All the best, etc.

Thanks for the comment.

I agree that not everybody can interview Alex McLeish at the same time. But I strongly believe that the person who does it doesn’t have to be a trained journalist.

Surely the person who gets access to Alex does so because Alex sees value in talking to them. This may be because he trusts that person and who will attract the largest no. of Blues fans to his/her words.

Why on earth should that have to be a paid professional journalist? If I was a CEO of a wine company I may consider an exclusive chat with Gary Vaynerchuk rather than a newspaper journalist. That’s because I know I’m more likely to meet my target audience with him, talking to him has value and whether he is a journalist is probably going to be irrelevent to me.

Question for you. How does ‘everybody’ interview Alex McLeish in the players tunnel at St Andrew’s after a Blues game?

And is the answer to that question based on fear, arrogance or basic practicality?

Cos ‘Everybody’ won’t fit in.

All the best, etc

Rick

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