‘Big Sam for Chelsea!’ – We created an AI Richard Keys and the results are uncanny

Richard Keys is a man that does not appear too concerned about descending into self-parody. 

“Explain this to me. One of the candidates is Julian Nagelsmann. What has he got that the legend that is Frank Lampard, the Chelsea legend, has not?” Keys asked his co-presenter Andy Gray on BeIn Sports last weekend.

“A guy that knows the club inside out, that Chelsea fans think the world of. What has Nagelsmann done? Okay, he won Bundesliga but he’d be hard-pushed not to. Nothing else. What makes him preferable? Is it because he’s German? Young? Rides a skateboard?”

This got us thinking – with thousands of words from Keys’ legendary blog, there is perhaps no better person in the world that can be better imitated by a robot. So we asked artificial intelligence software ChatGPT to write a blog post in the style of the 65-year-old former Sky Sports presenter.

And what better subject than Sam Allardyce and why he’s the perfect candidate to take over at Chelsea this summer.

Keysey bloody loves Allardyce. The former Bolton manager has been a regular guest in BeIn Sports’ Doha studio over the years and Keys has constantly sung his praises.

Last season he suggested that the veteran coach should be appointed as Marcelo Bielsa’s successor at Leeds United.

“I would be on the phone to Sam Allardyce as we speak and say we only have one objective, Sam, and you’ve done it many times… just get us safe!” Keys said at the time.

And back in 2020, he famously suggested that Pep Guardiola should bring in Big Sam to sort out Man City’s defence.

“He could bring Sam Allardyce in on a temporary basis”@richardajkeys offers Pep Guardiola some advice on how he could fix @ManCity‘s leaky defence.#beINPL #PL #LEEMCI 📺 HD11 pic.twitter.com/YcapARFliE

— beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS_EN) October 3, 2020

So we asked ChatGPT to “make the case for Chelsea appointing Sam Allardyce in the style of Richard Keys”. The results are terrifyingly accurate, particularly in tone.

Without further ado, here’s the artificial intelligence Richard Keys making the case for why Chelsea should appoint Big Sam:

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to talk about the man, the myth, the legend – Sam Allardyce. That’s right, folks, the same Sam Allardyce who’s been causing a stir in the football world for decades. And I’m here to tell you that Chelsea Football Club should appoint him as their next manager.

Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Richard, are you out of your…