Jane Lewis has taken to twitter to defend Sportscene’s choice of pundits ahead of hosting Sunday’s show in the enlightened company of Kenny Miller and Dick Foster.
With former Ibrox star Steven Thompson having a week off Lewis will be in the presenter’s chair as she reunites two Sevco stars from the 2014/15 season where they were managed by Ally McCoist, Kenny McDowall and Stuart McCall, finishing the season behind Hearts and Hibs in The Championship.
Looking forward to presenting #Sportscene tomorrow. BBC Scotland 19.15 … repeated BBC 1 23.50. Highlights of @LiviFCOfficial v @RangersFC & @CelticFC v @AberdeenFC. Top punditry from @Richard19Foster & Kenny Miller. ????
— Jane Lewis (@Jane__Lewis) November 27, 2021
It seems that an EBT rather than an equity card is the key to a gig on Sportscene with Neil McCann and Billy Dodds regulars alongside Thompson as well as Charlie Adam, Chris Burke and others with one thing in common.
Miller seems especially desperate to muscle in on the pundit scene, most days of the week he can be found on a variety of programmes from Sky Sports and BBC Scotland giving his expert views with an appearance or two on Radio Clyde for some variety.
Forster seems to be as familiar with BBC Scotland studios as he is with Championship wingers, turning out for Partick Thistle while his parallel career with the state broadcaster takes off.
Lewis claims to be a Motherwell supporter.
Is it only ex- Rangers players allowed on Sportscene? ? Steven Thomson, Billy Dodds, Neil McCann, Chris Burke, Steven Naismith…… ?
— Slimshady (@Slimshady1961) November 27, 2021
Who do they play for ??
— Jane Lewis (@Jane__Lewis) November 27, 2021
Did they only play for Rangers ?! No they didn’t… Think about it…
— Jane Lewis (@Jane__Lewis) November 27, 2021
Yip…two former gers.
Out of the 12 top teams in Scotland for the last 10 years & more, Just about everyone connected with the BBC SPORT Scotland, have played or worked for old & new rangers.
Is that just coincidence ?— ThePort????????? (@ThePort17) November 28, 2021
Totally unbiased panel and host then , as usual . Banned from ibrokes but still feel the need to pander to the blue half of Glasgow
— Barry Gillen (@barryg77) November 28, 2021