We should have the new stadium by 2029/2030 perfect time to go all out and bring 25 year old Cole Palmer to his beloved United.
Cole Palmer | Chelsea Player
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To be fair it depends, Cryuff was a player and probably had close or outright genius intellect, same applies to most great managers like our own sir Alex or pep as of now.
Some are clearly dumb.
(To clarify I was meaning in general not about Palmer in particular)
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To be fair, I do understand him. There are some players you look at and they just have 'it'. It might be a little difficult to express exactly what the 'it' is in straightforward terms but we all know what he means
Was like pulling teeth, the guy asking the questions must be used to it though.
To be fair, I do understand him. There are some players you look at and they just have 'it'. It might be a little difficult to express exactly what the 'it' is in straightforward terms but we all know what he means
A lot of the time when people talk about players being thick I tend to think it's more just a lad being shy speaking in front of a camera.
The media can make them seem a bit stupid by asking them things they've no reason to know about.
Cole Palmer is hardly scouring the globe for skilful young talent, and why the feck does it matter to him what a Bergkamp is? Whereas when Maddison gets an interview you tend to see them ask about the things he does on the pitch, which he can answer well.
Also this. Probably mostly this.
I find the arrogance and ignorance that comes along with discussions of intelligence with regard to footballers incredibly irksome.
Droning on about whether player A or B is thick neither makes it so or reflects well nor considers how many footballers have their formal education disrupted or even that having a degree isn’t the be all end all of intelligence. It also displays intellectual snobbery and carries the assumption those denigrating are smarter than those they’re deriding.
Droning on about whether player A or B is thick neither makes it so or reflects well nor considers how many footballers have their formal education disrupted or even that having a degree isn’t the be all end all of intelligence. It also displays intellectual snobbery and carries the assumption those denigrating are smarter than those they’re deriding.
He's not dim, he's Mancunian.
Rooney his career started at 16 years old though, he started earlier than most. It is not he had a short career at the highest level.
"Intelligence" is a hard thing to nail down. I have a colleague who is clearly very clever, probably one of the best at his job I've met at his age (especially the technical bits). He isn't a great communicator, and you wouldn't think he's as clever as he is.
Again, Simpson’s nailed it
Exactly.
I think it’s easy to forget that being in front of a camera being interviewed isn’t a natural or comfortable thing for most people.
Being a fantastic football doesn’t mean you’re suddenly going to be an amazing public speaker or lose any natural shyness you have.
indeed, and in regards to anyone actually
Correct - most people just wouldn't do it. Good natural public speakers are rare and it's a real skill which takes a lot to learn.
It’s not even about being in front of a camera, the reason they give stupid answers is because they get stupid questions about repetitive topics at an unusual frequency. An actor might do a 2 month burst of 20 interviews across different media and of different lengths to promote a film, and then go dark for months. Football has media exposure every other day, it’s mostly on tv, mostly in short bursts and live, and they’re mostly asked the same questions and expected to recycle the same tropes over and over again. Nothing about the format or frequency is designed to allow them to be expressive, thoughtful or interesting. And they all get extensive media training that teaches them how to fit in that narrow box. Expecting people to sound intelligent while performing in that circus act is absurd.