Hi Jules,
I've been a Barnsley fan most of my adult life, sometimes as a season ticket holder, sometimes as a watcher from a distance. I've never played (other than at school) coached, or been coached so I wouldn't consider myself as competent to comment as some of the posters on this board who have obviously played and coached in the past.
My footballing posts are therefore limited to, or agreeing with the usual -
Davies needs to command his box, Lindsay is the weak link,Moncur is frustratingly inconsistent, we paid too much for Thiam, we miss Bradshaw or a player in his role, Bahre is Stendel's love child, I was wrong about Stendel he's impressed so far, I don't know what the new owners motives are, Oakwell pies are too hot and overpriced.
Comment about the game/tactics/formation
comment about the ref/away fans/50/50 draw.
repeat,repeat,repeat.
There are posters on here who are more knowledgeable and experienced in playing/coaching the game first hand than I to provide a creditable match report, so I don't even try.
Like others I have other interests, I don't drink whisky, do much cooking of lamb shanks, I have a dog but only pay a passing interest to his shyte to make sure he's ok. These topics aren't football related either but go unchallenged by you.
I also post on things that interest me; Brexit,politics,immigration,the economy,the state of the Labour party under Corbyn. Most of the local teams message boards contain the same o/t content.
My posts often put me at odds with others on this board, that's fine it's all about opinions as we often say and if you don't want to engage with me no one is forcing you.
I think it's a bit sad that some posters can't express views on topics that interest them that may well start a debate or discussion, this may be the reason that this board has a handful of regular posters who all tend to broadly agree with each other, and members who never post. Maybe they're put off by the potential for the collective to come down on them,maybe not, I suppose we'll never know as they don't post anything at all.
So as you object so much to what I post about off topic, whilst others are ok to post about whatever they want unchecked, I've decided that the simplest thing for me to do is to stop posting and withdraw from the board.
Interestingly it isn't the first board I've ever resigned from
So, in closing I'd like to wish everyone on Tykes Mad all the very best and apologise for any offence caused.
RF out.