wishywashy Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 I'm here yet again to moan about The Athletic. I was loving them when I first signed up years ago. I recommended them to a bunch of friends, family, former work colleagues. I cancelled my subscription last year and it's only still ticking over because I clearly didn't whine about their drop in standards enough to my Dad who paid for an annual subscription as a present. Finally be off that in a few weeks now. How they can justify the constant advertising of their other podcasts, alongside the sponsorship deals they now have on podcasts that are "ad-free on the app to all subscribers" - what do they consider as ad-free? A two minute conversation where the features of the new Google pixel phone are described followed by "I'm from the Liverpool podcast" is advertising. Alongside this just straight up intrusive ads on their app now! I'm paying to read these articles and I have to close the app because I can't scroll past a moving image about Omega tablets?! Is there any insight into why their standards have dropped so dramatically. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 11/12/2023 at 17:14, wishywashy said: Was happy they did this because they covered the Villa Man City game by bringing in two City fans and a Spanish expert to analyse Pep and Rodri. Barely touched on Villa. Beating Arsenal forced their hand I guess. For an establishment at pains to say they don't just cover the big clubs they're very good at having none of their daily shows cover any of the bottom ten other than Everton, when comparing them to City and Chelsea charges or Burnley when they can talk about Kompany and where he'll be next. Brighton finally got a podcast about them where the Brighton writer wasn't involved and they spent most of it trying to decide which club De Zerbi would do best at when he leaves. Wolves and Brighton both get insanely bad VAR decisions against them and they are barely looked at, but Liverpool get that awful offside call and we get almost a running series spread across different podcasts to discuss for a week how we could allow this to happen to poor old long-suffering Liverpool. It was like a marvel tie-in event with people showing up everywhere, talksport, BBC, you have to follow everywhere the athletic sent it's writers to discuss the awful injustice and get the full picture of their narrative. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted December 29, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) Thanks, StuntPegg!!! She's always loads of fun, and she's picked us for 2023 as The Best Club in English Football. Edited December 29, 2023 by Marka Ragnos 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 12 hours ago, skarroki said: I'm here yet again to moan about The Athletic. I was loving them when I first signed up years ago. I recommended them to a bunch of friends, family, former work colleagues. I cancelled my subscription last year and it's only still ticking over because I clearly didn't whine about their drop in standards enough to my Dad who paid for an annual subscription as a present. Finally be off that in a few weeks now. How they can justify the constant advertising of their other podcasts, alongside the sponsorship deals they now have on podcasts that are "ad-free on the app to all subscribers" - what do they consider as ad-free? A two minute conversation where the features of the new Google pixel phone are described followed by "I'm from the Liverpool podcast" is advertising. Alongside this just straight up intrusive ads on their app now! I'm paying to read these articles and I have to close the app because I can't scroll past a moving image about Omega tablets?! Is there any insight into why their standards have dropped so dramatically. I'm not sure how the athletic stays that profitable to be honest so I'm not surprised they've gone the extra lengths. I cancelled about 2 years ago. The output is fast but it ain't worth the money for me. I'm surprised they'll be still going in 5 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikeyp102 Posted February 19 Popular Post Share Posted February 19 Have to say the level of detail Jacob Tanswell puts in his articles around our tactics is exceptional. It’s really refreshing to read something by someone who has not only watched the game but pays attention to the little things going on. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 19 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19 46 minutes ago, mikeyp102 said: Have to say the level of detail Jacob Tanswell puts in his articles around our tactics is exceptional. It’s really refreshing to read something by someone who has not only watched the game but pays attention to the little things going on. I said in the punditry thread that he is absolutely miles better than Evans was. It's actually laughable when you see the quality of some of the stuff Tanswell puts out compared to what Evans used to give us. I wonder if he's still pretending he got promoted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I really like Tanswell’s content and contributions, he’s very insightful and sees what we see. Ive stopped listening to the 1874 podcast as much now because I can’t stand hearing Gregg chatting shit in his half-arsed way. He’s harming Dan Bardell’s credibility in my view. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted February 19 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19 23 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: I really like Tanswell’s content and contributions, he’s very insightful and sees what we see. Ive stopped listening to the 1874 podcast as much now because I can’t stand hearing Gregg chatting shit in his half-arsed way. He’s harming Dan Bardell’s credibility in my view. I'll never forget last summer when they did a podcast to review the USA tour and greggs opening line was "I don't watch friendlies dan". I actually didn't used to mind him but since he's stepped away from covering villa I've got no idea why he's still on 1874 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Jacob Tanswell and Matt Maher are the two best that cover Villa imo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 32 minutes ago, omariqy said: Jacob Tanswell and Matt Maher are the two best that cover Villa imo Those two plus that Omar fella from the now deceased Villa Talks pod 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 I still take the athletic, still has some decent stuff. Jacob Tanswell is first rate, massive upgrade on the quality of output without being too damning on Gregg Evans. Not much subscriber Villa support on there though, comments section is always pretty lame. Have to say I miss @omariqy’s Villa Talks pod, particularly enjoyed the latter pods on Gerrard’s shambolic tenure and tactics. Pulled no punches, maybe Nasef was listening? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 4 hours ago, Stevo985 said: I said in the punditry thread that he is absolutely miles better than Evans was. It's actually laughable when you see the quality of some of the stuff Tanswell puts out compared to what Evans used to give us. I wonder if he's still pretending he got promoted Evans was and is a rocket. Tanswell is miles better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 hours ago, It's Your Round said: Those two plus that Omar fella from the now deceased Villa Talks pod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 13 minutes ago, omariqy said: The eyes can only mean one thing! You're bringing it back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 2 hours ago, thunderball said: I still take the athletic, still has some decent stuff. Jacob Tanswell is first rate, massive upgrade on the quality of output without being too damning on Gregg Evans. Not much subscriber Villa support on there though, comments section is always pretty lame. Have to say I miss @omariqy’s Villa Talks pod, particularly enjoyed the latter pods on Gerrard’s shambolic tenure and tactics. Pulled no punches, maybe Nasef was listening? Thanks mate. Think one thing we were (for all our fault) was consistent on Gerrard from the very beginning. Never felt right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omariqy Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 24 minutes ago, It's Your Round said: The eyes can only mean one thing! You're bringing it back! Haha might get @NurembergVillan back on. But he’s too big time for me now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Every good podcast needs a @Delphinho123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 2 hours ago, Delphinho123 said: Every good podcast needs a @Delphinho123 Please god no. It's needs pissflaps chats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted February 20 Moderator Share Posted February 20 9 hours ago, omariqy said: Haha might get @NurembergVillan back on. But he’s too big time for me now Never! Mates first 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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