Joey Barton has been criticised by Laura Woods and others after claiming feminine presenters aren’t “qualified” to talk about males’s soccer.
The former supervisor, who was sacked by Bristol Rovers in October, claimed on social media that girls “shouldn’t be talking with any kind of authority in the men’s game”.
“Come on. Let’s be serious,” he mentioned. “It’s a completely different game.
“If you do not settle for that. We will all the time see issues in another way. The ladies’s recreation is prospering. Fantastic to see. I can not take a factor they are saying critical within the males’s enviornment.”
In more posts, Barton said men who defend presenters are “eunuchs” – men who have been castrated – and would be an “absolute fart parcel”.
The former Manchester City participant additionally mentioned feminine commentators are “like me talking about knitting or netball”, and added in a separate put up: “Out the stadiums and off the concourse’s with the influencer f****** nonsense.”
Barton will face no motion from the Football Association for breaking its guidelines on such feedback as a result of he made them whereas out of labor and is deemed outdoors its jurisdiction.
Laura Woods, who presents on ITV, TalkSPORT and TNT Sports, mentioned: “Throwing young vloggers to the wolves is wrong.
“I began my profession vlogging & I’ve all the time bought on with Joey. He additionally despatched me a stunning good luck message for TNT in June. Does that make him a eunuch too?”
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The presenter added in a separate put up: “Joey’s entitled to his opinion. If he feels that strongly about women in the men’s game he could ask for a private conversation with the broadcasters and state his case.
“These tweets solely encourage a pile on for the ladies getting on with their jobs. Or was that the intention?”
One user on X responded to Barton and said: “I imply with Alex Scott particularly, aside from her diploma in Professional Sports Writing and Broadcasting, in depth taking part in profession and prolonged TV expertise, what justification might there presumably be for her fronting reveals in regards to the males’s recreation?”
Barton responded to the user saying Scott is not “certified to speak with any authority in regards to the males’s recreation in my view”.
Source: information.sky.com”