The irony is that top level "men only" punditry has traditionally been lazy, inane and a little pointless - merely grist for the hype mill. I have learned way more about the game from listening to Danny Senda, Jack Grimmer or Nick Freeman on co-comms than years of former "big time" players like Jamie Carragher.
Unpopular opinion but I really like Alex Scott as a presenter. But she put in the work. She did a degree in broadcasting, did minor gigs, did journalism work and it shows. She’s confident and intelligent and prepared. I would imagine our very own highly respect broadcaster also did sports reporting for the Wirral Weekly or whatever before becoming a global megastar. So many of these new pundits regardless of gender don’t appear to have done the hard bit.
I only said that as she seems to get a lot of negative critiques. But maybe that’s because of noise makes such as Barton getting heard louder than those praising her.
In all fairness we are spoilt for top quality female sports journalists. My personal favourite Kelly Cates does not get the exposure she deserves. A great broadcaster.
Joey Barton obviously has decided a job in football is not for him...GB News presenter and Mail columnist when Lord Nigel of Beer, Fags and Racism leaves to to take over the Tories.
Oh Joey.....there are a couple of things you could have said this morning about Eni Aluko that would have slightly bolstered your position but saying Gary Neville sniffs bicycle seats wasn't one of them. And comparing Union Berlin to the Nazis....well.
Hopefully Sunderland Newcastle will keep him quiet for a bit.
The campaign (Rainbow Laces) still needed a football figurehead to help it cut through. Mallon put in a call to then QPR midfielder Joey Barton, who had appeared in a TV documentary about homophobia in football earlier that year and was being thought of as "the king of Twitter". Suddenly, the strategy seemed even stronger.
Nothing has ever been said directly to me, but I was made aware of a thread on a football chat room, soon after I signed the government charter, where people were speculating about whether I was gay or not.
Also, until recently, the third most popular search on my name on Google was "Matt Bloomfield gay".
I’d add to that certain match commentaries, especially if motormouth Jamie Carragher is involved (which he usually is) and if the Co-commentator can’t say “opportunity” (eg the guy at Fleetwood this afternoon).
His recent comments in the last few hours about trans people means he's never working anywhere. Genuinely surprising that Mr Rainbow Laces has a lot of venom for the T part of LGBT.
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This entire thing has nothing to do with the standard of punditry. Barton doesn't give a shit about any of it.
It's a cynical, and unbelievably transparent attempt to build a new career as a podcaster/social commentator earning money doing the usual rounds.
Trouble is, he isn't anywhere near a clever as he thinks he is and it's not going to work.
He's actually throwing up some pretty alarming red flags regarding his state of mind.
You want to bet?
Agree re. Aluko, but clubs have employed even more unsavoury characters than Barton. He'll get another job, sadly.
His reply to Gary Neville is far more troublesome.
👑 Joey Barton 👑
@Joey7Barton
Gary, please keep your head down or you will get emptied as well.
I know they pay your wages and I don’t want to have to put you away.
The irony is that top level "men only" punditry has traditionally been lazy, inane and a little pointless - merely grist for the hype mill. I have learned way more about the game from listening to Danny Senda, Jack Grimmer or Nick Freeman on co-comms than years of former "big time" players like Jamie Carragher.
As Roger Mellie said in an old edition of Viz
'When you're doing panto with Leslie Grantham and the audience shout Behind You, you fucking well turn around and look'
I'm sorry Shev....but you posted between my two posts which makes them slightly harder to understand.
I'm going to have to empty you and put you away.
Ah, my apologies too, @Kim_il_Swan - getting in the middle of a punchline quite naturally results in the danger of a mere punch only!
Unpopular opinion but I really like Alex Scott as a presenter. But she put in the work. She did a degree in broadcasting, did minor gigs, did journalism work and it shows. She’s confident and intelligent and prepared. I would imagine our very own highly respect broadcaster also did sports reporting for the Wirral Weekly or whatever before becoming a global megastar. So many of these new pundits regardless of gender don’t appear to have done the hard bit.
Is that an unpopular opinion? She's really good.
Yes I'd totally agree with that as well
I only said that as she seems to get a lot of negative critiques. But maybe that’s because of noise makes such as Barton getting heard louder than those praising her.
In all fairness we are spoilt for top quality female sports journalists. My personal favourite Kelly Cates does not get the exposure she deserves. A great broadcaster.
Joey Barton obviously has decided a job in football is not for him...GB News presenter and Mail columnist when Lord Nigel of Beer, Fags and Racism leaves to to take over the Tories.
Don't worry Joey will soon be cancelled the way the people who go on TV to say they are going to be cancelled get cancelled.
Joey was the first footballer to wear rainbow laces.
He's a complicated man.
Deranged is probably the correct term.
Oh Joey.....there are a couple of things you could have said this morning about Eni Aluko that would have slightly bolstered your position but saying Gary Neville sniffs bicycle seats wasn't one of them. And comparing Union Berlin to the Nazis....well.
Hopefully Sunderland Newcastle will keep him quiet for a bit.
Apologies to both Barton fans on here for the upset.
Pretty sure Matt Bloomfield was, he was also the first player to sign up to some kind of anti-homophobia in football campaign.
I generally try and avoid a lot of the pre game, mid game and post game punditry.
I just like to watch the games. Maybe that's an unpopular opinion!
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/13023497/rainbow-laces-how-first-campaign-in-2013-got-premier-league-talking-about-gay-footballers
The campaign (Rainbow Laces) still needed a football figurehead to help it cut through. Mallon put in a call to then QPR midfielder Joey Barton, who had appeared in a TV documentary about homophobia in football earlier that year and was being thought of as "the king of Twitter". Suddenly, the strategy seemed even stronger.
However...
(Bloomfield) became the first professional player to sign a government charter for action against homophobia and transgender abuse in 2011.
https://kickoutgayabuse.wordpress.com/2013/12/10/meeting-matt-bloomfield/
Also here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/24212072
Nothing has ever been said directly to me, but I was made aware of a thread on a football chat room, soon after I signed the government charter, where people were speculating about whether I was gay or not.
Also, until recently, the third most popular search on my name on Google was "Matt Bloomfield gay".
Joey Barton was an awful human being as a player, an awful human being as a manager and a awful human being as an ex manager , there is a pattern.
Poxford getting battered at Coventry
I’d add to that certain match commentaries, especially if motormouth Jamie Carragher is involved (which he usually is) and if the Co-commentator can’t say “opportunity” (eg the guy at Fleetwood this afternoon).
I don't bother with a lot of the punditry but the sex of the gobshites involved has no bearing on my decision.
Our old friend Karl Robinson has been sent to the stands 15 minutes into his first game at Salford.
His recent comments in the last few hours about trans people means he's never working anywhere. Genuinely surprising that Mr Rainbow Laces has a lot of venom for the T part of LGBT.
"You came all this way, and you lost"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67903643