{"id":293508,"date":"2023-10-30T15:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T15:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=293508"},"modified":"2023-10-30T15:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T15:24:53","slug":"tyldesley-doubles-down-on-sky-sports-criticism-with-social-media-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/tyldesley-doubles-down-on-sky-sports-criticism-with-social-media-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyldesley doubles down on Sky Sports criticism with social media post"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Clive\u00a0Tyldesley doubles down on his criticism of Sky Sports&#8217; pre-match Manchester derby coverage with an &#8216;urban poet&#8217; as he posts on social media that he is &#8216;more of a Mike Skinner man&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Commentator and broadcaster, 69, took a swipe at Sky Sports&#8217; social media post<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Tays, a Manchester-based music artist, was seen rapping about the derby in clip<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s new Man United WhatsApp channel for all the breaking news<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Clive Tyldesley has reaffirmed his belief that Sky Sports&#8217; pre-match coverage of Sunday&#8217;s Manchester derby was poor by taking another dig at the broadcaster on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the commentator let it be known that he was left unimpressed with their use of an &#8216;urban poet&#8217; in Manchester-born rapper Tays.<\/p>\n<p>Seen wearing a Manchester City shirt, Tays raps over a beat about his club&#8217;s recent dominance over bitter rivals Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>Walking around the city, Tays boasts why Manchester &#8216;is blue&#8217; &#8211; reeling off the club&#8217;s three successive Premier League titles as well as last season&#8217;s emphatic Treble success.<\/p>\n<p>It led to Tyldesley, 69, taking to X, formerly Twitter, though posting his unflattering opinion of the song.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176299-12688717-image-a-13_1698675034196.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176307-12688717-image-m-12_1698675026466.jpg\" height=\"410\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>Clive Tyldesley (far left) has criticised Sky Sports and rapper Tays (right) again on social media<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77152833-12688717-_This_City_s_staying_blue_said_Tays_during_the_clip_posted_by_Sk-a-18_1698675425731.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"306\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77152839-12688717-Sky_Sports_coverage_in_the_build_up_to_kick_off_was_criticised_b-m-17_1698675419183.jpg\" height=\"414\" width=\"306\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This City&#8217;s staying blue,&#8217; said Tays during the clip posted by Sky Sports Premier League<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176585-12688717-image-a-25_1698675842402.jpg\" height=\"128\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyldesley wrote (above) on Monday his preference for Mike Skinner after his previous post (below)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77176857-12688717-image-a-26_1698675871746.jpg\" height=\"129\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Mikey Taylor (@taysmcr)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Anyone else that could manage to watch a big football match without an overture from an urban poet now?&#8217; he posted.<\/p>\n<p>And on Monday, the commentator doubled down on his thoughts by pushing it forward with a tongue-in-cheek post &#8211; referencing his preference for legendary UK rapper Mike Skinner of &#8216;The Streets&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;More of a Mike Skinner man myself. Original pirate material&#8230;&#8217; he wrote, accompanied by a wink emoji.<\/p>\n<p>The artist is good friends with fellow Northern music icon, Aitch, having been pictured at the Pride of Britain Awards alongside each other earlier this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Aitch is known for being a diehard Manchester United fan, the two put their rivalries aside for friendship.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the rap, Tays mentions City&#8217;s journey from Maine Road, the home of Pep Guardiola&#8217;s club until 2003, to the Etihad Stadium, ending his rap on: &#8216;This City&#8217;s staying blue.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In similar coverage, Sky Sports also posted a clip of Aitch and Marcus Rashford, with the young rapper joking that\u00a0&#8216;Marcus is going to get me a deal at United soon!<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United went on to suffer a damning 3-0 home defeat, having now lost half of their opening 10 matches of this season&#8217;s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>For City, they sit third in the Premier League on 24 points &#8211; two behind table-toppers Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/30\/14\/77152873-12688717-The_artist_right_is_good_friends_with_fellow_Northern_music_icon-a-27_1698676200717.jpg\" height=\"482\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tays (right) is good friends with fellow Northern music icon, Aitch, having been pictured at the Pride of Britain Awards alongside each other earlier this month<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12688717\/Clive-Tyldesley-doubles-criticism-Sky-Sports-pre-match-Manchester-derby-coverage-urban-poet-posts-social-media-Mike-Skinner-man.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Clive\u00a0Tyldesley doubles down on his criticism of Sky Sports&#8217; 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