One of your dozen female viewers here, love your measured and reasonable takes on stuff in a world of clickbait sensationalism

as a teenage girl still in school who aspires to go into sports journalism, thankyou.

I used to think this way, and genuinely thought that women pundits were getting it wrong more than men. But then I realised it was just me: I was holding them to a much higher standard and noticing their shortcomings way more often because they stood out to me in the broadcast as unfamiliar and different to what I grew up with. I think they cop more criticism because they’re different and people notice them more. Meaning that to make it they need to be close to perfect, while their male colleagues only need to be slightly above average.

Seeing Joey Barton call Steve Evans a “fat man” and “weeble wobble” then getting sacked after we played his Bristol Rovers side was hilarious

This is a great vid mate. Before this vid I might of looked at those tweets and thought they made some sort of sense. But you explaining what these arguments ultimately stem from, and what it also means has rlly got me to think about it differently. I thought the bit about you wanting your daughters to feel comfortable and not out of place in a football environment was a great one. Lots of young lads may not like this video but respect for making it.

By that logic, the common fan does not have the right to comment about football at all Edit: oops I seem to have started an argument in the comments

The idea of "women aren't qualified to talk about men's [sport]" just reminded me about one of the top NFL analysts/pundits here in the US, Mina Kimes. I've seen so many people just flat-out spew hatred toward her and insults at her intelligence and ability JUST because she's a woman. And one of the favorite things on Twitter has been watching her just ratio the HELL out of some of these guys with logic and analysis that they can't respond to because they don't have the level of football knowledge she does. And then her co-workers, most of which are former NFL players, sit there and laugh their asses off because they know she's just as good, if not better, than most of the people out there talking about their sport.

Well said, Vizeh. Intelligent and mature thoughts.

As one of your female viewers this notification made me nervous, but thank you for the great video. Massive respect for going against what a lot of male football fans are saying right now, you’re doing important work that helps show young women and girls that there is a place for them within sport and sporting communities no matter what some backwards losers think. Love your vids, keep it up

Joey was such a nutter at QPR - not surprised to see he's still a nutter.

Joey Barton even got ratioed by piers Morgan who pointed out he never played champions league football so what right does he have to talk about it

Love your content man, so great to see you grow as a person. Regarding women in footie, there's also a lot of terrible male pundits, so I don't really get his point at all. Sexism is still very much alive. So many men speak loudly about how they won't/didn't purchase FIFA because they added women. The amount of times I've seen this ridiculous remark made me realise just how big the problem is. I don't surround myself with these kinda people, so I don't really see it day-to-day.. So it was an eye opener for me. Keep up the great work!

Thanks for sticking up for the ladies ! Actively saying this stuff is important and very appreciated ❤️

Its an indisputable fact that the mens game is further ahead but when you consider the fact that women's football hasn't been professional for any where close to where mens football is. But it has come leaps and bounds from where it was 5 years ago. The whole point of sports is that its open for everyone doesnt matter who you are there is something for everyone starting to put barriers up stopping people ruins it for everyone

Reminds me of a German affair from 20-30 years ago. A woman was moderating a very famous show called "Das aktuelle Sportstudio". Now, one day she talked about Schalke. Only she didn't say "Schalke 04", she, buckle up, accidentally said "Schalke 05". She was fired after that

new football fan here from the us that has been watching your videos to learn more about the sport in general. it’s really awesome to see you talk about this. it can be really anxiety inducing to want to talk to other football fans that i see out and about but not know if they’ll judge because i’m a newbie + a woman

Equality not Equity - Essentially give the job to the best, most qualified person regardless of gender ID or genitalia. Simple.

My wife and daughter both love our team and my daughter now helps out at the club in a number of volunteer roles(as does my wife). Thankfully she hasn't had anything said to her(yet) but my wife has had comments about needing to "calm down" or "lower her voice" amd even watch her language for shouting at games. Despite the fact others around clearly do the same and use worse language. The guys don't get called out. There is a sad, subconscious sexism undertone at all levels of football. But today they will still be both at our game supporting our boys with passion. I hope you get to enjoy that part with your daughters, it's the best feeling.

