[Archived] NICKO

[yeti-dog]

Fleet Street is a tough school full of hard characters so it is surprising he is so thin-skinned. Perhaps he gets such a hard time in his day job he doesn't need more abuse on the messageboard of a club he doesn't support.

The messageboard has been good to him though - he earns his crust by writing the titbits of information gleaned from contacts and this place will have been a good source of information for him.

His mood clearly wasn't helped by you swinging your d!ck.demanding he write a story on a non-story and suggesting his editor needed to sort him out.

[True Blue & White]

Yay, the plus/minus feature is back. Think I preferred it when there was only a plus button though as people with grudges can often just go through giving negative points without even reading the post because they don't like the poster.

[roverandout]

have they taken the post count off? i was enjoying trying to get to 1000 posts

[yeti-dog]

Yay, the plus/minus feature is back. Think I preferred it when there was only a plus button though as people with grudges can often just go through giving negative points without even reading the post because they don't like the poster.

...just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

A bit spineless that viewpoint,pretty much says the only feedback I can bear is positive feedback.

have they taken the post count off? i was enjoying trying to get to 1000 posts

you really,really,really need to get out more.

Perhaps take up Morris Dancing or trainspotting...

[roverandout]

well tommorow im going to be folding my underpants and sorting my sock drawer out so i wont have time.

[True Blue & White]

...just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you.

A bit spineless that viewpoint,pretty much says the only feedback I can bear is positive feedback.

Odd, your first sentence seems to contradict your second. Anyway, I wasn't talking specifically about my posts but just how people behave on here in general, I could care less how you rate my posts but I know certain posters are a bit more thinned skinned, like the type of person to leave because he had a post deleted.

[Teacup]

Any chance the plus and minus buttons can be visible on ignored posts? So I don't have to view the post to vote it down.. I can just vote it down without even looking at it?

I am only joking, honest

[Glenn]

Yay, the plus/minus feature is back. Think I preferred it when there was only a plus button though as people with grudges can often just go through giving negative points without even reading the post because they don't like the poster.

No. But this post rep is only asociated with POST not the person. And fan boys can just as easily vote up their idols or their mates.

have they taken the post count off? i was enjoying trying to get to 1000 posts

I think think that post alone justified me doing it.

[Paul]

His mood clearly wasn't helped by you swinging your d!ck.demanding he write a story on a non-story and suggesting his editor needed to sort him out.

Sorry but I have to completely disagree with this.

It appears there has been a much bigger story at Ewood in recent months, that is since Venky's took over, than transfer dealings. Much of what appears in the MB is unsubstantiated rumour or at best truth which cannot be verified to a named source.

Many claim Alan Nixon to be the best connected individual at the club. He is constantly praised for the accuracy of his information. On this basis it is hard to conceive he does not know at least a part if not the full story since Venky's arrival. However all his journalistic output is centred on transfer news, never on the ownership issues. A cynical person might speculate this is because transfer stories are endless and sell multiple editions of a newspaper whereas the ownership and subsequent management issues might be news for ten days at best.

Don't forget this is the journalist who encouraged Rovers fans "to enjoy it while you can." I feel a football club is a bit more important than that. Mind you by concentrating only on transfer news and rumours of ££££ being available nicko certainly enjoyed it for as long as possible.

This is why I question the input and without putting words in others mouths I guess jim does. Ultimately we've one poster who has taken a break. Personally I miss the thoughts of AESF, Scotty, bob Fleming, Capt Kayos, Cheshire Blue, nuclear-sox, to name a few because sadly there are many others, far, far more than a journalist. Why? Because they are Rovers, they may have a different view from me but it was Rovers and only had one motivation - our football club and it's success.

[tcj_jones]

Why? Because they are Rovers, they may have a different view from me but it was Rovers and only had one motivation - our football club and it's success.

Very good post Paul, but this bit in particular is worth highlighting.

I, for one, would be glad if he went and didn't come back. The standard of posting has dropped massively over the past year or two, and I think Nicko has had a big influence on that - "what's the time, Nicko", "how many minutes until the 11 o'clocker, Nicko", "what's for dinner, Nicko?!" etc.

I doubt very much either that people would demand a petition for any of the many excellent contributors who actually support the club, should they decide to leave, and that bugs me too.

[Rover95]

Does anyone know what happened to iamarover? His posts were quality!

