After turning down the chance to speak about Mike Ashley on Sky Sports after fearing he’d be a “gibbering wreck on national TV”, Keith Downie has taken an unnecessary swipe at NUFC stat man Chris Holt on Twitter.
The north-east reporter suggested the likes of @bigchrisholt are “happy to dish it out on Twitter at Sky when they’re sat behind their keyboard” – but “bottle” their chance to speak on TV – totally ignoring the fact he was simply uncomfortable about the idea of appearing on Sky Sports News!
You can read the whole exchange for yourselves below (see series of tweets), but here’s how Sky Sports’ Keith Downie responded when NUFC fan Chris politely declined his approach:
“He doesn’t want to speak.
“Sadly there’s a lot of people – and I don’t just mean Chris – who are happy to dish it out on Twitter at Sky when they’re sat behind their keyboards but bottle the chance to actually speak.”
I know what you’re thinking, ‘it’s not a big deal’, but this for me is totally uncalled for from Keith here.
The idea that @bigchrisholt doesn’t feel able or confident enough to appear on TV does NOT undermine everything he posts on Twitter – with his stats and facts often showing up Ashley for the crook he is and summarising our struggles better than any sentences could.
Sky have the ability to post his stats – whether he wants to appear on their show or not, yet he’s practically been called out for saying no.
The facts present themselves, but it seems Sky don’t want to be associated directly with what may seem like an attack on the club – just incase they upset their good pal Mike Ashley.
It seems we weren’t the only ones who were less than impressed..
The moment RAFA walks away from the club WE NEED TO SEE AN EMPTY STADIUM UNTIL THAT LYING ARS*HOLE ASHLEY LEAVES So should anything to do with SPORTS DIRECT.
Allan(Quote)
Yep, poor form from Keith that. Being filmed, even pre recorded and knowing it will be broadcasted to all can be really nerve wracking for lots of people. He was honest with Keith about that and polite, yet Keith feels it’s appropriate to call him a bottler .
There is nothing to stop SSN using Chris stats and researching them fully before they do so, after all isn’t that investigative sports journalist are supposed to do ?
KIMTOON(Quote)
Keith Downie is a ****. He gets away with no stick whatsoever because he supports NUFC. He’s **** poor at his job, reports very little and is a Sky yes man. Ignore him, save yourself some time.
Dave(Quote)