Sky Sports hate Scousers?

[StokieSC]

Sky Sports under fire for "anti Liverpool FC bias"
Mar 16 2008

Sky Sports was under fire last night over claims the broadcaster was biased in its commentary of Liverpool's Champions League victory over Inter Milan.

A legion of angry fans have accused top pundit Andy Gray of favouring the Italian champions over the British club with his comments.

Now Reds supporters are threatening a boycott of the broadcasting giant unless ex Everton star Gray is removed from the commentary team for their club's televised games.

The #20,0000-a-week Scottish pundit incensed Kop fans by branding the sending off of Inter midfielder Nicolas Burdisso "shocking", claiming Liverpool star Lucas commited the foul.

And he got their backs up further by appearing to sound down when Fernando Torres bagged the goal that killed the tie and sent his team into the last 16. Gray said: "It's game over I guess."

Season ticket holder Carl Rittenburg stormed: "I pay £48 per month so I can watch Liverpool's matches on Sky but I'll stop my subscription if they continue to let Andy Gray commentate.

"The man knows his stuff but he is so anti-Liverpool it's shocking and that was clearly evident during the Inter Milan game when he slated us at every chance.

"Gray seemed really annoyed when the Inter guy was sent off - he did nothing but go on about it all game.

"Yet he was calling for Liverpool players to get booked at the end of the match.

"Even when Torres scored the winner - that saw another British side through to the quarter finals - he sounded disappointed. It was like he wanted the Italians to win.

"We're not asking for bias towards Liverpool - were just asking for a fair commentary.

"But in having Gray to cover our games we're not getting that from Sky.

Kop fan Peter Stenton said: "As viewers we pay Sky for a service and a fair commentary when we watch live football - and in most cases that's we get.

"But it seems every time Andy Gray covers Liverpool games out team is given a verbal demolition."

Rita Walsh, 40, said: "I was so disgusted with the one-sided commentary during the game I wrote a letter to Sky to complain.

"Sky Sports has an obligation to provide fair and accurate coverage but in allowing Andy Gray to commentate on liverpool games it is falling woefully short."

Liverpool fans' revolt against Glasgow-born Gray, 53, has been simmering since he was signed up by Sky in 1990.

One Kopite has even set up a facebook group calling for the former nand Aston Villa striker to be taken off Liverpool games.

Scouser Alex Parkin, 28, said: "I set up the group to get Gray off our games.

"If Sky don't take him off then I'll seriously be thinking about scrapping my subscription in protest."

It's not the first time Liverpool fans have revolted against a broadcaster.

In November last year angry supporters called for a boycott of Eastenders after the show linked the HIllsborough disaster to hooliganism.

Campaigners for the 96 dead fans received an apology from the BBC after a character appeared to blame fans for the tragedy.

Sky Sports refused to comment.

[Fenparkpotter]

Maybe a few of them should get off their arses and start attending then!

[CrazyPotter]

Fucking scousers

[madeleyite]

I prefer the completely unbiased commentary of Tyldesely on ManUre on ITV.

[Spiderman]

I'm with Sky Sports on this one

[Olgrligm]

What a load of fools.

[BraveSirRobin]

I think scousers expect only Liverpool fans commentating on their games.

[scfclifer]

how anybody on here can call the scousers fools after the verbal we were ALL giving merson and gale after their bias commentary over Stoke's games is beyond me talk about hypocrecy ???

[BraveSirRobin]

are we going to boycott SKY though?No is the answer.

[scfclifer]

no but certain muppets on here e-mailed to complain and even started a hate campaign wtf ???

[stokelad]

never liked scousers.

[BraveSirRobin]

Dont think ours made the papers though.

[scfclifer]

me either but to take cheap shots at some people for doing what we were doing including myself no less than 3 weeks ago is hypocritical to say the least we all know sky don't do there jobs properly the scouser's are just adding to a growing list of people that have had enough of it .....might be me just being akward but i fucking hate hypocrits

[BraveSirRobin]

What if the orional poster didnt contribute on the hate campaign?He isnt hypocritical thus making your posts void.
frrrrrrroooooooooommmmmmm NOW!

[One-Two]

they ever heard of a mute button? or a radio

[Olgrligm]

There's a bit of a difference though, isn't there? Sky's pundits mention Stoke as little as possible and when they do use the opportunity to say that we're cack and if we go up, which we don't deserve to, we'll do worse than Derby.

Liverpool, on the other hand, are complaining that Sky dare employ an ex-Everton player who had the audacity to say, when an Inter player got sent off for absolutely nothing, that there was no foul. Let's be honest, the referee got that decision wrong and there was no foul. Gray is a decent pundit and Liverpool fans are moany, whiny whores.

Scousers are the world's biggest victims of bloody everything.

[scfclifer]

no the victims are the fuckers they rob



i don't know what the commentary was like for the liverpool game as i didn't watch it only room for 1 red team in my house and it aint them ;d andy gray is a decent pundit as opposed to the likes of merson i agree all im saying is we should'nt be criticising those who do what we do i,e, complain and start internet "hate campaigns" its well quite frankly pathetic

[scfclifer]

p.s. BaveSirRobin you don't have the power to void my comments you ain't admin ;d

[Ex-GeordieNeil]

Surely they could've just turned on Radio 5 and got unashamedly PRO-Liverpool bias from the likes of Alan Green etc....?

[stokelad]

sky are just cunters who try ther best to ignore stoke and when they do mention us make us sound shit and say negative things.

[mark71]

Andy Gray, top bloke. I quite like him, now.

[Rebelliousjukebox]

bravesirrobin said:

are we going to boycott SKY though?No is the answer.

I do not have Sky at home, because I refuse to put money into the pockets of that Antipodean bastard, Rupert Murdoch. That doesn't stop me going and watching Sky in the pub when Stoke are on, which probably makes me a hypocrite.

[Admin]

Andy Gray is on £20,000 a week???

I fucking give up!

[Danstoke82]

Makes you laugh don't it?! they obviously havent watched Phil "The Hooter" Thompson watching a Liverpool match for Soccer Saturday (with the legendary Jeff Stelling). Him being a Liverpool fan, well they couldn't wish for more favoritism. I say get Lou Macari on there watching us for next season. Macari v Thompson. Macari would knock him out! GOARRNNN STOKE!!

[dadofsam]

Was the truly shocking Hillsborough disaster nothing to do with hooliganism then?

[rorymscfc]

Is this the same Andy Gray who slated the ref for giving Chelsea a non-existent penalty at Anfield this season and who screamed "Ye Beauty!" when Gerrard scored against Olympiakos a few seasons ago? Very anti-Liverpool

And we think we're paranoid!

RoryM

[10 Pint Potter]

what a bunch of knobs they are, they just cant accept criticism even if it's the truth

the stuff we get we get annoyed at because we are top of the league and still gettin slagged off, but one or two comments from a pundit and they are in uproar, how the hell are they gonna deal with columnists and the like in the broadsheets??

[rorymscfc]

Does this sound anti-Liverpool to you???

RoryM

[Dr Oetcake]

and they nick stuff as well...

[Dr Oetcake]

who remembers Fantasy Football when Tarby was a guest and they presented him with a little model of Anfield, complete with road going past the ground, and as Tarby gives a big beam and reaches out to accept it, Baggie Boy says "Sorry Tarby, there was a little car parked there 5 minutes ago, now its gone!". Tarby's face went like thunder. They can dish it out but they cant take it!