Sorry if mentioned elsewhere , couldn't see it ... Are people really pushing for him to be sacked over what he said to the female journalist? I am not a fan of his by any means, but think I might be done with football if he loses his job over it, It's pathetic - all day talksport interviewing the usual suspects , claiming the usual bollocks that he is preventing abused woman from Speaking out etc , it would have been worse if he hadn't acknowledged she was female , then people would have accused him of being a woman beater - the females want to be treated equal , so he had a laugh and joke in same way you would with a bloke and he gets crucified for it
Its been a mass discussion on the radio this morning. One caller an upstanding member of the community though it sexist, as bad as racism and homophobia, thankfully a guy from Solihull basically called him a prick without saying it and a woman caller said she would have replied 'yes please' when he said she needs a slap and asked who the hell escalated this in the first place. The thing is for me, when she comes into what is to all intents and purposes a male domain, she must know what she was walking into. In the press box I'm sure the word **** is used often, I dare say she's said it herself. The other thing is, when you ask someone under huge pressure a question (and I dont even know what it was ), make sure that the question isn't going to cause the reaction it did.
It winds me up , A man could lose his job for a harmless comment , he should lose his job for being ****ing **** but that's another story
He's not going to lose his job over it, it was a stupid thing to say and he's rightly been criticised for it, but the only likely consequence is a slap on the wrist from the FA.
I'm not sure if you're joking or not DJ. Threatening a woman for just doing her job is completely unacceptable and he should be banned.
The very fact people are calling it a threat is the problem , he was laughing , everybody in the room was laughing - yet it's been described as a threat , the world has gone mad
Agreed, it was a throw away comment meant as a joke. Trial by social media again. I saw Gary lineker had tweeted his outrage on the news last night.
Lineker is turning into a right moaning sanctimonious ****. He should keep his gob shut and carry on advertising crisps.
He threatened to slap her, how is it not a threat? I shouldn't be surprised by the typical sexist, misogynistic nature of the reaction on a predominantly male football forum, but I find it shocking anyone thinks issuing threats of violence to a woman is acceptable.
He threatened to slap her next time. As long as she sorts her make-up out and shows some cleavage, she'll be fine.