It's been a long time since we saw the Keys and Grey combo on a show called Monday Night Football over in this part of the world, and it's been nothing but positive for Sky Sports ever since they dropped the ageing pair for their archaic views on women in the workplace, as well as the complete and utter destruction of the word "b*nter".
Since they left, 'Monday Night Football' has become the standard-setter in terms of proper football analysis with Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville doing so well that fans of Manchester United and Liverpool have been able to accept their opinions as valid, something previously thought impossible.
Add to that a giant iPad with the ability to slowly rewind or play, highlight players with flashing circles, and draw the fanciest of fancy analysis arrows, it's clear to see why MNF has grown into such a popular part of the Premier League fan experience.
But how are they getting on over in Qatar?
We watched the latest episode of Monday Night Football, or according to Richard Keyes, 'THE Monday Night Football', and here is what we have found.
It's not 'Monday Night Football'... It's 'THE Monday Night Football'.
Get it right! There can be only one. Even if it is far inferior.
It's still just the two boys.
No change here, why would you need the opinion of someone who has played football in the last 25 years anyway?
Keys and Gray tackle every Premier League game on their own, with Andy Gray providing all the analysis himself and Keys standing there throwing the odd statistic that their researcher saw on Squawka or Opta the night before.
But the technology has gotten worse.
Rather than use a big iPad like on Sky, or an interactive coffee-table like they did 10 years ago, BeIn Sports have stuck a bunch of TVs together and the black lines block an irritating amount of the screen.
That looks terrible, like.
A wild Mido will occasionally appear.
Sky Sports have Theirry Henry, BeIn have Mido. While Henry is far too tactile and can be annoying the majority of the time, it is far easier to accept his points considering what he achieved as opposed to someone like Mido, who we presume got the job like he started his football career, because his old man is loaded.
There is an unfortunate amount of "Wow" and "There you go..." used to fill up the space.
It's an hour long show to be fair...
There are many reminders that Andy Gray was good at heading.
Just in case we all forgot. Good to see he's still banging that drum.
They use 'Mecca' as a time standard..
For obvious reasons, but it still sounds weird coming from Keys' mouth.
Roughly 60% of the show is dodgy progressive zooms.
Is there not a trolley for that cameraman? It's like a pirate movie from the cinema at times.
There's intensive Instagram analysis.
Sure you've got to have a bit of social.
The graphics don't always make sense.
That looks about 3m, be grand.
And the outros are truly shite.
It's the same show we saw on Sky Sports 10 years ago, only with worse production value, more awkward pauses, Mido, and less credibility as the two lads left for Qatar after being disgraced.
Great stuff. Looking forward to next week!
