Time to move to new board

[ladyretfordpie]

Is anyone else having problems viewing this site? For the last few days, I keep getting 'this page isn't working error code 503' I keep refreshing it and sometimes I get it back, as I have now. It's driving me nuts!

[LincsPie]

Yes, pretty poor. Just got back in, but it's forcing me to login rather than being able to just read without logging in.

Keep thinking it's had a meltdown because a new coach has been announced but no......

[tommopie8]

Yeah made me login before I could view and it wasn't the usual message so I think -mad have probably updated so you have to login to view.

[ladyretfordpie]

Yeah made me login before I could view and it wasn't the usual message so I think -mad have probably updated so you have to login to view.

yes, I had to login as well but it's the fact I keep losing it with this error code which is infuriating

[irishpete]

Yep. Pain in the arse. Sometimes it loads but more often than not, it doesn't at the minute & says mad can't handle this request

[jackal2]

Same here. It seems to be a pattern with Mad. There's a dodgy spell, then they get it right for a few months, and then it goes haywire again.

[SwalePie]

Yes it's been pants for days now

[theadissey]

Maynard's taken over the servers.

[countygump]

Yep. Pain in the arse. Sometimes it loads but more often than not, it doesn't at the minute & says mad can't handle this request

Same for me. It's been as chit as the 2nd leg of our play-off match for ages now.

[Old_pie]

Yes it's been pants for days now

I know of a few public facing websites that are struggling as AI bots are actively crawling through them causing overloads. One of the offenders is Facebook. One remedy for some is to force a login or some form of verification to prevent the bots from getting into the site.

No idea if that is the case here but just suspect that the forced login, once it is sorted, could be this site's answer.
No doubt others on here have more first hand experience.