Thread for continued speculation on l'affaire KEYSY etc, rolling reactionary stupidity/misogyny/prejudice in football

http://thescore.thejournal.ie/richard-keys-takes-to-airwaves-to-defend-sexism-leaks-2011-01/

Full version here.

Did they really run an erectile dysfunction ad straight after the interview?

is it plausible that it took a media firestorm for keys to consider the ramifications of this shit? it hardly seems it.

"that's for others to decide" abt stuff that he obv agreed with, and brady not taking his calls, and "you hear more complaints than support when something like this happens" and his "she got the call right, thank god" and charlotte "SHE CAN HANDLE HERSELF" and oh so many things, absolutely infuriating

who exactly is "on sian massey's case"...he's the dickhead who called her entire career into question. also "just banter" etc...fuck off. "just banter" is the new standard defence of racism/sexism etc.

major lols in my office at the bit about brady "i don't know why she didn't take the call". hmmm i can think of a reason!!

i feel like he kind of turned it around by the end, the stuff about behavior that needs reconstructing and stuff like that. i don't feel like he's insincere because i kind of believe he wants to resign in protest at andy grey being sacked, & is too conceited want to keep his job at all cost

bog standard 'mea culpa i need to go pray with my pastor' stuff, no?

What are these DARK FORCES that are massing against him?

dark, hairy forces

if he wasn't such a repulsive fella i'd have some sympathy for him. if you're 50-odd and going around talking about smashing and banging and the other stuff he's on about at every opportunity, in the way he's on about it, then you're a sad sad man with some significant issues to work out.

bog standard 'mea culpa i need to go pray with my pastor' stuff, no?

― henri grenouille (Frogman Henry), Wednesday, January 26, 2011

yeah maybe, maybe i was just dying for some shit that was clearly not coded stuff for his supporters

if he wasn't such a repulsive fella i'd have some sympathy for him. if you're 50-odd and going around talking about smashing and banging and the other stuff he's on about at every opportunity, in the way he's on about it, then you're a sad sad man with some significant issues to work out.

OTM (except I wouldn't feel sympathy). He comes across as someone who actually *hates* women. And in the 'smash it' clip, he just comes across as desperately trying to ingratiate himself with Redknapp etc.

i feel disappointed he's been allowed to try and apologise for this. nothing he says alters the hateful tone. like if there was an element of wit in what he said you could call it banter, even if it was offensive. but that "do us a favour love" and worse, his "HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH HEH" in all these emerging clips just damns the guy. what a rodent.

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/01/sky-sports-keys-gray-melvin

So basically, everyone who has ever worked on Soccer Sunday hates them and will be partying in the streets like Thatcher's just died.

Also enjoyed his lofty "my information is it does" with reference to Rio Ferdinand and whether 'this sort of thing' goes on in Utd dressing room. His information?? Has he got some network of spies or something?

[CONTROVERSIAL MOD EDIT]s the same people as Rio, Nani and Anderson is my bet.

bit worried by how much i want "do me a favour love" to take off

http://twitpic.com/3tivj1

^Daily Mail effort seems to say Sian Massey was asking for it.

(also: flag on the centre line wtf)

haha at flag

Keys "set to resign" according to this

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Richard-Keys-set-to-resign-from-Sky-Sport-after-Sian-Massey-sexism-row-and-Talksport-interview-sources-article682781.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

(dunno why I called the halfway line the centre line there - displaying my non-manly footballing knowledge)

old skool style panels on the football a nice 'Mac touch'

as are the old skool hefty footballers?

old skool style panels on the football a nice 'Mac touch'

I still draw footballs like that :)

TheRealDjSpoony DJ Spoony
Andy Gray's comment's are NO WAY worse or even on PAR with what is said for 'entertainment' on Loose Women. And theirs is said PUBLIC!
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xp my default football drawing is the 1970 World Cup ball, even though I wasn't born for another 15 years.

5WrightStuff The Wright Stuff
Plus: Andy Grey is sacked for sexist jibes. But are his comments really any worse than Loose Women's constant digs at men?
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is the Mail/Mac cartoon deliberately 70s-style? has to be...

so farewell then

back behind the sofa without a whistle alert, where you belong

Throughout his career, Keys has been troubled by his abnormally hairy hands, so much so that he has undergone laser hair therapy treatment.

r.i.p heaven needed an angel to bang on about zonal marking.

