When I launched The Phoenix, I knew there would be people who wouldn't see the value in paying for online content. I get that. We've become so accustomed to getting everything for free that, for some, a website overrun with adverts will always be preferable to an ad-free site that costs a few quid a month. That's absolutely fine. What I perhaps underestimated was the anger that some people would feel simply because someone was offering them the choice of paying for their work. Since launching on 20 July, I've added 140 stories to The Phoenix, totalling more than 200,000 words. That includes in-depth interviews with people like Adi Viveash, Darren Huckerby and Leo Østigård, with at least one new 3,000-plus-word interview every week. There's also tactical analysis, opinion pieces, matchday coverage and plenty more. Despite that, I've seen people describe charging £5 a month for this work as 'shameful', 'embarrassing' and 'a con'. I've even been accused of contributing to the 'commercial exploitation of information'. It's an odd thing. Nobody ever told me it was shameful to charge £16.99 for one of my books about Coventry City. Yet put that same level of research, writing and effort onto a website and suddenly asking people to pay for it becomes controversial. Nobody has to subscribe. Nobody has to read it. And I'm absolutely fine with that. But I don't think there's anything shameful about trying to make a living from producing original, independent journalism about a football club I've supported for more than 30 years. Still, it's sometimes hard not to take the criticism personally. Anyway, chin up and all that. I'm interviewing a key member of our League One title-winning team tomorrow, and I can't wait. You know where you'll be able to read that one... #PUSB