Joey Barton slammed by Sky Sports presenter after sexist tweets claiming women ‘shouldn’t talk about men’s game’
JOEY BARTON has been slammed by Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas over his comments about female pundits.
Former Manchester City and Newcastle star Barton went into a tirade on X, formerly known as Twitter, claiming women are not qualified to talk about the men’s game.
His comments have received a lot of backlash with one tweet reading: “Any man who listens to women commentary or co-comms needs their heads testing… #sticktoyourowngame”
Thomas responded to that remark by posting two emojis showing a person facepalming.
Several others have criticised Barton’s comments after the former Bristol Rovers boss said he cannot take female pundits seriously.
Barton’s tweet read: “Women shouldn’t be talking with any kind of authority in the men’s game. Come on. Let’s be serious.
“It’s a completely different game. If you don’t accept that. We will always see things differently.
“The women’s game is thriving. Fantastic to see.
“I cannot take a thing they say serious in the men’s arena.”
He later doubled down on his tirade at women commentator.
The former Man City star said: “Stand by everything I’ve said on women commenting and co-comms on the men’s football.
“Like me talking about knitting or netball. Way out of my comfort zone. Some of the men are bad enough! We have gone too far.
“You cannot watch a game now without hearing the nonsense. Any man who says otherwise is an absolute fart parcel.”
Barton’s posts come after he had previously thrown his support behind the #HERGAMETOO initiative.
Many hit back with another Sky Sports brodcaster, Dougie Critchley, accusing Barton of sexism.
He wrote: “Remarkable decision to end your top level management career at 41 with a tweet.
“Condescending, backwards, sexist.”
One fan said: “Laura Woods, Kelly Cates, Robyn Cowen , Betty Glover, Eilidh Barbour and Kelly Somers are a few of the best in the game.
“They know their football, they understand it fully in depth and are extremely knowledgeable and informative to listen to. This tweet is so wrong Joey.”
Another added: “Who is this clown?”