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I think what Whiskey is saying and I agree is that there are a hundred thousand reasons why Joey Barton isn't worth listening to and the fact that he has 12 minutes of international football isn't really up there. He's a tit with small man syndrome just like Andrew Tate, Laurence Fox and all the other knuckle dragging incel types with a sad cult following online.

Just want good pundits. Couldn't care less, whether they're female, male, or non-binary, though. Therefore choose indifferent.

If a commentator or pundit is accomplished enough to do the job on their merits I don't care their age, race, gender or favorite ice cream.

One winner for the latest round of matches... Game 77 had a 27th-minute first goal: 2 points While Game 78 had an earlier first goal, 7th minute: 3 points! Table after Game 78: @Bluewolf remains in 3rd but is now level on 16 points with @6666; whilst @Dr. Gonzo goes up two places to join 3 other players on 11 points.

I'd rather have female commentators and pundits in football than Joey Barton. He's just an asshole crying for attention. Absolute bellend.

Females in any walk of life shouldn't need to justify their existence. Anyone that is wanting women out of sport/a sector is everything that is wrong with the world and needs to take a hard look at themselves - that goes for other groups too, such as those put to the side for their ethnicity, religious/sexual beliefs. My only two pence, is that there's a lot of false reporting (not sure the best phrase to use) in order to bump up the womens game. For example you'll hear "what a screamer from her!" when it actual fact it was with as much venom as a paper bag floating in the wind, or shouts that "X female" is just as good as Mbappe! I think it actually harms the game. If it was just genuinely accepted that right now, the women's sport is of a poor standard (with fucking bags of potential) it might not be such a controversial talking point. As someone with a daughter myself, giving females the platform to achieve anything they want in life is something I, and any other respectable person would want. TL;DR - Yes, in.

Kitchen Sales era is being woefully neglected amongst us in here

Her statements are so bland and tame and very far from antisemitic - it's the US so I think if I'm her, I'd sue for defamation. Calling someone antisemitic publicly is hugely damaging to someone's reputation, especially when sacking them for it. According to some screenshots of her instagram stories... they're pretty blatantly not antisemitic and are just generally pro-peace and anti-war anti-human suffering. I think zionists are doing a disservice to the worldwide battle against antisemitism by blindly tarring so many people as antisemitic for questioning the way they're going about dealing with Palestinians. It takes meaning away from the word when real antisemites say and do antisemitic things when it's just used as a blanket response to criticism about how Israel's government operates. It's like the boy who cried wolf, if you aren't going to be serious about a serious word and accusation... sooner or later people won't ever take the accusation seriously. This cycle of violence is only going to end when the party with the position of power breaks the cycle of violence. Otherwise the extremists of both sides keep feeding the extremism of the other side. From an Israeli perspective, I understand it is hard to want to break the cycle of violence against a group of people that are technically governed (although at the same time, Hamas does not act like a government and treats the people of Gaza like hostages) by a group that has put the death of all Jews worldwide as a goal in its charter. But from a Palestinian perspective, how do you make peace with a government that has demonstrated to you throughout your entire life that you aren't viewed as human. But peace was never going to come after the savagery of the attacks on October 7 - Israel's government is a collection of extremists. How do extremists respond to extreme attacks? With extreme attacks of their own. And honestly, I don't think there's any room for Hamas in a future for a better life for the people of Gaza. Hamas isn't concerned with governing, it's not concerned with civilian life - it's concerned with its holy war. But if the IDF can take out Hamas... what comes next? What happens in the aftermath of this war is going to be a pivotal moment for Palestinians and Israelis. Serious work needs to be put in to combat extremism - both Israeli extremism and Palestinian extremism. And unfortunately, the way Isreal's approached this war has just made it more likely another generation of Gaza grows up with justifiable anger and resentment towards Israel that leads to more and more extremists.