Hal, can you and Benjamin Bloom present SUFC LIVE please!!!!

[BigBed]

Exactly as the thread title, these presenters are terrible, we need to sort it out asap!!

 

[SwissBlade]

So you don’t want to improve it, you want to make it worse?

 

[BigBed]

How could it possibly be worse?

David Hirst and Carlton (Cu@#) Palmer I suppose.....?

 

[Swannyblade]

How could it possibly be worse?

David Hirst and Carlton (Cu@#) Palmer I suppose.....?

I see your Hirst and raise you Megson

 

[SwissBlade]

How could it possibly be worse?

David Hirst and Carlton (Cu@#) Palmer I suppose.....?

Hirst would be decent

 

[BigBed]

I see your Hirst and raise you Megson

Oooo, you dirty bastard!, I'll take your Megson and raise you, Chris Waddle.

 

[SB_90]

and raise you, Chris Waddle.

might be sacrilege but i like Chris Waddle. & his return to 5 live isn't a day too soon. as a pundit it great to have someone thats passionate & is afraid of what people might think if its the truth

 

[Steve Mackan]

Truth of the matter is, club-made content (beyond social media) is always going to be pretty dreadful cos they have a line to tow.

It's why fanzines are better than programmes.

Why BladesPod and Tufty Club and United Way are better than the club-made equivalents.

Put the same 'tow-the-club-line' constraints on any presenter, and the end result is dull. Rawlings and Walker (plus guests) are all fairly experienced presenters. It's not them that's the problem, it's the format. They are, to quote Mighty Boosh, about as edgy as a satsuma. And that would be the fate of any presenter making the leap from 'fan-made' to 'official'.

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

Truth of the matter is, club-made content (beyond social media) is always going to be pretty dreadful cos they have a line to tow.

It's why fanzines are better than programmes.

Why BladesPod and Tufty Club and United Way are better than the club-made equivalents.

Put the same 'tow-the-club-line' constraints on any presenter, and the end result is dull. Rawlings and Walker (plus guests) are all fairly experienced presenters. It's not them that's the problem, it's the format. They are, to quote Mighty Boosh, about as edgy as a satsuma. And that would be the fate of any presenter making the leap from 'fan-made' to 'official'.

As the number of football clubs not producing printed match day Programmes grows. Once United are engulfed in that trend. Then there will be a gap in the market for a printed match day programme/Fanzine/thingamabob produced for each match. I've explained elsewhere that for away games where clubs were not producing programmes, the Carrier Bag Firm were sourcing "fan editions" from UKRAINE & subsequently Belarus.
Dem Blades would be an interesting option to fill that gap.

 

[Brewster Cost £70 million]

Andy hinchcliffe lol

 

[Bearlie]

To be fair Hal has got a great voice and a perfect face for radio

 

[west_yorks_blade]

We saw Hal outside the ground on Saturday - weirdly felt like spotting a celebrity, even though he's basically just a football nerd - no offence Hal

 

[MobileBlade]

We saw Hal outside the ground on Saturday - weirdly felt like spotting a celebrity, even though he's basically just a football nerd - no offence Hal

I smiled at Benjamin Bloom when he sat in the Westfield Upper a few games ago (and he smiled back). The Mrs said "who was that" - normally only get that when some women smile at me.

 

[west_yorks_blade]

I smiled at Benjamin Bloom when he sat in the Westfield Upper a few games ago (and he smiled back). The Mrs said "who was that" - normally only get that when some women smile at me.

Come on be honest. When does that ever happen?

 

[MobileBlade]

Come on be honest. When does that ever happen?

Every time I close my eyes.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I smiled at Benjamin Bloom when he sat in the Westfield Upper a few games ago (and he smiled back). The Mrs said "who was that" - normally only get that when some women smile at me.

She only asked because she thought he was a woman.

 

[MobileBlade]

She only asked because she thought he was a woman.

Maybe the mrs did. That explains it. Cheers!

