Can Nobody Take A Joke Any More?

30 September 2011 09:17
Press conferences can be dull and you hope for something different. Looks like they will be very dull at Rugby Park from now on

Kilmarnock manager Kenny Shiels is putting away his joke book when talking to the media just in case his throw away lines get taken way out of context. Sheils words on the disagreement in the tunnel between Manuel Pascali and Kirk Broadfoot after their game on Tuesday night were handed out in an attempt to defuse the situation. In the usual after-game press conference Rangers manager

Ally McCoist described the meeting of minds as "handbags" and "like two boys in the playground" while Shiels himself was quoted in the press as referring to Broadfoot as "the ugly boy from Rangers" and "the male model from Ayrshire" in a radio interview. However, Sheils distanced himself from any kind of fanning the embers of the issue and is adamant his remarks were meant as a joke.He said: "I wouldn't describe them as comments, it was just banter that I was having. But it won't happen again. I'm going to be cliched from now on. I'm going to be boring and mundane and I'm going to take that into my press conferences. It's hard to change the way you are and I always try to be straight with people but we've been entrapped three times within 10 days. They did it with (assistant manager) Jimmy Nicholl and myself twice so they'll not do it again."Broadfoot hit back in a newspaper interview, claiming Pascali threatened him during Tuesday's game, which Rangers won 2-0, while suggesting Shiels' comments were "immature." However, Shiels  believes his words were not taken in the jocular context in which they were meant and was keen to call time on the whole row, insisting: "It's not an issue. It's a storm in a teacup. Nothing happened. It's absolutely ridiculous to carry it on. Honestly, it shouldn't be carried on. What happens if something serious had happened? How long would that linger for? It's unbelievable."

Source: FOOTYMAD