THE TIDE TURNED AT LAST?I`m surprised that anyone has been surprised at the sexist remarks dished out by Richard Keys and Andy Gray (pictured) in the direction of Karen Brady, the West Ham Vice-Chairman, and especially Assistant Referee Sian Massey, who was officiating in the Wolves v Liverpool Premier League game on Saturday.
It has always puzzled me how Gray has held on to his job as a pundit for Sky Sports for so long. Or, indeed, how he ever got the job in the first place. His problem is that he`s not very good at punditry. He has a gift for stating the bleedin` obvious, telling us what we have just witnessed anyway but doing so in a kind of patronising caledonian gurgle. It`s almost as if he thinks he is gurgling to a room full of female assistant referees who, in his mind, need to be instructed on what has just taken place in the game. He also says, "I have to say....." a lot, when he doesn`t have to say anything at all - he`s better off leaving it to the excellent Martin Tyler, who really does know how to commentate on tv.
If this latest episode means that the tide has finally turned against Gray and his neanderthal style of analysis and delivery, then I for one will breathe a sigh of relief. For what we pay in Sky subscriptions, we deserve a whole lot better.
It has always puzzled me how Gray has held on to his job as a pundit for Sky Sports for so long. Or, indeed, how he ever got the job in the first place. His problem is that he`s not very good at punditry. He has a gift for stating the bleedin` obvious, telling us what we have just witnessed anyway but doing so in a kind of patronising caledonian gurgle. It`s almost as if he thinks he is gurgling to a room full of female assistant referees who, in his mind, need to be instructed on what has just taken place in the game. He also says, "I have to say....." a lot, when he doesn`t have to say anything at all - he`s better off leaving it to the excellent Martin Tyler, who really does know how to commentate on tv.
If this latest episode means that the tide has finally turned against Gray and his neanderthal style of analysis and delivery, then I for one will breathe a sigh of relief. For what we pay in Sky subscriptions, we deserve a whole lot better.
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