I think the problem he had with that clip at the Etihad was the fact she said “3-1 on aggregate” when it was a group game. But he took it way over the top

I could have sworn i had balls but after i disagreed with joey barton I double checked and sure enough... gone, completely. I guess im not qualified to talk about the men's game anymore either.

Thank you for this. Haven’t experienced anything as nasty toward women online as some of the football spaces I’ve been in, and it’s so sad. We just want to have fun and admire the game the same as anyone else. Thanks for speaking up.

Thogden v Joey Barton sword fight would be a fantastic watch y’know.

Nice one Vizeh, dead straightforward. Barton himself doesn't really understand the meaning of what he's saying, and you broke it down to a level that anyone can get their head around it.

As a woman plays football and has followed the men’s game since I was a kid this was really lovely to watch. I love football as much as the next person (man or woman) but often find myself feeling like I don’t belong especially in an online space. Appreciate you speaking out

As a woman who happens to love both your videos and the sport, thank you for the maturity and sincerity of this video ❤️ It just blows me away instead of being united by something we all love, people choose to make everything into a needles petty fight. We really are the same in the end, I wish we’d all spend more time appreciating each other and less time fighting.

Massive thank you to what you have said, I grew up playing football started out in under 7 boys, I was the only female in the league i played until under 12 then went on to play the woman game. Those year playing boy’s football and taking the tackle help me develop my game and was able to play to a high standard. I currently work in the gym industry where my company is an official sponsor of England. We have gym competition like kick up challenge where I’ve come across men saying they can beat any woman so it was nice to prove them wrong. Football is for everyone. So thank you for standing up for us.

Honestly when it comes to this issue, there’s women that are good at their jobs, and bad at their jobs, the same way men are good at their jobs and bad at their jobs Saying someone isn’t good enough just based on their gender is reductive at best

Well said man, this kind of video style bringing these issues to light and handling them in an intellectual and respectful way, but with your personality shining through is a huge reason for your growth this year, best on YT right now. Congrats on 400K subs mate, keep smashing it

Anytime I think about how my life has not been great, even sad at points, I find solace in the fact that I am not Joey Barton. His existence is sadder than Marley and Me

Big respect for videos as such. Love both your fun content and the serious one. Its important to talk about this stuff.

2:55 I saw him keep tweeting pictures of dolls or action figures without any clothes on so that clears it up thanks 😂

I dream of the day St. Pauli make it into Europe because the sheer presence of their fans around these types of people are going to cause a few aneurysms.

Great video as always vizeh! Cheers mate!

It’s like saying just because someone can’t cook, that means they don’t have good taste in food.

All I want is people who understand what they are talking about in the sport. People may have incorrect information at times but that can be corrected (preferably with respect). I know commentating is not easy so props to even trying as it can test your nerves and takes experience to overcome. Same reason people aren't all streamers is because trying to fill the void and provide insight off the cuff tests your mental plasticity that only a few have mastered. Good video and glad this is being called out.

Great video as always mate. That's how you dismantle outdated pieces of sh*t. I'd love for you to make a video series about the most controversial comments by so-called "football experts".

As a woman that enjoys football, thank you for speaking up about this! And as a woman whose dad also loves football: Take your girls to the stadium! Also, don‘t fret when they lose interest in their teens! I did, because football wasn‘t really a girl‘s thing in my school, and I mostly hung out with other girls. But when I went to uni, I was able to rekindle my love for it. Just as a heads up!

Barton really salty he can’t get a job 😂😂

loving the content m8, seems like im watching all of it at the moment and 100% deserve 400k

