The Netherlands international has recently dropped into a midfield role to allow Rashford to strut his stuff further up the pitch. Eventually, Keys went on-air and spoke with Hawksbee and Jacobs for almost 90 minutes. Enjoy it, but I dont understand this. If this goes wrong theyre sunk and that 2024 buyout takes on a very different look.. My god, it could not have been more private. 2023 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Sky Sports knew the damage this incident would do to its coverage in the immediate term. Sky had been spending hundreds of millions of pounds on its Believe In Better campaign since 2007, and now had the chance to show it. I don't know why Pep can't get his head around it. The next day another tape emerged, of Gray discussing Masseys looks with another colleague, Andy Burton. Can you name Arsenals XI from Arsene Wengers last match as boss. The attackers allegedly threatened him and his wife with guns and iron bars. Why not? Despite the suggestions, Guardiola decided not to heed their advice. United ran out 3-0 winners over Leicester City on Sunday afternoon thanks to a Marcus Rashford brace and Jadon Sancho's second goal in three Premier League games. Sky Sports is a very different place now. the cultural change of which Keys and Gray fell foul. The reinvention of Andy Gray and Richard Keys, TalkSport's hiring of Andy Gray and Richard Keys hits costs, Barney Francis: 'Football punditry is an absolute art form', Richard Keys and the art of the text message threat, Sky generation is beginning to miss Richard Keys and Andy Gray. Theyve over celebrated this.. Settle down, everybody. Theyve won nothing. Chelsea, though he's worn a Donny hat before on the show, the India special I think when they're camping out. Web Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) November 21, 2016. Keys and Gray hosted the Super Sunday coverage that afternoon under intense scrutiny. Mobile football strategy game is already past the 500k mark on iPhone and iPad. I think not.. What sets him apart is his ability to tell you how and why a footballer is able to do what he does. Shes been fantastic. And, as the evidence piled up, they decided to act. Now Sian Massey-Ellis after getting married in 2018, she has officiated consistently at the highest levels of the mens and womens games, at a club and international level. 2019 thelondoneconomic.com - TLE, International House, 24 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2BN. She has been brilliant. pic.twitter.com/y3GtFi8ktg. The International Centre for Sports Security is on its journey towards credibility so why not turn to Richard Keys? Related: Arsenal squad depth image gets fans looking forward to new season, View our Privacy PolicyandTerms & Conditions, TheLondonEconomic.com Open, accessible and accountable news, sport, culture and lifestyle. Talk to anyone who worked there at the time, back in the cramped, old, low-rise Sky Sports building at Grant Way, the corporations base on west Londons industrial fringe. What have Watford gone and done theyve turned to an expert. So if any good came of it, maybe that did., Keys and Gray, who are still working together, bumped into Massey-Ellis at Birmingham Airport recently. Richard Keys has been left red-faced following his suggestion that Pep Guardiola should turn to Sam Allardyce for defensive help after Manchester City thrashed She had been due to officiate a League Two game between Crewe Alexandra and Bradford City on the Tuesday night. "Maybe he's just a coach who likes to coach positive football. What Richard (Scudamore) said and did blew us out of the water! If you can, please show your appreciation for our free content by donating whatever you think is fair to help keep TLE growing and support real, independent, investigative journalism. Bruno Fernandes has hit back at Richard Keys recent comments about Manchester United playing with ten men. Ten Hag's trust in the player is clear, starting every game since returning to England. If Andy has gone, there is nothing I want to be associated with, no one I want to be working with left if that is the case. So Keys called up Sky Sports and told them that he was quitting. Game-changing news in the Fifa corruption war, as Qatar unveils its Lord Haw-Haw. Keys made his first but by no means last reference to the dark forces he believed were at work against him. Keys, who had fronted Sky' s Premier League coverage for nearly 20 years, resigned in January 2011 a day after colleague Andy Gray was sacked, as the pair were They were really drilling me with the sort of things I should say. However, Keys believes the whole episode was a set-up and that himself or Gray have never been caught making such comments on-air. Outstanding stuff from Arsenal fans, trolling Richard Keys through the medium of fireworks. As Xabi Alonso can testify, Nigel de Jong isnt one to pull out of a challenge. They were linked with a slew of names, including Joao Felix and Alvaro Morata, before settling on the 30-year-old. Keys wasnt about to pass up this open goal, When theres no discipline nor example of how to behave coming from the coach what do people expect? Keys and Gray break down the stats, 33 penalties since the start of last season!