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    Joey Barton has been getting some stick recently for talking out about the amount of women commentators/pundits and I have to say I'm actually with him on this.

    As someone who had been totally out of the game until the last year the proliferation of female commentators/pundits had been very noticeable. They're alright for presenting, so long as they look good but for main commentary a woman's voice just doesn't have the right cadence, it's shrill and difficult to listen to. As co-commentators or pundits, while there are many moronic males doing this, the women never played at the highest level it's a bit like having Dave from the weekly park kick about being on Sky Sports as an expert.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Wengerbabies View Post
    the women never played at the highest level.
    Unlike Jonathan Pearce and John Motson of course, those giants of the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Unlike Jonathan Pearce and John Motson of course, those giants of the game.
    There is a difference between main commentator and co-commentator. I addressed this in the other post, the problem with women as main commentators is the voice, it has the wrong cadence and just sounds shrill.

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    (I sort of agree about the shrill tone by the way, it just doesn’t sound…right. But maybe that’s just because of what I’m used to)

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    Another annoying thing about the pushing of the women's game I've noticed on my return is that they do very little to differentiate between the teams now. You'll see on Soccer Saturday etc. The score will just say Tottenham 1-0 Arsenal for instance, then I'm always doing a double take and confusing myself thinking "wait are we playing today?"

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    Also next week we'll have a women referee in the PL, I guess this is just to avail any criticism as they'll just pull the sexism card if you try to doubt her decisions.

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    Mary Earps wins SPOTY

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    Oh, and Chelsea dump Newcastle out of the league cup on pels.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Letters View Post
    Mary Earps wins SPOTY
    And that's funny because...?

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