Obviously it was interesting reading Nicko's posts but I felt that his info was becoming more and more vague and recently wasn't actually telling us a lot , just feeding titbits of cryptic stuff which resulted in mass hysteria. Mischief making I thought!

[john.leigh]

Well I'm gunna be brave and say that at this particular moment in time I think the message board will be a better place for not having Nicko around.

Given all the current uncertainty I think that his comments were just stirring up further unrest - sometimes it is just better for us not to know what is going on behind closed doors

Not everybody has a right to know everything that is going on - wheter it be at home, at work or at Ewood - some conversations just need to be kept behind closed doors.

Don't get me wrong I think Nicko has been invaluable to us in the past, but I was starting to get uncomfortable with some of the items he was coming put with - maybe the truth does hurt - but sometimes it's just better not to know.

I also hope he will be invaluable to us in the future - but I think he has done the wise thing at the momnet and made a tactical withdrawal. Maybe some others might now follow suit?

[koi]

He's a tabloid hack who throws hundreds of names out there and a few stick. I also find it funny that a time when the club tries to shut down the leaks Nicko turns of them...

[Ricky]

How accurate has he actually been recently?

Just a question. In January we were told Larsson was signing in the summer. We've also been told that we've already signed someone but that name never seemed to come out either.

I think the majority of the other names have come out on the mb recently before he's reported them.

I just wonder if a number of his sources went when the old guard left. Accuracy of the reports just doesn't seem as good from him as it was a couple of years ago. At that stage he quite rightly quoted his accuracy of transfer news. You could argue this year has just been a case of throwing names out there.

Don't forget how critical he was recently of the LET article about benjani re-signing when he dismissed it completely and said it was nonsense, looks like the LET were actually the ones who had that right.

[Roversider]

I always enjoyed perusing the posts of Mr. Nixon, I also appreciate an even-handedness from the Mods. The petty abuse of other posters rather than a conflicting but thought out argument drags the board down, whoever it is from. Better to take a deep breath or put someone on ignore.

I'm sure that Nicko has had benefit from some of the information that has been here when people have spotted goings on at the club which he can further investigate. Not everything he can write about can come from sources without a little help from other titbits. I'm sure he can't park outside of Brockhall or Ewood all the time.

He has to make his living from journalism so he gets his stories from wherever he can and it was always entertaining to see his thoughts on prospective transfers. Could he get things wrong? Yes. Has he been proved right in the past? Yes.

Anyway, I always thought the best way was to skip to the Mirror site and see what the editorial staff thought was worth running. Nicko can be read there.

If he wants to come back then I'd be happy to see him here.

[Mattyblue]

Indeed, go to the Mirror online fo his articles, what time are they ususally posted on there again?

[True Blue & White]

How accurate has he actually been recently?

Just a question. In January we were told Larsson was signing in the summer. We've also been told that we've already signed someone but that name never seemed to come out either.

I think the majority of the other names have come out on the mb recently before he's reported them.

I just wonder if a number of his sources went when the old guard left. Accuracy of the reports just doesn't seem as good from him as it was a couple of years ago. At that stage he quite rightly quoted his accuracy of transfer news. You could argue this year has just been a case of throwing names out there.

Don't forget how critical he was recently of the LET article about benjani re-signing when he dismissed it completely and said it was nonsense, looks like the LET were actually the ones who had that right.

And Baez who we apparently signed weeks ago.

Nickoteens remember the ones he gets right and forget the ones he gets wrong leaving them with the impression that he is 'usually bang on the money'. Of course this works both ways.

I remember when he kept saying Bentley was about to sign a new contract just before he left for Spurs. When he was challeneged on it he just said "But he was going to sign, he was, then Tottenham came along..".

The trouble is because of a lot of what he reports is behind the scenes stuff it's very hard to prove either way. We obviously don't end up signing every player he names so unless the manager confirms we did try to buy player X after nicko has identified him on here how can you ever prove whether we were trying to sign them or nicko just made it up?

Have Miranda and Piatti ever been named by Kean or the owners as targets for example?

[PAFELL]

can we start a petition to keep nicko from disappearing for good? he said earlier he wont be coming back after getting his post deleted, we need you on here, without your information its not nearly as interesting. Mods can you not give nicko special discompensation with his posts, his information makes the threads on this forum worth reading.

I do not think it is right to drive any poster off this MB. We may not all like what Nicko writes in the mirror or his posts on here, that is our choice. Though there are a few posters who deliberatly try to provoke other posters, making the board very unpleasent at times. Those people should be warned about their conduct in the hope they wil behave. But if not removed for awhile or even banned for life.

