Souness

[Chris B]

He was commenting on a man’s game. Women in being outraged shocker

That was my initial thought, but actually there is a point here. He might be perceived as assuming that if it was women playing the game then it would be different in a particular, specific way.

Whereas if you actually watch a game of womens football they actually kick the shit out of each other as happily as the men, just more slowly and with less technical ability.

He could’ve been more clear perhaps by saying “it’s a human’s game” or “it’s not a game for softy namby-pamby animals like cats”.

Or maybe he could have said “I’m talking purely about mens football here, as a pundit that is commentating on a mens football game: it’s a mens game.” The first bit shouldn’t need saying, but we are where we are.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

Some people just look for issues to be offended at.

 

[Jack74]

I can’t believe how many people actually look for how they can be offended

 

[iceman]

Men tackle harder and are more physical get over it FFS

 

[standupifyouhatemanu]

Thing that pisses me off is we now have player of the match not man of the match. Worlds gone mad….

 

[The perfect fumble]

If you listen to what he said before and after, he clearly meant it's a man's game as in men and boys.

 

[blueinsa]

I was more offended by him saying the ref had a good game!

 

[Citizen of Legoland]

The world was better when we didn’t know what everyone else was thinking.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I think he was just using terminology that referred to football being physical, i.e. sorting the men from the boys.

I don't think he's purposely done it to cause offence to women and he certainly shouldn't be cancelled for it.

And nor should he apologise.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Thing that pisses me off is we now have player of the match not man of the match. Worlds gone mad….

Could get worse, The Hundred have heroes of the match.