Joey Barton

[Johnny Mars Bar]

But it also has become a prerequisite that a female MUST be on a show, that's the issue and is it for the right and genuine reason or just to tick boxes?

We all know it’s a bit of a box ticker. I don’t really have a problem with it tbh in football, most of the women presenters and co commenters are no worse than the blokes.

Danica Patrick on the F1 though is insufferable. She’s an actual moron. It’s funny watching Jenson Button visibly cringe every time she opens her mouth.

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Barton is playing the game and we’re all involved discussing him.

It’s even got people saying WSL teams are better ability wise than league one and two!

Wythenshawe Town in the NWCFL would beat any WSL side easily and it has nothing to do with strength.

Absolute bollocks.

I’ve seen some non league and they’re for the most part a load of fat hungover cloggers. An elite women’s team would run rings around them and probably win about 20-0.

 

[mexico1970]

Absolute bollocks.

I’ve seen some non league and they’re for the most part a load of fat hungover cloggers. An elite women’s team would run rings around them and probably win about 20-0.

What is this elite womens football you profess to know so much about? It must have improved greatly since the last 10 minutes I watched a few weeks ago ;)

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

What is this elite womens football you profess to know so much about? It must have improved greatly since the last 10 minutes I watched a few weeks ago ;)

Haha hey I’m not saying I follow the women’s game closely, I don’t. I went to one city women’s game about 8 years ago.

But they’re better than a load of pissed up dads in Wythenshawe!

 

[mexico1970]

Haha hey I’m not saying I follow the women’s game closely, I don’t. I went to one city women’s game about 8 years ago.

But they’re better than a load of pissed up dads in Wythenshawe!

Are the lads from Wythenshawe better looking though?

Well are they ;-P

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

Are the lads from Wythenshawe better looking though?

Well are they ;-P

I’ve got a kink for overweight lads in old PE kit so I’d say so.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I note the old I’ll be misogynistic trick, but put a winky face at the end of my post is working well again here.

;)

 

[Johnny Mars Bar]

I note the old I’ll be misogynistic trick, but put a winky face at the end of my post is working well again here.

;)

It’s a good job the women of blue moon are all too busy doing the cooking and cleaning to read this thread ;)

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

No, it’s not.

The physicality and strength of League One/League Two players is obviously higher, as they’re men, but the skill levels are nowhere near the abilities of the players in the WSL.

Not sure if you’re being serious or not?

Players who play in pub leagues are better skill wise never mind league one players!!

It’s like how Serena Williams could hardly get a point against her training partner who was ranked something like 5000.

I’m 100% confident if you got 11 male posters on here who are half decent at football and match fit they would win every time against the best ranked team in the women’s game.

 

[Blue and true]

But it also has become a prerequisite that a female MUST be on a show, that's the issue and is it for the right and genuine reason or just to tick boxes?

And how is that their fault? Some of the females commit faux pas but then so do the males. Alex Scott or Michael Owen? I know who I'm going for.

And where's all this horseshit about needing previous gold-standard on a particular field to comment on it come from? I don't need to paint a mona lisa to appreciate good art.

Even if they are "box ticking", which is just bigoted parlance for "inclusivity", it doesn't give Barton licence to denigrate them the way he did in the public sphere. What he did was symptomatic of his scummy character.