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Joey Barton says Kevin Keegan is \u2018bang on\u2019 after the former England manager revealed his dislike for female pundits analysing the men\u2019s game.<\/p>\n
Keegan, who also managed Newcastle United, Fulham and Manchester City, was speaking at \u2018An Evening With Kevin Keegan OBE\u2019<\/em> in Bristol last Friday when he said: \u2018I don\u2019t like to listen to ladies talking about the England men\u2019s team at the match because I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the same experience. I have a problem with that.\u2019<\/p>\n Keegan\u2019s comments have angered many but Barton, who played under the 72-year-old during his playing career at Manchester City and Newcastle, has supported his former manager\u2019s view.<\/p>\n \u2018Kevin Keegan. Ballon D\u2019or winner 1978. England manager. He\u2019s bang on,\u2019 Barton wrote on X.<\/p>\n Speaking at his event last week, Keegan said he feels that female pundits are not qualified to talk about the men\u2019s game \u2013 even if they have played at a professional level.<\/p>\n \u2018The presenters we have now, some of the girls are so good, they are better than the guys. It\u2019s a great time for the ladies,\u2019 Keegan said.<\/p>\n \u2018But if I see an England lady footballer saying about England against Scotland at Wembley and she\u2019s saying, \u2018if I would have been in that position I would have done this,\u2019 I don\u2019t think it\u2019s quite the same. I don\u2019t think it crosses over that much.\u2019<\/p>\n Despite his criticism of female pundits in men\u2019s football, Keegan claims he is a big supporter of the women\u2019s game.<\/p>\n \u2018When I was England manager [from February 1999 to October 2000] I went to coach the England ladies and I had this perception of what the quality would be like and they were so much better than I thought they were going to be,\u2019 Keegan said.<\/p>\n \u2018I joined in and then I thought, \u2018I\u2019m getting out of this!\u2019, I couldn\u2019t get the bloody ball and one of them nutmegged me, that finished me off.\u2019<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/metro-parent\/img\/fallback.png\")
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