#beINPL, More https://t.co/1eGBJOyvQ5 pic.twitter.com/32cBLc5trX, beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) January 2, 2021. To make sure you never miss out on your favourite NEW stories, we're happy to send you some reminders, Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications, .css-1diosym{color:black;}@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){.css-1diosym{color:#fff;}}Published9:43,20 February 2023 GMT@media (prefers-color-scheme:dark){.css-jirzs7{color:#72B97D;}}| Last updated9:43,20 February 2023 GMT. And why is this irritating man allowed to spend 90 minutes outside of his technical area? On a Monday, they would have their planning meetings with producers in the Sky Sports canteen, going through videos, planning the show. Thats when I thought, This isnt right. So one member of the team asked whether they could have a life-sized stuffed elephant in their studio for the duration of the show, to never once be mentioned during the three hours on-air. Pep Guardiola staying calm despite Manchester Citys winning run, Manchester City easily beat West Brom 5-0 on Tuesday, Pep Guardiola chose not to follow Richard Keys' advice to hire Sam Allardyce. For Arsenal fans, Saturday's win over Fulham was just as sweet as Richard Keys' post-match reaction was salty.. Gabriel's late winner sealed a 2-1 victory for the Gunners as they maintained their 100% record to remain top of the Premier League, sparking jubilant scenes around the Emirates at full time.. Discussing Guardiola's issues at the back, Keys' co-host Andy Gray said: "It's a strange one. Four years ago, Massey-Ellis was awarded the MBE for her groundbreaking work in football. From that Saturday night, when all hell broke loose, the next few days had seen Sky Sports under more direct scrutiny than ever before. If it wanted to get rid of Keys and Gray, it could have done so quietly at the end of that season. First Gary Neville and then Jamie Carragher have retired from playing to step into its studio, bringing the insights from their recent playing careers onto the screen. Every other coach has to stay in his area but not Arteta it seems. No, Im looking forward to completing the next 1,000 matches. My domain! And Im really pleased shes gone on to make a mark.. Maybe he has another coach who does the back four.". Leeds sacked Marcelo Bielsa as manager on Sunday following a run of poor form and are expected to appoint American boss Marsch as his replacement. His use of language and phraseology was as bad as Donald Trump before he took office. For some time Ive been working on a theory that Richard Keys is a double agent, whose fawning posts about the Qatar powers-that-be place him so far beyond the realms of useful idiocy that the former Sky Sports presenter can only be working on behalf of those who seek fatally to undermine the emirate. That week, Francis would continually make the seven-minute walk across the campus, through the car park, from the Sky Sports building to Sky HQ, to meet with Darroch. Monday Night Football, the show relaunched as a new platform for Keys and Gray just before they left, has become the networks flagship programme, setting standards for insight and analysis. By doing it out of the blue in the January, halfway through the season, it was naturally hurting the quality of its coverage. I do think, in general, were more embracing, Keys says. Lets be realistic here are we truly to believe that if rules have been bent or circumvented here that this would be the first time it had happened? On that Wednesday morning, January 26, the walls were closing in on Keys, too. Arsenal have insulted Mesut zil by not letting him into the 25 man Premier League squad according to @richardajkeys, Watch https://t.co/hkoevnV6B4#beINPL #ARSLEI HD11 pic.twitter.com/ULiTkWLnhK, beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) October 25, 2020. ? Richard Keys and Jamie Redknapp exchange pic.twitter.com/xnER7uAzNa. While Andy Gray, unexpectedly cast as the voice of reason, opined his feeling that the bridges were burnt between Arteta and Ozil, Keys somehow resisted the urge to speculate on how Sam Allardyce wouldve dealt with the situation. The Red Devils find themselves five points behind league leaders Arsenal after only losing one game since the World Cup break, ironically away to the Gunners last month. But as Keys left the Talksport office, he knew his time was up. https://t.co/1yi0rEjrZj, Richard Keys now moving into touchline policing:"Have I missed something? After Paul the Octopus coiled off this mortal shuffle a few months after the 2010 World Cup, a Chinese film director called Jiang Xiao addressed local conspiracy theories with a film called Who Killed Paul the Octopus?, and declared herself 60-70% convinced that Paul had died before the World Cup final, and the Germans have been covering up his death and fooling us [with a body double] for a long time. There was some sense among the madness of those jackets. So dont ever think that it was. Read more, Editorial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected], Commercial enquiries, please contact: [emailprotected]. This was not allowed either. They talk about Beckham, but Gray was the original golden balls. By, The Sky News broadcaster has used Twitter to accuse a respected lawyer of 'simpering'. Within 48 hours, the story had become one of the biggest in the country. His final gambit was arranging an appearance on Talksport radio that afternoon. Perhaps Arsenal