He makes a lot of good points, particularly about the treatment of away fans by TV companies. Personally I much prefer to watch a game live, as it is far better atmosphere and you get to speak to other fans and see new stadiums. Therefore whether a game is live on TV is irrelevant to me as I don't enjoy watching live games on TV, although I appreciate others do.

I tend to only go to away games with Crawley within 3 hours drive as I am not keen on long boring bus rides, but the kick-off times can affect whether I go or not. I don't mind a 12.30, 5.30 or 7.45 kick off when it is within a hour or so, but if is 3 hours or so it may mean I don't go this season. One of the games I was thinking of going to in Birmingham is a 7.45 kickoff (scheduled by EFL) and Sky have changed a kickoff in the West Country to 12pm so I probably won't go to that either. However, it just means that I will go there another year when it is a sensible 3pm kickoff.

He makes several really good points, and whilst it is an unedited rant (inc typos - steam instead of stream, so nobody proof read it!) with lots of repetition of points towards the end, you can see his heart really is in the right place with regard to loyal away fans.

I don't think the rant particularly eminates from the fact that he has lost a few hundred visiting fans, I think it comes from the heart - he goes home and away himself, and he also attends England away games so knows a lot about fans being mucked about.

He cares just as much about 49 Halifax fans and 600 Southend fans, which is good to see.

I have a feeling that DAZN can easily point to lots of televised games of theirs where it isn't just about where big supports have to travel a long distance, but nevertheless you do have to wonder why they particularly chose Gateshead's trip to Truro (and even selected it months in advance) if it isn't about maximising the number of streams purchased by away fans.

It is something of a shame when non-league games get needlessly moved about for relatively small amounts of tv money (I don't include FA Cup games in this) because non league does largely rely on the reliability of consistent kick off times to appeal to everyday local folk.

The National League themselves also take a lot of care to try and schedule the fixture lists so that most midweek games are relatively local (obvs not possible with the likes of Truro where nothing is local)

Anyone have a suspicion though that Boreham Wood are going to be mysteriously picked for inconvenient kick off times up north now in retaliation for Danny Hunter speaking out?(!!)

I think he has a point on the "poor and often biased commentary" and the "we urgently need a more professional (non-streaming) broadcast partner". 

The studio hosts like Alex Scott make a mockery of the men's game. As do all ex women's footballers who try and analyse a game they never played, based on them playing at a far lower level. Many are parachuted in because they are women, and TV companies have been bullied by their financial backers into implementing so called diversity targets. This comes at the expense of the actual coverage. I am not sure about everyone else, but when a clueless woman starts yapping about men's football the mute button goes on. 

We also need to consider the opportunity cost here. We are not getting genuine insights from ex managers or ex players who would genuinely enhance the viewing experience and take it to the next level. For example, what types of insights could a Hayden Bird or Josh Gallagher as managers with experience bring? They would be exceptionally good on camera analysing the teams and the players.

Yet we are subjected to an ex female footballer instead who does not have a clue. 

What percentage of viewers of DAZN national league coverage female? Probably at a stretch 4%. 

TV broadcasters in a competitive space need to get the basics right yes. But the senior management more so needs to grow a spine, and stop bowing down to corporate financiers who demand diversity when it makes the product a joke. And this is the bottom line, this also costs the clubs money because the level of interest in the clubs is not as high as it could be. 

I have never watched a game broadcast by DAZN to be honest so I can't comment on their production values.

I can't believe that covering National League matches is much of a money spinner after they have paid out £6k and £2k to the two clubs

Do they have all the tv trucks and cabling that they had when it was on TNT, an experienced commentator and pitchside pundits?

Or is it literally a one camera feed from the back of the stand?

I see our game against Weston on 16th December is on DAZN, but is it a 'proper' coverage or just a stream of the basic halfway line camera?

@jacksonfairweather - I'm afraid i will respectfully have to disagree with you on this subject Jackson. When it comes to the required skillset for what makes a good pundit, I think you may be overstating the importance of the typical male advantage in physicality over the cognitive capabilities to analyse patterns and concepts and describe these in an engaging way. I think we can all agree that males and females are equally proficient in the latter.

Many female presenters and pundits on TV today HAVE played at the same levels as their male colleagues - World Cups, Euros, Champions League. And in many cases been more succesful. They just haven't played in the same team! These successes have been achieved through a combination of excellent technical skills, strong mindset and high quality tactical analysis and application (amongst many other things).  I for one am happy to hear about how these football succeses were achieved from the likes of Emma Hayes and Ellen White.  On the flip side, Wayne Rooney was a fantastic player at the very highest levels of the game  but he's an incoherent train wreck on MOTD.  A bad pundit is a bad pundit, irrespective of gender.  And vice  versa.

We have a hugely successful woman's team here at Dorking, and a lot of female participation in our junior section, as well as many female fans. Whilst i can't speak for their individual reasons for playing or supporting, i would guess many of them have been inspired by the success of women's football over the years and in seeing so many of these players on our screens. Having the backing of the whole community would, I think, be a key factor in a successful commercial future for any football club, ours included.