From my point of view I’m always reluctant to criticise female presenters because there’s plainly a lot of misogyny in the room when they are the topic under discussion and I don’t want my comments to amplify those sentiments. I think the addition of female presenters to the theatre of football presenting has overall been a positive thing, and made the output more balanced and a bit less lad-ish, which I think is a good thing. Furthermore, given the number of women who follow male football, a number which is increasing at a prodigious rate, it’s also absolutely correct that this is better represented in broadcasting output.
However, Reddy was so utterly terrible at her job, so hopelessly inarticulate, lacking any charisma, poise, authority or presence when presenting that it would be remiss not to point this out, not least because her presence undermined the credibility of other females who would be far better suited to that role. It’s obvious her allegiance to Liverpool and previous experience in reporting on them was the overriding factor in her securing the role at Sky - this is obvious because she was so conspicuously poor at the job. There is no other rational explanation for her attaining that role.
I expect that is why this dismissal is still being raised some three days later, as much as the motivations in some posters which I hazard have compelled you to rush her defence.
