I haven't read the article. I will do in a sec. The comment was a little rushed.



Anyway, I'd clarify that I don't actually think that 99% of people would think that, but a very high % would talk smack like that. But the fact is, Keys and Gray probably spend half their time talking smack about everyone in the game off mic. On camera they'll say neutral things about a player because Sky would fire them if they started offending players en masse, but off camera they'll be wondering how the player has managed to steal a living. Their view on refs will be universally bad. Nobody likes refs and they are a target for abuse throughout football.

Just as an aside, how far will this whole 'females in football' actually go??.....How long before we have a talented girl demanding to play in a male professional side and taking the whole thing to court?



We've already had cases at junior level, which have caused upset and which the media have latched onto, so imagine the furore if/when it happens at adult professional level?



I imagine, legally, a court would side with the lady?.....

Bit like Ronaldo in his earlier years

Happened in Golf didn't it IIRC?

Michelle Wii had a few games on the Men's tour I think.

Horse racing, Motor Racing, Snooker (I think?).......Just to name a few.

all the really interesting stuff tends to be when the mics are meant to be off.

Been a few belters in Spanish politics in the past few months.

well it's the same as Gordon Brown and 'that bigoted woman' or whatever he called her

Collymore has been talking about the exact thing on Talksport tonight and i do think that the time will come when a talented female footballer will want to play in the mens game. But if that was allowed to happen and a precident was set what would stop a lesser tallented male player wanting to move into the female side of the game?

Anyone else think the lineswoman's call was just a lucky guess?

That shows how stupid Collymore is then. Mind you, he's not beyond even a bit of woman-slapping is he? So that's no wonder



Selection as part of a team sport like soccer is, always has been and always will be subjective and providing there's no obvious gender discrimination, as "well you're good love but you're a bird", then any action would probably fail.



Individual performances are more able to be measured objectively, so sports like golf or horse racing would be on a sticky wicket