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Gary Neville is not the most likeable character and he has often got nothing but negativity to push against Chelsea. It’s obvious he doesn’t like the owners and the way they have ran the club so far.
Like everyone, he is entitled to an opinion, even though most people think his opinions are often wild and wide of the mark.
You will remember, I went on his Overlap show not long ago and I stuck up for the club big time. I did what I could to go back at Gary. But he backs his opinions and so he should really. Why wouldn’t he?
He is a pundit that brings clicks, and that is why companies like Sky Sports use him. That won’t change because it brings drama, so we just have to live with that. The media hate Chelsea and that will never change either and to be honest, I actually prefer it that way!
Neville’s bottle-jobs comment caused a real stir, and I am sure that Sky will be licking their lips at the amount of cash that will bring in for them in one way or another. That’s a real result for them.
Let’s first just remind ourselves what Neville said and in what context it was said in.
“In extra-time it’s been Klopp’s kids against the blue, billion-pound bottlejobs,”
Said Neville on commentary after Chelsea went a goal down against Liverpool in The League Cup Final on Sunday.
Speaking on Monday Night Football, Neville took up his right of reply to further explain what he meant by the comments.
“I’m not going to sit here and say it was an instinctive commentary moment. I mean it was instinctive as I didn’t know what was going to happen in extra time. Peter [Drury] did about 30 seconds after the goal went in and Carra had about 25 seconds.
“If you heard my commentary of Chelsea during extra-time, I was getting angrier with them from the first minute to around two minutes to go.
“I could smell the fear in Chelsea when I noticed they were sitting off Liverpool. Why were they letting these young lads and Jurgen Klopp grow in confidence?
“There…
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Author : Simon Phillips
Publish date : 2024-02-29 07:45:24
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