I like Michael Bailey's writing, but not enough to pay for it.

If you're reading this MJB, it's nothing personal.

The quality of Citizen Journalism (© Rick - finger on the pulse) has risen notably in the last year or so, and so the usual, tradional sources of information, opinion and analysis are no longer as exclusive as they were. I don't care about other football enough to pay to read about how Harry Maguire is settling into the Old Trafford dressing room or how Liverpool's battle to shake off the bottler tag is coming on. I mean, I'll read a well written piece on that stuff, but I genuinely can't see me paying for it.

Bookmark this post for when you see my December credit card statement etc etc...

Posted By: Yellalee on August 5th 2019 at 09:07:28

Message Thread

Will anyone actually subscribe to The Athletic? (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Aug 5, 07:20:46
- I'm going to do the months free trial. See what it's like. (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Aug 5, 11:28:45
- Having had a look it does seem quite good... (NCFC) - APB, Aug 5, 11:08:56
  - Athletic? Probationary Basis (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Aug 5, 11:45:05
    - Thanks. I’ve been working out. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Aug 5, 12:03:17
- I have done, but only because they have such great NFL coverage (NCFC) - King, Aug 5, 10:57:44
  - Who is doing the NFL coverage? Don’t know many good analysts this side of the pond (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Aug 5, 11:07:42
    - I don’t think there are any UK-based NFL reporters (NCFC) - King, Aug 5, 11:27:52
- What is Thev Athletic? Is it a local thing? (n/m) (NCFC) - Azteca, Aug 5, 10:35:01
  - no, it's ad free coverage from the best team of football writers ever assembled (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Aug 5, 10:37:52
    - has it got Uruguay's foremost, english language, football expert on board? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Aug 5, 10:42:01
      - Naughty. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Aug 5, 11:09:22
      - I believe he's gone into politics (NCFC) - Charles21, Aug 5, 11:05:27
        
        He changes his mind all the time on that too (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Aug 5, 11:14:37
      - Only a matter of time, although the bandwidth required might jack the subscription price (n/m) (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, Aug 5, 10:48:53
- I have, looks good so far. (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, Aug 5, 10:29:42
- I won't (NCFC) - 702, Aug 5, 10:25:25
- No (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Aug 5, 10:06:04
- Don’t do paywalls. What’s the added value? Just another opinion basically. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Aug 5, 09:14:42
  - I agree - the only stuff that really gets my attention is insights into the club (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 5, 10:07:06
- I like Michael Bailey's writing, but not enough to pay for it. (NCFC) - Yellalee, Aug 5, 09:07:28
  - Some of the transfer stories from Archent have been Bizarre... (NCFC) - usacanary, Aug 5, 13:07:20
    - club denials generate few clicks (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Aug 5, 14:01:26
  - Yeah. Is that where he’s gone then? (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Aug 5, 10:09:28
    - Yep (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Aug 5, 11:30:03
  - That's how I feel. There's plenty of decent free content out there theses days. (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Aug 5, 09:11:48
- I can't justify any more sport-related spend tbh (NCFC) - duke of york, Aug 5, 08:56:09
- What happens to MJB if Norwich get relegated? (NCFC) - duke of york, Aug 5, 08:05:27
  - Ah, I see they've got half a dozen Champ teams covered (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Aug 5, 08:07:48
- Not unless it’s free (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 5, 07:51:53
- How much is it going to be? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Aug 5, 07:21:08
  - £2.50 a month (NCFC) - Duck, Aug 5, 07:56:49
    - That's a special offer at the moment isn't it? (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Aug 5, 08:41:31
      - It’s only 9.99 if you pay month by month (NCFC) - s10 yellow, Aug 5, 08:50:11
        
        So the answer is five quid then basically (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Aug 5, 09:16:30
    - Having said no, this price is sensible if the quality is good (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 5, 08:03:05

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