I miss Rob McCafferry

Nalz

where the hell did this pen bashing football show host disappear to?

adox

Trilla wrote: »

where the hell did this pen bashing football show host disappear to?

He was signed up by some middle eastern tv station.:(

I thought he was great too.

SickBoy

adox wrote: »

He was signed up by some middle eastern tv station.:(

I thought he was great too.

+1

Charlie

Great enthusiasm, and unlike others in his field, just loved to talk about football. No hidden agenda, or taking snipes at others.

From what I know, he was signed up to either ESPN or STAR Networks, one of them, to be their lead guy for EPL coverage. Great opportunity and you can't blame him really. There definitely seems to be a glass ceiling in Sky. Look at the amount of people who jumped ship to Setanta. Blokes like McCafferry should have pushed Richard Keys out of a job a long long time ago.

Chong

+1 I miss him so much, be it on Your on Sky Sports or Goals on Sunday , the guy was top.

Nalz

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Blokes like McCafferry should have pushed Richard Keys out of a job a long long time ago.

Yep spot on

Wreck

Could never stand the guy - some of the stuff he came out with on goals on Sunday was cringe inducing. Having said that, can't stand Richard Keys either.

kryogen

i miss him so much it hurts

oh god i has teh ghey!

MisterAnarchy

charlie mchugh wrote: »

From what I know, he was signed up to either ESPN or STAR Networks, one of them, to be their lead guy for EPL coverage. Great opportunity and you can't blame him really.

Yip,he works for Showtime Arabia now presenting their English Premiership coverage.
I liked him ,he was probably too colourful for Sky.

Mr.Nice Guy

Yeah I liked him on You're On Sky Sports. The banter between him and Rodney Marsh was excellent, particularly when Rodney brought in the gong.

On a side note, I miss Rodney Marsh.

~Rebel~

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

On a side note, I miss Rodney Marsh.

indeed, still up there with the very worst reasons for firing someone...

MisterAnarchy

Funnily enough McCaffrey is managed by RAM Sports Management, Rodney Marsh's agency. McCaffrey actually hosted the phone-in show for which Marsh was sacked by Sky for "a tasteless remark".Ironic.

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

Yeah I liked him on You're On Sky Sports. The banter between him and Rodney Marsh was excellent, particularly when Rodney brought in the gong.

On a side note, I miss Rodney Marsh.

Charlie

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

On a side note, I miss Rodney Marsh.

Absolute madness that was. Sure, maybe suspend him for a month or so, but Marsh was the best colour guy Your On Sky Sports or Soccer Saturday ever had. In a sense, the closest the English had to a Dunphy.

I'll never forget him getting his head shaved after Bradford stayed up.

PC BS like that pisses me off to no end.

Wreck

Yeah Marsh was quality entertainment alright, sometimes controversial just for the sake of it but pretty funny about it at the same time.

Mr.Nice Guy

charlie mchugh wrote: »

Absolute madness that was. Sure, maybe suspend him for a month or so, but Marsh was the best colour guy Your On Sky Sports or Soccer Saturday ever had. In a sense, the closest the English had to a Dunphy.

I'll never forget him getting his head shaved after Bradford stayed up.

PC BS like that pisses me off to no end.

Yeah I agree. I always saw him as a Dunphy-style straight talker. He could be very funny as well. I loved it when he brought the gong on to You're On Sky Sports and when a caller would come out with silly comments he'd have his arm hovering near it threatening to sound it.

One moment sticks out in my mind. Some woman came on and started spouting a lot of rubbish to which Rodney bangs his gong and says, "I'm sorry but I'm going to have to cut you off...because you are talking bollocks." It was past the watershed but I still laughed my arse off.