Sky Sports have dismissed Matt Le Tissier, Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson from their Soccer Saturday show
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pabloescaban
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I say Ivana Trump, Blinky the 3 eyed fish from Simpsons and Kim Jong Il, none of them speak English very well which seems to meet the criteria required
Micah Richards is fun though, ticks the only box that seems to matter for some people?
I wouldn't mind Alex Scott doing it, she's grown into the job and is very knowledgeable and informative.
And I've always quite liked Kevin Kilbane, quite an experienced pundit now too.
bazcfc1
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Shannon the cannon briggs (let's go champ)I say Ivana Trump, Blinky the 3 eyed fish from Simpsons and Kim Jong Il, none of them speak English very well which seems to meet the criteria required
Noel edmonds special guest Mr blobby
And Kelly brook(swim suit special)
teddybloat
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I love micah Richards. He and keane are together are hilarious. And I prefer football coverage to be fun and light hearted with a bit on insight sprinkled on top.
Mainly I switch off after the game, will sometime watch the sky sport YouTube channel for edited post game staff. and cannot remember ever watching soccer Saturday.
Cannot comment on Alex Scott as I don't think I know who she is.
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teddybloat
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"Why bring race into it when 3 people are sacked because of the colour of their skin to bring in people of a different colour all done in the name of a militant communist pressure group that explicitly focuses on race"
Yeah, ok wrighty, haha.
Micah would be an upgrade on 90%, of pundits, but let's not pretend race is not the driving factor in a lot of these decisions now.
Sky might find themselves in Gillette's shoes if they get the appointments wrong
channelking
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Race and gender is why sky made their decision.
Richards imo is annoying and cringy may be it's me. Will say interactions with keane are pure gold.
Bias probably but would have Keane on the show. Speaking his mind and not giving a toss what anyone thinks is always great.
Richards imo is annoying and cringy may be it's me. Will say interactions with keane are pure gold.
Bias probably but would have Keane on the show. Speaking his mind and not giving a toss what anyone thinks is always great.
channelking
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Guess skys reasoning would be to get with the times instead of keeping the status quo
jamdorj
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Even so, why sack all three of them!
pabloescaban
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Because they have to follow the trend caused by the BLM hysteria - all three are old white males and therefore not fit for purpose.
They will be replaced by black lesbians, transgender ladyboys and Chinese paraplegics to reflect multicultural Britain, oh yes, they know a bandwagon when they see one
teddybloat
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Sky will have all sorts of metrics on what audience and quotas they are targeting.
Ultimately it will be the consumer in the aggregate who will decide if the decisions are correct.
If Micah is there then I will have a 1% chance of tuning in instead of zero chance.
Can't be many people under 50 who would prefer Charlie Nichol and Phil Thompson to the younger pundits coming through : I know who I'd rather have a pint and have footy banter with. But im not their target audience.
To deny a political and racial component to this is naive though
Ultimately it will be the consumer in the aggregate who will decide if the decisions are correct.
If Micah is there then I will have a 1% chance of tuning in instead of zero chance.
Can't be many people under 50 who would prefer Charlie Nichol and Phil Thompson to the younger pundits coming through : I know who I'd rather have a pint and have footy banter with. But im not their target audience.
To deny a political and racial component to this is naive though
channelking
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Could do without him he's average. He ain't good as the other 3.
Who's denied that there's any racial or political component? They are indeed very naive.
Phil Thompson and Charlie Nicholas are intolerable imo, Le Tissier just about bearable.
Merson is a joke of a pundit. Possibly kept on as a duty of care by his employers, wouldn't be surprised to see him playing a lesser role.
teddybloat
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Ian wright