Too Many Forums?

[Sir Puntalot]

This is not intended to have a go Ollie, but I do feel that the european forum, the bookmakers forum and the football britain forum should be together as one. I was a little bit miffed as I posted a bookie query here yesterday and it was transferred to bookie forum, but that forum gets a visit about as often as Halley's comet comes round! :) As I say, not intended to have a go, just the people that matter (YOU) thoughts! I agree with the non-football forum though, good idea and working well! :)

[Guest theidler]

Re: Too Many Forums? i think this echoes the thoughts of quite a few here on the forum:) THEIDLER:)

[Guest Ollie]

Re: Too Many Forums? The stats for the Europe and Internationals forum show that it gets about 60% of the visits a day that the Football Betting - Britain forum does, it's just that people don't post there as much, no doubt in part to it attracting people whose first language isn't always English. The bookmakers forum came about because I wanted to have a record of all comments on bookies so that when people are thinking about joining a new one they have a lot of opinions to browse through. I had archived them but there were so many that I thought why not create a new forum? Many people were sceptical about creating a Non-football Betting forum as well, but as you yourself say Paul, that's going well. It takes time, but it will all come together. I didn't like it when things were moving at such a rapid pace that if you didn't check for a day you had over a oage of messages to go through.

[Guest bluenose09]

Re: Too Many Forums? My thoughts are that the european games, meaning uefa cup and champions league etc.. should be in this forum, but other european leagues like swedish leagues swiss leauges(nothing against these leagues by the way they probally play really great football):) but really how many people are going to be betting on those matches, only the very few, so these should be kept seperate. The bookies forum should be kept seperate because chatting about your favourite local or online bookie although very interesting isn't really a football betting tip or strategy and should stay where it is. Bluenose

[Guest pyrox]

Re: Swedes & Swiss Perhaps not too many bet on the Swiss (or other exotica) league, but that will show itself in a quite small number of posts on that subject, won't it? Thus, I don't see any problem with combinind Brit & Euro football. If a thread about Swiss soccer appears, it won't be too much trouble to just skip it.

[Guest Sebflair]

Re: Swedes & Swiss Actually talking about the "minor" leagues there is actually a lot of money to be made. Bookmakers dont usually know much about these leagues and rely mostly on just league standings and form. If you know where to get all the team news, newspapers etc....(I have my sources for that) :) you can do VERY well !!! The other crucial example is to be able to speak other languages to understand and read the foreign websites and so on. You have to remember that only in a few EU countries actually have some betting websites. So they tend to rely on each others odds. Good example, the other day i had Lugano to beat Lausanne @ 2.1 !!!! and if you were swiss and lived there you would know that was a REAL bargain...I have also many other examples... Mail list: [email protected] :)

[Guest Jeremy Fernando]

Re: Too Many Forums? There may be a case for merging some of the forums but I definitely agree with Ollie that the bookmaker forum should be kept separate. It is useful to be able to see what others have to say about various bookies even if they said it a few weeks ago, and that wouldn't be possible if it was merged. If there is a post about the possible outcome of tonight's match, then its not so relevant once the match is finished. Bookie posts stay relevant for a much longer period of time. If the 'bookie' posts were merged, it would be harder to find them and they would get pushed back amongst all the other posts.

[Guest bluenose09]

Re: Swedes & Swiss My point exactly, and if you wanted too have a bet on a foreign league then it would be much easier to find it in its own category, rather if it was just an occasional post that could be easily missed in the main forum!! Bluenose

[Guest Jeremy Fernando]

Re: Too Many Forums? Although I disagree with Paul when I say that there should be a separate bookies forum, I do fully understand Paul's point about nobody responding to his post because nobody saw it. If Paul was telling us something about a bookie then it should have been put in the bookies forum. Then if somebody wants to know about bookies they can find Paul's info. in that forum. But Paul was actually asking us about a bookie (completely the opposite). The punters who knew the information are exactly the punters who do not need to go to the bookies forum. They are the punters who are in the main lounge. As a compromise, I think that Paul's post should have remained in the main lounge for a while and then put in the bookies forum. What do you think Paul & Ollie?

[Sir Puntalot]

Jeremy Fernando I couldn't agree more with what you said, I was trying to find out something and like you say, all the people that could have answered the question are here and very few people visit the bookies forum or know it exists! ;)

[Guest Ollie]

Re: Jeremy Fernando Well now they do and hopefully it will become more visited :) .

[Sir Puntalot]

Forums Thats hardly the point Ollie, but its your website so do as you wish.

