Yeah I’ve said before it’s possible it’s come from moshiri because he’s done this type of thing before, but then would he not follow his usual path and go to Jim white? And what exactly would they believe this interview would achieve, if it was planned? Its hard to see what the benefit to the club could ever have been, based on the questions that were asked etc. Even in moshiris stupid interviews it’s been clear what he wanted to get across, it just hasn’t worked, but in this case I’m not sure what else they might have expected to happen.
To me it just seems far more likely that sky have asked for a comment from a linked manager like they do in every single situation like this, and to their own visible disbelief, he’s agreed.
It strikes me as another one of those occasions where people seemingly want to believe that the board are both evil geniuses with master plans to bamboozle fans into thinking whatever they want them to think, and also incompetent idiots who make fools of themselves daily. It can’t be both.
It’s occams razor for me, it’s possible that it was all a plan and I wouldn’t rule it out entirely, but the most likely truth is just that a hotheaded passionate bloke got a bit wound up by some bad press and decided to put his defence across.