made the right decision overall. Just dont expect Keys to believe a word that comes out of your brain-washed mouth. Richard Keys has been left red-faced following his suggestion that Pep Guardiola should turn to Sam Allardyce for defensive help after Manchester City thrashed West Brom 5-0. He told me they were having a sweepstake on it and I remember thinking that, if it was being taken that seriously, then the jackets would have to go. On-air, that has never been an allegation you could throw at myself or Andy, he says, making a distinction that maybe matters less than he might think. And if we are looking for deeper meaning here, it must surely be in the slow change of attitudes to sexism and to diversity and inclusion in general that these events marked. Its headquarters in Osterley, Keys and Grays own domain, was besieged by journalists from other organisations. And Sky Sports management always kept in mind that a company had to protect its whistleblowing procedure in cases such as this. But they made capital out of it. United opted to sign Weghorst following Cristiano Ronaldo's explosive departure. Cant the 4th see this? Richard Keys is still going on about the Arsenal , Nigel de Jong is spot on here pic.twitter.com/Z6VxDW8YWy, Harry Symeou (@HarrySymeou) August 29, 2022. Standing in a supermarket queue when someone at the front takes ages to count out the money. Somewhere in Doha, Keysie just cracked open a bottle of champagne. By, The Sky Sports managing director talks to, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every Jeremy supports Chelsea because his son does, before that he didn't care about football at all. It showed Keys again using sexist language about a woman, this time in conversation with Jamie Redknapp, from a studio at a live game at Stamford Bridge. But, like a clockwork toy gamely carrying out his duties despite being mauled by a cat, Keys stuck to his guns and called out Artetas inclination to go walkies on the touchline once again. Not Keysie. But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. I think it was quite successful, not only for him but I think he enjoyed it there. Francis wanted to take it in a different direction, portray a different image for the company and generate a modern, market-leading feel particularly when it came to diversity, inclusivity and behaviour. Seven Arsenal players Piers Morgan has ripped into & how they bit back. Richard Keys on Everton fans. It would certainly need a lot of analysis. As Arsenal kept winning, and Arteta kept bouncing around on the sidelines like a kangaroo thats just necked a tube of Smarties, Keys continued his one-man crusade against the root of all world evil. Many others fronting programmes cant do that. Richard Keys says he will be supporting Newcastle when they take on Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final later this month. pic.twitter.com/FI2SvkcXTZ, Just re-watched it and Richard Keys does indeed refer to Bernd Leno as Jay Leno. In a certain role, I think he can act very well there and we have seen that. She has run the line at the 2017 European Championship, 2018 Champions League final and 2019 World Cup in the womens game, and recently moved into the mens Europa League. Press J to jump to the feed. But they made capital out of it., He claims that there was a campaign orchestrated against him and his on-screen partner. And long may the change continue., (Top photos: Getty Images; design: Sam Richardson). 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He was due to go on-air at 1.15pm but there was a slight delay, so the station had to get journalist Sid Lowe on for 15 minutes to talk about the weekends Spanish football, but even he admitted he was just an incidental warm-up act before the main event. Well, actually, you can.. I started a bit of a trend and I suppose it was a compliment that Marks & Spencer started selling them. The 44-year-old journalist, who made his TV debut on TV-am, is a lifelong Coventry fan and sits down tonight to present his 1,000th live match for Sky Sports Liverpool vs Newcastle. Absolutely. The incident, we should have seen coming, he says. Also, its worth noting this was his attempt at self-deprecating humour. Chelsea, though he's worn a Donny hat before on the show, the India special I think when they're camping out. I had about 14 of them I dont think there was a colour left I didnt have. But, with Arsenal struggling at the wrong end of the Premier League table, Keys used his extensive managerial experience to offer Arteta some advice on player management. Theyre four games into the season. Wendy Toms, the first female assistant referee in the Premier League, was derided as well, while West Ham United vice-chair Karren Brady came under fire. Its changed things for me because most weeks Id turn up at a ground knowing I needed someone around the bottom end of the table to lose games, and that gave most games an added interest. How dare the opposition try to win? In 2003 Richard Keys has received an Honorary title from Coventry University (Honorary Doctor of Letters - Dlitt) for outstanding services to sports broadcasting. In 2012 Richard Keys and Andy Gray received the best sports programme prize for their talkSPORT show at the Sony Radio Academy AwOscars). Female sports broadcasters such as Alex Scott, here interviewing Petr Cech, now appear