For fucks sake, these sort of people really get on my tits.
They want the exposure, they want parity with the men’s game financially, if nobody took an interest that would be fucking wrong too.
If its one person that’s not got any sort of bigoted or biased agenda it’s Ian Wright.
Why does gender even come into it, I don’t sit there every game and bemoan the space that female presenters take up on the men’s game.
Historical side bar - the term “Suffragette” was introduced by the Daily Mail as an insulting twist on “Suffragist” to differentiate women who campaigned violently for the vote from suffragists who believed in a peaceful campaign.
The -ette suffix was meant to make them out to be silly little girls who didn’t deserve the attention they were getting.
Instead the Daily Mail accidently introduced an iconic term in the struggle for the women’s rights that they (obviously) opposed
Eni Eluko is a fucking idiot. Ian Wright is probably the worst example she could have chosen in terms of a male who is of detriment to the female game. Did he not sign an autograph for her or something?
Wrighty must be hurt by her comments, especially given she works with him. Even just watching Wrighty on podcasts and football shows, you know he’s the nicest person, very honest, cares about others and is very respectful. So for someone who has worked with him for sometime now to come out and say that, must really hurt.