I've deleted it. I am going to make a new one in the future. This one will be much better

probably being edited. Had issues a bit ago too

Is the new forum down?

If Lupi33 is against it, it must be a good thing!

That's a thing?

Good god...

Why are you trying to 'recruit' members?  Its not even your forum.  Are you trying to build your own cadre of sycophants there?

bowden should be given auto mod priveleges imo

I'm interested. A few questions.

How would you moderate? Some of us have been on here for decades and are the long term members. We held this forum together through just about everything. Ran multiple different things that made this forum a success too.  Bowden is a moderator here and has earned that status. 

How do you drive traffic to the forum? 

What is the safety against bots?

Yep better safe than sorry.
MSC your round some strange types stalking funerals haha 

Nothing wrong with prepping 

hahahaah you guys remind me of the dudes that go cruising funerals to pick up widows... :)

Wait till this forums dies first brother :)

I’ve registered for that just incase scenario.

Kudos Pasquali, well done for taking the initiative.

Ill keep loyal to insidesport for now coz I can see your new forum is already being taken over by.... umm....  experts..... 

With the notable exception of Lupi, guys just join the new forum. It is already active.

I've already posted a list of 40 odd current and past FTBL Forum posters to try and recruit.  All of you are on it, minus one. 

Keep posting in both forums, until this one ceases to exist. Inside Sport is already active. We need posters to post all their research in the Aussie Abroad thread on Pasquali's  Inside Sport Forum 2. I'm not sure where the posters source all the material?

 This FTBL Forum could close any day. There hasn't been much new advertising. It isn't  generating money. There are costs involved running it. Anyone running a business wants to make money.

I've had a fair bit of recent contact with the  current site owner of Inside Sport. It  doesn't augur well for the future of this forum - but he might surprise us? He hasn't done what he  has implied he was going to do to keep this forum going.

It might be a question of the entire Inside Sport site disappearing altogether.

The opposite. There is a lot of mundane work moderating. Essentially, it is a community service. 

I'm busy enough off forum with positions of responsibility.

Not being a Mod means I can skip past posters like you, whose MO is essentially to troll, goad, derail, play the man not the ball, and cause as much conflict as possible. 

I wonder if it's a firewall thing...I'm trying from my work PC. Error page says:

This site can’t be reached

The connection was reset.

ERR_CONNECTION_RESET

That's strange. What does it say?

Does this work?
https://insidesport2.forumotion.com/t3-australia-wc-2026-qualification-thread

already trying to weasel your way into a mod position there

The power over laugh and dearth.

The link doesn't work for me :(

Unfortunately this forum isn’t what it use to be. It’s very slow and unresponsive, the ads get in the way, if you log in it takes you to the wrong page etc. 

I like being ‘admin’. It makes me feel powerful 🤣

And just a silly minor point - but if you simply join today you are a member from Day 1. Really quite meaningless, but it is something you will not be able to say tomorrow...

That said, I have registered on the new forum as well - for if or when.

You can click on the three bars top left and choose Member List to see how it grows too.

Same. But, I'm logged in/set up/ready to go when the inevitable needs to happen.

I feel a bit traitorous considering joining the new forum while this one still lives and breathes its history. Like I did years ago when KORB or its similar replacement were being touted by invitation only.

As long as this one has legs, a new forum feels like the Superleague Football option so I think I will stay posting here for now and keep the other bookmarked for 'if/when'. With no pressure on Bowden to continue the incredible time guzzling clean-ups he is doing, I will continue using this forum as long as he is willing to keep up the effort or gets help from the owners.

The new forum looks good, and would make an excellent replacement for me if this one goes belly up. So genuine 'Thanks', Pasquali. Have you considered registering a 'posting' account yourself on it so you don't have to post as Admin and feel less human?

The new forum works well.

Thanks Pasquali 
I’ll register 

Here it is guys. Wasn't quite the plan but it was the best I could do without coding it myself and paying for ongoing hosting fees. 

https://insidesport2.forumotion.com/

That's your MO.

Our forum is quite civilised.  You're only worried about protecting your perceived reputation and your deluded big dog status here.
Your lies and fraudulent character would be put on show for all to see elsewhere. 

Great idea, Pasquali.

I'll join it. Hopefully, it has the same mechanism as here to have posts appear immediately, as opposed to have a mod approving them every hour or so, like Roar. A mate of mine had a football blog in  this state which worked well, except he also approved posts every hour or so.  The posts weren't immediate.

It is important to try and recruit most of the posters on this forum to it.

Any forum needs a steady stream of new blood.