...are frankly one of the best things about the CCMB.

If you doubt it for a second just take a look at the thread titled "This Board". It was started today but has more views and replies than any other topic on the front page.

People like a dust-up and others like to watch it unfold.

Of course, in these argument threads you get the usual few who pop in to give their wisdom with comments along the lines of "this thread is just a bunch of grown ups throwing childish insults!" or "these idiotic arguments are ruining the board!" but that's just their way of joining in the fun with their own insults.

The ones I feel sorry for are not the ones that pop in with insults to say how childish the insults are, but the ones that don't say anything at all. The ones that open the thread, see it descend into nonsense, sigh and just leave again. Those are the ones most negatively effected by these threads.

So, if it really is a problem, how about putting one clearly labelled "ARGUMENT" thread on the board and if any two posters look like they're getting out of hand just point them in the direction of the argument thread so the OP isn't spoiled?

The CCMB is a place to talk football but it's also a place to vent frustrations, it always has been. So why not give it it's own thread to save the others?