Articles that football journos have pre-written

[horsechoker]

I've been thinking recently how footie journos always come out with articles on the back of 3-4 games by a team declaring it to be a new dawn or the end.

Sometimes it's even after one game like this
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58689940

They often lack any kind of long term analysis and look silly and outdated 2-3 weeks later.

What pre-written headlines do you think journos have on a Google doc just waiting to be used?

United do bad
After 3 years, Solskjær has finally come to the end of the road

United do well
How Solskjær finally got the Ferguson spirit back into United

 

[Counterfactual]

I've been thinking recently how footie journos always come out with articles on the back of 3-4 games by a team declaring it to be a new dawn or the end.

Sometimes it's even after one game like this
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58689940

They often lack any kind of long term analysis and look silly and outdated 2-3 weeks later.

What pre-written headlines do you think journos have on a Google doc just waiting to be used?

United do bad
After 3 years, Solskjær has finally come to the end of the road

United do well
How Solskjær finally got the Ferguson spirit back into United

United get a draw:
Has Solskjær finally come to the end of the road or has Solskjær finally got the Ferguson spirit back into United?

 

[B20]

It's not just the headlines. This has been going on for decades. Lots of journos who pre write and then just fill in a few blanks in order to be in there with the first match reports.

I stopped paying attention some years ago, but I remember how stark it was when I noticed it. Doubt they ever even saw the game they reported on.