I'm just kind of impressed how many blokes watch Loose Women on the reg.

And come away feeling intimidated by it, by the sound of things.

Keys resigns

http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2011/0126/1224288353461.html

"Dark forces". Grow up, you prick.

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RIP Big Men

I'm probably the only cunt here upset about this,in that I actually enjoy Andy Gray and Keys on sky sports. Obviously they're arseholes and talk shite,but it just won't be the same for me anymore. Who is going to verbally fellate Rooney when/if he gets good again :(

If stelling gets moved then I'll really be upset.

men never make passes at cunts in dark glasses

Started to have sex with one of my girl mates, when she said "you cant tell your friends about this, I don't what my boyfriend finding out." I replied, "don't worry this is just banter!" LAD.

Actually listening to the Keys apologies now, unbelievably bitter sounding. Obviously not sorry.

only sorry he's got to work out where the next keys-gray gig is going to go down, now that it's not the media box at ot/anfield/stamford/emirates.

i hope he's calling numbers on a sunday afternoon bingo soon. with an o.b.e. for services to tosser charities under his belt.

nobody really expects him to be genuinely sorry or really understand the situation tho right? given the casualness of the original comments made only a few days tho.

Exactly. He's acting as if he made a one-off mistake which has been blown out of proportion, but the 'smashed it' clip gives the lie to that. "I'm sorry I'm now unemployed as I've been exposed as a total cunt" would be nearer the truth.

Is it possible that Sky could employ some actual journalists to do these jobs? I saw that the Bir/WHU game tonight had Stelling (who I don't really mind), Redknapp and Merson doing analysis. The latter two are just fucking goons, total idiots. I despair.

Redknapp is very handsome tho. No homo.

do you watch sunday supplement or listen to the podcast krau?

it's a sky show where a bunch of print journalists chill with like orange juice & croissants

i wouldn't say there's an astonishing increase in the level of insight, sadly

I've held my hands up. I was wrong. The big man's held his hands up. He was wrong. We've both held our hands up. We were both wrong. At times we've resembled Adams and Bould circa 1991! One mistake. 20 years. One mistake. Well, just goes to show. There's no loyalty in football. Not any more.

It's not me I feel sorry for. I'm still in my prime. Plenty of networks have wanted me over the years. You'd be surprised by some of the names. Let's just says that a certain West Brom supporting breakfast show host should be thanking me for his career. Tapping up happens. Of course it does.

But what about my mate. Andy Gray. He's given his life to this place. 20 years and hardly missed a game. Not like some of your modern pros who have to feel 'just right' before they pull out the microphone. Shameful. The way he's been treated. Shameful.

This place was nothing when we arrived. Do you think they ever dreamed about your HD's and your 3D's and your red buttons then? Do me a favour love. Look at the place now. Some people have short memories. But we remember. And the fans remember. Make no mistake about that. They're not stupid. And it's them I feel sorry for the most. The fans. No-one seems to have mentioned them in this whole business. No change there then.

"Football's changing and you've got to change with it Keysey" they tell me. Well if the change is for the better, if it's improving the game, then fine, you'll find me at the front of the queue leading the charge. But if it's not? As Andy says, "if it ain't broke don't fix it." Wise bloke Andy.

I don't feel that this is the end though. No danger. They'll be twists and turns before this all plays out. There always is. We'll see what happens a few games down the road when the new guys come in. I hear there going to give Stelling a go. Now Jeff's a good friend of mine. A good friend and a good pro. But I'm sure he won't mind me saying that he's untested at this level. This is a big step up and he knows it. This is Super Sunday. I wish him well but I'm fearful to be honest. The job's hard enough, but add in replacing a double testimonial legend, then the pressure will be enormous. Well we'll see. Will I be back? Well if 20 years have taught me anything it's that you never say never in this game. One thing's for sure though. You just can't take your eyes off it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svg0hh54fa0

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Fail to see how anyone could accuse Rio Ferdy of taking the mick out of women

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