ViewFromTheChickenrun 37 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Will anyone miss him? https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/anthony-vickers-after-30-years-18835817 1 Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,817 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I don't know what we'll do without his constant alliteration, metaphors and similes that managed to drag what should have been a couple of sentences into a full page article... But all the best Mr Vickers! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Brick_Tamland 60 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Yes, I will miss him. It's an end of an era for me as I've been reading his articles for about as long as I've been a Boro fan. He is a huge Boro fan himself and a talented writer and I am sure he will continue to write articles, not for the Gazette and not necessarily about Boro, but I could see him writing pieces for national newspapers and The Athletic. It'll be a huge wrench for him to give up a job he loved. I think he is a bit of a one-off in his approach and I will miss reading his contributions. Dominic Shaw is a good writer as well, a different style but very readable. I'm glad that he and Phil Tallentire will still be writing about the Boro. I'd quite like to go back and read some of his articles about pivotal moments in the history of the Riverside. Maybe tge Gazette could do a bit of a 'best of' collection in a section of the site? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,175 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Will always be grateful to him allowing a couple of interviews for the forum and the way he pushed other interviews by Tom and Humpty onto the public domain. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Good writer and obviously a big fan. I've criticised him and Philip Tallantire on here but they are obviously in a compromised position where they feel they can't criticise the club. As a fan myself I've wanted a local journalist to reflect the feelings of fans like me who are disillusioned with the way the club is being run. Emotions run high on here and we come out with stupid things and things some of us say as a joke don't always get taken that way online. However, I feel like a good journalist could write a thought provoking article where it asks questions about the club and does so constructively. I stopped reading the Gazette a few years ago because I felt they were just a PR wing of the club and were out of touch with the fans. Maybe Anthony Vickers will move to another format as a journalist and write about the club from a different angle, I'd love to see that. Maybe he feels differently to supporters like me, but even if he does I always thought that there was a good story in there. Steve Gibson has taken us to places we never dreamed were possible and I'll always be grateful for that, but since 2006 things have been pretty grim (barring 2 seasons under Karanka). If a journalist can't put together a good story about Gibson's legacy both good and bad there's something wrong. I hope the recent criticism online hasn't cost him his job, I didn't like the recent article because I feel like we need to be promoting the area and that article was the opposite but one misjudged article shouldn't cost a man his career. I wish him all the best. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,931 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Don't worry guys, he's dedicating his full time to posting on this forum 😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,246 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Best writer at the Gazette by a long shot. I'd love to know why he's leaving. Link to post Share on other sites
Redcar Rioja 5,872 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 His talent and ability is way above the average local Football Journalist and indeed national writers. Hopefully his departure signals the opening of a better opportunity for his writing talents on a broader platform. His style didn't, and indeed doesn't, appeal to all but very few can create illustrations in Readers minds from mere words. A huge loss to the Gazette and Boro fans in particular but hopefully not to Football. I wish him all the best for the future. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,246 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Tallentire's announced he's leaving as well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 So two senior Gazette journalist leave at same time. Could be nothing more than coincidence, but perhaps they've grown frustrated at having Steve Gibson as boss and not being able to write without their hands tied. I hope they find new jobs. Good writers nevertheless but clearly hamstrung by the clubs stranglehold on the paper. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,931 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Steve Gibson found out their usernames on here, didn't he 😞 Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Borodane said: So two senior Gazette journalist leave at same time. Could be nothing more than coincidence, but perhaps they've grown frustrated at having Steve Gibson as boss and not being able to write without their hands tied. I hope they find new jobs. Good writers nevertheless but clearly hamstrung by the clubs stranglehold on the paper. Massive respect to them if that's the case. Unfortunate I think its more likely a case of a local paper struggling and making redundancies. Link to post Share on other sites
diggerlad07 3,648 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 This is exactly what the newspaper requires. Fresh faces in the hope that bridges can now be built between the club and the gazette and get back to non opinion based articles. Gazette haven't had inside information from the club in a long while because of the poor journalism. It's not a coincidence that two writers have left on the same day when it has been announced that redundancies are happening. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Will 2,958 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I hope both Vickers and Tallentire now feel like they can talk honestly about the club. The control the club exert over the Gazette is disgusting tbh. 6 Link to post Share on other sites
gordy1000 22 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 19 minutes ago, Duvel said: Massive respect to them if that's the case. Unfortunate I think its more likely a case of a local paper struggling and making redundancies. Looks like that's the case. The gazette online is an abomination, and paper sales have fallen through the floor. Thanks and best wishes to messrs Vickers and Tallintire. I hope they both continue to actively report on the Boro in other forms. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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