I was looking at the Sheffield Utd forum as I do all the local teams & to my surprise I saw a a thread started by an old stalwart of the BBS , Conan Troutman no less who started a thread discussing the restricted tickets sales for Utd fans for their visit to Oakwell in October , whilst I did not always agree with his views I must confess that him & one or two now absent posters of the past always brought thought provoking football threads to the BBS & in my opinion are missed .
I had some right ding dongs with him back when I was on here in my previous incarnation, I kind of enjoyed it though.
To the best of my knowledge he was never banned. He was a divisive character in here and I think he just got in one spat too many and flounced out.
Thought he was banned for posting repetitive stuff about Johnson same with Dr zazlos or am I getting him mixed up with the reeve?
Got to love the BBS. Outrage at not banning certain posters instantly and then months later saying they're missed. Absence makes the heart grow fonder as they say.
Think you're getting mixed up. He got accused of being overly negative about the club and it seemed to rub people up the wrong way.
It's the same with footballers, the longer they're out of action the better everyone thinks they are!
Not exclusively, but perhaps. Otherwise those same posters might offer their perspective at the time a ban comes in to play.
He would say things as though they were a matter of fact, and refuse to budge on his opinion, regardless of how outlandish it was. One of the final duels we had (before I had a hiatus from the forum), was regarding Oli McBurnie and Darren Bent. He was convinced that Darren Bent would score more for Burton, than Oli McBurnie would for Barnsley.
Did you post a "Come home Conan, we miss you" message on the Sheff Utd board or are you just hoping he'll get wind of this thread through some psychic ability?