Mods pulling posts knocking the Khans

[hovewhite]

If the mods have been approached by the club then the Khan's are feeling the heat and aren't used to critiscum.

[snarks]

What you also have to appreciate is that the site can also be sued for defamation as they are deemed publishers of any defamatory comments. There is a difference between free speech and hosting potentially defamatory comments

[toshes mate]

The Khans may have made mistakes, mainly, perhaps, in failing to surround themselves with people experienced in running a Prem club but they are to be aplauded in investing heavily in the club - and for getting us back into the Prem, and that glorious day at Wembley.

Such a shame that crucial errors have meant our Prem tenure has been a failure this time. I'm sure the Khans are  mortified by this, just as we are.

I have no more idea than you have of what the Khans' truly feel about the last two seasons.  Elation with victory is pretty catching among supporters of any club as is being mortified in defeat.  But an owner has a special view of affairs that we can never share.  At one level there is the public statement, action, and activity but at another level is the hidden, the politics of planning, reasoning, and decision making.  I do not pretend to know what happened between the ears of those tasked with turning the success at Wembley, unexpected as it may have been, but suffice to say it was not what a good professional would have ordered.  Owners should never be immune form criticism especially when they fail to express remorse by remedying the sources of that remorse and instead target others who were much less guilty of making mistakes.

This forum is a natural place to express such points and opinions.  The Khans need to respect those who make such points and not get uppity because some people disagree with them.  I do not blame them if they simply point out those comments that, in their opinion, go too far, but it is the moderators who run this forum who should always have the final say so, including the right to express the view that pressure from FFC is OTT if that should ever be the case. 

[Southcoastffc]

What you also have to appreciate is that the site can also be sued for defamation as they are deemed publishers of any defamatory comments. There is a difference between free speech and hosting potentially defamatory comments

Precisely.

[hovewhite]

Pressure is coming from everywhere owing to decisions being made with in the club added to that the protest today.

[Nero]

Anti Khan posts have become repetitive and boring.
'We hate you for spending £100 million"
The constant search for a scapegoat always seem to ignore the players on the field making £50k a week.
It's the khans fault that the players seem to play only when it suits them.
Yes, the khans are to blame and saint Slav or whoever other non player you worship have nothing to do with it.
Let's move on

Agree it like the Stop the Greed protest aimed at the owners if the players didnt want paying 50k a week and agents demanding silly fees they wouldnt have to charge such high prices, then if the Khans refused to pay the wages to get/keep the players then they would be at fault for that. who would want to own a football club

[ALG01]

Fire away..

When we are approached about defamatory coments again, and threatend with legal action, we'll just give up all the details of our Members, rather than trying to cover for them, and take it on the chin as a Forum.

Just for the record what consitutes a defamatory comment. I am very critical of the Khan's actions, not their intent, but the poor management that we have discussed endlessly regarding transfers and some other stuff. Or are we rather talking about more personal abuse... I have siad for instance more than once their transfer policy last summer was negligent, is that OK?

[filham]

One does not see the logic in being negative towards the Khans.  They have shown they will invest at least £100million in Fulham F.C.  It was not about their backing but the quality of player they acquired.  That would suggest a lack of experience and relying on our scouts who referred them to the individuals we acquired.

So if one is to criticize then perhaps one should single out the judgement of Fulham's scouts who recommended these sub-standard over-priced players, not the lack of financial support the Khans gave Fulham.

They bought Mitrovic for £25million which was paramount!

One does not see the logic in being negative towards the Khans.  They have shown they will invest at least £100million in Fulham F.C.  It was not about their backing but the quality of player they acquired.  That would suggest a lack of experience and relying on our scouts who referred them to the individuals we acquired.

So if one is to criticize then perhaps one should single out the judgement of Fulham's scouts who recommended these sub-standard over-priced players, not the lack of financial support the Khans gave Fulham.

They bought Mitrovic for £25million which was paramount!

Nick, that was a nice gently worded post, not your usual bull at the gate style.
In this instance I agree with your every word, lets have more of the same.

[Statto]

I don't reckon I've ever written a post on here that could actually constitute defamation but I'm not a defamation lawyer and have only a Wikipedia-level understanding of the subject.

Also personally, I wouldn't want the aggravation of having to defend a claim of defamation even if I was sure it would fail, and I respect the forum operators' right to feel the same way.

I think this sort of thing is really shameful and have said in PMs to the mods that Id love to see it all made public somehow, eg, post the solicitors letters on the board or pass them to someone like Ryan O'Donovan (Get West London) or Sam Wallace (Telegraph) but again I respect the forum's choice and they may feel that's poking a hornets' nest.

Perhaps language in the personal text under avatars could be used to protect posters. I'd like to add something like this but it won't fit: "In the absence of an explicit statement to the contrary, I do not have any non-public information about the subject of my posts, and they are just my opinion, or speculation, based on publicly-available information."

[Friendsoffulham]

We'd like to thank everyone for their contributions towards this thread, and, by now, we'd like to think, that we've given enough information, as to why some post/coments were pulled from the Forum.

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For now, we are going to lock this thread, not because we don't want to discuss it, but feel we should be moving on now with footballing and Fulham related matters.