Interview with Brian McDermott

[Reading Rebel]

3 hours ago, 3spirit said:

I understand Brian being guarded in what he said but he was a bit too tight lipped. Perhaps it's a generational thing? As most of the older ones on this forum know, everything was hush-hush and top secret years ago, and so some people can't break this habit as they have been taught by their peers to be this way.  

What a difference between Brian, and our refreshingly honest,open and direct, current incumbents in the Slough hot seat/s Neil and Jon.             I understand that there will always be sensitive issues and certain types of information best not shared but we're talking about football here NOT Government secrets !

Why people think they are important in football is beyond me?

Remember it is only a silly game with twenty two men kicking a round object about. Yes, we all love watching it and talking about it but in the big things in life, it really doesn't matter a jot.

It's understandable when the young think football is the be all end all but when older blokes, who you could argue have immersed themselves too much into one field of work, can't lighten up about their subject, I think they should, and need to, take a 'break' from their game.

Perhaps Brian was having an off day [we all have them] and just wasn't really up for the interview but it's a shame that Brian couldn't have been more open, like Neil and Jon,as that interview could have been great.

Oh well, we must remember, it takes all sorts to make a world.

I don't know Brian personally but perhaps that is just his character and he wasn't being guarded or tight lipped.  

Sport and in this case football might not be important in the big things in life but It's a job that people do for a living and if it means keeping 'tight lipped' on certain things then who are we to argue.