Wanderers World review: Part 2
Thursday February 26th, 2009
Manny Road is pleasantly surprised by Wanderers World…
I’m aware that I seem to spend a lot of time writing negatively about Bolton Wanderers (and one man in particular), so it’s good to have something nice to say for once.
I’m currently taking advantage of the free 30-day trial of Wanderers World on bwfc.co.uk and reviewing it on here. This week I’ve watched ‘West Ham Flashback’, ‘Rivalry’ and ‘Davo’s 50′.
I’ve criticised the Flashback feature on Wanderers World before. My gripe is that they invite you in with some enticing lines about reliving past glories against whichever team we happen to be playing next, only for you to find that you’ll have to pay to view the content after you’ve clicked in to the page.
My response has been to find some of the same goals on You Tube and post them on here for people to watch for free.
There are two reasons why what you get from Wanderers World is better (I guess this is what you get for your money): firstly, the quality is much better than most of the stuff you get on You Tube; secondly, they’ve got so many more matches in their archive to draw from. In fact, one of my criticisms of the West Ham preview was that it seemed to go on forever, a feeling that wasn’t helped by there being no narrative to any of the goals.
I’m a big believer that any goal or game is only as dramatic or important as the context in which it is played, so it would have been nice to be reminded about where we were in the league at the time, what point of the season the game took place, why the win was significant etc etc.
‘Davo’s 50′ is a tribute to Kevin Davies’ 50 goals for the Whites, and I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Like the West Ham compilation there was no real context given – just a string of goals shown one after the other – but it was great to see loads of goals and games that I’d totally forgotten about.
‘Rivalry’, which has loads of footage of famous wins over our local rivals, was also enjoyable. Great to hear some classic Dave Higson in there too, even if some of the footage from back in the day leaves a bit to be desired.
All in all, I began this free trial thoroughly expecting to cancel my subscription after 30 days. After one week I’m already starting to rethink that.
BWFC News, BWFC People, Dave Higson, Kevin Davies
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