Thanks so much for posting this video, Vizeh. I’m another fan of the channel who isn’t “one of the lads.” I think there are so many layers to this. I’ve seen people on Barton’s side defend his comments by saying “women can have their game… just leave ours alone.” This however ignores the fact that these same guys will shit on women’s football at every opportunity. This is something I don’t totally understand - the existence of the women’s game doesn’t take away from the men’s just as the Serena Williams’ success doesn’t undermine Roger Federer’s. The thing is - I agree that the average quality at the top of the women’s game is below the average at the top of the men’s game. But when you ask these guys to explore what that might be, all they can say is “just shit, innit?” The women’s game is a growing one - one that is arguably playing catch-up after too long being maligned, ignored or literally banned. If you want to just look at the football side of it - you can point to the comparative lack of investment in the game. But looking wider… I mean, girls as a whole aren’t usually encouraged to even enjoy watching football growing up … never mind playing, or pursuing it as a career. Girls that might have a natural talent for it may never be encouraged to kick a ball. That’s probably changing a bit, but it will be a while until we see young girls inspired by the success of the Lionesses come through the ranks and into the game. And men like Joey Barton will be there at every step of the way to make them feel unwelcome and less than, and undermine the women’s game at every turn. I was talking to a guy in the comments of a video where a guy was going on about how the stadiums at women’s games are only full because of the tickets being significantly cheaper than for men’s games. The same bloke was saying that his daughter plays and that her team were offered free or discounted tickets to watch England women. I mean, apart from the fact that having affordable tickets is a good strategy for anything or anyone looking to build a fanbase (up and coming musicians wouldn’t get far charging the same for gig tickets as as Beyoncé) and the fact that it is actually great that young fans getting the chance to see football for free is actually a really nice thing (!), I cannot believe that a grown man whose *own daughter* actually plays football was talking time out of his day to shit all over women’s football in a TikTok comments section. A TikTok comments section which was exacting the exact scrutiny that you talk about Vizeh, on a bad mistake made by Mary Earps in goal was like nothing they’d seen in the men’s game and how this was a reflection on the women’s game as a whole. You’d know even just from watching highlights of the men’s game that this isn’t true. I was a young Heart of Midlothian fan who enjoyed going to games with my dad, uncle and cousins back in the day. I lost touch with football as a grew older and was made to feel like there was no place for me in it. In my thirties now and pleased to say i’ve fallen back in love with the game (including the men’s game) via the welcoming environment provided by the WSL and the existence of things like LGBT+ supporters clubs showing that I do have a right to be there.

Well said brother, you always have a perfect mindset on these things.

Damn vizeh hit 4ook I remember u making videos on fifa and evn through the transition your humour towards your content has always made me a fan

Thank you for this video Lad! you said what you had to say and did it well👍

love the video and all you always impress me with how well you can talk about football topics (hope this sentence makes sense) but darn it man you gonna make me go broke every time I see a new video of yours you wear a football jersey that looks good and makes me wanna buy it like so many new jersey I never saw anyways hope you having a great day

There is a video where Ludovica Pagani, a female football giornalist, was hired and her job was to tell the position of the teams in the Serie A league...well she belivied that the amount of points of the team was the position,so Cagliari 1 point is first in the league, i believe that we also need to take in consideration examples like this one( sorry I'm Italian and my english isn't great)

Good stuff all around on this one, Viz.

God the pit in my stomach when I saw this vid pop up on the feed 😂 top man Vizeh class vid as always

I can’t lie Joey Barton is up there with one of the most interesting characters in football, some of the stories about him are wild

Love from 🇿🇦 Your amazing and always on point ❤

great video! love to see a level headed take on what should be a non issue lol

I'm not much for quotas and other bs. I prefer people get selected by merit for whatever it is. But honestly Barton's wrong about this as women definitely have earned their place in football and its important for all the daughters, and sons for that matter, out there to know that they may have a place in any space as long as they work hard for it. Amazing video!

After clearly checking and deep research, I do indeed have balls thanks mate

A lot of the arguments made by Barton kind of remind me of the hype around really good pro-footballers when they become managers, right before they flop. Lampard, Gerrard & Rooney for recent examples. There just seems to be this idea that the best knowledge is at the top level but while they can have good insights, a lot of people have the mind but not the athletic talent to reach the top level. Alongside this it's all new and a lot of people just hate change. Doesn't matter if it's better that it used to be, safer than it once was or allows the community to grow, some people will just assume it is for the worse. Over time the complainers will fade away and the next generation will come through having never really known life beforehand and to them it will be normal.

Fantastic video and well said, much love from Australia

I enjoy women’s football. To be completely honest I don’t like the way they make everything political with the statements made by some of the players outside of the pitch. Especially the US Women’s National Team. Another problem I see it very difficult to find the games on air. At least here in the US. Finally ball knowledge doesn’t depend on gender so being an analyst is free game as far as I’m concerned

And also......Santos got demoted to the second division.

yes, thats a very reasonable comment about the situation, things on social media can get kinda crazy sometimes.

