Showing posts with label Brogan Renshaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brogan Renshaw. Show all posts

Monday, 2 February 2015

Me interviewed on Behind the Game podcast

A week or two ago I did an interview with Brogan Renshaw, founder and host of a podcast called Behind the Game. I had no real idea what it was going to cover (and afterwards we both relaised we hadn't ta;lked about my research into soccer and literature), and after doing the interview I was afraid there were going to be too many pauses, but it actually turned out OK. The interview goes for almost 50 minutes, or if you really can't be bothered just read the gist of what we talked about below.

It's early days yet for this podcast, so there's perhaps a few too many Western Sydney Wanderers people attached (and I even recommended one to Brogan to interview) but the more recent interviews tend to drift away from that, and I think it'll be a series worth keeping an eye (or ear) on.
  • Woe is me for being an outsider (no credibility as a soccer person).
  • How I got into South.
  • Feeling part of the community.
  • Attempt to marginalise myself as much as possible (Eurosnobs, pay TV).
  • A-League inclinations (or the lack thereof), and double standards in expectations.
  • Bitterness (parlance, emotion and being outside the conversation).
  • More marginalisation (backing myself in a corner).
  • Brogan tries hard to find the right words.
  • How the hell does a club like South get back to the top under the current regimes (political and cultural)?
  • Fondest soccer memory.
  • Least fondest memory (OK, maybe more than one, and the dangers of 'what ifs')
  • Betraying my father, betraying Heidelberg, dodging a bullet.
  • Why do I still go to South games? (regrets, you'll only go in for your mates)
  • Old Soccer/New Football (throwaway line my arse).
  • Who's paying for the current marginalisation of the old soccer?
  • The healing process. (hint: it's bullshit)
  • National Club Identity Policy (as if I wasn't going to talk about that)
  • Blogging! (Why?)
  • Success and pitfalls, style vs service.
  • The damn audience.
  • Friends and enemies.
  • Information control and the Whole of Football meeting (you can also hear me opening and closing a bottle of water at some point here).
  • The Greek national team (meh), the Socceroos (I don't want to be meh) and the Asian Cup.
  • Eddie McGuire.
  • What does the future hold for South?
  • The end.