I think they needed to freshen it up, I would have probably changed one over the next three seasons tho. The only pundits who provide entertainment is Kammy, Merse and Jeff.

The others could swap and change for all I care. I also think with streaming services, BT and Amazons coverage, the show itself is dying out. You don’t really need SSN anymore, it’s at our fingertips every second of everyday. Even the transfer window is cringe viewing.

During lockdown, I don’t think I watched sky sports at all. They have probably have lost millions in cancelled subscriptions. I reckon you can get an ex pro to talk football on TV for pittance these days. Those three were probably on good money and they are cutting back whilst doing what all shows are doing these days.

Like my friend at OFCOM always says, if you don’t like it, you can always watch or listen to something else.

I love women and have 'loved' many of them.
I just don't want to see them talking about mens's football.
They have never played men's football. There is no comparison.
Also, 95% of them are ugly lesbians with awful haircuts which is not what I personally want to see on my TV.

There was a female one for the 20/20 yesterday who, unfortunately, did not have such a sultry voice. I'm not going to go into sexuality or whatever, but she needed to have a sound check before being on such a prestigious broadcast as Test Match special. In the 6th over, she thought it was the fifth as the scoreboard said 5.1, 5.2 etc. Even the co-presenters could not help but take the piss - quite badly actually.

Red and Blue Army!

The point is, you actually don't.

You can have an opinion, but unless you're running Sky, you genuinely don't know. Given all you have is an opinion, and have no idea of the quality of who is coming in, getting this upset over it is barmy.

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SKY are a private corporation with shareholders. The general rule of capitalism is that it follows the money. There may be an array of CSR activity, but if they think it will harm profit margins then I don't believe they will proceed. These changes could be about diversity or they could (and probably more likely) are about modernising and trying to win back viewers. So many of the old white men commentating and discussing football these days sound so out of touch. Younger ex pros like Jenas, Danny Murphy, Richards and Neville make far more sense and don't just sound like a bunch of moany old gits. I appreciate there are lots of moany middle-aged white men who relate to these figures, but maybe you will still get 'one of your own' so you don't feel too victimised.

If Sky intend to replace Le Tissier, Nicholas and Thompson with what they feel are more relevant people who watch football nowadays, perhaps they should look at the demographics of who actually attend football matches - white males are the majority of paying customers I would say.

Edited by martin2412 (02 Sep 2020 2.38pm)