Comments have been open again on State of the Game for two days and already I’m sick of having to keep pointing out our policy on what we’ll accept as comments.

1) No unnecessary swearing - I enjoy the use of many swear words in normal conversation and online but if your comment contains any unnecessary ones you’ll be binned.

2) No personal attacks on writers or other commenters - This is the golden rule, break it and your comment goes straight to the bin wasting both your time and mine. Time is precious, don’t waste it.

3) Stay on topic - Comment on the post or issues raised by other commenters, deviate into the realms of “my club’s bigger/better/tougher than your club” and you’ll find your comment binned. We appreciate debate on the issues raised, we hate petty digs from keyboard warriors with no relevance to the issues at hand.

4) Be nice to each other - This follows on from the no personal attacks point. You may be infuriated by what the writer has said and we expect that in some cases, football is a very emotive subject for all of us. Before you type a tough guy response about pummelling the writer’s head in or advising them not to give up their day job (how original btw) take a deep breath and think about whether you would say the same things to the person if you met them in the pub and were discussing the same issue. Sitting behind a computer monitor is no excuse for not acting in a civilised manner.

Stick to these guidelines and we’ll be fine. Mess about and break them and you’ll find your comment in the bin, persist and you’ll find your IP address logged and blocked.

What this boils down to is this: if you are a sensible person capable of sensible discussion then please comment on SOTG, if not, we don’t want your type around here so kindly move along.

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