This reminds me of the clip from the World Cup where the woman misspoke and said something like “X player has scored 5 goals with 3 shots” when she clearly meant the opposite and everyone shared it saying this is why women are bad for commentary. It’s a mistake people make everyday but online people will use it as an example

At the end of the day, I like that women are in soccer for the same reason I like the MLS and other smaller leagues. They may never be the best in the world, but it’s still the beautiful game.

Joey Barton referred to the racist murder of Anthony Walker, an 18 year old black teenager at the hands of his brother and cousin as a "scrap". Says it all really

Barton's right. And this isn't just prevalent in football, but all sports; there's an overwhelmingly unnecessary female presence in sports analytics, hosting and commentary positions to appease the social pressure of quota filling. Are ALL of them undeservingly in the position they're in? No. But a lot are. However I do feel a female can help balance out a talk show/panel scenario. They're often the voice of reason and the men usually settle down and check their ego IF she's a dominant presence. She has to be right person though; an underqualified female should never take the place of a qualified man and vise versa, which is Barton's entire point

This should be a series that he talks about things that are on his mind ❤

Joey Barton is a muppet. There are great female commentators, pundits and content creators. Plus, anyone that goes on Piers Morgan has lost it.

You need to do a video on reading just looking at the league tables and seen reading in the bottom three of league one

In this punditry, commentary industry there are going to be some males and females that people like and dislike, however trying to make it sound like all the males are perfect is nonsense when I want to put my head through a screen listening to Robbie Savage, Jermaine Jenas or Michael Owen

I completely agree with your opinion. Thank you for stating your opinion publicly. I really enjoyed your video.🙌🏻

So many things can be said to this. Well done for speaking your truth, throughout my life people always blame 'others' and it is the same excuse. Watching the women's world cup was actually brilliant and brought different elements to a sport I love. Can't believe we are living in a world where these clowns are given platforms. Keep it up mate and well done to Burnley for their recent win!

Its not like male pundits are these perfect people that should be taken as an authority. A vast majority are ridiculously tribal, overly reactionary and ridiculously entitled simply because they were a decent player

Yeah about that, everytime i speak an opinion that someone disagree with i hear the most expected reply "go back to the kitchen you're a women you don't understand this game its not for you" Don't feel anything anymore when i hear those comments about that i don't belong here because i heard it thousands of times...my dream was to be the first ever woman to be able to coach a professional men team and try to achieve something and enjoy the game, but yeah that's never gonna happen even if I had the brain of pep, klopp and sir Alex combined...the only chance i have to feel this is when I'm about to sleep and imagining a debut in the premier league 😅

kudos for speaking up man!

Hey Vizeh! HAPPY 400.000 🎉!

Thank you Vizeh, I saw the tweet the other day, very disrespectful to the Female Pundits. Here in the US so most of the Football Pundits are Female. My friend Jessica is the most knowledgeable football person I've ever met. She currently does a show on Sirius XM covering multiple leagues and is the color commentator for Charlotte FC. Jillian Sakovits, knew her as a Sideline Reporter for Atlanta United FC. She's the host of the Pre & Post Match show for MLS. Rebecca Lowe, a National Treasure for the US EPL Fan Hosts of Premier League Mornings on NBC. Met her at a Fan Event in Orlando Universal. She was so sweet.

Vizeh saying he doesnt have ball as his kids stand in the back💀

I do agree with some of what he said. I believe in the last 5 years some of them are there to "tick boxes" but the main issue is the majority just don't enjoy listening to them. They try and compare it to their game (which isn't anywhere near the same) but I think that's just they types they've got like Eniola Aluka is just awful in every way, and even Alex Scott who's pretty unbearable. Presenters like Kate Abdo and Lauren woods are fantastic and they always feel like they fit in more and don't have this me vs you mentality. In summary I think the presenter role is neural but when it comes to the pundits it should be the most relevant and that goes both ways a male footballer can not speak as well on a female game and vice versa

There should be a blind punditry test where a match report and analysis is written by a known male pundit and a known female pundit. Fans could compare the reports and analyses, vote on which is the more critical and thorough. The same could be repeated for a former pro vs a regular journalist.

