we always have The OutfieldThe Athletic hasn't covered NYCFC since April 4, the Post since April 5, and the Times doesn't know we exist. I'm dying to know what those four salaried employees on the communications team do all day.
we always have The OutfieldThe Athletic hasn't covered NYCFC since April 4, the Post since April 5, and the Times doesn't know we exist. I'm dying to know what those four salaried employees on the communications team do all day.
we always have The Outfield
One issue at the Athletic seems to be Kristian Dyer. He had written pretty regularly about the two NY area franchises until early April, but his production tailed off, and there has been nothing since April 11.
He seems to still be active for MSG (with solely a Red Bulls focus) and is still listed as a contributor on the Athletic's website.
Don’t forget Midas Mulligan (though he’s not been heard of since Liverpool’s Champions League win...). And you really should merge with mgarbowski ’s site: https://citybluesbythenumbers.com/ You’d be the be all and end all of NYCFC analysis.
Meanwhile Dyer hasn't written anything on any subject for The Athletic since April 11. Is he still on staff? Who knows. But when they hired the new national writers the implicit promise was that the Athletic would provide nationwide coverage via a substantial staff of national beat writers. But apparently the national writers are not inspired by 2 teams in the NY-metro market.
Thanks for the Dyer info. The rest is basically consistent with what they seemed to promise in so many words a few weeks ago. If they cannot manage weekly stories about every MLS team (specifically NYCFC really), what they need, at a minimum, is a weekly round-up like Doyle's format. If you are promoting your MLS coverage, and they are, deliver at least one solid paragraph about every MLS team every week. Maybe they could split it among 4 writers instead of having one person pretend to have in-depth knowledge of every team. Then deliver a guaranteed dedicated article about every team at least, idk, every 3 weeks?* And then let the writers pitch stories to fill in the rest.Dyer's not going to be on the Athletic's NYCFC beat any more. The plan is that we'll see rotating coverage from Stejskal, Maurer, Tenorio, "possibly a few others." In theory that should be an upgrade, but we'll have to wait and see about the frequency and depth of the coverage.
Josie's on a vacation far away....we always have The Outfield
Josie's on a vacation far away....
Josie's on a vacation far away....
Right behind ya…Jozy's on a vacation far away...
ill see myself out
I’m listening...For the record the response from the Athletic was inane.
Just, something like I'm sorry you're disappointed and we hope to expand coverage soon. Which is by-the-book nothing. Then he finishes by asking me which writers I'm most interested in reading which is completely off-topic from my complaint. Like it's my job to tell them who to hire or assign to the NYCFC beat. How about the anyone who you pay to write about NYCFC. I responded by pointing out that in May alone there have been 5 stories about TFC and 3 about the Sounders, plus lots of other teams with multiple stories, and I'm not interested in subsidizing MSL coverage for other cities while NYC is ignored. But I'm done. Further correspondence is pointless, though I might tease them on Twitter a few more times. Barring an unexpected significant change my subscription will lapse. If I see that NYCFC coverage revives I can always sign up again.I’m listening...
I don't know. I kind of took the question from them asking who I like to read as an honest attempt to find a reporter that the fans like. Maybe I am being naive.Just, something like I'm sorry you're disappointed and we hope to expand coverage soon. Which is by-the-book nothing. Then he finishes by asking me which writers I'm most interested in reading which is completely off-topic from my complaint. Like it's my job to tell them who to hire or assign to the NYCFC beat. How about the anyone who you pay to write about NYCFC. I responded by pointing out that in May alone there have been 5 stories about TFC and 3 about the Sounders, plus lots of other teams with multiple stories, and I'm not interested in subsidizing MSL coverage for other cities while NYC is ignored. But I'm done. Further correspondence is pointless, though I might tease them on Twitter a few more times. Barring an unexpected significant change my subscription will lapse. If I see that NYCFC coverage revives I can always sign up again.
I don't know. I kind of took the question from them asking who I like to read as an honest attempt to find a reporter that the fans like. Maybe I am being naive.
Of course the question is who would I recommend? Kyle S. comes to mind, obviously. I don't think Crooks is enough of a natural writer. Maybe the guys at the Outfield, but do I really want to break that up? Who else is there? Maybe Nick Chavez? I just haven't read enough of his stuff.
Could be, but when he teases like this it's usually for a reason, and dummyrun has previously noted there's evidence that Doyle has cribbed ideas about NYCFC from stuff I've written. I personally doubted that, but now I'm wondering.Or maybe it's just that we were off this week.
or both.