Souness

[Ninja]

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I think it's more a case of a very small number of incels infecting this board. It may well only be 2 or 3 but using multiple log ins. The boards moderator has failed to spot this or, more likely, is supportive of their views. This thread sums up the consequence of his inaction.

The modern world terrifies them. Change is always bad and they feel threatened. They see conspiracy theories everywhere. They are the true snowflakes, scared of their own shadow.

Quite a few sane, sensible posters have left of late and I can't say I blame them.

Wow, just wow!
I'm not a multi-account holder. Nor am I a conspiracy theorist or "snowflake" as you put it

What's scary is that people like you have become so ingrained in this PC mentality that you can't stand it when someone else has a difference of opinion and wants to stand up to it!

I personally think the moderation of this board is excellent. If the boss and mods bent over for people like you, trust me... There would be nobody here!

[J R Hartley]

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Another thread where we have seen mental gymnastics on an elite Olympic level.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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Eric, who brought up any of this??!
Nobody says a woman's place is in the kitchen. Nobody says children should be seen, not heard. Nobody is being racist or homophobic ffs.....!
Get a grip. People are entitled to opinions. If they don't match yours, it's ok.
My opinion is that women are clearly physically inferior to men. Maybe in 100 years that may change, I know a few that could be mistaken for blokes
The point is that the two variants of football should be kept separate. For now at least....

Women can have their football, I just don't feel they should be a part of the men's game. I'm sure they don't want Ian Wright being part of their game either!

I was just countering your opinion that differences of opinion are healthy. They can be sometimes, but not always. I don't believe anyone can hold any opinion about anything, especially when it can be proved that it's a load of utter bollocks or whether that opinion is hopelessly out of touch, no longer valid etc. In such cases, a difference of opinion is hardly healthy.

[Canton Kev]

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Eric, who brought up any of this??!
Nobody says a woman's place is in the kitchen. Nobody says children should be seen, not heard. Nobody is being racist or homophobic ffs.....!
Get a grip. People are entitled to opinions. If they don't match yours, it's ok.
My opinion is that women are clearly physically inferior to men. Maybe in 100 years that may change, I know a few that could be mistaken for blokes
The point is that the two variants of football should be kept separate. For now at least....

Women can have their football, I just don't feel they should be a part of the men's game. I'm sure they don't want Ian Wright being part of their game either!

Why does their physical inferiority stop them being linesmen, refs and commentators? How does that diminish your enjoyment of a game?

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Why does their physical inferiority stop them being linesmen, refs and commentators? How does that diminish your enjoyment of a game?

It's not just their physical inferiority though is it? It's their tiny ineffectual brains. But that's just my opinion.

[Ninja]

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Why does their physical inferiority stop them being linesmen, refs and commentators? How does that diminish your enjoyment of a game?

Again, I'm not suggesting they shouldn't do those jobs!
My point is simple. Let them officiate the women's games. There are many men, probably quite a few ex players who didn't make it, had their careers cut short through injury etc, that would probably kill for those opportunities.
It's not rocket science is it?

[Rjk]

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It's not just their physical inferiority though is it? It's their tiny ineffectual brains. But that's just my opinion.

weird comment

[Citizen's Nephew]

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Again, I'm not suggesting they shouldn't do those jobs!
My point is simple. Let them officiate the women's games. There are many men, probably quite a few ex players who didn't make it, had their careers cut short through injury etc, that would probably kill for those opportunities.
It's not rocket science is it?

Maybe some even had their balls cut off? That's just my opinion.

[WJ99mobile]

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I'm sure this message board didn't used to be so full of grumpy old men

Isn’t it the women who are grumpy in this instance

[Citizen's Nephew]

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weird comment

Oh FFS rjk!

[RedofHeaven]

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If you can't see that equality is indeed being shoved down our throats, especially where the football is concerned as a prime example, you need your head testing mate.

That reads like you have a problem with equality.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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weird comment

I think he was being sarcastic. Sometimes sarcasm doesn't travel well through the medium of text.

[Rjk]

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Oh FFS rjk!

[WJ99mobile]

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Why does their physical inferiority stop them being linesmen, refs and commentators? How does that diminish your enjoyment of a game?

There’s one woman commentator that shouts and screeches and it’s made me turn off games.

[MacAdder]

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I didn't see Souness's comment, nor Carney's reaction, but I did hear Souness talking about what he said on a TS link.

I also came on and noticed this thread pretty late too.
I read the first few posts but decided against reading the rest apart from the last few.
It has a very familiar look to it from what I can gather with people arguing the toss over women in football.

Whether Souness meant to say what he said, as has been mentioned re a dig at the women's game, or whether he just wanted to give his backing to a more physical style of play, matters not a jot to me personally.

He always played the game the way he is advocating, i.e. leaving the foot in and letting your opponent know you are there but the point many are missing is why the physical side has been phased out in the first place.
The main reason was to protect clubs' assets against hatchet men like Souness.

Not my favourite pundit but I do admire him for sticking by what he said as many would crumble going along with the narrative which has become very popular of late and apologise profusely.