Broxi 11,481 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Wonder what this is about, unless I've missed something seems to be out of nowhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BridgeIsBlue 66,606 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Sitting there thinking... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wully 47,320 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Probably to get a woman and Clinton Morrison on the show all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,451 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 He’s sitting there thinking why? They canny have Morrison or that Sue Smith woman, both utter shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,749 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 20 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said: He’s sitting there thinking why? They canny have Morrison or that Sue Smith woman, both utter shite. Hope to fuck they don’t bring in Kaz Cairney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WizardWalters 476 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Hopefully Alex Scott is brought on, she is delightful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
British_Empire 9,648 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Be for some sort of mad, more diverse panel - I bet. Hopefully they take SKY Sports to court and take them for millions for positive discrimination - if that's what happens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goianegra 4,682 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 If you told me it was for years of shite patter, I wouldn't not believe you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 11,481 Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 Madness how Paul Merson is the one who survived Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Probably because they're shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisley Blue Loyal 11,154 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 17 minutes ago, British_Empire said: Be for some sort of mad, more diverse panel - I bet. Hopefully they take SKY Sports to court and take them for millions for positive discrimination - if that's what happens. Think you’re probably right as far as having diverse replacements but not so sure how easy it would be for them to prove positive discrimination as they’ve all had a good run tbf, I’m old enough to remember George Best, Alan Mullery, Rodney Marsh and Frank McClintock being the regular pundits and their does come a time when it needs to be freshened up for the next generation as their will be Bears on here who probably wouldn’t know fuck all about Phil Thompson without doing some digging about and probably not even old enough to remember Nicholas or Le Tissier playing, That said fuck knows how Paul Merson appears to have survived ffs 😂 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,772 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Never forget Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
British_Empire 9,648 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Paisley Blue Loyal said: Think you’re probably right as far as having diverse replacements but not so sure how easy it would be for them to prove positive discrimination as they’ve all had a good run tbf, I’m old enough to remember George Best, Alan Mullery, Rodney Marsh and Frank McClintock being the regular pundits and their does come a time when it needs to be freshened up for the next generation as their will be Bears on here who probably wouldn’t know fuck all about Phil Thompson without doing some digging about and probably not even old enough to remember Nicholas or Le Tissier playing, That said fuck knows how Paul Merson appears to have survived ffs 😂 It depends on their job descriptions and contracts. You can't just get rid of someone and say "you've had a good run" and if you've made them redundant then legally their jobs can't be filled again (for at least a year, I'm sure anyway?) so they couldn't legally just replace them with someone of a different skin colour or sex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billscott 2,463 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 1 hour ago, wully said: Probably to get a woman and Clinton Morrison on the show all the time. you are probably right every radio or tv show you go onto nowadays has a woman or a coloured person the world is going mad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisley Blue Loyal 11,154 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, British_Empire said: It depends on their job descriptions and contracts. You can't just get rid of someone and say "you've had a good run" and if you've made them redundant then legally their jobs can't be filled again (for at least a year, I'm sure anyway?) so they couldn't legally just replace them with someone of a different skin colour or sex. Take your points tbf but imagine they get replaced like for like ie 3 white male ex footballers, There would be cries of same old same old from various quarters given the current political climate we live in, As for their contracts, Who knows but perhaps all that has happened is they have not been renewed due to sky wanting to freshen things up and and take a more diverse direction in order to appeal not just to the mainstream but also to the minorities, Purely speculation on my part of course but it certainly wouldn’t be the first time for the media to sensationalise a story and even if it isn’t on this occasion I’m sure sky will have factored in that they may well have to pay some sort of compensation package. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimjim1690 4,534 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 11 minutes ago, billscott said: you are probably right every radio or tv show you go onto nowadays has a woman or a coloured person the world is going mad Could they not just get a black woman? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
British_Empire 9,648 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Paisley Blue Loyal said: Take your points tbf but imagine they get replaced like for like ie 3 white male ex footballers, There would be cries of same old same old from various quarters given the current political climate we live in, As for their contracts, Who knows but perhaps all that has happened is they have not been renewed due to sky wanting to freshen things up and and take a more diverse direction in order to appeal not just to the mainstream but also to the minorities, Purely speculation on my part of course but it certainly wouldn’t be the first time for the media to sensationalise a story and even if it isn’t on this occasion I’m sure sky will have factored in that they may well have to pay some sort of compensation package. They wouldn't change it in that case. Like-for-like for the sake of it. There's something more to this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 11,112 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 53 minutes ago, Broxi said: Madness how Paul Merson is the one who survived Token ‘addict’ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paisley Blue Loyal 11,154 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 12 minutes ago, British_Empire said: They wouldn't change it in that case. Like-for-like for the sake of it. There's something more to this. You may well be right mate, I genuinely don’t know if there is or not ie, If they have pissed someone off but going back to the 4 pundits I remember from a good few years ago, Obviously George is no longer with us but I couldn’t imagine Soccer Saturday would have survived this long had they not changed the other 3, May well be harsh but on a show like that I just feel that everyone will have a shelf life so to speak as the younger audience amongst us won’t know who the fuck they are without googling it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broxi 11,481 Posted August 26, 2020 Author Share Posted August 26, 2020 With a host and 4 pundits all being white males, if you think the hiring of a black man is positive discrimination then get a grip. The Premier League is 35% black according to a Sky Sports report, it wouldn't be the beginning of forced inclusion, it would be ending forced exclusion. Statistically speaking a panel of 5 in a Premier League football discussion programme should have 2 - minimum 1 - black person on it, statistically. There is absolutely nothing to suggest these 3 (very bad pundits) have been fired so they can force in a whole diverse new team. If they hire 3 new pundits and 1 or 2 of them are black then great, it would mean the real positive discrimination of only hiring white pundits has ended. Which for what it's worth I'm not accusing them of, the sample size is too small to say that - but there's absolutely no reason why whoever they hire isn't black or asian or anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEFTONG 60,089 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 50 minutes ago, HG5 said: Token ‘addict’ In Recovery. 👍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,647 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 You thought they were bad wait till you,see what PC shite they replace them with. But don't worry there's always spitter and neville to fall back on ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritofBillStruth 167 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Broxi said: Wonder what this is about, unless I've missed something seems to be out of nowhere Clearly too white. Wait and see them get replaced with a gentleman of colour and definitely a woman too, probably a black one as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 90,752 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, SpiritofBillStruth said: Clearly too white. Wait and see them get replaced with a gentleman of colour and definitely a woman too, probably a black one as well. How much on a scale of one to ten would it annoy you if they did mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
siamthedanger 2,855 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 Pity, it was quite amusing watching Charlie Nicholas making a tit of himself all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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