Night of drama at Oakwell ends in a 3-2 win for Barnsley, coming from 2-0 down to snatch all three points. Here’s how it felt from the stands, with the key moments and moments of reaction on the day. Key moments and supporter reactions 2' Start delays due to injuries; 2' Burton win a penalty. A fan near the Boothferry End: “We looked rattled early, but you could feel the crowd steadied us.” 4' Jake Beesley converts the penalty for Burton to make it 0-1. “That opener stung, but we knew there’d be a reaction.” 6' Nathanael Ogbeta tests the keeper with a left-footed shot that goes wide. A supporter: “Early signs we could still get at them.” 12' Burton threaten from distance; 12' miss. Fan voice: “We’ve got to stay compact and trust the plan.” 34' Fabio Tavares finishes from outside the box to make it 0-2. A fan: “Disappointing to go two down, but the belief in the squad is clear.” 55' Caylan Vickers pulls one back, curling into the top corner. “Great reply, that finish was clinical,” said a supporter. 63' Davis Keillor-Dunn levels from inside the box after Amissah parries the ball to him. Fan: “Keillor-Dunn pouncing on that rebound showed real instinct.” 72' Reyes Cleary and Patrick Kelly both come on as Barnsley push for the winner. Supporter: “Fresh legs and energy in the last third changed the game.” 90'+3' David McGoldrick turns home the late winner from close range after a cross from Adam Phillips. Fan reaction: “Unbelievable finish. We never stopped believing.” 90'+5' Jon Russell comes on to help see out the result. Fan: “Game management in those closing minutes was excellent.” 90'+6' Final whistle confirms a dramatic 3-2 victory. Substitutions and tactical notes (from the stands) 72' Reyes Cleary on for Caylan Vickers, with Patrick Kelly also coming on for Vimal Yoganathan to add pace and shape in midfield. 90'+5' Jon Russell on for David McGoldrick, aiming to close things out and maintain timber in the press. The changes helped Barnsley press higher up the pitch in the second half and sustain pressure through the closing stages. Player notes (supporter perspective) David McGoldrick: The late, decisive winner underlined his value to the attack and his killer instinct in front of goal. Caylan Vickers: Provided the first goal back and helped stretch Burton with pace and movement. Davis Keillor-Dunn: The equaliser showed his timing and calm in front of goal. Luca Connell and Adam Phillips: Involved in the build-up to goals, with Phillips delivering the assist for the late winner. Crowd and atmosphere Oakwell roared through the late stages as the comeback built momentum. The sense of relief and belief around the stands was palpable after McGoldrick’s winner. Looking ahead A morale-boosting three points that should lift spirits and build momentum for the next fixture. The focus will be on carrying this level of intensity and clinical finishing into away games and keeping faith with the game plan.
One of the worst ones i’ve seen. The “fan comments” nonsense being quotes that have never been said by a human ever is the icing on the cake. Just no value in the post whatsoever.
It doesn't even know the difference between day and night. The first word of the report is wrong and it goes dramatically down hill from there. A predictive text generator quoting "fans" that it has hallucinated, using the most banal and insipid language. And the worst part, as more and more of this guff fills the web, the next generation of large language models will be trained on the garbage their predecessors have churned out as we spiral down into a sea of beige, toxic slop.
I can sort of see the value in using it to give yourself a brief overview of something. Maybe. I can’t see any value in posting this slop online for other people to read
Really good tool but if used correctly - all about what you input into it… For contrast, I’ve asked for a professional overview based on the actual match, and the below was outputted which doesn’t look too bad Barnsley staged a stunning second-half turnaround at Oakwell to snatch a 3-2 victory over Burton Albion in League One, with veteran striker David McGoldrick going from early villain to last-gasp hero. The visitors were in control for much of the first half, taking the lead inside four minutes when McGoldrick caught JJ McKiernan in the box and Jake Beesley converted the penalty. Burton doubled their advantage on 35 minutes after Maël de Gevigney’s loose pass was intercepted, McKiernan releasing Fabio Tavares to round goalkeeper Murphy Cooper and slot home. Barnsley, sluggish and disjointed, offered little before the interval, save for a Davis Keillor-Dunn strike tipped over by Jordan Amissah. Whatever Conor Hourihane said at half-time transformed the Reds. They halved the deficit on 55 minutes when Adam Phillips’ pass found Caylan Vickers, who cut inside and curled a superb finish into the top corner on his home debut. Eight minutes later, Luca Connell’s long-range effort was parried by Amissah into the path of Keillor-Dunn, who made no mistake from close range. Barnsley poured forward in search of a winner, with substitute Reyes Cleary injecting pace and invention. The decisive moment arrived in the third minute of stoppage time: Cleary combined with Phillips, whose driven low cross was met at the back post by McGoldrick to complete the comeback and atone for his early error. Phillips, creator of two goals, was the standout performer, while Vickers and Keillor-Dunn delivered crucial contributions in a breathless second half. Burton, so assured before the break, will rue letting a two-goal lead slip, but Barnsley’s resilience earned them a second league win of the season.
No offence, but what's the point? You wouldn't copy and paste the BBC report, and that's actually been written by a human who watched the game. As opposed to an AI which hasn't seen and doesn't understand football, but just plagiarises the work of humans or at best takes the match stats and then guesses which generalisations and shallow clichés might best apply.
Depressingly, our best hope is Jay's prediction - its future self will educate itself on its past self's bullsh!t and will become a giant superbrain of wrongness that nobody would trust. This is actually quite likely. Sites hosting the information that AI gets trained on rely on clicks for revenue. 60% of Google queries now have no outclick as the AI assistant answers the question. It will mean Google services will need a subscription model where the end user pays and it will mean information websites will cease to be viable so there will only be generated content to power future learning. Hopefully the human race doesn't convenience itself into obsolescence in the meantime and shrug its collective shoulders as the already-alarming transfer of wealth from poor to rich, really gathers pace.
The fan could see the game from the Boothferry end. On their own. Cos its not been used since 2002. Fair assessment from that distance in a high rise flat I suppose.
I can’t even start to tell you how right you are. This will literally paralyse the future of human brain power. I would miss this (the BBS) but would pull the plug on the internet/wifi right here and now to salvage the future of humanity. I won’t go on a rant or speak any further on this but, by Christ, empowering AI is effectively walking through ‘the future’ with a machete and a flame thrower.
That's not bad. It's a pretty good mimic of a contemporary football report from a competent journalist. It's a bit sterile, but so are most modern day football reports. Would I be confident in identifying that as AI generated? I'm not sure I would. But there's a problem with this. There's no innovation, AI just copies the style of what is in vogue. But what is fashionable now isn't necessarily the best way of doing something. In fact, it almost certainly isn't. Read a report from a game years ago and it will probably feel clunky (or it may feel like a breath of fresh air, writing styles do come back into fashion). Good journalists (both professional and amateur since the rise of the web) bring about a change of style. They're creative, they innovate and they influence. Everyone copies the good ones and that becomes the new style, until the next thing. Each iteration is subtle, but over time those little changes are significant. AI can only copy, it can only ever imitate. Where we are now is where we will always be. There won't be any changes because the huge majority of reports will be created by AI that are much quicker and much cheaper. And it will eat itself forever and ever. Does it matter? For a sports report, maybe not. People will lose jobs though. Young people with aspirations to work in the field won't ever be able to do so. But it's not just football reports, it's everything. Absolutely everything. Although the threat from AI is much, much greater than this.
