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Where has the quality journalism gone?

Mon Aug 31, 2026 4:19 pm

This transfer window has demonstrated how poor the local reporters are when it comes to inside knowledge of the club they are supposed to be covering.

Scanlon deal broken by Daily Mail reporter.
Moylan deal broken by Lincoln Chief Executive.
Bielik deal broken by WBA forum.

Common knowledge that Glen Williams copies his stories from X but would’ve thought there’d be some insight this window but zip…

Re: Where has the quality journalism gone?

Mon Aug 31, 2026 4:40 pm

No money in it. The days when the SW Echo or Western Mail were a must-buys are long gone.

WOL is clickbait central, mainly from a national pool. We all stopped buying papers, so they don't practice journalism the way we used to.

Glen gets what the club gives him.......And BBM gives next to sweet FA away

Re: Where has the quality journalism gone?

Mon Aug 31, 2026 5:16 pm

Glen Williams broke the Bialek news.

I think it's mostly because there are few leaks when it comes to transfers with this manager.

Very little information gets to other people in the club who have leaked things before.

All the transfers were reported by national journalists probably via the club that the player was leaving.

Re: Where has the quality journalism gone?

Tue Sep 01, 2026 1:52 pm

He broke the news about 10 minutes before it happened. I agree very few leaks and no journalists itk with the club