[Guest theidler]

Re: Too Many Forums? i must admit that since this poll went up i have checked the other forums on a daily basis and have since changed my mind, THEIDLER:)

[Guest Pootertoonz]

Re: Too Many Forums? What I think would be a good idea would be if ezBoard could give you the option to "duplicate" a thread on seperate forums... for example... when an English club plays in Europe, it should go in the "Europe & Internationals Forum" but people who read the "British Football" forum mostly would perhaps not go over and read it - even though they are interested in the game... If you could somehow duplicate it so that the thread appeared in both forums (and replies were automatically posted on both threads also) then this would be great... ... I think... :)

[Tulenos]

Re: Swedes & Swiss Well, I'm not sure if these bargains are offered too often. IMHO, the bookmakes simply copy the native ones and add something... On the other hand, those minor leagues in the north, especially the Norwegian one, tend to be full of bankers - of course in case you choose carefully.

[Guest THE BAKESTER]

to many forums why not leave the forums as they are and make a new joint forum that combines the others(which would be the one i go in) laters,,,,,,

[Guest lukiemsp]

Re: to many forums **oh. just realised this thread's about 3 months old. Where did that come from?** The forums have been split since I've been coming on here, and I quite like it this way. Sometimes post 'subject' titles aren't entirely descriptive (VALUE LIES THITHER!!! etc.), but if you're in the 'European Football' bit, at least you have an idea. Also, as the number of members increases, it could be a bit much for me to visit the combined forum and find 20-odd new posts. Bakester's idea sounds good to me, and should suit everyone. Logistically possible Ollie?

[Guest OllieO]

Re: to many forums Really I'd need a bit more clarification on what he means. You can't post a thread in more than one forum at a time, if that's what you mean.

[Guest lukiemsp]

Re: to many forums Having thought about it, it would be theoretically possible for posts to all threads to be copied to one combined thread, but not the other way round - as there'd be no way of knowing (automatically) which thread it's destined for. Unlikely that EzBoard offers the former facility anyway.

[Matt]

Re: to many forums Leave the board like it is, its going great as is it. :) I dont want to have to be trawling through about 100 posts on one forum because I haven't checked the board for a day. Also with more people joining all the time, its much better splitting the different sections up as they are some people who would only check one forum so it would be unfair for them to have to go through everything. :rollin

[Guest OllieO]

Re: Too Many Forums? I'm very open to starting new forums if people want, I've got no objection to it. At the moment I can't think of how an forums could be added without sitting too empty. Some betting boards have seperate forums for each country or league, but I'm fairly happy with it at the moment.

[Guest MYDOGDYLAN]

Re: Too Many Forums? How about a forum for a gentleman who absolutly contributes f@ck all,then he can answer his own stupid remarks ;)

[Guest OllieO]

Re: Too Many Forums? :lol !

[Guest MYDOGDYLAN]

Re: Too Many Forums? No i will not name the culprit ;)

[Guest 5H4RKY]

Re: Too Many Forums? Ollie how about creating a forum dedicated to Fantasy football player selections for the EPL. Members could post their weekly selections. Just a thought anyway. Cheers mate.

[Guest george 2001]

Re: Too Many Forums? i like the idea of seperate forums just for the reason there would be to many posts to mix together. a guide to using punters lounge would be nice to see for newcomers i.e non posting of accas,my tips etc. maybe a forum for systems would be nice as a lot of people have a interest in these. or maybe a "PUNTERS BIN" if say paul or any of the other moderators think a topic is garbage they can stick it in the "punters bin":D leaving space free for the important topics. be lucky :)

[Guest Dave Mardell]

Re: Too Many Forums? Brittish Leagues Worldwide Leagues & Internationals Other Sports & Racing Genral Chat & Football Banter Systems & Strategy Bookmakers & Bookmaker Offers?

[Guest Darlo Fan 1]

Re: Too Many Forums? :lol @ Dave bringing the forum back from the dead 2 years later!! I was looking at this the other day and there is quite a lot of forums knocking about, theres not much need for an International Forum at the moment, maybe that can be mixed with the European games... its easy for me to say that though cos I dont read them. I thought maybe a seperate English and then another forum for the rest of Britain. I agree with Dave that the horse racing forum should be put back with the Other Sports section as to be fair it doesnt get many posts, around 5 a day I work it out as. Football Banter should deffo be put with General Chat, it rarely gets used and even if it does, very few people read it. Tipster Challenge V should now be put with the Archives as its finished and Weekend Football Treble Competition hasnt been posted in for almost a month :eek Just my thoughts, I reckon something different might brighten up the place ;)