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[EFCPaul]

And they employ James Pearce

BOOOOO

Exact reason I refuse to subscribe. I will not pay for anything that employs that faeces stain.

 

[orly]

Exact reason I refuse to subscribe. I will not pay for anything that employs that faeces stain.

Absolutely right @EFCPaul . Pearce is a little goblin

 

[Deleted member 28206]

People like you are the problem.

Paid for news.

Such a tory concept.

You assume I pay for a sub.

 

[Connor]

Evening Greg/Paddy

 

[tommye]

If it helps it was a crap article anyway and I only read half.

You're welcome

 

[tommye]

You assume I pay for a sub.

Dead mad you lad

 

[tiburonazul]

I subscribe and quite like it. Especially the more long form writing. I have moved almost completely away from the click bait advertising driven drivel whose articles are by "journalists" on their sofas or those insufferable new aggregation sites. No more "Captain Coleman urges team to press on" stories written just to fill 500 word quotas in order to fill space and serve annoying adverts. To me, it's worth it.

I suspect the writers feel freedom to write and actually research without some ad-addled Echo editor yelling "fewer words, less substance, too long, write in 10 second sound bites or your fired". I may sound like a employee but I understand why the Athletic protects their writing - they should, their product is unique.

Great reads recently omitting my baseball and US men's national team likes:
"The remarkable tale of two boys who went begging for pennies and ended up living with Brian Clough",
"[Lewis] Gibson's frustration a symptom of Everton's youth problem",
"Meet the man who tipped Hull about Maguire and Robertson",
"Who is your team's true playmaker?",
"It's lose-lose, not a normal game - What it's like to play San Marino"
"Only 1.8% of Premier League players are Geordies, what happened"
"Scotland's forgotten footballing genius [Robert Cumming Hamilton] deserves to be honored."
"Five people, five stories, five locations: Everton's history and how a charity run will support the community"
"Barca star Pique failed with a late bid to buy Notts County"
"Bergkamp, Larsson and Kuyt's bid to buy Wycombe"
"Time is not the answer if the wrong man is in charge
"Scouting Kilmarnock 0-0 Ross Co. in preparation for Van Dijk and DeJong"
"If you sack Silva you can't go get Simeone - how long..."
"FIFA may have ruled on Sala transfer payment, but family still have questions that need answers"
"This is what happens to players after a football match [Wolves coming back from Istanbul]"
"We didn't win anything but everyone remembers that team. [Leeds / Oliver Dacourt]

 

[AmericasToffee]

If you're looking for clickbait insider nonsense or transfer rumors, don't pay for the Athletic. That is not and will not be what drives their stories.

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Haivng watched the PL2 team though, I've always felt they are set up to try and win any game no matter what, rather than developing the player. I'd rather our PL2 team finish mid-table and have the players learn and improve on their strengths, even if it isn't always working.

The winning habit is more important

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

If you're looking for clickbait insider nonsense or transfer rumors, don't pay for the Athletic. That is not and will not be what drives their stories.

Yeah - they concentrate on overwritten poor man’s Norman Mailer stuff

 

[andy4efc]

The winning habit is more important

Meaningless when none of them are being prepped for first team.

 

[tonyhorne]

I reckon the fact that they threaten so menacingly indicates that they haven't a legal leg to stand on.

However, it won't be me that the big scary lawyers come after so it's very easy to be brave...

 

[JobForTheMoyes]

Meaningless when none of them are being prepped for first team.

It is for the player whether they stay or go to another club

 

[AmericasToffee]

Yeah - they concentrate on overwritten poor man’s Norman Mailer stuff

I've no idea who you're reading on that site. I've read mostly novel articles that are miles ahead of the average crap we get from tabloids and newspapers.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Blues,

A reminder to not publish any articles from The Athletic.

It's a subscription site and they have quite rightly pulled us up over posts in this forum containing their articles.

Sadly warnings and bans to anyone who shares content to The Athletic.

Thanks

How much content can we share before we get a warning/ban?