Not Joey Barton trying to be a voice of reason 😂😂😂

As soon as someone uses the term woke to criticise i lose all respect for them

Get Stuntpeg a job at sky sports

One thing I will say, is that I do feel that men are expected to allow women access to male dominated areas and activities in a way that isn't reciprocated the other way around. Not necessarily talking about football here, but a few things whether it be sports, industries or careers for example. One memory that stands out was when I was in Cubs (traditionally for 9-11 year old boys or around there I believe) in the late 90's and early 2000's. One week, two girls joined us and I remember at the time we were all outraged at this. Eventually we got used to them, but the common feeling was why don't they do Brownies/Guides etc and ideally leave us to be boys? Different times.

we should be allowed to have women pundits in men's football absolutely (and men's pundits in women's). But I do agree with Joey Barton that women pundits are excessively used to tick boxes which results in lesser quality punditry than the male pundits who are there by virtue of their own credentials rather than what's between their legs (or not between their legs in this case)

I would have loved to have seen this guy play top level American football as I did, given we commit full assult and battery on each play.

i infact have a pair of bollocks but thanks for your concern vizeh 👍

Great video! Your comments towards the end about onlyfans creators making cross-over content within the football scene reminded me of this film called "A Very Curious Girl". It essentially calls out the hypocrisy of the men in a village who both lust after the protagonist as a sex worker while simultaneously wanting to expel her from the village. Blaming their desire and unfaithfulness on her. It's pathetic and incredibly immature

talk to em my guy, this sport is filled with little boys who get scared to hear a woman have an opinion.

StuntPegg is the best female footy content creator

Dont know how this will come across (hopefully positive) but if i meet women and football comes into the conversation i am happy to hear when they say they watch football, support x, y + z football team. I dont see why anyone, man or woman, young or old, white, black etc would be unallowed into a sporting conversation. If you're a human being and you enjoy something then the opinions of people who tar the whole for the few are irrelevant. There will unfortunately likely be sexists, racists, xenophobes etc for a very long time (human nature in othering people) so hopefully if people hear those opinions they won't be disheartened too much and enjoy the company and conversations with unhateful people.

It works both ways doesn't it. There are boxes to be ticked these days. The TV companies don't try to hide that. You have the likes of Kelly Coates, Kate Abdo, Karen Carney, Jules Breach, Laura Woods, Lucy Ward, who are all excellent presenters or pundits and are clearly where they are on merit. You do then have though the likes of Eni Aluko who is beyond terrible at punditry and Alex Scott who although not a terrible pundit is a terrible presenter, those two among others are clearly where they are because of box ticking.

In essence: "AHHH GRR WOMEN GRRR I'M SO ANGRY WOMEN HAVE COOTIES GRR!" *no seriously i really want a job at sky i am very unemployed*

If you ask me, i find myself disagreeing with a lot of the top pundits, such as Neville and Carragher.

Barton is right about some things

i love joey barton to bits because of when he played for us (burnley) but his comments was a bit strange

I can confirm I have balls

Women's football isn't on the same level as under 15s boys... Men just prefer to have men commenting on the games and have male pundit. It's the men's game for god sake, the women have there own game and should just stick.. Viewing figures showed on football focus that as soon as alex Scott joined they lost 2 million+ viewers and let's face most of them if not all would have been men 🤦‍♂️

Great Video! and of course he went on piers Morgan ffs lol

congrats on 400k subs

There is no problem with women in football, but if the women get hired simply because she's a woman, that is a big problem.

Joey still living in the Middle Ages and coming back to your question: Yes, I have balls 👍🏻

yep, he's bitter he couldn't get a job. that's what this boils down to. great video, love your work.

Could you please sort the volume because it sounds low.

Well I do think that some of the pundits or commentators that are women are not at the level that should be there in football but I do think that if anyone no matter what gender they are good enough they need to get in it, Laura woods and Kate abdo are the two best presenters in football in my opinion I do think that some of them aren’t and are part of the tokenism that is there in society, I think football is one of the best examples of people who are good enough regarding gender get in