Editorial policy
How a TackleZone piece gets written, checked and corrected.
Who is responsible
Every piece carries the name of the person who answers for it. Today that is Saurabh Satpute, who chooses what we cover, makes the argument, checks the numbers and decides what is published. Nobody pays for coverage, for a player’s place on a role board, or for a link.
Where the ideas come from
Pieces start from our own data and the season numbers behind it. A piece exists because those numbers show something the usual tables do not — a player ranked unfairly against the wrong position, a team whose shape changed, a reputation the data disagrees with. We do not rewrite other outlets’ reports or publish wire copy.
Written by people, and how AI is used
Every piece on TackleZone is written by the person named on it, who chooses the subject, makes the argument and answers for every sentence. We may use AI tools for limited help, such as checking grammar or tightening wording. They do not choose what we cover, supply facts or numbers, or write pieces, and nothing is published automatically.
Every number in a piece is checked against our own data before publication. Earlier automatically generated match summaries did not meet that standard and have been removed from the site.
Data and its limits
Fixtures, line-ups and match statistics come from API-Football. Any rating or ranking calculated by TackleZone is labelled as ours, with an explanation of how it is built and where it is weak. When a statistic is not reported for a competition we leave it blank rather than inventing a value.
Corrections
If something we published is wrong, email tacklezoneapp@gmail.com with the page address. We fix factual errors on the page itself and update its date. We do not quietly change an argument after the fact; if our view changes, we say so.