Premier League football has returned. Rejoice.
The first game of the 2017/18 campaign saw Arsenal welcome Leicester City to the Emirates Stadium in a game shown exclusively on Sky Sports 1 (or whatever it’s known as these days).
With seconds remaining before the big kick off, Martin Tyler ran through the team line-ups.
Instantly, viewers noticed a change to Sky’s line-up graphic, which now appeared to show each and every player taking part in the game posing as if featured in Smash Hits magazine.
Made it through auditions and boot camp but missed out at judges' houses. pic.twitter.com/JiiTLI9mYN
— Si Lloyd (@SmnLlyd5) August 11, 2017
Inevitably, the new look graphics provoked quite a reaction. As the selection of tweets below highlights, the reaction was quite a mixed one. Some described them as ‘fantastic’; others as ‘creepy as fuck’.
What's going on with the boy band team lineup pictures on sky sports first premiership game on Friday night football? Not sure about that!?!
— John Fitzpatrick (@77fitzy) August 11, 2017
Christ Arsenal's lineup graphics on Sky are the absolutely shocking #EPL
— Shane Stewart (@ShaneStewart_10) August 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/AdamJohnston10/status/896079963886989316
The new sky lineup poses are fantastic
— Jake (@jaketurbett) August 11, 2017
These Sky lineup pictures are creepy as fuck… #ARSLEI
— Shane Saunders (@ShaneSaunders88) August 11, 2017
Could sky's team line-up photos have been any cringier?
— Adam Michie (@flicksandtricks) August 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/MattGraham90/status/896079821557477377
