Joey Barton - ex manager - wannabe podcaster

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I think there is a conversation to be had about the 'positive' discrimination we are currently observing, resulting in an over representation of fairly average to low quality female pundits.

There are female pundits who are absolutely there on merit, Alex Scott being one. Then there are others who are there to promote, what, I don't know as it is not equity or equality. That comes as the expense of some very good male pundits. Joey Barton is not one of those though.

Positive discrimination schemes are supposed to be temporary measures. Prove a demographic are capable of a role, break stigmas, reintroduce meritocracy.

Again, there's a conversation to be had. Joey Barton is clearly not the person to be doing that or affected in the way he thinks he is by current practices.
I hear what you're saying but it would only be true in this situation if all the male counterparts were actually decent, and they're not. Male pundits have been hit and miss for decades now, so it's not at the expense of very good male pundits at all. They're shit so why not open up the floor to different demographics and give them a go?

Barton is just annoyed that no one with a brain cell wants to hear his opinion on anything, and people that look different to him are being given opportunity he thinks he deserves.
 

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Nearly got myself in a bit of bother. I was explaining to my gf what Barton had initially said about the comparison to Rose West, however I said Sienna West. She responded 'Don't you mean Rose, who's Sienna?' It then dawned on me I was referring to the porn star.
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I hear what you're saying but it would only be true in this situation if all the male counterparts were actually decent, and they're not. Male pundits have been hit and miss for decades now, so it's not at the expense of very good male pundits at all. They're shit so why not open up the floor to different demographics and give them a go?

Barton is just annoyed that no one with a brain cell wants to hear his opinion on anything, and people that look different to him are being given opportunity he thinks he deserves.
Agreed - there's a lot of dross male pundits out there to.
 

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Now that he's quite likely to never get a job in football again we can just stop giving him as much attention as he most desperately craves it.
 

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So many interesting people in the world and the internet is giving this boring little man the attention he so desperately craves.

This should have been 1 news article "Former average midfielder cheaply tries to gain approval of 14 year old Andrew Tate fans."

Then forgotten about much like his career.
 

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Looking at his twitter, dudes lost the plot and might actually need sectioning.
He’s simply angry because he hasn’t been given the jobs he thought he would and people he feels are less deserving than him are getting them above him.

He’s massively unlikeable though and that hasn’t worked in his favour. Shame.
 

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He’s simply angry because he hasn’t been given the jobs he thought he would and people he feels are less deserving than him are getting them above him.

He’s massively unlikeable though and that hasn’t worked in his favour. Shame.
I agree with all that, but no sane individual could pull this out their ass:


Think both things can be true here, he's displeased with his lack of opportunity and also fallen off the wagon a little bit.
 

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He‘s totally trolling and probably exaggerating his opinion for whatever scheme he’s got in mind to attract people, ranging from people who are curious, people who find it absurdly funny and people who genuinely believe the exaggerations of what he says and agree.
 

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Just a bellend trying to monetise his bellendishness

really hope he fades away
 

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I agree with all that, but no sane individual could pull this out their ass:


Think both things can be true here, he's displeased with his lack of opportunity and also fallen off the wagon a little bit.
Wow. Lost it.
 

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Another washed up celebrity going down the anti-woke podcast route? Who has the time to listen to these knobs let alone the interest to want to listen....
 

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I hear what you're saying but it would only be true in this situation if all the male counterparts were actually decent, and they're not. Male pundits have been hit and miss for decades now, so it's not at the expense of very good male pundits at all. They're shit so why not open up the floor to different demographics and give them a go?

Barton is just annoyed that no one with a brain cell wants to hear his opinion on anything, and people that look different to him are being given opportunity he thinks he deserves.
Good post and agree. The reality is the vast majority of pundits do not provide us with much more than basic cliche analysis that to be honest is not real analysis. It does feel like female pundits are having to jump over a slightly higher bar when compared to their male compatriots in punditry. Which is sad but it tends to be a trend with diversity where the first batch of people are expected to be top level in what ever they do when in reality the vast majority of said injudstry is just basic. Eni Aluko is an example where her punditry is no better or worse than a Danny Murphy yet she will get called out.
 

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Really sunk down to the pits Mr Barton
 

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The "sunlight is the best disinfectant" notion doesn't really hold true when the person you believe yourself to be arguing against doesn't care whatsoever about being proven wrong. See how quickly he devolves into childish insults when people argue against him; he doesn't want a debate, he wants continued attention. Like all of these "debate me" types, he's totally disingenuous and can't be swayed from his opinion because he himself doesn't believe what he's saying. He can't be embarrassed with logic because that's not his game. He's happy to be shown up as an idiot because he's cashing that notoriety into media appearances and the right wing grift.

Ignore him and move on.
 

