{"id":300064,"date":"2023-12-09T18:24:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-09T18:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=300064"},"modified":"2023-12-09T18:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-09T18:24:28","slug":"barton-slammed-after-post-calling-for-hayes-to-cross-over-resurfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/barton-slammed-after-post-calling-for-hayes-to-cross-over-resurfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Barton slammed after post calling for Hayes to 'cross over' resurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"
Comments made by Joey Barton back in 2017 have resurfaced in the midst of the former Manchester City and Newcastle player’s sexist rants against female players and analysts appearing on the coverage for men’s games.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barton has taken to social media in recent days to voice his opinion that women should not ‘be talking about the men’s game’ and criticised any men that listen to what female pundits have to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The ex-midfielder shared a number of sexist posts on social media in a shocking tirade against the involvement of women in the men’s game, including slamming his old side Man City for hiring a female presenter.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Barton appeared on an episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored in which he continued his argument against female pundits in men’s football, contending that this was just to meet ‘TV quotas’.<\/p>\n
Following this, comments he made praising Chelsea boss Emma Hayes back in 2017 have arisen, contradicting the very argument that he has seemingly made on social media in the last few days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Joey Barton’s comments from 2017 have arisen amid his extraordinary rants on social media against women in men’s football<\/p>\n
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Emma Hayes responded to his initial rants with a four-minute monologue in which she discussed male privilege in football<\/p>\n
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‘Emma Hayes on talkSPORT every time I hear her speak, she impresses,’ he wrote on X, then known as Twitter, back in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Would love to see her cross over into the men\u2019s game. I\u2019m sure she\u2019d be a success.’<\/p>\n
Barton had previously posted on social media: ‘Any man who listens to Women commentary or co-comms needs their heads testing…’<\/p>\n
After Barton’s comments resurfaced on social media, a number of X users were quick to point to the irony of his current stance having endorsed the input of one of English football’s most successful managers of all time in Hayes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
One user wrote: ‘The irony of this tweet,’ followed by a laughing emoji.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A second added: ‘This aged well.’<\/p>\n
And a third posted: ‘Evergreen tweet, this.’<\/p>\n
It comes after Hayes gave her own response to Barton’s rant on social media, having fielded questions on the former player’s opinions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Joey Barton made an appearance on Piers Morgan: Uncensored on Thursday evening<\/p>\n
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Barton argued that he wasn’t ‘sexist’ but that he believed in a ‘meritocracy’ instead – which he believes isn’t being carried out<\/p>\n
Hayes offered a four-minute monologue on the topic hitting out at Barton, although she refused to mention his named.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Barton has previously thrown his support behind the #HERGAMETOO initiative – which aims to fight against sexism in sport<\/p>\n
‘The realities are that male privilege has been something that’s always been at the centre of football in this country,\u2019 Hayes said in a press conference.<\/p>\n
\u2018Women were banned playing football up until the 1970s. I don’t expect any individual personality to understand their privilege, nonetheless you only have to see scores of women across the internet or in the business, whether you’re a presenter, a coach or a player to realise that we’re routinely used to dealing with systemic misogyny, bullying, and behaviour that has been pretty normal for a large part of the football public.<\/p>\n
\u2018The realities of it is that I find the debate interesting and we should have that debate without being personal about it and I\u2019m not referring to any individuals.<\/p>\n
\u2018But I feel that sport is the last place in society where that male privilege exists and so naturally if I go all Darwinism on us and speak evolution theory, the realities of it are that, when there is an existential threat, you either evolve or you die. It\u2019s one or the other.’<\/p>\n
Hayes also noted that football is not entirely representative of society when it comes to gender representation, especially with regards to punditry, playing and coaching.<\/p>\n
She added: \u2018If you haven\u2019t experienced systemic misogyny like lots of us have, you can\u2019t for one moment understand how detrimental some of these conversations are, knowing that anything anyone says just enables an absolute pile on, particularly on social media which, let me be clear, doesn\u2019t take a lot for people to pile on women. It\u2019s pretty normal for a lot of people that support football.<\/p>\n
\u2018So it\u2019s sad, a little bit, not that we are having this conversation, we should have the conversation about the broader issue of it.<\/p>\n
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Hayes is one of the most successful English managers in history, having won six WSL titles and five Women’s FA Cups, as well as two League Cups and a Community Shield with Chelsea<\/p>\n
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The former Premier League footballer sparked fresh controversy after hitting out at women being given jobs in men’s football<\/p>\n
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A number of posts referenced the ‘nonsense’ of women being handed roles in the men’s game<\/p>\n
\u2018But I want to accentuate the positive, I want to accentuate the positive contributions that many of us, myself included, have made to the game of football and that unlike other professions.<\/p>\n
\u2018I have to say this cause I\u2019m always fascinated with it, rarely do we go into a hospital and if we have a female physician who is carrying out a surgical procedure on someone\u2019s kidney, often we won\u2019t turn around and say to that surgeon, \u201cI hope she was a good patient once cause being a good patient means that you\u2019re going to be a good doctor.\u201d Well we know that\u2019s not true.<\/p>\n
\u2018Talent and experience might help and a good skill set. It\u2019s the same about being a great banker. Does that mean you had to be a frugal spender to be a good banker?<\/p>\n
\u2018Much in the same way, do you have to be a well-travelled passenger to be a good pilot? I think we become so unaware of our confirmation biases, but two, when there\u2019s an existential threat, the things we do to make ourselves relevant create a lot of noise around a very, very, very interesting topic but perhaps we could do it better in another way.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Football fans on X were quick to point to the irony of Barton’s previous comments from 2017<\/p>\n
In his initial tweet this week before embarking on further rants – including doubling down on his words on Piers Morgan’s show, Barton caused outrage by claiming women ‘shouldn\u2019t be talking with any kind of authority in the men\u2019s game’.<\/p>\n
‘It\u2019s a completely different game. If you don\u2019t accept that. We will always see things differently,’ he said.<\/p>\n
‘The women\u2019s game is thriving. Fantastic to see. I cannot take a thing they say serious in the men\u2019s arena #namaste.’<\/p>\n
He followed that up by writing just seven minutes later: ‘Any man who listens to Women commentary or co-comms needs their heads testing\u2026 #sticktoyourowngame.’<\/p>\n
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