Looks like Collymore has got his gig back after being sacked for his dogging 
exploits, but what I find irritating is how he seems to be mates with every 
footballer that Mark Saggers interviews. He will butt in with "Hello Deano 
it's Stan here" - "Alright mate". Whereas in reality he got up the hooter of 
every team mate he ever played with.

--
Simon Mason
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

On 2 Sep, 12:37, "Simon Mason"  wrote:
> Looks like Collymore has got his gig back after being sacked for his dogging
> exploits, but what I find irritating is how he seems to be mates with every
> footballer that Mark Saggers interviews. He will butt in with "Hello Deano
> it's Stan here" - "Alright mate". Whereas in reality he got up the hooter of
> every team mate he ever played with.

They're trying their best to out-tabloid TalkSport
and having just listened to Saggers talking to
the bloke covering the U.S. tennis Open,
they might just succeed.

Maybe they should employ Kelvin McKenzie.
Oh, hang on......

fr.

On 2007-09-03 19:56:18 +0100, "Fr J. Hackett" 
 said:

> On 2 Sep, 12:37, "Simon Mason"  wrote:
>> Looks like Collymore has got his gig back after being sacked for his dogging
>> exploits, but what I find irritating is how he seems to be mates with every
>> footballer that Mark Saggers interviews. He will butt in with "Hello Deano
>> it's Stan here" - "Alright mate". Whereas in reality he got up the hooter of
>> every team mate he ever played with.
> 
> They're trying their best to out-tabloid TalkSport
> and having just listened to Saggers talking to
> the bloke covering the U.S. tennis Open,
> they might just succeed.
> 
> Maybe they should employ Kelvin McKenzie.
> Oh, hang on......
> 
> fr.

I don't agree with using MacKenzie but here's the Media Guardian last Thurday:

BBC defends employing MacKenzie

Tara Conlan
Thursday August 30, 2007
MediaGuardian.co.uk

BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has defended using Sun 
columnist Kelvin MacKenzie on his station, saying the former tabloid 
editor's controversial views are always challenged.

Mr Shennan was responding to criticisms about the BBC employing Mr 
MacKenzie in the letters page of last week's edition of in-house 
magazine Ariel.

A producer from Radio 4 attacked the use of Mr MacKenzie by the BBC 
following his involvement in The Sun's coverage of the Hillsborough 
soccer stadium disaster.

Mr Shennan replied in Ariel today saying: "I realise that Kelvin 
MacKenzie is a polarising influence and that some people find his 
presence on BBC outlets offensive.

"Like other BBC channels we have used him in programmes occasionally, 
drawing on his background and experience as a tabloid editor.

"But to say we never question his record or views is simply not true."

Mr Shennan continued: "In January, 5 Live Breakfast prominently 
featured his comments on Question Time about Hillsborough, the fact 
that he was robustly challenged about his paper's reporting of the 
tragedy and that he had indicated the paper may have been wrong about 
aspects of its coverage of the disaster.

"We reported that he had still refused to apologise for the coverage 
and that he'd admitted he didn't know whether some reported details 
were true or not.

"The phone-in programme, presented by Matthew Bannister, debated at 
length the reaction on Merseyside to MacKenzie's comments."

Mr Shennan concluded: "So while we may sometimes use Kelvin MacKenzie 
in programmes, he'll always be subject to the same rigour and analysis 
as anyone else."