Great shout, Terry and a good post, Red_Isle!
It's fine to have an opinion- that is not in dispute. A lot of the shit-stirrers on the transfer forum, venting their spleen and generally acting billy-big-bollocks- Mr. I-Am-RAWK; are perrenial WUMs and n00bs. That's also expected, but what is beyond my understanding is the need to be insulting, dismissive, disrespectful and argumentative- mostly unprovoked and some aimed in the general direction of the club, the DoF and the manager.
It is inexcusable and the transfer-thread has become a place where n00bs(I have nothing against n00bs, I was one as well, but I knew my place) rule and chaos is the order of the day. The hordes in there are being left to their own devices and its become an eyesore about the place. When these are put on the spot, they revert to the classic- "Since this is a forum, I'm allowed to have an opinion". Its unfortunate that this defense has been wrestled off genuine posters, with genuine reasoned opinions- as opposed to those who react on a whim and attempt to reply to every post they can within a certain timeframe and jump from argument to argument. It's all dumb-down in there.
I am content and happy with how our club has conducted itself and the circumstances we find ourselves in and I'm looking forward to the new signings- whoever they might be. It's just a pity that- unlike most transfer windows before, I will not set foot in there to aire an opinion about a player anymore.
Roll on next season!