Sky Sports faces a Catch 22 position with paranoid Ibrox fans believing that they have bowed to pressure from Celtic fans to dump Kris Boyd.
The former Portland Timbers goal ace has been almost an ever present on Sky’s coverage of the SPFL this season but last night John Collins was on duty at the St Mirren v Celtic match.
According to the Daily Record the decision had nothing to do with complaints and a petition raised by Celtic fans but that hasn’t convinced many in charge of the fabled blue pound.
With BBC Scotland in a long running stand off with the Ibrox club, Radio Clyde are the latest broadcaster to fall foul of the sensitive minds inside Ibrox that see agendas and conspiracies in every comment and action around the Scottish game.
How Boyd has made the transaction from playing into the world of broadcasting is something or a mystery with his ‘analysis’ predictable and bland adding nothing for the viewer.
Michael Stewart and Chris Sutton have both demonstrated an ability to express themselves and remain independent with their thoughts.
Other than sniggering like a schoolkid at results going against Celtic to pander to the Ibrox audience Boyd appears to add nothing to Sky’s coverage.
Sky is a commercial organisation going for numbers and volumes rather than picking up awards for their thought provoking coverage which guides every decision.
On Sunday they’ll be screening the St Johnstone v Celtic match, if Boyd is on duty hoops fans will be switching off until kick-off time, if he’s watching from a studio far away the broadcaster faces the anger of Ibrox subscribers furious at how their former striker has been forced out of live coverage.
@ScotlandSky we Rangers fans have been asking for the removal of andy Walker & Ian Crocker from our games for years without success… yet a little taste of their own medicine and the other half ask for kris Boyd to be removed and it’s granted immediately. Please explain.
— G Dub (@grantyboy1980) February 11, 2021
Can’t actually believe that #KrisBoyd is no longer to commentate on Celtic games because of his grinning and banter. Yet we’ve had to endure years of sneering and ridicule from ex Celtic player pundits. #RangersFC #RangersFamily #doublestandards #55iscoming ????
— Sarah Wallace (@Walldoll1) February 10, 2021
@ScotlandSky I take it Andy Walker will not be co commenting on the next rangers game ? Since you have taken Kris Boyd off the Celtic game after a complaint???
— Paul Mc (@paulgers16) February 10, 2021
@SkySports be cancelling my sky and putting word to friends and family on how biased you are not having kris boyd on tonight
— Kathie Conaghan (@conaghan_kathie) February 10, 2021
@SkySports why is kris Boyd not commentating on the Glasgow Celtic game tonight?? us rangers fans have had to listen to Chris Sutton & John hartson for a decade & Andy Walker all commentating on Glasgow Rangers games will this be stopped as well? Folded to Celtic’s tears
— jason evans (@jayhus83) February 10, 2021
@SkySports Kris Boyd not allowed to analyse the tarrier matches as their fans cannot take banter. Absolute fucking joke Sky so fellow Bears simple thing to do here. Cancel your subscription and let them cater for their tarrier friends – Fuck Sky
— A009 (@PacShelf595) February 10, 2021
@ScotlandSky kind enough to leave Kris Boyd out of the Celtic game tonight, now do rangers fans a favour and ask Andy Walker and @IanCrocker1 to stay at home for our next game that’d be grand.
— Go for Joe (@G0F0RJ0E) February 10, 2021
@ScotlandSky So celtic fans complain about Kris Boyd and he gets removed from their games. Well Andy Walker is anti @RangersFC and I don’t want him commenting on Rangers games.
— JollyBoyJohn1872?? (@GetReal1872) February 10, 2021
@petera1872: @EilidhBarbour @ScotlandSky So no Kris Boyd? If he has been removed from Celtic games then I hope @RangersFC @RangersFCSLO demand that no more rangers games are covered by Andy Walker or Ian Crocker. Dangerous precedent set here by @ScotlandSky
— Malcolm Brown (@CoveBear) February 10, 2021
