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Quote: from FlatSeasonLover on 3:58 pm on June 6, 2006[br]In my defence TDK I don’t charge you for reading my posts.
No but you should pay us!
Isn’t this thread as pointless as the one started by Jackane about a cock-up in the Racing Post on Lockinge day. Hardly end of the world stuff is it. And highly amusing when you get the venue wrong FSL.
What’s the saying, ‘People in Glass House’s shouldn’y throw stones.’:cool:
Quote: from davidjohnson on 4:33 pm on June 6, 2006[br]Isn’t this thread as pointless as the one started by Jackane about a cock-up in the Racing Post on Lockinge day. Hardly end of the world stuff is it. And highly amusing when you get the venue wrong FSL.
What’s the saying, ‘People in Glass House’s shouldn’y throw stones.’:cool:
You mean SHOULDN’T throw stones DJ? I just think its disappointing that such glaring errors are made when they are trying to compete with The Racing Post.
(Edited by FlatSeasonLover at 7:27 pm on June 6, 2006)
Poor layout, some awful writers and no target audience .. inevitable.
It is a pity though as I liked some of their racing columnists, and the four horsemen have probably been the best tipsters of the last few months.
(Edited by Salselon at 4:39 pm on July 20, 2006)
Very hard for any publication to recover if they do not hit the ground running. Either that niche market is there from the beginning or it isnt…
<br>http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/organgrinder/2006/07/what_went_wrong_at_the_sportsm.html
(Edited by empty wallet at 5:32 pm on July 20, 2006)
I took one look at a free copy in Joe Corals once, and I thought it was awful. <br>I couldn’t get on with the layout and text, so actually reading any of it was never an option for me.<br>The racing post isn’t much better now either.<br>Bring back the sporting life, that’s what I say.
First impressions last. I thought the front page sucked from a design perspective. If people don’t like the front page, they won’t pick up the paper.<br>I think the main problem was that it was trying to be a jack of all trades. Covering a lot of sports, none so concisely that a fan of that sport would be excited enough to buy the paper.<br>Imagine buying a copy of the Sunday Mirror just because you like the crossword. Same thing.<br>I wouldn’t buy a paper for a few paragraphs coverage of my chosen sport, those paragraphs also detracting from the coverage of the mainstream stuff – their core audience. They should have conentrated on the mainstream only ie. Racing, Greyhounds and Football and a good results/scores section.<br>Someone here said that their results layout also sucked.
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