tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post1455095122201584485..comments2024-03-28T22:45:51.014+00:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: We are all equalCityUnslickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929544047783163175noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-48454497315114599132018-06-23T00:40:31.103+01:002018-06-23T00:40:31.103+01:00What they should have done is hired Moira Stuart t...What they should have done is hired Moira Stuart to do the commentaries. She may know nothing about football, and is not the brightest bulb, but her voice is absolutely delicious.<br /><br />After all the commentator has only one key job - to tell us what is happening that we can't see on the screen. "Freddie is free on the left" sort of thing. Yet few of them do it. Or perhaps none of them do it. So, all in all, I'd prefer la Stuart.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-16356287256498850192018-06-22T20:10:02.131+01:002018-06-22T20:10:02.131+01:00@anonymous: not being a small minded member of the...@anonymous: not being a small minded member of the Scots Nasty Party I happily wish England all the best. But I can’t be bothered with the modern incarnation of poofball.Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-82513859478801573922018-06-22T15:24:36.242+01:002018-06-22T15:24:36.242+01:00I've had to switch to Talk Sport commentary, a...I've had to switch to Talk Sport commentary, as BBC R5 insist on a female commentator for most games. <br /><br />ITV seem to be resisting the temptation to go full feminist. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-13463435935382811412018-06-22T12:43:06.192+01:002018-06-22T12:43:06.192+01:00Of all the hundreds of Freeview TV channels why ca...Of all the hundreds of Freeview TV channels why can't one of them be dedicated to sport (all sports not just footie) then we wouldn't have to put up with it on the "normal" channels?<br /><br />Please someone.............Jannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-11066294887113929622018-06-22T09:58:44.374+01:002018-06-22T09:58:44.374+01:00wait till the advertisers feel obliged to pander t...wait till the advertisers feel obliged to pander to *trans women*<br /><br />(quite a tough one for them, that)Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-51632832999692152018-06-22T09:54:11.533+01:002018-06-22T09:54:11.533+01:00Agree with the ideas in the main.
Advertisers don&...Agree with the ideas in the main.<br />Advertisers don't want a twitter storm. So many adverts looks like its been made a committee from a government department's PR people. <br />A blurring of moral standards at present. Women are as good as men. Therefore- women must be treated as men?<br /><br />Luckily, 95% of the population pays no attention whatsoever to this demand for leisure equality.<br /><br />Bill Quango MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14861116614665461655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-32050831029392942452018-06-22T08:46:45.673+01:002018-06-22T08:46:45.673+01:00"K" has it right. This is all about tar..."K" has it right. This is all about targetting any kind of male dominated spaces. I work in IT and we get non-stop abuse for being 75-80% male dominated even though every possible encouragement is provided for women.<br /><br />The fact that women clearly aren't interested in working in IT is blamed on men rather than on women's own freely-made choices.<br /><br />And yet female dominated professions like psychiatry are for some reason not seen as a problem.<br /><br />Gamergate was the first fightback I can remember to this nonsense. It's about time more people called out the hypocrisy and double standards.<br />Wildgoosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884595915411975940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-24740726940947583872018-06-21T21:21:48.527+01:002018-06-21T21:21:48.527+01:00Seb Weetabix and Welsh Jac.... haha hard lines nei...Seb Weetabix and Welsh Jac.... haha hard lines neither Scotland or Wales qualified ... boo hooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-28864745153178245232018-06-21T19:59:08.368+01:002018-06-21T19:59:08.368+01:00What team did Gabby Logan play in Andrew ?What team did Gabby Logan play in Andrew ?E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-34921404852488359412018-06-21T19:33:29.996+01:002018-06-21T19:33:29.996+01:00Why does the British [sic] media think I should be...Why does the British [sic] media think I should be interested in eleven Englishmen kicking a bag of wind around a patch of grass with eleven other foreigners??Welsh Jacobitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-49920559827794759102018-06-21T18:51:43.906+01:002018-06-21T18:51:43.906+01:00I just can't be bothered with it. It used to b...I just can't be bothered with it. It used to be a man's game, now they roll around like they've been shot if someone so much as touches them on the shoulder. Back in the good old days of the home internationals, when we Scots would pour into London like a reiver raid, you used to see some proper tough football. <br /><br />One of favourite stories from the days before VAR and all that nonsense... in the late 30s, when Scotland used to win from time to time, one of the England players accused George Brown of Rangers of being "just a big dirty bastard!"<br /><br />Brown replied "aye, and don't you fucking forget it"Sebastian Weetabixnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-44186903368074582182018-06-21T18:48:38.575+01:002018-06-21T18:48:38.575+01:00@BQ
