Barton on Piers Morgan show tonight

I’ve read about this “ Lawless Britain” in the online Daily Mail. 

I watched the Piers Morgan interview, which I expect to be the first and last time I tune into Talk TV.

Lots of waffle from JB and contradictions.

Didn't help by interviewing 4 people at once over zoom; lots of talking over each other, as there's a slight delay, and people don't know others are talking as well as you would in a studio.

Morgan kept asking Barton to give some names, or give examples of errors.
Eventually JB came up with a female commentator had said a player had scored with their laces, when clearly they had used the side of their boot.

Morgan then gave an example of a well known male footballer, who had played at the highest level in the men's game, who had made an error, to which Barton replied that everyone makes mistakes!

I don't think he is very well and I hope people can just leave his behaviour alone now. Maybe lock this thread?

He doesn't even have a job in football. In a moment of kindness I decided to move this thread to "General Football Chat".
Certainly not Rovers related.

Barton responds to Scott's defence of female pundits in the men's game..by Daniel Davis For Mailonline.

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Joey Barton has responded to Alex Scott's defence of female pundits in the men's game by insisting that she doesn't 'have a clue' and taking aim at her playing career.

Speaking during the BBC's coverage of the Women's Super League fixture between Arsenal and Chelsea on Sunday, Scott told women that 'football is a better place with us all in it', seemingly hitting back at numerous sexist digs made by Barton.

Barton, formerly of Newcastle and QPR, claimed that women shouldn't be able to 'comment on men's football because they haven't played it'.
The remarks, which caused widespread uproar on social media, were followed by individual criticism targeting both Scott and TNT Sports presenter Laura Woods.

England and Arsenal Women's legend Scott, however, took the opportunity to deliver a touching closing speech and urged women to continue acting as role models.

'Just before we say goodbye, to all the women in football, in front of the camera, behind it, the players on the pitch, to everyone that attends games, keep being the role models that you continue to be,' she said.

'To all those young girls that are told no you can't, football is a better place with us all in it.'

Barton responded on X, formerly Twitter, by making a personal jibe at Scott's ability with a comparison to Sunday League. He went on to offer to debate the presenter.

He tweeted: 'connntinnuuuuuuuhhhhhtuuuu [sic] what, sorry @alexscott. I can't say you don't know men's football? You don't. Sorry. You don't have a clue. And you were a really bad player compared to even a Sunday League player.

'In my opinion, the winner of the FA National Sunday Cup this year would easily beat in a cup final, at Wembley for charity, the winner of the @barclayswsl @skysportswsl from this season. Or England Women @lionesses.

'I'll happily have Alex on my podcast. I think I know more about football than her. I think I was a better player but I would like to see [or] hear her perspective.'

Barton, 41, then appeared to backtrack on his scathing comments by sharing a screenshot of a direct message he had personally sent to Scott.

'Come on! I don't want to have a row,' the message read.

The tweet was accompanied with the caption: 'If offer stands. Hate to tell you all the truth. Am I wrong? Let's debate it. No edit. Long as you want.

'She followed me first. I've just followed back. I like Alex. I think she's a great role model. A brilliant player in the women's game.

'The men's game is different. Debate me. Let's discuss. I'm a bad guy. I get it. But I want to do good. Have a great Christmas.'

Barton was sacked as Bristol Rovers manager in October.

The women’s game is progressing nicely: www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/lauren-james-stamp-arsenal-lia-walti-b2462442.html?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1702363539

I recognise that ground. I recognise that badge.



much like Forest Green are known around the world, and garnered supporters around the world for being “green”, we are famous too, in publicity terms we are outdoing BristolCity.  👍🏻

Joey Barton humiliates himself after comments about female pundit on Piers Morgan show proved wrong..by Ben Rumsby, Jeremy Wilson.

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Joey Barton has been left with egg on his face after wrongly accusing Sky Sports’ Courtney Sweetman-Kirk of getting her facts wrong during Liverpool’s Premier League win over Fulham.

Barton was also mocked for mispronouncing Sarina Wiegman’s name while attempting to justify his social-media rant against women covering men’s football.

In an interview on the TalkTV programme Piers Morgan Uncensored, the controversial former player cited Sweetman-Kirk’s co-commentary when Waturu Endo scored for Liverpool on Sunday, saying: “She talked about, ‘Endo scores with his laces’. Now, anyone who watched that who had knowledge of football seen [saw] that Endo scored with the side of his foot.

“Because it was female co-comms and female commentator, no one said, ‘Hang on a minute, that didn’t happen’.”
But what Sweetman-Kirk had actually said was: “How many players do you see in that moment panic; put their laces through it, smash it over the bar? But, no, Endo just strokes it into that top right-hand corner.”

Sweetman-Kirk, who played for Liverpool’s women’s team before joining Sheffield United three years ago, was part of an all-female commentary team at Anfield on Sunday alongside Pien Meulensteen, the daughter of former Manchester United coach Rene.

In Barton’s TalkTV interview, he also twice mangled the name of England Women manager Wiegman, including calling her “Sander”.

Former Manchester City midfielder Barton had already been left embarrassed by a photograph showing him throwing his support behind the #HERGAMETOO campaign, which aims to fight against sexism in sport, while he was Bristol Rovers manager.

He had earlier compared women commentating on football with men talking about knitting, calling on men to boycott watching games with female presenters and pundits and branding those who challenged him “Eunuchs”.

His rant on X, which was condemned by the likes of TNT Sports presenter Laura Woods, began on Wednesday night, shortly after he announced the relaunch of his podcast, ‘Common Sense’.

He continued to promote it on Friday by inviting Woods to appear with him on it to “open up the debate”.

Emma Hayes, a pundit during major men’s and women’s international tournaments, as well as arguably the most successful women’s manager, said that sport was the last bastion of “male privilege”.

Hayes, who will soon be leaving Chelsea to take over the United States women’s national team, also condemned the “pile-on” that follows when someone like Barton sparks such a debate. “The realities are male privilege has always been at the centre of football in this country,” Hayes said.

“I feel that sport is the last place in society where that male privilege exists. If you haven’t experienced systemic misogyny, like lots of us have, you can’t for one moment understand how detrimental some of these conversations are, knowing that anything anyone says just enables an absolute pile-on, particularly on social media.”