I hate the way Godfrey already has suggested answers built-in to his questions, haha.
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I cancelled my subscription to GOLTV because of Godfrey. I won't watch Interviews except for media scrums. I am sure he is a good guy, but if we want excellence at our club, that extends to the media and his style of questioning is brutal and phoned in. As the main guy interviewing our boys and all the extra attention expected, we need someone better. Sorry Godfrey...
(I am well aware he is the tfc lacky but still....the questions and the STYLE can and should be better.)
Wheeler's View on Yesterday
http://www.tsn.ca/soccer/mls/story/?id=443659
RE Gilberto's hope to score 25 goals: remember he scored 14 goals in 24 appearances last year in Brazil.
TFC plays at least 36 games this year. Assuming Gilberto, as a DP, plays at least part of every game, and if he only matches last year's strike rate, that's 21 goals. So he's basically hoping he will improve a bit over last year.
We shall see. Maybe MLS is a bit easier overall than the Brazilian league. Or maybe the defending is tougher. Or maybe the schedule & travel get to him and he doesn't perform as well as last year, etc. etc. But it's not an unreasonable comment for a striker, who you want to be a bit self-assured.
From my observation, it depends on the area of the field. Midfield is lighter but the defenders and strikers will mix it up a fair amount. There will be an adjustment period, but he won't be shocked the first time he goes for a header and gets squashed by a defender coming in with a hard challenge.
Unquestionably their level of play is higher, but this is a different league. The style contrast isn't as drastic as say between Argentina - MLS but there is still ground to cover.
Last edited by ag futbol; 02-12-2014 at 12:56 PM.
That's very kind of you to say.
But I don't think I ask hard questions - I think I ask simple and direct questions. I try not to go into much preamble when I ask a question or provide whoever I am talking to with an answer when I form my question (ie: "You've struggled lately. Why?" As opposed to, "You've struggled lately. Is that because you're still adapting to the team?"
Generally speaking, I think the beat reporters who cover this team collectively do a good job. But we all could be a bit better; there's always room to improve. myself included.
As for the scrums, I generally try to stay away from them (I was only in two of them yesterday: Nelsen and Bez). Instead, I try to get the guys 1-on-1 just after the scrums. I find that works better and I tend to get better answers and get the players to open up a bit more.
Just my two cents.
John
BTW - I agree about the use of "talk about" by reporters. Better to ask a question, in my humble view.
Last edited by johnmolinaro; 02-12-2014 at 01:18 PM.
Does anyone remember when Maurice Edu had that poll up on his site in 2008 that read something like this:
How many goals will I score this year?
[ ] 20 - 25
[ ] 15 - 20
[ ] 10 - 15
[ ] 5 - 10
Complete with overlapping categories and no <5 option, usually common amongst defensive midfielders.
It was pretty funny when Mattocks predicted he was going to score 20 goals last season
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano