Offside rule & women

[Alec Horan]

they should be sacked.......disgraceful carry on

[thehighwayman]

Ron Atkinson was caught like this one time while working for ITV commentating. He thought he was off air but everyone heard him saying something racist about some player. I think it was Desailly.

[mr gear]

he was caught and sacked from from itv

[willyup]

The ironic thing is that some of the players on the field probably act more like girls than the linesman(woman).

Edit - As in some of the players are prissy prima-donnas. Not saying the linesperson looks like a bloke or anything.

[BootSlick55]

Gray and Keys should have to wear dresses and make-up for their next match.

[fiatpunter]

Being an assistant referee requires the ability to multitask. Watch for the last touch of the ball as well as the attacking player and the last defender. Definitely more suited to the fairer sex.

[JohnRambo]

They can say what they like about her but she got that Meireles decision dead right, very tight off side call but fair play to her she called it dead-on.

[Alec Horan]

Gray and Keys should have to wear dresses and make-up for their next match.

and i bet you would like to watch....wouldnt you ? you durty pervert !!!!!

[Morpheus]

I dunno, I think our society is becoming too politically correct. No one can actually say what they mean anymore.

Case above is inexcusable given its was undertaken by professional commentators against a match official. But if they had criticised a male match official for not knowing what the offside rule was....would there be the same uproar?

I have had many a laugh and slagging match with female friends about them not understanding the offside rule and me not undertanding colour coordination or whatever. All in good humour without the spectre of'sexism' hanging over every conversation.

(Incidentally women not understanding the off side rule purely has to due with lack of interest in football. Any girl who's really into football will understand all the nuances of the game).

I never liked Andy Gray anyway, but do think the media and society have to lighten up a bit.

(Now I'm going to head down to my bunker and stay there until the nuclear war is over).

[nicegirlsarenice]

Who cares? Commentators say offensive things off the air all the time. If they were supposed to be off the air then it's Sky's own fault and not the men's fault.

I'm sick of everything turning into a PC nonsense debate. Commentators always say things off the air that they wouldn't ever say on the air.

And why IS a female linesman there anyway? It's males that are on the field, why is she doing it in the first place?

If the first thing that they think of is "damn female doesn't know the offside rule", then so the fuck what?! It's just their natural reaction. They should be allowed to say what they want ffs. It would be different if they knew they were on the air.