{"id":299816,"date":"2023-12-07T10:54:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=299816"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:54:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T10:54:18","slug":"sky-sports-pundit-hits-out-at-joey-barton-after-rant-about-women-commentators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/sky-sports-pundit-hits-out-at-joey-barton-after-rant-about-women-commentators\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Sports pundit hits out at Joey Barton after rant about women commentators"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sky Sports pundit Michelle Owen has hit out at Joey Barton after the former Manchester City and Newcastle player went on a sexist rant on social media. Barton claimed \u201cwomen shouldn\u2019t be talking with any kind of authority in the men\u2019s game\u201d following Wednesday night\u2019s Premier League action.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s hope you\u2019re not looking for punditry work if that coaching thing doesn\u2019t work out\u201d, Owen wrote on X (formerly Twitter) as the Sky Sports and ITV pundit replied to Barton\u2019s first post on the same platform.<\/p>\n

All of this week\u2019s midweek Premier League matches have been screened live on Amazon Prime, with the US company using a whole host of female pundits to analyse matches. And on Wednesday, Barton took to X to make his controversial thoughts well and truly known.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen shouldn\u2019t be talking with any kind of authority in the men\u2019s game\u201d, he penned. \u201cCome on. Let\u2019s be serious. It\u2019s a completely different game. If you don\u2019t accept that. We will always see things differently. The women\u2019s game is thriving. Fantastic to see. I cannot take a thing they say serious in the men\u2019s arena.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The former midfielder was called out for his shocking comments but doubled down on them as he posted for a second time. \u201cAny man who sits and engages with them in this regard has sold out\u201d, he added. \u201cThe game is about levels. Most men\u2019s opinion has little value. Never mind anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Barton wasn\u2019t done there, however, as he continued his rant by posting: \u201cAny man who listens to women commentary or co-comms needs their heads testing.\u201d<\/p>\n