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I certainly don’t think Souness was comparing men vs women.

It was more a case of comparing men vs boys - suggesting that the premier league of recent years had been played by a bunch of play-acting ‘boys’.

For what it’s worth, I’ve loved how games have been refereed so far in the PL this season. It’s been a much better watch because of it.

The blessing of having a development squad also has a huge down side which I think we've been seeing. We used to just have a small squad but all senior pros who were first team ready (topped up with the odd quality loan signing). This meant we pretty much knew our starting XI and continuity was a good thing. Now we have a huge squad including a number who aren't ready (but have great potential and its great we have them). It's good financially this model for growing and selling on,not so good for winning matches right here right now? which incidentally is what the owners and the fans both want.

Quite a strange take.

Last season showed that for the right games it fills up nicely.

Three quarters of our problems are spinal currently. Our sacrum, lumbar vertebrae and cervical vertebrae are all injured, bulging, or need surgery. Only our thoracic vertebrae, also known as Josh Scowen, is holding up.

And yes, I had to google all that lingo.

I get that...but he didn't exclude women. Its just a term to "toughen up". If anything, aimed at kids!

You can go through the 1970s, 80s and 90s (rock against racism, equal pay act, the toxteth/brixton riots, miners strike, section 28, poll tax riots, iraq protests and so on) and still think someone made an unfortunate misstep without it indicating you are frightened of change or thinking the world is going to hell in a woke handcart you know.

If Bishop ever does sign for us can you organise a party please @drcongo? We can all dress up in bishop garb and drink Bishop's Finger ale

All these comments about men's football being a man's game are absolutely irrelevant. He is saying that the football being physical and free flowing makes it a man's game. That has f all to do with it being a man's game. Anyone of any gender can play football like that. He meant that physical and free flowing football are masculine attributes which just isn't true. Calling a game that is played by men a man's game if he didn't mean it like that is like saying that Liverpool are a team of Liverpool players, a completely pointless comment.

The implication, even in the way you’ve written it, is that man = strong, therefore by exclusion women are weak. If the game is not for the weak, it’s not for women.

Thanks for replying @RuyLopez, I think I tend to agree with this assessment from @Shev, though obviously I'd do it with more hyperbole.