Removed now, Phil. It's hard judging where the boundaries lie for a website that tries to respect the irreverent tradition of fanzine writing and will hardly ever change what contributors write. But on this occasion, I think you're right that this was on the wrong side of that line. Apologies
Thanks editor, you know I can't help but sail close to the wind. Times have changed in the world of fanzine writing, and the world itself. If you ain't living on the edge, you're taking up too much room, but happy to be edited this time.
Absolutely classless article, with no real insight into the game itself. How this can be called a 'preview' is beyond me. Maybes file under the ramblings of a bitter bloke instead? True faith is generally great, this however is dross.
Well that’s blown the cobwebs off Freeman! A crass article and frankly I loved it. I share your elephantine remembrances aboot Leicester. Proper fanzine writing. Hey whether it’s Wout Faes, David Luiz, our own Colo or Sideshow Bob- they’re all good players but slightly dodgy and prone to the odd rick, so let’s get at Wout tomorrow!
Glad you loved the article - it can be difficult to get an angle these days to keep the reader stimulated and I think I just dived down my own rabbit hole and pressed 'send'. I hope I am forgiven for being 'crass'. Yep, attack, attack, attack.
Excellent piece, Freeman Mag. And you even managed to fit good old David Kelly into the quiz. As for that Wout Faes (I had to double check the spelling), he does seem to run about a lot without actually doing anything.
Thank you for the praise, the preview shift can be a lonely old trudge sometimes. Everyone loves David Kelly, those goals, so important - he was well worth a name-check. Yep - a win, hopefully.
Doesn't look great when you call out racism and misogyny and then in the next par say "The team couldn’t score in a Bangkok brothel (see above), their defence is even more welcoming and appears to have more holes."
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon". That's not me, that's E. L. Doctorow.
As for "You have just undone a whole raft of work a lot of people have been doing on behalf of our club" - I am not sure one article has done that at all, it is, what it is, a moment in time, so let's not exaggerate.
Fanzine writing has a long tradition of being raw, cutting, inappropriate and edgy - that's the 'sensation' my 'lonely brain cells' were offering, nothing more, nothing less. Tomorrow's chip paper and all that.
Nice reference to E.L. Doctorow! Never thought I’d see the day:) I heartily recommend Ragtime to all, that was/is a class novel. Howay the lads once more this evening.
Thank you, it's more of a pleasure to amaze or impress, than to p!ss people off, and it appeared I had done enough of that in the preview itself. Perhaps I'll drop more literary references in the future with my zero brain cells. 'Toon Lake' indeed to match your MagTime. HTL.
I think I will just file this as a bad day at the office and move on. I don’t think it’s a banana skin, but the review didn’t inform one way or the other.
Crass comment about helicopters.
Removed now, Phil. It's hard judging where the boundaries lie for a website that tries to respect the irreverent tradition of fanzine writing and will hardly ever change what contributors write. But on this occasion, I think you're right that this was on the wrong side of that line. Apologies
Thanks editor, you know I can't help but sail close to the wind. Times have changed in the world of fanzine writing, and the world itself. If you ain't living on the edge, you're taking up too much room, but happy to be edited this time.
I did ummm and arrrr on whether to leave that in - perhaps in hindsight I should have sliced it out.
Absolutely classless article, with no real insight into the game itself. How this can be called a 'preview' is beyond me. Maybes file under the ramblings of a bitter bloke instead? True faith is generally great, this however is dross.
Thanks guys!
Well that’s blown the cobwebs off Freeman! A crass article and frankly I loved it. I share your elephantine remembrances aboot Leicester. Proper fanzine writing. Hey whether it’s Wout Faes, David Luiz, our own Colo or Sideshow Bob- they’re all good players but slightly dodgy and prone to the odd rick, so let’s get at Wout tomorrow!
Glad you loved the article - it can be difficult to get an angle these days to keep the reader stimulated and I think I just dived down my own rabbit hole and pressed 'send'. I hope I am forgiven for being 'crass'. Yep, attack, attack, attack.
Well I enjoyed it mate, dare to be different 😉
Thanks pal, the odd provocative piece can get the juices flowing. I appreciate the support.
Excellent piece, Freeman Mag. And you even managed to fit good old David Kelly into the quiz. As for that Wout Faes (I had to double check the spelling), he does seem to run about a lot without actually doing anything.
A win for us… surely? 🤞
Thank you for the praise, the preview shift can be a lonely old trudge sometimes. Everyone loves David Kelly, those goals, so important - he was well worth a name-check. Yep - a win, hopefully.
Doesn't look great when you call out racism and misogyny and then in the next par say "The team couldn’t score in a Bangkok brothel (see above), their defence is even more welcoming and appears to have more holes."
I know, I am such a cheeky scamp when it comes to the inappropriate use of metaphors. Good spot though.
What the fuck were you thinking of True Faith?!
I can see the responses now.
Lineker might have big ears but he never murdered a journalist................
Vardy wore a tag for 6 months, Tonali was banned for 10 months...................
Thailand might not have the same money as Saudi, but they also dont have the same human rights record either.......................
Written by "Free Man" - not many of them in Saudi...........
etc etc etc etc
You fucking idiot. You have just undone a whole raft of work a lot of people have been doing on behalf of our club.
If you had one more brain cell, it would be lonely.
Shameful.
"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon". That's not me, that's E. L. Doctorow.
As for "You have just undone a whole raft of work a lot of people have been doing on behalf of our club" - I am not sure one article has done that at all, it is, what it is, a moment in time, so let's not exaggerate.
Fanzine writing has a long tradition of being raw, cutting, inappropriate and edgy - that's the 'sensation' my 'lonely brain cells' were offering, nothing more, nothing less. Tomorrow's chip paper and all that.
Nice reference to E.L. Doctorow! Never thought I’d see the day:) I heartily recommend Ragtime to all, that was/is a class novel. Howay the lads once more this evening.
Thank you, it's more of a pleasure to amaze or impress, than to p!ss people off, and it appeared I had done enough of that in the preview itself. Perhaps I'll drop more literary references in the future with my zero brain cells. 'Toon Lake' indeed to match your MagTime. HTL.
I think I will just file this as a bad day at the office and move on. I don’t think it’s a banana skin, but the review didn’t inform one way or the other.
Noted.