Homestly, watching post match interviews and press conferences makes me angry. Most of the time the questions are superficial and quite often journalists also have agenda, trying to create some gossip they can write about. There's nothing insightful or interesting in that, basically suggestive soap opera bull shit for football fans. And that's because it's easier to write about mentality, who has fallen out with whom and all that than saying something actually substantial which requires understanding the game on a higher level. Sport journalism these days is just ridiculous most of the time.Maybe I’m just showing my age, but I think the kind of arrogant contempt shown by Haaland in these interviews, is really poor form. In response people criticise the quality of the questions, asking reporters to ask more insightful questions; but this deconstructs the purpose of these post match interviews. They are for the fans. While a soft ball question like “what’s your secret [after scoring 10 cl goals]?” Might technically merit a response like “hard work”; in reality fans want to hear more than that. He has every opportunity to segue into a more insightful response illustrating his mindset. There’s nothing edgy and cool about a multi-millionaire teenager acting all aloof and anti-establishment. He just looks like a cocky wanker.
Personally, I give little fecks about post match interviews, or interviews with footballers in general - the odd notable exception aside - but when during unprecedented circumstances (in which people have died) his response to running to the “yellow wall” in the now empty stands, his response is a smug “why not?”; rather than touching on the importance of fans, the circumstances faced by most (especially the poorest), and the meaning of the gesture - it’s hard not to think he’s a bit of a twat.
But hey, this is our culture now.
I especially hate when a team is in a crisis and they interview the coach. As a fan, there are usually so many questions you like to hear. Like why the coach is trusting player A and won't give player B a chance although he always delivers when he's subbed on, why he chose formation A with line up B instead of whatever alternative. But all you get is stuff like 'Mister C, your team lost today, is that due to a mentality problem?' or 'reports (we wrote by the way) say that X unfollowed Y's instagram page, are there tensions in the squad? Do they still stand behind the coach?'
So I absolutely love that he's taking the piss.