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'PAINFUL TO WATCH'

Sky Sports’ Friday Night Football show slammed by Twitter users for being ‘unwatchable’ and ‘trying too hard’

Rachel Riley and Jeff Stelling hosted the first of 10 Premier League matches this season, and it's fair to say the reaction wasn't great

Rachel Riley and Jeff Stelling hosted the first of 10 shows this season

A NEW era of Friday Night Football began on Sky Sports, and it's fair to say it didn't go down well.

There was plenty of reaction to the new show co-hosted by Rachel Riley and Jeff Stelling on social media, and a lot of it was heavily critical with some users describing it as 'unwatchable'.

 Sky Sports kicked off their Friday Night Football coverage with Manchester United's clash with Southampton
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Sky Sports kicked off their Friday Night Football coverage with Manchester United's clash with SouthamptonCredit: sky sports
 Rachel Riley and Jeff Stelling hosted the first of 10 shows this season
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Rachel Riley and Jeff Stelling hosted the first of 10 shows this seasonCredit: sky sports
 Chris Kamara also featured on the Friday Night Football coverage
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Chris Kamara also featured on the Friday Night Football coverageCredit: Sky Sports
 Jamie Redknapp, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Ryan Giggs all featured as pundits
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Jamie Redknapp, Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher and Ryan Giggs all featured as punditsCredit: sky sports

Friday's show for Manchester United's home clash with Southampton was the first of 10 this season, let's hope things get better for Sky.

Here is just some reaction from Twitter to the new show...

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