Loved the interview. Many thanks to @demonlad for organising, and conducting it, and to fellow demonlanders for posing a great range of excellent questions.

Andy. Not quite Parkinson interview quality just yet. Some rambling questions. Good intent. Let’s get to know the players more off the field.

Harvey Langford. Quality young man. Composed responses. 👏👏👏👏

On 06/05/2025 at 18:27, Dee in a Kilt said:

Thanks Andy. It's wonderful when you do these interviews on club and player personnel.

Here's some questions:

• Harvey, you seem so much bigger than your parents. Are you a family outlier or are there bison-like bodies in the family tree?

• Our family had the great pleasure of hosting a number of MFC draftees before the Brayshaw's took over. We could see why host families are required in the first year. Going from high school to a full-on AFL environment was incredibly taxing emotionally, mentally and physically. At home, all our boys were walking zombies the first 6 to 9 months as they basically just trained, played, ate enormous amounts and slept and nothing else. Has the transition to an AFL environment improved or is it still footy, eating and sleeping to this stage of your career?

• Are you with your family, a senior player or a host family

• I was surprised our draftees were really tight with their own recruiting class and, to a lesser extent, with the recruiting class one or two years older. It seems the older players have families and have developed interests outside of footy, perhaps not enabling a strong social bond with the newbies. So there was not the same tight social mentorship and connection. Is this still the case?

Harvey, I love everything you're bringing to the Melbourne footy club. You're a brilliant addition. Sports science is such that by time you finish, you could be playing into your 40's. Be the first to 400 games for the mighty Dees!

That would be nice but, if he stays, Kossie has a 100+ games head start on him! 😊

24 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Andy. Not quite Parkinson interview quality just yet. Some rambling questions. Good intent. Let’s get to know the players more off the field.

Harvey Langford. Quality young man. Composed responses. 👏👏👏👏

Thanks for that confidence booster. [censored]

20 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Thanks for that confidence booster. [censored]

It was a terrific interview Andy - typically well researched, erudite (as is Langford actually) and above all interesting.

My only knock is you didn't ask about the bison as a nickname.

I was just getting comfy on the couch listening then it finished. Realised I was listening at 1.25x but still wish it could have been a bit longer.

Thanks 🙏

Great interview Andy, really enjoyed it!!!

19 hours ago, Demonland said:

Thanks for that confidence booster. [censored]

It wasn’t a knock but more that interviewing is a skill. Constructive only intended.

Good to get to know the players and like to hear more “Andy interviews”.

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

It wasn’t a knock but more that interviewing is a skill. Constructive only intended.

Good to get to know the players and like to hear more “Andy interviews”.

We'll in the spirit of constructive criticism it did not come across that way AT ALL.

A pro tip - you need to do some work on your apologies.

Edited May 9May 9 by binman

Just now, binman said:

We'll in the spirit of constructive criticism it did nor come across that way AT ALL.

It came accross as rude and condecending.

My critique of your critique is you are completely wrong - it was an excellent interview, more professional and properly researched than almost every single so called journalist covering football atm.

And another pro tip - you need to do some serious work on your apologies.

Using the word but negates what comes before it (ie 'it wasn't a knock') particularly when it is followed by a back handed wack like 'interviewing is a skill'.

Really, a skill you say? I guess it was just sheer dumb luck that a young bloke, in his first season of footy, who was giving his first long form interview (13 mins is a long interview - though i guess you know that such is your expertise) gave such detailed well considered answers to Andy's questions

And by the by, do you know why the MFC offer Andy so many long form interview opportunities (at least a dozen, maybe more) with MFC staff and players?

Because of how professional and well researched his interviews are and the respect in which he is he held.

Compare and contrast Andy's interview with the bison with this interview:

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1745499/harvey-langford-rising-star?videoId=1745499&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1743400800001

Edited May 9May 9 by binman

20 minutes ago, binman said:

We'll in the spirit of constructive criticism it did not come across that way AT ALL.

It came accross as rude and condecending.

My critique of your critique is you are completely wrong - it was an excellent interview, more professional and properly researched than almost every single so called journalist covering football atm.

And another pro tip - you need to do some serious work on your apologies.

Using the word but negates what comes before it (ie 'it wasn't a knock') - particularly when it is followed by a back handed wack like 'interviewing is a skill'.

Really, a skill you say? I guess it was just sheer dumb luck that a young bloke, in his first season of footy, who was giving his first long form interview (13 mins is a long interview - though i guess you know that such is your expertise), amd maybe only his 3rd or 4th interview of any sort, gave such detailed well considered answers to Andy's questions

And by the by, do you know why the MFC offer Andy so many long form interview opportunities (at least a dozen, maybe more) with MFC staff and players?

Because of how professional and well researched his interviews are and the respect in which he is held.

Easy big fella.