But for whatever reason Nicko has received from a number of posters a lot of unjustified abuse. No poster deserves that. There has been times that he has given it back as well - often in responce to abuse or allegations of lying from others. But some of the flak he has received is beyond contempt. I would be happy for Nicko to come back, for the simple reason he is a valid member of this MB as is everybody else. Other posters have restricted themselves as to what they write on here. Because if they write things that others don't agree with, they receive abuse either via PM or the messageboard. This is unacceptable. There are people on here of various ages. I suggest the older people should take the lead with regards to how they post. It can often be hard to resist in responding to insults, but we must all do it.

There used to be a 'report a post' button - if I remember correctly. I suggest the admin bring that back. So instead of posters responing to abuse and insults in like manner, they report the post instead, and let admin deal with it.

Yes I want Nicko back as I do any other poster. I hope he reconsiders and returns.

[Tom]

The Piatti one in particular interested me, only nicko claimed we were after him and because of that we had people berating the club for not signing him.

By the way wheres unleaded, he really does know his stuff and is on the ball.

[PAFELL]

How accurate has he actually been recently?

Just a question. In January we were told Larsson was signing in the summer. We've also been told that we've already signed someone but that name never seemed to come out either.

I think the majority of the other names have come out on the mb recently before he's reported them.

I just wonder if a number of his sources went when the old guard left. Accuracy of the reports just doesn't seem as good from him as it was a couple of years ago. At that stage he quite rightly quoted his accuracy of transfer news. You could argue this year has just been a case of throwing names out there.

Don't forget how critical he was recently of the LET article about benjani re-signing when he dismissed it completely and said it was nonsense, looks like the LET were actually the ones who had that right.

Stories change Ricky - sometimes just as they have gone to print. Benjani has not yet signed a new contract. That is why he has not gone to Austria.

[True Blue & White]

I do not think it is right to drive any poster off this MB.

He wasn't driven off the site, he left of his own accord after accusing the mods of deleting one of his posts (which of course is worse than holocaust denial).

[ABBEY]

Very good post Paul, but this bit in particular is worth highlighting.

I, for one, would be glad if he went and didn't come back. The standard of posting has dropped massively over the past year or two, and I think Nicko has had a big influence on that - "what's the time, Nicko", "how many minutes until the 11 o'clocker, Nicko", "what's for dinner, Nicko?!" etc.

I doubt very much either that people would demand a petition for any of the many excellent contributors who actually support the club, should they decide to leave, and that bugs me too.

exactly ..the nickoteens worship of nicko was/are turning this site into nickoteen.com

[thenodrog]

He still pops by occasionally. I keep trying to convince him to return to posting (especially as a large part of an unfortunate misunderstanding has been cleared up) and I still have hope that one day he will.

To echo Gordan on Scotty, "Not keen on his politics, but enjoyed his posts". (I mean to echo his comment but ABOUT Smiffy. I'd imagine mine and Scotty's politics are quite similar)

I'm sure this is better on ask admin but with respect Glenn I feel that is the nub of the issue. imo The moderation on here does have a certain political bias imo and always has had. The likes of Blue Phil and aesf were damned good posters. They were reasoned and educated individuals with many well formed and valid opinions but the stick and insults they were allowed to suffer from lesser intellects and heavily agenda'd members frequently went beyond the pale. Little or no action from moderation on many occasions was disgraceful. Small wonder they tired of it all.

[thenodrog]

But for whatever reason Nicko has received from a number of posters a lot of unjustified abuse. No poster deserves that. There has been times that he has given it back as well - often in responce to abuse or allegations of lying from others. But some of the flak he has received is beyond contempt.

He's not got all that much flak at all unless I've missed a lot. Few spats and thats about it. In fact I'd wager the 'abuse' balance is tipped quite strongly in his favour. Anybody who questions or challenges his points immediately opens themselves open to personal attacks by him.

[LeChuck]

Yay, the plus/minus feature is back. Think I preferred it when there was only a plus button though as people with grudges can often just go through giving negative points without even reading the post because they don't like the poster.

The + only system made no sense.

Wildly antagonist posts will always please a few nutters, so they end up with a healthy green number because all the people who hate them can't stick a minus on it.

Once the novelty wears off I'm pretty sure it'll be used properly. Hopefully stops people posting "+1" or "I agree" etc.