Charlie Nicholas forced to apologise
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He should never work for Sky again . The Sky TV pundit described the two as 'similar-looking' during Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday programme where Nicholas was covering City's Premier League match with Everton at Goodison Park. the similarity-looking is they are both black
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but the fact he was forced to apologise was a problem for Sky, I have said what I think
Who were the two being compared?
Charlie Nicholas apologises for saying Fernando and Fernandinho 'look the same' just do a search of the above if you want the facts
you now can't describe two people as "similar" now
THE ****
Honestly this pc rubbish has gone too far.
For bad judgment as a tv pundit
At a glance they look vaguely similar, as might numerous pairs of people. Once you start studying, then yes, there will be differences, but presumably this was a split second incident.
I suppose the only criticism is that Nicholas as a pundit should know one wears #6 and one wears #25, but even writing this, I am now unsure which is which.
So you've seen the story online, didn't see it LIVE and think you know what you're talking about?
Its something that happens EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK!!!
Mistaking someone for another isn't racist, isn't offensive or anything other than a mistake!
Get over yourself!
yes but dose not make it right
Your outrage says more about you if i'm being honest.
Two black people can look similar and it isn't racist just like how two white people can look the same and that isn't racist either.
Get over yourself.
I thought most white people find it easier to tell white people apart than black people or Asian people and the same applies in reverse?
I struggle when white people have shaved heads, though. Maybe I am a bit baldist?
Seriously right now... Do you have a genuine expectation or being taken seriously on this?
I ask because im stunned you think its an issue to be so 'offended' about.
To me, this is just an excuse by you to get on at Sky who you have posted on here so many times basically how you hate them.
Its nothing more than a silyl attempt to create a bandwagon which thankfully, everyone on here can not only see, but won't be joining.
So as previously directed, get over yourself!
If he'd said that about two white guys it wouldn't even be questioned.
What sad times we live in!
In his error, Nicholas wasn’t saying that all black men look the same to him; he was saying that, at a glance, Fernando and Fernandinho do. And they do, the same way some white footballers look like other white footballers in full flow, the way that, bizarrely, Wayne Rooney must have looked like Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain the night Clive Tyldesley momentarily confused them when England played Scotland.
It happens. In the press box after a goal has been scored there will often be questions, uncertainty - about the scorer, the provider, did it take a deflection, who was the last defender. Not because people aren’t paying attention but because a melee of guys challenging for the ball in a small space can be hard to distinguish - and because one player can look like another, black or white.
Nicky Barmby and Craig Hignett were known as The Midget Gems during their time at Middlesbrough. It was a running joke how many times the stadium announcer got their identities mixed up when announcing the scorer’s name. Sometimes, for fun, they would sign as each other for autograph hunters. They marvelled at how infrequently this was picked up, too.
Nicholas did the polite thing by apologising but not the right thing. Sadly, saying sorry only encourages some people (as this thread proves).
ok if that's so I cant recall many people on here defending Andy Gray and Richard Keys when they got the sack, that seems to me that sexist behaviour against a female member of staff, that was not seen or heard by the public is ok for two employees of Sky to get the sack, but something that went out live for all to see and hear seems to be ok . well done Sky you really do believe in better
Ian.
A bit of difference between sexist behaviour (where I believe the sexist comments could be heard/seen in the public domain) and a commentator getting two individuals mixed up because they look similar - just shows how desperate you must be to show Sky in a bad light.
why pick on Sky, because you don't pay a subscription to view the other channels. The TV Licence fee is something we all have to pay by law to watch tv, regardless of your opposition to it.