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Not that long since his partner withdrew her cooperation with an assault case against him where it was alleged he kicked her while drunk at a dinner party in their home. Women have always been a targets for him, one way or another.
 

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I agree with all that, but no sane individual could pull this out their ass:


Think both things can be true here, he's displeased with his lack of opportunity and also fallen off the wagon a little bit.
He’s not sane at all. He’s a nasty piece of work. If he didn’t have the fortune of being good enough to play football pro, he would have ended up in prison. He’s just a horrible individual.

He has compared two female pundits to child killers and peadophiles and bought up the war. I mean what the hell is going on. I think he wants to carve a career on the right (think Tommy Robinson, Ben Shapiro) you watch, he’ll leave football now because no one wants to employ him and he’ll pop up in ukip or some ridiculous YouTube channel spouting hate alongside pearl Davis and Andrew Tate.

he’s full of it.
 

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Not that long since his partner withdrew her cooperation with an assault case against him where it was alleged he kicked her while drunk at a dinner party in their home. Women have always been a targets for him, one way or another.
i simply don’t have enough information to form an opinion on him. if cps couldn’t find him guilty, then why doesn’t he deserve a second (hundredth) chance?
 

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i simply don’t have enough information to form an opinion on him. if cps couldn’t find him guilty, then why doesn’t he deserve a second (hundredth) chance?
For me, if his wife is willing to forgive him then, for me, that’s as good as saying if never happened, for me.
 

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The "sunlight is the best disinfectant" notion doesn't really hold true when the person you believe yourself to be arguing against doesn't care whatsoever about being proven wrong. See how quickly he devolves into childish insults when people argue against him; he doesn't want a debate, he wants continued attention. Like all of these "debate me" types, he's totally disingenuous and can't be swayed from his opinion because he himself doesn't believe what he's saying. He can't be embarrassed with logic because that's not his game. He's happy to be shown up as an idiot because he's cashing that notoriety into media appearances and the right wing grift.

Ignore him and move on.
That's because that's not the point of calling him out on his evil shit. It's not for his benefit.

And I don't get what's so hard to understand that a) you guys ARE talking about him on social media anyway and b) His sycophants' and the angry incels that hop on board are there and loud whether you are or not.

So fine, stop posting about him and ignore it. That includes in here too then. I prefer to highlight his messages and tag the likes of ITV/BBC/SKY and all that in them, as that's the best way to cut him off and push him over the edge to saying or doing something that puts the nail in his tiny man child coffin.
 

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I really wonder how he thinks this is all going to end for him.

However, Aluko is among the worst people I've ever seen do any kind of punditry / commentary on TV. She's absolutely dreadful.
 

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Awful footballer, a terrible manager, and an even worse human. A total bully and bellend, only goes for people he knows won't chin him.
 

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I really wonder how he thinks this is all going to end for him.

However, Aluko is among the worst people I've ever seen do any kind of punditry / commentary on TV. She's absolutely dreadful.
Agreed, and this is the issue and something of the elephant in the room. That only leads to a section of supporters who actually support what Barton is saying.

Punditry is weird as it's almost become an entertainment piece now rather than adding value to the debate. Micah Richards laughing while adding no value. Roy Keane being a rent-a-quote caricature of himself.

There are some really decent people out there on various pods who can't get a break on the telly because we have "positive" discrimination of really low quality female pundits. Barton isn't one of them though.

You can also share that view without being a misogynistic moron.
 

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Agreed, and this is the issue and something of the elephant in the room. That only leads to a section of supporters who actually support what Barton is saying.

Punditry is weird as it's almost become an entertainment piece now rather than adding value to the debate. Micah Richards laughing while adding no value. Roy Keane being a rent-a-quote caricature of himself.

There are some really decent people out there on various pods who can't get a break on the telly because we have "positive" discrimination of really low quality female pundits. Barton isn't one of them though.

You can also share that view without being a misogynistic moron.
Yeah Aluko being a shit pundit isn't the issue and not an elephant in the room. She's a shit pundit because she's a shit pundit, not because she's a woman.

You've just listed two male pundits who you don't rate then go on to say decent people don't get chance due to positive discrimination of low quality female pundits. You see where you've gone wrong here right?
 

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There are some really decent people out there on various pods who can't get a break on the telly because we have "positive" discrimination of really low quality female pundits. Barton isn't one of them though.
Are they ex-players at a high level with some name recognition, or just football enthusiasts who know their stuff?

If it's the latter they never will get that job. I've seen presenters with no connection to the game, but never a pundit. That's male or female.
 

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Barton himself is only a part of the problem. He is a bitter hateful person, and individually those exist. The problem is his views have followers and attract people to his way of thinking. Ignoring him and hoping he goes away is not the answer because he has already created multiple like-minded supporters of his views. People like him are a virus in society, the vile cnut.