PrezIke
Well-Known Member
I’m not sure how to say this without sounding perhaps both annoyed, embarrassed, and concerned
as a City supporter from the states and native New Yorker
But the 2 press conferences in North Carolina and New York City now with “journalists” asking questions that are about as woefully shallow as it gets or even worse cluelessly bizarre
Putting our players and manager in extremely awkward situations with not just pre-Golden Globe interview level fluff questions were actors would walk out but also unrealistic or confusing questions about North Carolina or New Jersey.
The one about Jersey was so confusing I didn’t even understand what was going on with that question and nor did an extraordinarily polite Erling Haaland, who deserves incredible kudos for navigating that one.
I get that this may have happened in part because we get such abysmal media coverage masquerading as objectivity within the UK and Europe although the two football writers for the New York Times are part of that we know their names.
I could go on and speculate about why this may be the case and I can see the reasons some of which make quite a bit of sense in terms of helping the club grow and that preseason is effectively a promotional tour with other aspects to it that of course is why one has preseason to prepare for the season.
I do think it could’ve been done better I hope some of the other press conferences are better and they should figure out how to help questions if they’re going to be controlling the questions which might be happening
Or the people who they bring in
Maybe find some others who are knowledgeable in the sport city for who they are I mean even NBC coverage here which is nowhere near as negative as we know we get from sky BT et cetera
There could be some better questions
Erling Haaland said something incredibly profound and hinted at some other interesting things that was just completely ignored or was not allowed to be followed upon.
I’m paraphrasing but he said I want to become a better footballer and a better human.
Mic drop there but instead they dropped the ball.
as a City supporter from the states and native New Yorker
But the 2 press conferences in North Carolina and New York City now with “journalists” asking questions that are about as woefully shallow as it gets or even worse cluelessly bizarre
Putting our players and manager in extremely awkward situations with not just pre-Golden Globe interview level fluff questions were actors would walk out but also unrealistic or confusing questions about North Carolina or New Jersey.
The one about Jersey was so confusing I didn’t even understand what was going on with that question and nor did an extraordinarily polite Erling Haaland, who deserves incredible kudos for navigating that one.
I get that this may have happened in part because we get such abysmal media coverage masquerading as objectivity within the UK and Europe although the two football writers for the New York Times are part of that we know their names.
I could go on and speculate about why this may be the case and I can see the reasons some of which make quite a bit of sense in terms of helping the club grow and that preseason is effectively a promotional tour with other aspects to it that of course is why one has preseason to prepare for the season.
I do think it could’ve been done better I hope some of the other press conferences are better and they should figure out how to help questions if they’re going to be controlling the questions which might be happening
Or the people who they bring in
Maybe find some others who are knowledgeable in the sport city for who they are I mean even NBC coverage here which is nowhere near as negative as we know we get from sky BT et cetera
There could be some better questions
Erling Haaland said something incredibly profound and hinted at some other interesting things that was just completely ignored or was not allowed to be followed upon.
I’m paraphrasing but he said I want to become a better footballer and a better human.
Mic drop there but instead they dropped the ball.
