OnSong wrote:Sky Pilot wrote:OnSong wrote:Sky Pilot wrote:The Bunyip is a good paper as is the Producer, Barossa Herald and the big YP Country Times. Everyone who is either on the payroll or is a contributor to these fine publications does their best to put out quality stuff. If it goes awry on occasions it is not by design so people should just settle down a bit.
I do agree 100% that the value of the 500-word blow by blow description of a footy or cricket match is zero. But it is not the fault of the contributor, he/she needs guidance from editorial staff but this rarely occurs in my experience.
Couldn't sleep mate?
Woke up at 4.30 and couldn't go back to sleep so got up and went feral on the iPad until the first couple coffees kicked in
Fair enough! I disagree with the blow by blow thoughts by the way. Done correctly, that style is fine with me.
I do our reports based on conversations with the coaches but even that is flawed in a sense if you didn't see the game.
Your reports are first class. But most of the amateur stuff is a bore. A kicked to the hotspot where B took a screamer and put it on his boot. C crumbed it in the square and gaoled. From the bounce, A handballed to B who found C on his own. D got a free, kicked to A who found B but he was tackled and lost the ball.
Best players were A, B, C and D got the coaches vote.
Sound about right?