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ITV shocked as key pundit Keane pulls out of World Cup

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  • CafcSCP
    CafcSCP Posts: 1,464
    lets get rid of Andy Townsend, and we are good
  • Marriott110
    Marriott110 Posts: 1,528
    Because he has an opinion doesn't make him a good pundit, boring to listen to glad he won't be on ITV.
  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Great news I cannot stand Keane, as a footballer or person.
    I bet Mick McCarthy is still smiling to himself over unemployed Keanes WC comments.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    Chiles isn't a pundit to be fair to him. He is the presenter and Ok IMO.
  • Swisdom
    Swisdom Posts: 14,976
    Keane is such a miserable nob - I'm delighted he won't be on the screens.

    I honestly think he will do something daft like go on a gun rampage and murder loads - he's got that look about him
  • Dave2l
    Dave2l Posts: 8,864


    Apparently John Terry is going to replace him... seriously.

    Bringing his england kit I assume.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Curbs 16-1
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    Swisdom said:

    Keane is such a miserable nob - I'm delighted he won't be on the screens.

    I honestly think he will do something daft like go on a gun rampage and murder loads - he's got that look about him

    Bit OTT there.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,189
    Keane is hilarious to me. Genuine comedy gold. He has no interest in being a pundit. Anytime someone asks him a question, he seems genuinely annoyed that they did. He can't understand why anyone asks him anything. That he hasn't slapped Chiles on air is a huge surprise. The shot of him leaving a hotel on SSN yesterday had me in stitches.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQKD1PdK2s
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    JiMMy 85 said:

    Keane is hilarious to me. Genuine comedy gold. He has no interest in being a pundit. Anytime someone asks him a question, he seems genuinely annoyed that they did. He can't understand why anyone asks him anything. That he hasn't slapped Chiles on air is a huge surprise. The shot of him leaving a hotel on SSN yesterday had me in stitches.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQKD1PdK2s

    That's actually very true! He can barely conceal his contempt for his interviewer!
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  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    The guys a cnut -this is one of the best bits of news ive heard for a while - means i will watch itv now. The guy is the biggest up his own i have ever had to witness.
  • DRAddick
    DRAddick Posts: 3,588

    JiMMy 85 said:

    Keane is hilarious to me. Genuine comedy gold. He has no interest in being a pundit. Anytime someone asks him a question, he seems genuinely annoyed that they did. He can't understand why anyone asks him anything. That he hasn't slapped Chiles on air is a huge surprise. The shot of him leaving a hotel on SSN yesterday had me in stitches.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQKD1PdK2s

    That's actually very true! He can barely conceal his contempt for his interviewer!
    Keane barely ever conceals his contempt for anyone who isn't Roy Keane.
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,189

    The guys a cnut -this is one of the best bits of news ive heard for a while - means i will watch itv now. The guy is the biggest up his own i have ever had to witness.

    ...to be replaced by John Terry on the itv sofa. Easy come easy go.
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    DRAddick said:

    JiMMy 85 said:

    Keane is hilarious to me. Genuine comedy gold. He has no interest in being a pundit. Anytime someone asks him a question, he seems genuinely annoyed that they did. He can't understand why anyone asks him anything. That he hasn't slapped Chiles on air is a huge surprise. The shot of him leaving a hotel on SSN yesterday had me in stitches.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OQKD1PdK2s

    That's actually very true! He can barely conceal his contempt for his interviewer!
    Keane barely ever conceals his contempt for anyone who isn't Roy Keane.
    ....again very true. He does seem to like his dogs though.
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,430
    Won't miss him at all. I don't mind someone having a controversial opinion or two but I do prefer them to not be soporific to listen to.
  • AddickFC81
    AddickFC81 Posts: 4,053
    Shame because I was waiting for all of ITV's coverage throughout the tournament and counting the number of times he would say... "Listen..." when he was about to speak.
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,619
    Was only a plastic pundit anyway.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,832
    MrOneLung said:

    Don't know if I am right but itv always seem to be England's unlucky channel.

    |As I suspected -figures in todays paper (from memory so maybe not exactly right, but in this ball park)
    The Italy game was the first world cup defeat shown exclusively by BBC since 1986.
    The win percentage of exclusive BBC games is 76% and drops to 23% win rate on the games shown exclusively on ITV



  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,189
    MrOneLung said:

    MrOneLung said:

    Don't know if I am right but itv always seem to be England's unlucky channel.

    |As I suspected -figures in todays paper (from memory so maybe not exactly right, but in this ball park)
    The Italy game was the first world cup defeat shown exclusively by BBC since 1986.
    The win percentage of exclusive BBC games is 76% and drops to 23% win rate on the games shown exclusively on ITV



    Sorry to get all Malcolm Gladwell on you, but do ITV get more of our 2nd round or QF games? Is it more about the way the games are divided up?
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,832
    Depends on the bargaining.
    BBC might get the first game, and allow the next two england games to go to ITV but they then get first choice of say 2 quarter finals and first semi final, etc etc.
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  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,215
    They should have replaced Keane with this gentleman.

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  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,958
    Does anyone listen to these pundit sessions - I always thought they were a reminder to get a cup of tea/new beer/ look at Charlton Life/ talk to the wife etc.
  • sm
    sm Posts: 2,958
    We just need to get rid of the ones who make statements of the obvious during the game - especially the one called Danny Murphy (doesn't Michael Grade still have some sway at the BBC?).