more regularly on TV (Photo: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images). Arsenal were fined by the FA for the behaviour of their referee-surrounding players during an FA Cup tie at Oxford. Guess the gender of his target, In the last of our series, Richard Keys and Andy Gray take to the airwaves for the first time after their ignominious Sky Sports exit, UTV Media's sports radio station reports 13% fall in operating profits in part due to 'increased investment' in presenters. Mitrovic The Brazil defender was badly caught out by Aleksandar But no one denies that its being undertaken asI write., Come on, Keys entreats of the disputed Qatari bid. That isnt anyone., Richard Keys has actually blamed Arteta for a Tottenham fan kicking Ramsdale. Leeds have conceded 60 goals in just 26 Premier League games so far this season and will be looking for Marsch to tighten them up at the back quickly. It has never been more of an inclusive place than it is today, now it is starting to make the cultural changes it intended 10 years ago. Andy wasnt live when he was stood pitchside. Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) May 13, 2022. There was talk of a live apology, but it could not be agreed whether there should be an on-camera apology for an off-camera transgression, or whether that apology should be general or specific. pic.twitter.com/PYqrpFvb9s, Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) September 4, 2022. And if hes not behaving himself, then its likely that others in his team are not going to either. At last the window has slammed shut. What happened to me was recorded on a telephone in that studio, it seems to me it was done with a specific purpose. Well done @GeoffShreeves Still the master in the tunnel. When Coventry lost at Aston Villa on the last day of last season, I was resigned to accepting relegation so I was mellow, but during the course of that season I was very highly strung. Keys did call her to apologise, Massey told the Times in 2017. 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The rest of the team follow. The former Sky Sports anchor is of the view that if the Marsch appointment does not work then the proposed full buyout of Leeds by the 49ers will look very different. Sky Sports view at the time was that a public apology would be worthwhile but only if it was genuine, authentic, rooted in an understanding of what was wrong about the comments, and made to everyone. Fri, 19 Feb, 2021 - 20:13. We worked with him for a season and he was always on time and ready to go. Despite all that, Keys isn't having it. I remember arriving at Maine Road once and the security fella asking me what colour jacket I would be wearing. Not in the Sky Sports building, the one that Keys and Gray almost ran, but in Skys new building on the A4, the new face of the corporation, one of the fortresses of the Murdoch empire. It was losing decades of accumulated experience in Keys and Gray. "Any of these teams have shaped teams defensively, haven't they.". As well as being a major investor in womens sport, Sky Sports has provided a platform for a new generation of women in producing and presenting roles. Keys, who fronted Sky Sports coverage of the Premier League between 1992 and 2011, is now working in Qatar for beIN SPORTS and has been critical of Arsenal and their manager on a number of occasions. Dont forget, neither of us were caught behind an open mic. Why not Leeds? So has Keys seen a change in tone since his departure? Authorities told the Spanish daily El Pais that Aubameyang was hit and forced to open a safe where the couple kept jewellery. They have won a London derby. He often makes fun of others for their loyalties such as Campbell for Burnley and someone else for Leicester but who does he support? Barney Francis, the managing director of Sky Sports, issued a statement saying that Keys and Grays comments were inexcusable. Chapeau. The former Premier League chief executive apologised for his inappropriate comments, calling them an error of judgement. The smallest things, she gets right. This job has got Sams name all over it.. Copyright insidefutbol.com 2007-2023, Tried Stepover In Our Half, Lost It, In For Rude Awakening Former Leeds Star On Whites Player, We Could Have Had Draw At Chelsea Leeds United Star Bemoans Loss, Georginio Rutter Plays Leeds United Team vs Chelsea Confirmed, Leeds United Braced For Offers For Young Star In Summer. Martin Keown absolutely rinsing Richard Keys and defending Arteta, Inject ittt pic.twitter.com/9jQ6JQ6Kyu, Rory Talks Football (@Rory_Talks_Ball) January 6, 2023. WebThe 1976 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by various selectors for the 1976 NCAA Division I football season. Perhaps were making progress now. He took aim at Wout Weghorst's role since arriving on loan from Burnley last month. Andy wasnt live when he was stood pitchside. Keys still believes that his enemies set out to destroy his and Grays careers. "He did before. Anyway, the latest post from the most recognised sports presenter internationally [source: Richard Keys], seems to constitute the latters first formal engagement on behalf of his new homeland. For the next instalment of 90s Heroes check out the Bet Bright football blog this week. @richardajkeys suggests the manager they should have signed! Absolutely. James May wrote that Hammond "knows