Andy Gray leaves Sky Sports (continued)

[deano ou812]

It's ridiculous that he has been sacked for this.

These leaks are an obvious witchunt, he wasn't representing SkyTV during the time that the cameras were off, he was joking around with his mates. Some fucking cowardly twat decided to maliciously release this footage purely to get him the sack.

I disagree with the whole notion that him making sexist remarks, off camera, means that he should be sacked as a football pundit. Nobody is tuning into Andy Gray for ethical discussion, they are doing so for football analysis. This has never hurt the ability to do his job, and it's a woman move by Sky to do it, hope he gets picked up by ESPN as soon as. It's popular to slag him off simply because he is so popular, but at the end of the day, he's a good pundit and the voice of football in this country.

Sky has lost a top pundit here for absolutely no reason. Trust me, the 'big games' won't feel the same from now on. Gray/Tyler gave the footage a big game feel, and nobody will notice this until it's too late.

totally agree things have gone to far,but once the press get in on the act it usually ends with only one winner,off the cuff remarks between two people, what happens to the person who leaked the recording will he be promoted,and as someone has already mentioned will sky now pull the soccerette feature on soccer am....

 

[hackneyslim]

I shall be glad to be spared Andy Gray's consistently irritating opinions when watching an illegal stream in the future. I can only hope this is the beginning of a Stalinist purge of seal-culling proportions. I also hope that the hysteria spreads to other stations, and then to other media. It might even end with a majority of intelligent, informed and informative people commenting upon the sport.

In short, Andy Gray = cooont.

 

[bobmcfc]

i nominate fanzone danny to replace him

 

[samharris]

A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead just bought bought a car. Which one drives it first?













































None, they're all in the kitchen

 

[lazerblue]

whats the betting he gets a job with talkshite.

 

[Skashion]

whats the betting he gets a job with talkshite.

He'd pair up well with Collymore.

 

[Soulboy]

If something good comes out of all this is that the old pals act, football panels consisting of dinosaurs who dream nostalgically of Norman Hunter and Wagon Wheels, interviews consisting of "and how do you feel after the win/loss/draw...", TV and radio dominated by attitudes and opinions that have little relevance to the modern game... might very well get swept away with this little drama.

And that HAS to be good for the game.

 

[Clubber]

This seems an interesting part of the original article.

The former Everton and Aston Villa player, believed to be on a seven-figure salary and a key component in Sky Sports' growth story over 20 years, recently began legal action against the News of the World – another arm of Rupert Murdoch's empire – over phone hacking allegations

Seems suggestive to me.

 

[Lucky13]

Quality

 

[Soulboy]

Quality

Yeah. Absolutely hysterical.

I'm just off to the hospital to get my sides stitched back again...