The Female Commentator

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  1. dek

    dekparker Well-Known Member

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    look jimmy its all well and good sticking up for her but you know just as well as any other red blooded male ,she ought to be at hooem doin't ironing lol
     
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    Got to agree, I was fearful how she'd gel with a very established all male group, but I thought she was excellent. Not watched the world cup so can't comment on the football commentary. What I do know is there are some dreadful male analysts and commentators who have no qualifications to hold their positions.

    Anyone of any gender that can add to the images without resorting to hyperbole and cliché in the modern era is a rarity.

    I wonder if we'll get to a day where technology tags the players on screen so fans know without question who is who, and the game speaks for itself without some ex player believing they are adding to the visual spectacle.
     
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    I presume this is not Jacqui Oatley as she was terrible.
     
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    If the thread was about a specific person rather than about a "female" I could agree to was an assessment of an individual commentator. Instead we have open season for all the Sid the Sexists hiding on here.
     
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    Airon c redscue Well-Known Member

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    Yes and all the "ist"eria brigade are also having a field day by ramping up the debate and making ridiculous accusations. When really it's about preference not gender.
     
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    arabian_ian Well-Known Member

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    Where are the female commentators when you need them. I'm losing the will to live listening to matterface and Dixon creaming themselves over the lack of French at the game. Apparently there are 30k Peruvians at the game. Who has the ball I've no idea because they are playing spot the French man. And getting paid for it.
     
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    He'd better delay the sex change op though if he was thinking of having one - be out of a job in no time if some on here had anything to do with it once he turned up in a skirt.
     
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    At the risk of being churlish that doesnt sit well with

    You can say you dont like the pitch of her voice but there is no question she gave a very competent performance

    Her name is Vicki Sparks by the way and she is an experienced sports commentator and reporter for both radio 5 and the BBC TV and talksport and regularly commentates on Womens football as well. To say she is just there to tick a box is insulting to her.

    By the way I saw another woman (shock) on the highlights show last night Alex Scott and she was far more eloquenent than some of the male pundits we have to listen to - is she also there as a box tick too?
     
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    On the same tip, Shame we can't sign someone like Marta Vieira da Silva. Top fotballer
     
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    Gets right up my kilt , accent does my ed in , too shrill , *****, couldnt play football neither
     
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    I thought Dixon and that commentator were going to fall out at one point, it got to them having sarcy digs at each other because of age and achievements won etc, and it was getting tedious.
    And speaking of Dixon, wasn't this ace when Jason Bent told him where to get off!!. :D


     

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