Do we expect better from Richard Keys? Perhaps not.
Love him or loathe him, rate him as a coach or not, there is simply no denying that Roy Keane was one of the finest footballers to ever play for Ireland or Manchester United.
Anyone who's been involved in football in any way over the last 30 years is well aware of that fact. It's one of few footballing matters that's beyond question.
Unless, of course, you're Richard Keys.
Keys, of course, is best known for losing his job at Sky Sports after making sexist comments into a hot mic about lineswoman Sian Massey, as well as other women. So it's not exactly as if his opinions are held in tremendously high regard.
Still, many were left in disbelief by his comments on Roy Keane's playing career.
The beIN sports broadcaster was repeatedly smacked down by Andy Gray and former Ireland international Jason McAteer.
Keys began by asking "But when you say great players, was Roy Keane a great player?" immediately prompting Andy Gray to say "What?"
Keane's former teammate McAteer explained by saying "In training, I used to think he was bang average, I just didn't quite get it." McAteer then described playing alongside Keane in centre-mid: "After 90 minutes I came off and thought 'I know what that's all about now. You give it away, he wins it back. He demands the best from all the players".
But Keyes pressed on, comparing Keane to Glenn Hoddle, and saying he was a "top, top player. A conductor. An orchestrator".
https://twitter.com/beINSPORTS/status/1046120021632540673
Andy Gray went on to say Man United wouldn't have been nearly as successful without Keane, but Keys wasn't deterred, saying that Peter Reid was a better player, and that Graeme Souness "would have had a pocket in his shorts for him".
Needless to say, the comments have not gone down well.
https://twitter.com/SeanBrennan3/status/1046148124463509506
https://twitter.com/brandonwalsh8/status/1046333720981106688
https://twitter.com/Deisesupes/status/1046122727659249666
https://twitter.com/shiparttn/status/1046120394992881664
https://twitter.com/paul_condon85/status/1046344830291513344
