Toxic turd Barton was unfit to manage Bristol Rovers

J o s e p h continues to make good points.

It might do his cause good if eg, ,he did'nt say somebody 'talks s**t' and they 'must be bumming someone at the BBC to of got the job',but rather said eg,'I could'nt disagree more' or 'I would like to hear just why this person got the job at the BBC'.Etc.

As said J o s e p h makes good points and thousands of football fans agree with him.

Thousands.

Take a look at a 'shock horror' B arton reports on social media, where the tone of his voice and his manner has upset some people.His actual point can get mislaid in the melee of right on sensibilities crumbling,but check the comments section.90% upwards agree with our excellent former Managers point.

J o s e p h is entitled to his point of view,all he needs to work on is his delivery.

Wow, I stand corrected, I seem to have muddled her up with another footballer. Is all of that true? Then there's other reasons she's such a mess as a broadcaster, because she really is, and hides the education really well!

Executive experience and an MBE are less relevant, though. Plenty of immature morons sadly boast these.

The examples of appalling male commentators make my point entirely, though. Lots of talented footballers who've played at top flight clubs, are the most stupid and unlistenable broadcasters. Lots of footballers are idiots. Really lots. Barton and his foolish fanclub tolerate the white male idiots perfectly well.

Further to the above, I just read the Wikipedia page to which my dear AMPG's rebuttal paid such close attention, superficially at least. You overpromote her, AMPG. Her degree followed her playing for England (hence my not knowing it). All of the executive stuff and the gong were given to her name and profile as a top class footballer, not achieved by nor a measure of education, intellect, or maturity. She's not the sharpest.

Eh?

I did get the detail from wiki, but I was already aware of her legal background

Her intelligence and character came to my intention when she sat before something like a Parliamentary Select Committee. She was being questioned, but she held that room. It’s worth seeing - if you do, tell me after that if you think she’s bright or not

Regarding most footballers, who are just young men, there’s no reason to think they’d be any brighter or more articulate than, say, your average 25 year old. I know a very bright fella (PhD etc) who has met them reasonably often at after- match dinners and meet-and-greets with fans. He always finds that they have very little of interest to say - but it’s hardly surprising given their youth and the fact that they work with their bodies

Was in a comment by Bas

I don't think so - I think I saw someone hold both her ground and the room, to everyone's astonishment given their/our very low expectations

I'm not saying she's a great pundit, though I do remember Gary Lineker presenting a football show at 4am when he first started.  He was unbelievably awful, but I'm guessing that pre-internet slot was the largely dark corner in which he could learn the job

I've only seen Ellen White once as a pundit, doing a bit at half-time, but I thought she might turn out to be good at it

PS - afterthought - you're being a Mallard

I looked that up after your post.  You're right that it's honorary, so not the real deal (like Jezza Clarkson's in Engineering)

Having said that the University of Law put the following....

Alumna Eniola Aluko played football for England’s Women’s Team and studied her LPC at ULaw’s Moorgate campus before qualifying as a solicitor in 2015.

She was at the forefront of multiple whistleblowing reports in 2016 and 2017. It was decided that Eniola’s manager had racially abused her and one of her teammates and, while it ended her England football career, she has since been part of the FA’s recommendations with UK Sport to build whistleblowing procedures.

“It’s nearly 10 years since I completed my LPC at the University - although it feels like yesterday. It was challenging at the time as it was an accelerated course and I completed it just before I went to the London 2012 Olympics to play for the England Women’s Football Team, which was an incredible experience.



“After that I went on to work for two sports and entertainment law firms and then Slaughter and May and put all that legal training into practice. I also find my legal skills incredibly useful in my current role as Sporting Director.