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Perhaps because of my upbringing in American sports coverage, I'm surprised by the general lack of reporters' questions about tactics. Formations and "principles" (pressing, playing from the back, short corners, etc.) come up often, but I don't often hear questions about particular situations, particularly on set pieces. In the Fulham match, for example, I would love to hear a question about how Mitrovic was so wide open for his set-piece header. As I watch the replay, it seems that Andersen may have been held or blocked, but I seldom hear reporters ask a manager "What happened?" or "How were you trying to mark Mitrovic today?" Am I missing something? Do such questions arise routinely in press conferences a day or two after the match? In baseball, basketball, and American football, managers and players are grilled about their choices almost immediately afterwards. It's striking because in politics and general news, U.K. journalists are far more pointed and direct in their interviews than their U.S. counterparts.
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That’s an excellent point. Perhaps the journo’s were just being polite with Sir Roy but in general it would be great if they or MOTD did ask those questions.
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They have guests on that have won everything in the game, and the most insightful they get is telling you exactly what you are seeing. They make everything seam like its great individual ability, or a mistake, whereas a lot of the overloads etc are all the product of a tactical plan. I used to watch a lot of NFL (and granted there is a lot of downtime) but they really help break down tactics and why certain things have happened that you would never know as a layman. I’d love that in football. Might not be right for the broadcast audience, but maybe a more niche analytical programme. On a side note, when I was still playing Sat football the coaches used to send around tactical videos of pressing and pressing traps. Which is so useful, when you understand to see why some players are chasing men down whilst others are blocking off passing corridors etc.
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Interviewer's questions in general are often banal. 'How do you feel after that fabulous victory?' These so called professional journalists seem unable or unwilling to obtain meaningful information about any situation. You wonder why they bother to ask questions at all when we already know the answers.
Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled. |
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Originally posted by Palace Old Geezer
Interviewer's questions in general are often banal. 'How do you feel after that fabulous victory?' These so called professional journalists seem unable or unwilling to obtain meaningful information about any situation. You wonder why they bother to ask questions at all when we already know the answers. Absolutely. The answers have become as banal, predictable and irritating as the questions these days too. There’s a refusal to ask referees any questions we would all like answered and it seems a similar motivation is behind asking players the same old loose and uninspired things. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is an authoritarian-esque draft of ‘acceptable questions’ which journalists have to choose from, or do we assume they themselves are far more versed in this parrot like practice than they are football? How are you feeling after x today?
Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!! |
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