I was interested to know if there were any trends or patterns from the past in the final game of the season. Ie is it a myth that there are more goals.
I got Gemini to identify (step by step) to find any patterns and this is what it found. Nothing ground breaking but interesting.
I’m convinced that if Sky Sports News actually showed a desire to inform by providing proper reporting, genuine investigation and insightful guests who were afforded time to speak without being spoken over, they could, at the very least be a respected and profitable organisation in a social media driven world.
Football fans don’t need to be spoken down to, we don’t need talking heads providing hot-takes and shouting down those who they don’t agree with. I for one would value guests who actually understand the clubs and leagues they’re discussing beyond the basic stereotypes; the market for content that isn’t a “Combined XI” or a polarising head to head shouting match that’s easily clippable may not be immediately evident but a long-term effort to go down that route would likely pay dividends eventually.
You only need to look at @TifoFootball_ or @HITCSevens to know that the audience is there and can be supercharged quickly if it’s regular and well produced, given the brand recognition that Sky Sports News has by virtue of its long-term presence within the football landscape in this country. There are millions of football fans, the vast majority of whom aren’t idiots, we want to learn about the game; I used to have Sky Sports News on throughout the day as background noise, I can’t remember the last time I even thought to turn it on. Could I be persuaded to go back to that? Absolutely but the current stuff being served up on the there just feels like fast food for the football world and I think it’s a tremendous shame.