A question of etiquette or..

[Par mon paupieres]

..how to keep one's cool.

O.k. here's the thing.I'm looking for some advice on an Alizee-related dilemma (I've put this off-topic as it does wander).

As some of you may know I make my living as a football writer and I'm leaving for the Euro 2008 finals on Thursday.My first assignment is going to be with the French squad conducting a few one-to-one interviews for various publications.

Now in the course of my background research I have learned that one of my interviewees played for AC Ajaccio , Alizee's hometown team, at the height of Alizee's first flush of success between her first two albums.

My question is , should I turn the conversation on to Lili's music , whether she ever attended any matches and whether he was aware of the phenomenon in the midst of his adopted town or instead stick to my planned script.

Now usually my interview style leads on to other topics anyway and ordinarily I have no qualms about that.However on subjects that I am passionate about (and yes Alizee is clearly a passion ) I have a tendancy to gush and lapse into purple prose.

As it is , I get pretty good assignments for precisely the reason that I don't gush or get intimidated into avoiding difficult question ( being able to speak other languages , a rarity in the British sports press , also helps I guess).Clearly I'd rather not blow this rep by blathering like an idiot but we'll see.

Now as I can't decide how to play this one , and in the interests of forum democracy , I'll leave it up to you guys'n'gals to decide for me.

I'll check back before I leave on Thursday and I'll let the majority rule decide my actions.

Thanks in advance.