English Wanderers

[superjohnmcginlay]

I think it's the news of the world that runs a table each week that gives a club by club percentage of English players. We were top this week just gone. Arsenal were bottom. I'd link to it but the fookers make you pay for the site these days.

[Lord Kangana]

You pay for The News of the World?

[superjohnmcginlay]

The paper aye, not the website. Unfortunately I think a lot of the newspaper sites will do the same in time.

[Prufrock]

Yep. Guardian have sworn not to, which clearly cannot last. Unless it becomes utterly rammed with adverts for Fair Trade couscous and Islington wine bars, anyway.

[Mar]

I don't know about the rest of you but I miss the multi-cultural team that we had under Big Sam. Plenty of variety from different nationalities, they all had their very own backstory even Nicky Hunt (although his is decidedly less interesting). Now we've just got an English team with a few foreigners in it. Perosnally I prefer the randomness.

[TANGODANCER]

Multi-cultural or English, what matter as long as they play well for Bolton? We've had a few big name foreigners who haven't worked here and a few non-foreigners too. Right now we have an improving side here so on with it.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

You pay for The News of the World?

The paper aye, not the website. Unfortunately I think a lot of the newspaper sites will do the same in time.

Hmm. A subject close to my art. Murdoch's paywall experiments are failing badly because other providers give you comparable fare for free: why pay for the Times when you can read the Telegraph for free? If you need a credit card for Page3.co.uk why not go the full hog and splash out on proper jazz? Folk will only shell out if you have truly important unique content, a la Wall Street Journal. Of course that leaves a big question as to how content providers make any money as the shift online continues. When I have the answer, I might let you know, but equally I might keep it close.

Anyway, nice to see us more mainly "English", partly for the kudos when players represent our country, partly for the increased resale value.

[Lord Kangana]

Isn't advertising revenue the supposed panacea, or have I misjudged/misread?

[CrazyHorse]

If you need a credit card for Page3.co.uk why not go the full hog and splash out on proper jazz?

[Gary the Enfield]

If you need a credit card for Page3.co.uk why not go the full hog and splash out on proper jazz?

Indeed. Fnaaaarrrr!

[boltonboris]

Isn't advertising revenue the supposed panacea, or have I misjudged/misread?

Good point, does anybody use the sucription services for said papers? If so, do they still have adverts, or are they ad free?

[superjohnmcginlay]

You pay for The News of the World?

The paper aye, not the website. Unfortunately I think a lot of the newspaper sites will do the same in time.

Hmm. A subject close to my art. Murdoch's paywall experiments are failing badly because other providers give you comparable fare for free: why pay for the Times when you can read the Telegraph for free? If you need a credit card for Page3.co.uk why not go the full hog and splash out on proper jazz? Folk will only shell out if you have truly important unique content, a la Wall Street Journal. Of course that leaves a big question as to how content providers make any money as the shift online continues. When I have the answer, I might let you know, but equally I might keep it close.

Anyway, nice to see us more mainly "English", partly for the kudos when players represent our country, partly for the increased resale value.

You can still get on that at the moment. So I'm told anyway.

[a1]

Good point, does anybody use the sucription services for said papers? If so, do they still have adverts, or are they ad free?

they still have some ads on. like sky tv , it all subsidizes it. carnt imagine how dear it would be with no adverts at all.

the freetards might be sulkin' , but i dont think uncle rupert is that bothered , his readership might be down but from some story i read the money coming in is about the same / slightly up.

sounds all very sky tv / apple subscription model based.

if it works folk'll copy , if it dont it'll go back.