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PNEJack

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The interviews have been very poor in my opinion, no questions instead looking for affirmation on the point they make I really dislike this interview style and was wondering what others thought
 
sports rehab;n3420777 said:
email Ben Rhodes and tell him what questions you'd like him to ask...
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Yeah no problem mate I'll make sure to foresee the questions for after Saturdays game!
 
PNEJack;n3420774 said:
The interviews have been very poor in my opinion, no questions instead looking for affirmation on the point they make I really dislike this interview style and was wondering what others thought
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I'm not quite sure what you expect a club employee to ask the players?

"Well Paul, that was a bit shit wasn't it?"
"Do you think Michael Crowe has a future here?"

I don't bother listening to them, or the club podcast as they're bound to just toe the line and play it safe.
 
This has been an issue for some time, LEP and BBC Lancashire are shit scared of the club, basic questions and basic answers, no hard hitting questions. People will wonder why the LEP wont be around in 10 years or so
 
I pointed this out a while ago, he desperately needs some interview training. He literally never asks a question! Instead he just makes a statement and waits for the player to agree with him.
 
Gordon Bennett;n3422658 said:
I pointed this out a while ago, he desperately needs some interview training. He literally never asks a question! Instead he just makes a statement and waits for the player to agree with him.
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I am not disagreeing with you, but it really annoys me when they ask a question along the lines of "So, how happy are you with your performance today John?" I want the recipient to reply something like "Oh about 76.5%...."
 
StickyBrick;n3422692 said:
I am not disagreeing with you, but it really annoys me when they ask a question along the lines of "So, how happy are you with your performance today John?" I want the recipient to reply something like "Oh about 76.5%...."
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At least that would be a question! He usually says something more like “so, that was a great performance, coming back from a long lay off and scoring the winning goal. The whole team were really on it today” then waits for the player to agree with him.
 
Agree with you PNE Jack. Bens leading interview style is awful. Basically he leads the interview along his chosen path, which of course is always paved with a positive PNE slant.

He could ask for fans questions for each interview and then ask some of these fans questions, as well as the usual dirge. At least that would make it interesting.
 
Gordon Bennett;n3422700 said:
At least that would be a question! He usually says something more like “so, that was a great performance, coming back from a long lay off and scoring the winning goal. The whole team were really on it today” then waits for the player to agree with him.
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This is exactly it he lays them off to spend 2 minutes repeating his point definitely needs to change it up and ask some probing questions
 
The radio lancs interviews with Jim Bentley are always entertaining - he is usually asked a question like "How was that today Jim" and he then speaks for the rest of the "interview" without another question being asked. Easiest job in the world, interviewing him!
 
BAJPNE;n3422480 said:
This has been an issue for some time, LEP and BBC Lancashire are shit scared of the club, basic questions and basic answers, no hard hitting questions. People will wonder why the LEP wont be around in 10 years or so
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I think the media have played ANs bluff game perfectly for him this week. Ben Davies is back in training but won't be ready for the weekend. Lo & behold he's in the team. I wonder if any of the LEP journalists or RL guys will say 'hold on Alex, you've been feeding us BS all week about Davies!!' Quite happy for AN to play things close to his chest, but he's actually put people away here. That's why you take all these interviews with a pinch of salt, cos the reporters won't rock the boat and say that to him.
 
Aitch;n3424380 said:
I think the media have played ANs bluff game perfectly for him this week. Ben Davies is back in training but won't be ready for the weekend. Lo & behold he's in the team. I wonder if any of the LEP journalists or RL guys will say 'hold on Alex, you've been feeding us BS all week about Davies!!' Quite happy for AN to play things close to his chest, but he's actually put people away here. That's why you take all these interviews with a pinch of salt, cos the reporters won't rock the boat and say that to him.
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Didn’t Grayson do the same?
 
Kathryn;n3424391 said:
Didn’t Grayson do the same?
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I think all managers do it Kathryn and you can't blame them for not wanting to give secrets away. Maybe more of an 'i'm not sure' vague answer might be better for the local press, than a deliberate lie. My main gripe though is that the local journo's will just accept it and not question it because they need good relations with the club to get interviews of any sort. As i said, you just get to the stage where you ignore all pre match stuff.
 
Aitch;n3424380 said:
I think the media have played ANs bluff game perfectly for him this week. Ben Davies is back in training but won't be ready for the weekend. Lo & behold he's in the team. I wonder if any of the LEP journalists or RL guys will say 'hold on Alex, you've been feeding us BS all week about Davies!!' Quite happy for AN to play things close to his chest, but he's actually put people away here. That's why you take all these interviews with a pinch of salt, cos the reporters won't rock the boat and say that to him.
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AN was keeping cards close to his chest for good reason. Do you really think a tin pot interviewer is going to make him crack?

Let’s face it, most routine interviews with players and managers are a non event.
 
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