Kenny Macintyre likes to think that he is the rottweiler reporter, the guy that asks the hard questions that others swerve away from.
When it comes to interviewing the manager of Celtic, Aberdeen or Hibs on the back of a defeat the BBC reporter can be relied on to put the boot in, apparently asking the questions that the fans returning home want to have answered.
In February Macintyre admitted that he was a ‘Rangers’ fan which explains much of his questioning to Ange Postecoglou with the Celtic manager knowing exactly the motivations of the BBC Scotland reporter.
When Celtic’s 2-0 win over St Mirren in March was described as a hard watch the hoops boss struck back at Macintyre with ‘Well it depends on what you are looking for, maybe you are disappointed at the way that it went mate’.
Last week the fearless reporter arranged an interview with Aiden McGeady, modestly describing it as powerful on his own Twitter account.
One subject that was touched on was the Glasgow-born winger’s decision to play his international football for Ireland- and the reaction that followed.
Across Scottish football the then teenager was the subject of regular abuse, not so strangely other Scottish born footballers that selected to play for other countries received no adverse reaction.
McGeady knows the reasons why, when he put that question to Macintyre the fearless reporter choked, it was an area way out of his comfort zone.
It wasn’t a compliment to McGeady because he was feared by opposing fans, it wasn’t an O** F*** thing. Fearless Kenny Mac knows the answer but with his own background and baggage he stumbled on. Powerful, aye, if you think so.
Very powerful. https://t.co/PISaynWmgy
— Kenny Macintyre (@kennymacsport) May 22, 2022
Wiz it aye? So easy to stick a silly little tweet like this out but not actually answer Aidan’s questions as you are scared to say the words we all need to hear publicly from high profile journalists & people of influence. Show some bottle & take this to the next level publicly.
— ???? (@Matthew210387) May 23, 2022
You and tam Cowan should have a show all to yourselves,, you could call it, how to hide scotlands not so secret shame. Well done to Stuart Cosgrove for at least trying ?
— Cookydooky (@cookydukey) May 23, 2022
Rangers are my team, never hidden that. Be strange to have someone working on Sportsound that didn’t support a team.
As for Kris Boyd. I know at times he is a wind up merchant, but he talks up our game. Would he be in the Sky studio tonight if he wasn’t such a big personality?
— Kenny Macintyre (@kennymacsport) January 31, 2022
Kenny why don’t you just answer his question? You know the answer. Why won’t this get addressed in Scotland. 2022 – it’s an embarrassment. (Full apologies if you do address in the whole interview) ??
— Dembele Dink (@DembeleDink) May 22, 2022
Part of the problem
— Paul Johnston (@ricardo060168) May 22, 2022
Very powerful-Yes
Did you bottle it? -Yes
— Car*d bhoy in Dublin (@Gmck__7_3) May 22, 2022
Would’ve been way better if you’d actually answered the question. Everyone in Scotland knows the answer, most would bottle it from saying it though. Including you
— RP1888 (@Rp18881) May 22, 2022
Powerful but you ducked it every time. You failed to call it out for what it was. You tried to side-step it every time he left it open for you. Cowardly (or worse).
— Eddie Keane (@Eddiek62) May 23, 2022
Would be very powerful if you answered the question he poses… instead of flipping it as “old firm”
— Big C L (@BigCL81) May 23, 2022
Kenny, why didn’t you call it out? You know exactly why McGeady was booed at every ground.
— Brian ???? (@MarleyLovesBeer) May 23, 2022
Gees peace, it was that powerful you couldn’t even answer his question! Even tho you know fine well what the answer was when he asked you twice
— Henrik’sHeadband (@HenrikSheadband) May 22, 2022
Your silence when questioned said far more, why do that?
— Gary (@shamrocknroll67) May 23, 2022
Kenny would’ve been one of the boo boys
More than once I heard Aiden described on Tv by commentators, “The Glasgow born Irishman ” I’m certain Kenny was one of the culprits, as I was not intended as a compliment, Gough, the South African born scotsman? Goram the English born scotsman? Never happened !!
Barney
McIntyre like Boyd, Thomson , Rae, Adam, mcoist, to name but a few all in the same bigoted boat with no decency.
If I recall correctly Kenny was the Radio Scotland commentator who ALWAYS referred to Aiden as the Glasgow born Republic of Ireland international when commentating on his Celtic games. Perhaps a trawl through old reports can confirm.
Put Kenny in front of a manager of any other club apart from his beloved Rangers * who gets a couple of bad results and he’s a PitBull
Ask Kenny about why you’re getting abuse for playing football for the Republic of Ireland and he turns into a mute mouse
Between this and that Off The Ball sh*t fest the BBC got well and truly found out in the space of a couple of days