Two excellent interviews today spoiled by the usual poor sound quality

Lovely listening to two genuinely passionate and intelligent football men - Jason McCarthy and Paul Heckingbottom - but both interviews were spoiled by the problem that never seems to go away. I've been banging on about this for some time (well, I've mentioned it a couple of times anyway) but why can we not get the comms right on these things?

When the RS interviewer is asking the questions he is right next to the interviewee's desk, holding his recording device in front of him. You can clearly get the questions along with the answers. But then when he has finished it goes to two, sometimes three other interviewers and no matter how loud I turn up the volume I cannot hear what they are asking. What is the point of that?? Surely it's not too technically difficult to get these two-way conversations at equal volume level.

Maybe our new regime will have noticed this as well (or soon will do). The answers from our guys are the most important part of these sessions but their impact is severely hampered, for me, by having to guess what the question was.

 

Top of the list of things to do

 

borrowed the speakers from Ponty end

 

We are on it, trust me. We hope to no longer have to cut our beef using a spoon.

 

Agree. And could someone please oil that ******* door.

 

I don't know why they don't partner up with the collage and get the students in media to produce all this stuff. No reason they can't form "BFC TV" and let them do the lot. Player interviews, match day build up etc. Good for the club and good for the students.

 

Hopefully the end of all this rubbish now the takeover complete

But still amazes me it’s taken a take over to sort this

It’s been the same for the last 2 seasons

 

It happens at 90% of press conferences across the country. Journos sit at the back and mumble their questions. You can’t have separate mics for them all, they can’t all feed into the camera.

I will personally pass the thing around and hold it right next to their mouths in future.

Christ.

 

what did you say

 

Sorry, are you saying it’s ok that only half an interview is heard? Your last line suggests you don’t want to hear any criticism. I just don’t see the point in having these things if it’s not 100% from everyone. Jason spoke wonderfully well and answered the questions eloquently. If only we knew what they were.....

 

Journaliss need to project their voices, which ain't difficult, instead of mumbling and relying on a Mike halfway down their throats.

 

If I cared about criticism one way or the other, I would never log on to this place.

I’ve always posted with the same attitude and manner in all the years I’ve been on here, but I see now that some folk prefer me now to respond more professionally.

So, sorry, Mike. I and my colleagues will endeavour to fix these issues you’ve raised in order to make your viewing and listening a much more pleasurable experience as we value you greatly as a supporter of the club.



I am not throwing folk under a bus, but it would massively help if the journos spoke loudly and clearly. But it’s a thankless task despite asking them time and again.

We will try and find a fix.

Cheers.

 

Bit of a patronising answer to a fairly reasonable request . The club want us to subscribe to ifollow but are not able or willing to create or present a decent product .

 

Fair point

 

I gave a more than reasonable response, explaining everything. You don’t get that at other clubs. But maybe there’s good reason.

Merry Christmas and take care!

 

Merry Christmas to you also .

 

I know we're now living in an app-riddled digital age, but have you thought about sellotaping the mike to a broom handle.
Works fine on Question Time.

 

How about take note of the question then dub over celebrity impressions reading the question? Liven things up a bit!