You're missing the point. It has nothing ...@BQ<br /><br />You're missing the point. It has nothing to do with #MeToo etc and they don't seriously believe that women are interested in football. They just want to destroy male dominated spaces.<br /><br />Advertisers go along with it because if they don't then a bunch of 20 year old Twitter trolls will call them sexist and Buzzfeed, BBC Newsbeat, etc will report on it.<br /><br />The sports media goes along with it because 99% of them are not former pros like Linekar, Shearer, etc but just regular guys who never became "real" journalists. They resent being just a "sports journalist" and fighting sexism is one way they can "change the world" and the closest they will get to winning a Pulitzer.<br /><br />The exact same thing has been happening in video games for the last 4-5 years but they made a mistake as gamers have a good control of internet culture and successfully fought back. The media is still fuming from losing the encounter which is why they're now as obsessed with sexism in games as they were about violence in the 90s.Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-62451087174991887352018-06-21T17:55:56.688+01:002018-06-21T17:55:56.688+01:00RE: andrew @ 5:38 pm
"the england mens footy...RE: andrew @ 5:38 pm<br /><br />"the england mens footy team lost to Italy and Uraguay in '14 "<br /><br />That's actually pretty good by comparison with the Australian national women's team who <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3609949/Matildas-lose-7-0-Newcastle-Jets-15s-Rio-Olympics-warm-up.html" rel="nofollow">lost 7-0</a> to an under 15 boy's side.Y Ddraig Gochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-55139966856289956192018-06-21T17:53:43.942+01:002018-06-21T17:53:43.942+01:00Mrs D & Old Ma D both always want to know what...Mrs D & Old Ma D both always want to know what's happening / happened to England, all the goals, cock-ups and juicy fouls - though often a second-hand account + highlights will do nicely<br /><br />Miss D is generally looking for some corp. hospitality-wallah to get her to the match! (But not in Russia ...) Nick Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670594203660051701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-34040039140524717652018-06-21T17:38:29.767+01:002018-06-21T17:38:29.767+01:00EK, the english womens footy team are top flight
...EK, the english womens footy team are top flight<br /><br />(wikipedia)<br />England have qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup four times, reaching the quarter final stage on the first three occasions in 1995, 2007, and 2011, and finishing third in 2015. They reached the final of the UEFA Women's Championship in 1984 and 2009.<br /><br />(safe space warning - this may trigger bad memories)<br />Whereas the england mens footy team lost to Italy and Uraguay in '14 <br />and in 16 we were beaten by *Iceland* - an *amateur team* <br /><br />andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58837140588414167262018-06-21T17:02:32.991+01:002018-06-21T17:02:32.991+01:00Lineker said recently only top flight footballers ...Lineker said recently only top flight footballers could comment on top flight football.<br /><br />Sexist !E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-6637437237148551712018-06-21T16:48:38.601+01:002018-06-21T16:48:38.601+01:00Gary Lineker said to Piers Morgan that only a top ...Gary Lineker said to Piers Morgan that only a top flight footballer should be a pundit. <br /><br />Ooo err. <br /><br />Missed a good reposte there, did Piers.E-Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-72545287062027608832018-06-21T14:20:50.961+01:002018-06-21T14:20:50.961+01:00My wife likes to come into the sitting room if the...My wife likes to come into the sitting room if there's a penalty shoot out. Otherwise her interest in the football codes is limited to attending the Border Sevens.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-78575461355529377802018-06-21T13:54:16.782+01:002018-06-21T13:54:16.782+01:00
peaky blinders / brooklyn 99 are both v. good.
b...<br />peaky blinders / brooklyn 99 are both v. good.<br /><br />but I think there would be a big peaky blinders / footie overlap.<br /><br />... and I would avoid the last series of brooklyn 99.<br /><br /><br /><br />andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07311993288675111834noreply@blogger.com