And so farewell Garibaldi Red podcast. Your sporadic appearances over the past season or so were welcome, even if the frequency of the pod appearances suggested a mothball.
Young Max has done a half decent job over the past couple of years. He had a mighty tough act to follow with the breakaway Forest Focus going solo with Matt Davies.
I wouldn’t go as far as calling it Podcast Wars, but as we know with Brixton Buzz, when you have a similar platform publishing independently, there is always going to be some rivalry.
The professionalism, contacts and daily dose of FF meant that Garibaldi was always going lose out in any Forest Podcast Wars.
But that’s not to downplay what Max has his team has achieved over the past couple of seasons. Max has really grown into his hosting role. It’s no great secret that he is a legacy media personality in the making.
The final sign off hinted at some political developments behind the scenes. That’s no surprise when you are dealing with a corporate beast such as Reach PLC.
The agile, one man band of FF has no such restrictions. It shows in the truly independent nature of the podcasts.
Tell It Like It Is - with no one hovering over your shoulder.
I’ll mist the odd diversion into Garibaldi Red. It has become something of a time drain though, trying to soak up as much online Forest content as possible. My new music explorations have suffered.
There was always an honest and respectful analysis of Forest coming out of Garibaldi Red. I just wish we had that same approach off the pitch right now.