You might find this enlightening (or not).
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/24/lot-of-england-team-still-havent-apologised-eni-aluko-after-whistleblowing
Why is it box ticking.
Is it not more because talented women now have an opportunity to enter the ring, which they never had before because of the inherent prejudice in previous years. Football is no longer a male only preserve, and is all the better for it.
There may be good and poor...
I wouldn't know because I don't watch subscription TV (too mean to pay for them). There will be good and bad individuals, but age, race, sex, sexuality, gender, etc will not be a reason for that.
I would be a terrible plumber/electrician/brickie/roofer etc regardless of what I am because I am...
“What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?”
― C.L.R. James, Beyond a Boundary
Substitute football for cricket, but the meaning is the same.
Its the same as good players make poor managers. You don't need to have played international football, to recognise class or dross when you see it.
He seems to turned into someone sitting alone in a dark room in unwashed underpants, surrounded by old moulding empty pizza boxes, shouting at the TV screen.
Anyone remember how Leon Knight ended up?
BBC News - Joey Barton: ITV criticises 'vindictive remarks' from ex-footballer towards female commentators
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67897623
Pillock is at it again.
Keyboard warriors of the world unite. You have nothing to lose but your integrity