"So Andy, how do you see it panning out today?"
"Well Richard, the teams are setting up very much as you would expect. It's 4-4-2 for both sides and I can see both teams cancelling each other out so it will come down to who wants it the most. But the position that interests me most is that of the assistant referee. Now normally you would expect this sort of movement, up and down this line, keeping very much to one side of the pitch, but I suspect we could see a change of tactics today. For the first fifteen minutes, I anticipate the assistant referee holding this position here."
"Really? That would be unusual. What would be the thinking behind that exactly Andy?"
"Tactics Richard. Tactics. You see I have positioned an ironing board at this point here and a laundry basket full of shirts and a duvet cover."
"I see Andy. And after the first fifteen minutes?"
"Well Richard, I understand that the executive boxes could do with a hoovering and I suspect the lure of the kitchen may prove too great, so I see the assistant referee crossing the pitch at this point here, disappearing down the players tunnel here...and if we move to this graphic over here...running up the stairs here, retrieving a Dyson..."
"A Dyson Andy?"
"Yes Richard, no expense spared in the Premiership these days, so as I say, retrieving the Dyson from the cupboard here...
"Would she be up to using a Dyson Andy?"
"She may struggle with how to switch it on Richard but I'm sure there will a man on hand to explain the operation of the on off switch. It has one of those ball things so controlling it may present a few problems but I'm sure she will get the hang of it."
"Skirting may take a bit of a hammering then Andy?"
"Very possibly Richard, very possibly. But you know, you have to take a chance sometimes. How can they learn if you don't give them experience? You can bring in cheap foreigners but how are we ever going to blood English talent like that?"
"Talent Andy? Would she qualify as talent?"
"Not in that sense Richard. Looking at her, I think the only roasting she can expect is when she cooks a joint of pork."
"Joint of pork eh Andy? Bit of a porker eh?"
"Not a porker as such Richard, in fact a bit on the streaky bacon side but a face like a pot belly if you catch my drift?"
"So you wouldn't want her going in for any headers then Andy?"
"Well if you pull the sheets up over her head Richard. And she has a great pony tail that you could establish the rhythm with."
"So not a Jacqui Oakley then Andy?"
"You could say that Richard. Now Jacqui Oakley could go down on my microphone any day of the week and blow my whistle whenever it takes her fancy."
"What about Karren Brady?"
"Not sure I could deal with finding her dentures still clenched around my Avram Grant afterwards mate."
"Involuntary circumcision Andy?"
"Red card offence in my book mate!"
I haven't seen the full transcript but presumably, given the the fuss being made, it must have been something like that!
Women not understanding the offside law? Do they even know why there are fishing nets at either end of the pitch?
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3 comments:
HF,
What do you make of the Siam Massey incident? Don't you think their views on women were disgraceful? Like they think women are objects? A possession? What do you think of Sky's Andy Burton who's first thought on finding out is was a female linesman was to make comment on whether she was good looking or not? What value do you think he has of women? Or Andy Gray and Richard Keys? Do you think this just happened? What do you think are the reasons behind it? Why are men so degrading to women HF? I mean, this situation didnt just happen did it? What are the intricacies behind it?
As it happens Stani, no I don't, and I don't care what Gray has been done for subsequently. He is an ex footballer, he was in a culture where these sorts of comments were acceptable throughout his working life and as a youth team player too.
Let's get a few things straight. Mixed gender football is inadmissable according to FA, UEFA and FIFA rules. If women aren't allowed to play, why are they allowed to officiate in the men's game?
There are occasions when the officials go into the players' changing rooms. Is that appropriate if the official is female? I would have thought you might see an issue here!
Women have their own Olympics because otherwise they wouldn't win any medals. They want it all ways. Either we are equal, or we are not. Scrap separate competitions and let women prove their equality in competitions alongside men, and I have no issue with female officials. But if there are separate sports based on gender, then why don't those rules apply to the officials?
Tell me, why don't women compete in the 100 meters sprint in the Olympics? Because they can't run as fast as men. Yes? Well isn't a "linesman" meant to keep pace with the game?
The comments made about the linesman were intended to be private. The fault is with those who broadcast them.
And where does she get changed out of interest? Do the clubs have to supply alternative changing facilities?
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