 

[Webding]

As the number of football clubs not producing printed match day Programmes grows. Once United are engulfed in that trend. Then there will be a gap in the market for a printed match day programme/Fanzine/thingamabob produced for each match. I've explained elsewhere that for away games where clubs were not producing programmes, the Carrier Bag Firm were sourcing "fan editions" from UKRAINE & subsequently Belarus.
Dem Blades would be an interesting option to fill that gap.

This would be a huge undertaking for someone… but a brilliant idea

 

[Steve Mackan]

This would be a huge undertaking for someone… but a brilliant idea

It's certainly not something 'DEM Blades' could do unilaterally. But very much open to getting involved... Obviously, it's a logistical nightmare, but one worth having.

A one-page, fold-up type thing could work....

Would require a 'team'.

 

[MobileBlade]

It's certainly not something 'DEM Blades' could do unilaterally. But very much open to getting involved... Obviously, it's a logistical nightmare, but one worth having.

A one-page, fold-up type thing could work....

Would require a 'team'.

I don't think United will abandon just yet. Not sure what the print runs are on it and how many sellers they have selling. Making around a £1 a copy (including all the advertising etc), selling 4000 or so a game will net them around £100K a year to pay the editor salary and that of the sellers. Should imagine at that they are making a small profit and worth its while continuing.

Would be a mammouth task I agree to put out a 100 page programme for each game but as you say a Team could do it or certainly something substantial. Its how you sell it that the issue.

 

[Blade56]

Oooo, you dirty bastard!, I'll take your Megson and raise you, Chris Waddle.

Go all in Terry Curran and Barry Banana

 

[Ball_Sup (Phil)]

It's certainly not something 'DEM Blades' could do unilaterally. But very much open to getting involved... Obviously, it's a logistical nightmare, but one worth having.

A one-page, fold-up type thing could work....

Would require a 'team'.

Sorry mate, I didn't really mean to "fly this". Just an off the cuff remark.

 

[Bayingblade]

I don't think United will abandon just yet. Not sure what the print runs are on it and how many sellers they have selling. Making around a £1 a copy (including all the advertising etc), selling 4000 or so a game will net them around £100K a year to pay the editor salary and that of the sellers. Should imagine at that they are making a small profit and worth its while continuing.

Would be a mammouth task I agree to put out a 100 page programme for each game but as you say a Team could do it or certainly something substantial. Its how you sell it that the issue.

They make alot more than £1 per programme and usually sell around 8,000

 

[MobileBlade]

They make alot more than £1 per programme and usually sell around 8,000

Think that answers it then! Cost of print has gone up massively recently though but not sure of arrangement with Ignition.

 

[Bayingblade]

Think that answers it then! Cost of print has gone up massively recently though but not sure of arrangement with Ignition.

Even if the cost price has doubled, they still make a lot more than £1 per programme. Cost is less than £1.

 

[Steve Mackan]

Sorry mate, I didn't really mean to "fly this". Just an off the cuff remark.

No, no. It's summat I'd love to be a part of one day - but one part of many....

I don't think it matters whether the club run a programme or not tbh.

 

[BigBed]

Go all in Terry Curran and Barry Banana

That's below the belt!! Bannan is a world class player, a legend, a playoff hero....oh wait a sec........ not the last one!

 

[Berlin Blade]

They make alot more than £1 per programme and usually sell around 8,000

8,000 is a lot. To say we get like 24k on average that’s 1 in 3 people buying a programme. That’s more than I’d have guessed.

 

[Whiston Blade]

It's certainly not something 'DEM Blades' could do unilaterally. But very much open to getting involved... Obviously, it's a logistical nightmare, but one worth having.

A one-page, fold-up type thing could work....

Would require a 'team'.

 

[Steve Mackan]

Exactly as the thread title, these presenters are terrible, we need to sort it out asap!!

As a cheap plug, we do have Mr Bloom presenting his views in our Monday article for The Pinch.