Why dont clubs and players ever talk to each other any more?

[blindswelledrat]

WHy is it that nowadays all communication between a player and his club seems to be via the press/internet?
Hundreds of examples, the most obvious ones being the recent Luka Modric saga, or that of Joey Barton the tweeter but they are just the highest profile ones- everyone seems to do it
You have this utterly bizarre situation where a player has a whinge to the press and the manager answers them via the press.
What the giddy fk is that all about? They see each other literally every day. It's surreal

[mickk]

I think most players will only talk via agents to the clubs they represent, especially during the transfer windows.

[blindswelledrat]

Maybe using Modric as an example was slightly misleading.
Im talking about all the time and everyday whinges, not just transfer whinges
This was triggered by Van Der Vaart having a little whinge today lamenting the fact that Spurs didn't discuss his omission from Europe with him. Just an everyday example of this bizarre phenomina.