Keane joins Sky Sports

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He’s right. Love Roy, doesn’t mince his words which is greatly appreciated. I don’t always agree with him but he’s TV gold.
 

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“Is the ball moving?”

Keane: “of course it’s moving, someone just kicked it. He’s not a good goalkeeper”

:lol:
Not always a fan of Keane's deadpan, tough guy act, but that was quality :lol: not least because it is correct. Pickford isn't really good at much else than shouting and kicking the ball a long way.
 

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He seems to be a better pundit since joining Sky. Always found him annoyingly tiresome when he sat on the ITV panel.
 

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He seems to be a better pundit since joining Sky. Always found him annoyingly tiresome when he sat on the ITV panel.
I imagine that Sky give him a much greater free reign with his punditry/opinions... as it's meant for a football audience. ITV probably want to him to be reigned in as they're trying to appeal to casual football audiences/families etc.
 

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To be fair, on ITV he was always stuck with Lee Dixon, the definition of a dull commentator
 

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Can’t stand Micah Richards everywhere now, such a big head
 

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Keane is the best thing on Skysports. Even if you don't agree he's hilarious when he puts across his views without a care in the world as to who gets offended :lol:
 

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Richards comes across as a bit of a tit there. Keane was right to question it.

He was right about the English media overhyping young English players too.
 

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Keane is clearly taking the piss as he always does. Banter back like Carragher would.

Richards got his knickers in a twist probably because he knows he was a shit footballer sitting next to actual world class players. No surprise he’s also a dreadful pundit.
 

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I love Keane but he's the perfect example of Sky becoming clickbait in their approach. Pundits that will make highlights on the sidebar of the daily mail with hyperbole about everything. Richards was the same.

The engineering of talking points during games is a fecking disgrace btw. That free kick for our goal was a blatant foul.
 

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Keane is mellowing in his old age. 5 years ago he'd have said "you might have burst onto the scene, but you whimpered off it".
 

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Micah Richards is the quintessential example of a player making it because of his gifted physical attributes, especially at a formative age.
There's a bunch of players, who, if not for their physical genetics, would not be anywhere near the Premier League, period.
Being physically gifted doesn't make you good; it makes you fortunate.
 

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Gary just said Keane was in the music video up front with an oversized Diadora sweater on but am I blind or I don't see him in the video.

Well first off that was awful and I hate you now. Secondly I can't see him either. He might have been up front when it was filmed but was cut as everyone else was in Umbro gear. Some sponorship thing which Keane knew would get him cut.
 

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I don’t mind him as a pundit in fairness. I like that he’s different to the others and gets quite excited when talking.