Opeing a new forum just for this will not change the bandwidth useage. Multiple threads and threads that are very long do affect the servers processing power so I will try and manage this by keeping the number of active threads limited.
Too many people are just starting threads with running commentaries of what we can all see already for ourselves on the TV. No need and I will try to keep the threads limited. Some will be closed outright, others will be moved to more appropriate forums.
The chat has been heavily populated since the incidents began and there is continuing 'live' discussion on there if you want a more instant reaction.