The General's thread has been locked

[Risso]

Let's just have our General thread back and then all the people who consider it a waste of time can quite easily avoid it.

Let's have our site back instead.

Why is this not the case?

Because he's an official club spokesman here to spread the party line, and fear of saying something that'll upset the him stops people discussing things as openly as they might otherwise do.  If the club want a channel for two way interaction with the fans, they've got their own website where they could do it.

[Mazrim]

Let's just have our General thread back and then all the people who consider it a waste of time can quite easily avoid it.

Let's have our site back instead.

Why is this not the case?

Because he's an official club spokesman here to spread the party line, and fear of saying something that'll upset the him stops people discussing things as openly as they might otherwise do.  If the club want a channel for two way interaction with the fans, they've got their own website where they could do it.

I dont see any difference in H&V pre or post General Krulak having a thread here.
I can't believe anybody would fear speaking their mind (in a civilised manner) at the risk of upsetting him. I doubt he'd even want that at all.

[KevinGage]

How about a compromise?

Re-open the thread, but restrict it to non Villa related topics. I'm only half joking. As others have mentioned, he'll only ever trot out the party line on thorny issues re playing matters, and he's not a huge help on consumer issues if the solution doesn't somehow involve Nicky Keye.

But the older threads that tended to drift off topic were some of the best stuff on here, covering US foreign policy, military matters and all the rest of it. Whatever your politics, it's good to get the opinion of a guy who might actually have a degree of insight into those matters.

[Greg N'Ash]

if people want to read it and speak to the General then let 'em. Not going to make me mind my P's and Q's just because the General may be reading. its not on the main forum anyway, so people like me who find it a bit banal and pointless can ignore it as indeed i have been doing.

[The Situation]

I don't see the point of getting rid of his forum because there are people who'd like to have it on here.

It's quite simple, if you don't want to talk to the General or read what he says... DISABLE HIS FORUM!!!

It's great to have regular communication with someone on the board.

[Scott Nielsen]

But the older threads that tended to drift off topic were some of the best stuff on here, covering US foreign policy, military matters and all the rest of it. Whatever your politics, it's good to get the opinion of a guy who might actually have a degree of insight into those matters.

I agree. Those topics were far more interesting than the, naturally, very restricted Villa sound bites.

[Daholteend]

While I don't always agree with the General's thoughts, or decisions, with approximately 50% of the members wanting the thread to be re-opened, I can't see that there should be a problem.

If the General wishes to spend his valuable time reading through the threads and responding then I say fair play.

I only occasionally check the thread by speeding through his posts. There is no doubt that he is a forthright straight up bloke and I even have a couple of Amercan friends who served under him and they rated him highly, and his father even more so.

As for his "party line", no one is standing behind us making us read the thread. If we don't agree with what he has to say we can "discuss" it with him. Alternatively If we really don't agree with his contributions the solution is simple, don't bother reading the threads.

He has a thankless job and thread does present a line of communication that was unthinkable in the dark ages of Deadly.

It's a free gift. I say take it and if you don't enjoy it, ignore it.

[Lambert and Payne]

I don't see the point of getting rid of his forum because there are people who'd like to have it on here.

It's quite simple, if you don't want to talk to the General or read what he says... DISABLE HIS FORUM!!!

It's great to have regular communication with someone on the board.

This.

[Wilfred the Hairy]

But the older threads that tended to drift off topic were some of the best stuff on here, covering US foreign policy, military matters and all the rest of it. Whatever your politics, it's good to get the opinion of a guy who might actually have a degree of insight into those matters.

I agree. Those topics were far more interesting than the, naturally, very restricted Villa sound bites.

Did the general explain why the US invaded Iraq?

[Lee]

I don't see the point of getting rid of his forum because there are people who'd like to have it on here.

It's quite simple, if you don't want to talk to the General or read what he says... DISABLE HIS FORUM!!!

It's great to have regular communication with someone on the board.

See I used to watch from afar, taking out the banal stuff to see if there is anything that interested me. I was fine with that. But with his reactions of the last week or so, it just shows the contempt that he seems to hold the Villa Support at the minute. Therefore, as far as I I'm concerned, he really has bugger all to say.

[The Situation]

To be fair, i'm still baffled by his very strangely timed outburst on Facebook.

Fair enough if it was after we'd officially announced Big Eck as manager, but a few days before at the time when it was just still a rumour.

Talk about the board not wanting to do their buisness in the media...

[Mac]

Was it him?

Why suddenly choose a website to commuinicate where his credentials could not be easily examined to prove authenticity?

I leave it up to you....

[Mac]

Although that General Krulak Twitter account is definitely him. 110% FACT :rolls eyes:

[Greg N'Ash]

yeah but that just demonstrate the problems with the thread and the position he's in. Maybe he think's Mcliesh is rubbish but he can't say that because he knows Lerner wants him, and also Mcliesh will think "whats going on here?". The Facebook thing was off the record as far as he was concerned and maybe he thinks Mcliesh is brilliant but I'm sure he gets frustrated by all the gossip and ill-informed media crap. He doesn't strike me as a naturally diplomatic person anyway or someone used to biting his tongue. *cough*

[Mac]

Having not seen the comment I don't know what was said, but it's hardly nonattributable if it's from him is it?

Was it from Charles Krulak? Chuck Krulak? General Krulak?  Or are they all him?