by Saaaaaaaammmmmm »
10 Jan 2017 15:36
I was pretty surprised Charles left tbh, I know he's an Arsenal fan and this is probably a 'dream job', but the job itself looks a bit flat (I know it's in early stages)
What is Football.London meant to be? I had a quick look round the site and it's the same Trinity Mirror template (getReading) that looks awful and rarely works - filled with adverts, automatically playing videos etc. I'm guessing by the name it's just for London clubs, but it only covers six of them, and what kind of audience are they going for? It's not like there's anyone out there who's only interested in news for London clubs. Arsenal fans don't care about Spurs news, and it's not like Arsenal fans are lacking in news websites and blogs to read and click on, there's hundreds out there and they're all a lot better
The content doesn't look much good either, whilst the Chelsea equivalent hasn't exactly built a large audience outside it's own journalists
https://twitter.com/ArsenalFC_fl/status ... 0453856256https://twitter.com/ChelseaFC_fl/followersAt least with Reading there was an existing audience in the thousands, a complete lack of competition, and a genuine community feel towards the reporting. Charles was an important part of the club, he was the go-to guy for any breaking news or even live coverage of game, it's not like any other reporters are live tweeting what's happening during matches. Now he's just one of hundreds of sports journalists writing content no one really needs
I guess with his experience he'll be fine career-wise even if this Football.London venture fails to take off, but I know if I was a journalist I'd much rather feel valued/important and that people were reading my work, rather than just churning out uninteresting content on a daily basis for a generic website