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Post by dezzly on Oct 4, 2024 9:18:10 GMT 1
I think press conferences aren’t to be read into really.Unless they’re coming out balls to the wall like andre did they’re largely irrelevant. Duff has been pretty consistent throughout with his.He tries to be as honest as he can,he has a group of egos to manage so won’t be able to say exactly what he thinks all the time. He stays pretty calm and for me has barely changed in any from coming in to now.He uses certain phrases,but they all do,in fact we all do. Also he’s asked certain questions each week and required to answer them and he can’t determine what those questions will be. I generally only watch them to gauge what I think the team might be from injury updates. You can get other little bits from them but reading into every single word that is said for me is pointless.If they were prepared speeches yes but when you’re answering questions live your answers aren’t always going to be perfect and occasionally they will say things that maybe don’t come across well but it’s not 100% what they mean as they’ve just not articulated it well in the moment. The main thing like I say is to take injury news,anything else pinch of salt. Agree with that, although the counter point being Moore and Fotheringham. Their performances in press conferences were indications of a weakness in elements of the communicative part of leadership that must’ve surely had a detrimental impact on the team and our performances. Moore was complete waffle and used the wrong words frequently - Foz was aggressive and egotistical. I think a competent performance like Duff gives us a positive even if we can’t read too much into it. I also reckon the media element is the thing most managers like the least. I think part of why they don’t like it is because they get asked 75% the same questions week in week out 3/4/5 times a week by the time they’ve done club media and radio etc. Some of the questions at press conferences you can visibly see managers not saying what they want to say because you can tell they thinks it’s so stupid!! Also for us as fans due to results over the years we’ve gotten used to seeing generally negative press conferences because we’re losing so it’s naturally going to have a negative slant. So I think we tend to really pick the bones out of anything and everything |
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Post by hoggy1975 on Oct 4, 2024 9:31:44 GMT 1
They just ask the same repetitive questions. The last few weeks the same journalists have asked about confidence and mentality on repeat, with Duff giving the same answer every press conference.
The only question that was interesting was when Chicken mentioned the balls over the full backs, which put Duff on the defensive.
Why can’t they ask more interesting questions… such as why are the midfield so far apart and is this part of the tactical plan? What are duffs thoughts on Ladapo’s performances? Has the manager considered a change in formation or tactics? What are these issues that he has found recently that he wasnt expecting?
Was also interesting to hear him say that Birmingham recycled the squad and got rid of those that got relegated last season while our current squad only got rid of a couple of main players.
EDIT - obviously word the questions better than I have!
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Post by Baby Ate My Eight Ball on Oct 4, 2024 10:20:57 GMT 1
The whole media around football leaves me cold, I try and ignore as much as possible and just watch the match. The reporters that we get asking our managers questions ask some extremely low quality questions that even a child could improve on. I'd hate answering them too.
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Post by runner76 on Oct 17, 2024 15:36:15 GMT 1
...someone needs to tell Bojan not to say that Huddersfield is a boring shit hole and he is much happier now he had moved to Leeds...............!!!  |
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Post by sabailand on Oct 17, 2024 16:11:46 GMT 1
The whole media around football leaves me cold, I try and ignore as much as possible and just watch the match. The reporters that we get asking our managers questions ask some extremely low quality questions that even a child could improve on. I'd hate answering them too. Same here, some people hang onto every word, to me its just boring waffle i just cant be arsed with anymore, when the ref blows his whistle for KO on saturday is all im interested in. |
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Post by rothwellterrier on Oct 17, 2024 16:15:22 GMT 1
...someone needs to tell Bojan not to say that Huddersfield is a boring shit hole and he is much happier now he had moved to Leeds...............!!! You have to admire his honesty and he’s not wrong  |
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Post by griffa on Oct 17, 2024 16:44:26 GMT 1
...someone needs to tell Bojan not to say that Huddersfield is a boring shit hole and he is much happier now he had moved to Leeds...............!!! You have to admire his honesty and he’s not wrong Michael Duff explained it much better than Bojan, new to the UK, wasn't settled, sounds like there was a chance of him being transferred. Fast forward, his last performance v Barnsley was better, coinciding with a move into rented accommodation, plus his girl joining him. Bojan prefers the bright lights of Leeds, rather than Huddersfield, let's hope he starts to score goals, that's what really matters. Most L666ds players live in North Yorkshire, rather than Leeds, what does that prove - UTT. |
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Post by rothwellterrier on Oct 17, 2024 16:56:59 GMT 1
You have to admire his honesty and he’s not wrong Michael Duff explained it much better than Bojan, new to the UK, wasn't settled, sounds like there was a chance of him being transferred. Fast forward, his last performance v Barnsley was better, coinciding with a move into rented accommodation, plus his girl joining him. Bojan prefers the bright lights of Leeds, rather than Huddersfield, let's hope he starts to score goals, that's what really matters. Most L666ds players live in North Yorkshire, rather than Leeds, what does that prove - UTT. I figured there’d be a bit more context to it and Runner76 hadn’t quoted it verbatim. I saw Bojan and his partner walking through Leeds a few weeks ago, I carefully avoided “bumping in to him” as he’d probably be out for a month or two injured  |
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Post by runner76 on Oct 17, 2024 19:44:05 GMT 1
Michael Duff explained it much better than Bojan, new to the UK, wasn't settled, sounds like there was a chance of him being transferred. Fast forward, his last performance v Barnsley was better, coinciding with a move into rented accommodation, plus his girl joining him. Bojan prefers the bright lights of Leeds, rather than Huddersfield, let's hope he starts to score goals, that's what really matters. Most L666ds players live in North Yorkshire, rather than Leeds, what does that prove - UTT. I figured there’d be a bit more context to it and Runner76 hadn’t quoted it verbatim. I saw Bojan and his partner walking through Leeds a few weeks ago, I carefully avoided “bumping in to him” as he’d probably be out for a month or two injured hahaha! wish it was verbatim, that would be hilarious....... |
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Post by runner76 on Nov 7, 2024 15:26:49 GMT 1
Wiles came across well in my opinion..... Just waiting for Duff,  is this holding music?!?! Sounds lime something a high school student has done in their GCSE music?!?! |
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is this holding music?!?! Sounds lime something a high school student has done in their GCSE music?!?!