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When I heard this topic of conversation I immediately thought of this: Then I heard Joey Barton has a podcast coming out, which explains the caveman comments.

For me it's hard to fathom that people give a shit about this.

Forgot it's @Stan the man's Birthday, have a great day buddy and seeing your main Christmas present came earlier in you and your wife's first child and maybe many more to come, God bless you all.

Happy Birthday @Stan. Hope you have a good one with your family!

That is such a beautiful and thoughtful gift! Merry Christmas to you as well!

Merry Christmas all. Check out this wholesome a.f keyring I got from Santa this year. Best present ever!

Ultimately what you want from a pundit is tactical analysis and you dont need to have played at a high level at all to provide that. Womens football and mens football are worlds apart in quality but it is still the same sport, the same tactics, the same training methods etc so they can still speak from experience and apply tactical understandings to that, that other players in the mens game may lack.

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.

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

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.

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.