even less about football than I do, which must make his the least encyclopedic knowledge of the game ever recorded". FROM REPORTER ONthe Wolverhampton Express & Star to the envy of all football fans as the front man for Skys football coverage Richard Keys has done well. After sacking Gray, worse was yet to come for Sky Sports and Keys when a fourth and final video emerged late on the Tuesday night. Er no, and that includes George Best hes never let us down. Who ultimately then becomes the master of discipline? It was like there was a murderer on the loose, says one insider, and bodies kept being found.. He doesnt wish any harm on us, but if they are playing Scotland then, Based in the United Kingdom and online since 2007, Inside Futbol provides football news, features and interviews. That anger that I carry in my back pocket, I will never, ever put away.. I was being fed a huge amount of guff from our press office, Keys says. Massey-Ellis warming up with her fellow officials before Leicesters 2-0 win over Chelsea last week (Photo: Rui Vieira/Pool/Getty Images), Looking back, Keys own view of this situation is that he was the victim. It was the same building that held Skys legal, HR teams and the office of Sky chairman James Murdoch. Meow. Richard Keys divorced his wife with cancer and slept with his daughters friend.Andy Gray sacked for making derogatory, sexist comments about female referee Sian Massey and other female figures in football. The feel has changed over the last decade, away from its 1990s blokiness towards something more modern. With all the time that has passed, has Keys has said he and Gray are now more sensitive and embracing., But people, in every respect, are more careful and more gentle. Laura Woods has slated Richard Keys after he called out Arsenal fans for "over-celebrating" their 2-1 win over newly-promoted side Fulham yesterday. Didnt realise there was different celebration types! Andy has become a very good operator journalistically, hes very sharp. You can see it as you drive into central London from the west, near Heathrow Airport. Keys couches his response to the Sunday Timess allegations of widespread chicanery in the 2022 World Cup bid process as his caving into an irresistible clamour for him to break hissilence and having done so, offers an apologists masterclass. Try a week on us. How best to look back on all this 10 years later? There was an internal investigation to try to find out where the four clips had come from but it could not track down the responsible party. And, with it being so late in the year, pretty much every matchup is If the attack does enough damage to KO Goku Black or Fused Zamasu, however, the animation is changed to Beerus erasing Black and/or Zamasu from existence as he does Present Zamasu in Dragon Ball Super. Steady, its Fulham, Keys said to Gray, during beIN SPORTS post-match coverage of Arsenals 2-1 victory. Coming from behind to gain 3 points entitles you to celebrate as much as you want. Keys, speaking to The Athletic from Qatar, says he had been repeatedly told by Sky Sports to apologise for his comments. But above all, it centred on television, the stars in front of the camera, and the type of behaviour and language broadcasters and viewers expected of them. It was my workplace. But by this point, the story had its own momentum, and the tapes kept coming. He doesnt wish any harm on us, but if they are playing Scotland then, of course, he supports his home country. Expect a dossier, complete with diagrams and screenshots, on the FAs desk by the end of today. So it was not long into Francis tenure that he was presented with this, a stream of evidence of his two biggest names making deeply inappropriate comments when they did not know they were being filmed. WebRichard Keys (born 23 April 1957 in Coventry) is an English sports presenter with a career starting in 1976 when he moved initially to London. He admitted that his and Grays prehistoric banter was not acceptable in a modern world. He has worked ever since for the TRY A QUIZ:Can you name Arsenals XI from Arsene Wengers last match as boss? It is hard to forecast whether the Germans will feel moved to serve up diplomatic retaliation in the form of a conspiracy theory of their own as the World Cup progresses but both countries ambassadors are advised to keep a bag packed for the duration of the tournament. According to Richard keys Arsenal cannot celebrate properly when theyve come behind to beat Fulham! Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957) is an English sports presenter who has worked for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, Talksport, Al Jazeera, Fox Sports, ESPN Star Sports , BeIN Sports; and has presented many top-level football matches. Keys and Gray, seen here in 2012, have continued to work together after leaving Sky Sports (Photo: Tim Whitby/Getty Images). Apparently they will answer any question , Richard Keys has sent a strange global text message that reveals more of the dark world in which he lives, Laurence Bassini, whose company has bought Watford, was declared bankrupt in 2007 and has since changed his name, There are those who talk about sport to avoid the weightier issues of the day, and then there are those who magically manage to combine the two without you even realising it.
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