contrast to 2012 and 2013. Everyone here seems to love this thread and with our arch-enemy on the brink of despair this is the perfect time to move it back to the the general discussion area.

I've decided that the best way to be fair here is to conduct a poll deciding on whether people want the thread to return to General Discussion or to keep it in Nick's Other AFL.

Personally my vote will be in favour of it returning it to the general discussion area and I'm hoping the moderators consisting of David, Donny and others will take the results on board.

thebaldfacts · Joined: 02 Aug 2007

Agree totally.

Let the people speak. I think this will be a very popular thread over the next 3 years.

Wokko · Come and take it. Joined: 04 Oct 2005

Was a travesty that it got moved in the first place.

E · Joined: 05 May 2010

most of us only read one board. this one. I think it is very relevant to Collingwood supporters to have a Carlton thread to laugh at the rabble they have become.

Please mods, can we have a thread where we can laugh about the fact that Carlton just lost to the worst team in the competition and must surely be frontrunners for the spoon?

Even better is that they have made no plans to rebuild yet as they think they are at 11 o'clock on the premiership window......

Donny · Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 10:26 pm

From here, it takes 2 mouse clicks to get to Nick's Other AFL and one more to open the Carlton topic.

Cuthbert Collingwood · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 12:17 am

I agree

September Zeros · Joined: 04 Oct 2012 Location: Behind you

Woods Of Ypres · Joined: 27 May 2003 Location: Yugoslavia

he won't listen

Tannin · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:17 am

What E said.

Donny · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 2:06 am

Piesnchess · piesnchess Joined: 09 Jun 2008

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

Donny · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 9:26 pm

Jezza, I must ask: Why do you want to give so much oxygen to Carlton, esp. given your stated 'hatred' of that club ?

I had (and posted at the time, calling it the Mother of all stupid ideas) the same consternation about the 'I Hate Carlton' campaign (complete with t-shirts). In all that we hold dear, as Pies' supporters, why, WHY would any real fan want to hand one of our most cherished tags - the most hated club - to that mob ?!?

Personally (as a Pies' supporter since '57 and not necessarily as a Nick's mod), I'd love to see more of the obsessive vitriol directed at Carlton, redirected towards OUR team, in a positive manner.

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

The rivalry between Collingwood and Carlton is different to no other! It dates back more than a century now, our club has been on the receiving end from taunts, devastation and pain from the hands of this particular club more than any other club I can think of so I can clearly understand why many Nicksters especially older posters who can remember the 70s and 80s would love witnessing Carlton's demise at the moment and the diminishment of a once powerful club that matched us for success year after year to now becoming a shadow of itself.

I understand that some people don't share this passionate hatred of Carlton compared to others around here but deep down I'm pretty certain an overwhelming majority of posters here love Collingwood first and foremost before they hate or even think about Carlton for that matter. For example Carlton lost this weekend and it brought us some happiness and laughter at their expense but many were still disappointed about what transpired on Friday night against the Cats before they thought about Carlton's on-field woes and I like many here were an example of this. My reasons for supporting Collingwood for nearly 15 years now is attributed to my personal love for the club and the values and history it embodies rather than because its main rival was Carlton and is still arguably Carlton these days.

As I said earlier I want to keep an open mind about this that's why I've conducted a poll associated with this thread. If more people vote and the results conclusively state that they're not interested in moving the thread back to GD I will naturally accept it and not raise the issue again later down the track but if it demonstrates that a majority want to see the thread return to GD surely you can make an exception in this case.

John Wren · Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 11:43 pm

i would rather see the other afl forum moved to the collingwood forums section but that is an argument for another time and still awaiting resolution.

sure it might be a bit of fun for some but i don't actually like the thread in question and happy to see it buried forever and a day. if i want to have a laugh at carlton i just visit their forum. same too with richmond. i don't need others to copy and paste from another forum and add their own commentary. i also think it is frightening the views some people hold of malthouse and daisy thomas and this thread only serves to demonstrate how small minded some collingwood supporters are.