- Jun 19, 2008
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Been a member on SC for a little while now and really enjoy reading, contributing, debating etc. First port of call for all things Spurs.
But... I've gone from active contributor to basically lurker especially in the 'Daily ITK' threads. The rules may sound simple; stick to the topic of today's ITK. But actually what we have on here is a conversation. A conversation where lots of people interact. Conversations are fluid and will flow from topic to topic and digress off 'ITK' - people will make a point and want to qualify and debate it. So I just don't post there anymore.
The thing with 'ITK' is that what it does is fill the void until deadline day and helps create some drama whilst there's Tottenham Transfer Radio Silence in the mainstream media. Very rarely does ITK honestly change what we know during this time - usually because little can be given away without breaching some sort of confidence and quite often the media is not far behind or even in front in terms of reporting.
Notable exceptions exist of course! Who can forget the winning ITK of all time, Didier Zokora?! Or even the Sigurdsson / Sissoko ITK. But in truth, we are all just anxiously waiting for what will come to pass by/on deadline day and unfortunately ITK rarely changes how we feel because of the way Spurs tend to operate at the end of the window. Also, some ITK may well be true but never comes to pass because that's what transfers are like.
So, in short - this site is great, but the ITK section is a tough one to martial (no pun intended) and contribute to without falling foul of the rules. This post was just to give Staff/Mods a sense of what it's like as a regular member, not wanting anything to change.
But... I've gone from active contributor to basically lurker especially in the 'Daily ITK' threads. The rules may sound simple; stick to the topic of today's ITK. But actually what we have on here is a conversation. A conversation where lots of people interact. Conversations are fluid and will flow from topic to topic and digress off 'ITK' - people will make a point and want to qualify and debate it. So I just don't post there anymore.
The thing with 'ITK' is that what it does is fill the void until deadline day and helps create some drama whilst there's Tottenham Transfer Radio Silence in the mainstream media. Very rarely does ITK honestly change what we know during this time - usually because little can be given away without breaching some sort of confidence and quite often the media is not far behind or even in front in terms of reporting.
Notable exceptions exist of course! Who can forget the winning ITK of all time, Didier Zokora?! Or even the Sigurdsson / Sissoko ITK. But in truth, we are all just anxiously waiting for what will come to pass by/on deadline day and unfortunately ITK rarely changes how we feel because of the way Spurs tend to operate at the end of the window. Also, some ITK may well be true but never comes to pass because that's what transfers are like.
So, in short - this site is great, but the ITK section is a tough one to martial (no pun intended) and contribute to without falling foul of the rules. This post was just to give Staff/Mods a sense of what it's like as a regular member, not wanting anything to change.