{"id":142042,"date":"2023-10-05T12:44:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=142042"},"modified":"2023-10-05T12:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T12:44:35","slug":"kevin-keegan-not-keen-on-listening-to-ladies-talk-about-mens-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/sport\/kevin-keegan-not-keen-on-listening-to-ladies-talk-about-mens-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Keegan not keen on listening to ladies talk about men&apos;s football"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Kevin Keegan is called a &#8216;1970s icon for a reason&#8217; as he faces furious backlash for saying he has &#8216;a problem&#8217; with female pundits talking about the men&#8217;s game<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Keegan does not like listening to female pundits commentating men&#8217;s game<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He believes &#8216;lady footballers pundits&#8217; don&#8217;t have same experience as the men<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Keegan insisted he remains behind the development of women&#8217;s football\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Kevin Keegan was branded a relic of the 1970s today after he admitted:\u00a0<span>&#8216;I don\u2019t like to listen to ladies talking about the England men\u2019s team&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The former footballer and manager, 72, said he has a &#8216;problem&#8217; with female pundits discussing men&#8217;s football at a live event in the West Country.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-England and Newcastle United manager, who also enjoyed a glittering career as a player, has sparked criticism &#8211; although he admitted himself &#8216;it may not be a view shared&#8217; by others and said some women pundits were better than the men.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking<span>\u00a0to an audience of approximately 250 people in Bristol who attended\u00a0<\/span><span>An Evening With Kevin Keegan OBE, he\u00a0<\/span><span>said he did not like listening to &#8216;an England lady footballer&#8217; providing analysis of\u00a0<\/span>Gareth Southgate<span>&#8216;s team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I\u2019m not as keen, I\u2019ve got to be honest, and it may not be a view shared,&#8217; he said. &#8216;I don\u2019t like to listen to ladies talking about the England men\u2019s team at the match because I don\u2019t think it\u2019s the same experience.\u00a0 I have a problem with that.&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;If I see an England lady footballer saying about England against Scotland at Wembley and she\u2019s saying, &#8220;If I would have been in that position I would have done this&#8221;, I don\u2019t think it\u2019s quite the same,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Fans and pressure groups have slammed him, even though\u00a0he did not criticise any individuals such as Alex Scott, Eni Aluko and Karen Carney, who regularly present, commentate and analyse the men&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p><span>Women in Football, who campaign for\u00a0change in attitudes to women working in football, said:\u00a0&#8216;There is more than one reason why Kevin Keegan is seen as an icon of the 1970s&#8217;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/12\/76182509-12596655-image-a-28_1696505889660.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"631\"><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Keegan has extraordinarily claimed he has &#8216;a problem&#8217; with female pundits talking about England&#8217;s men team<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/00\/76180193-12595309-Keegan_said_he_did_not_think_women_s_pundits_were_in_a_position_-a-37_1696460634517.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keegan said he did not think women&#8217;s pundits were in a position to commentate on their male colleagues, particularly at international level. Alex Scott is arguably the most famous\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/01\/76182525-12595309-Keegan_insisted_some_women_pundits_were_better_than_their_male_c-a-170_1696464427192.jpg\" height=\"399\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>However, Keegan insisted some women pundits were better than their male counterparts<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/05\/13\/76202235-12596655-image-a-32_1696507290351.jpg\" height=\"142\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Women in Football were among the critics<\/p>\n<p><span>The 72-year-old insisted his view was not intent to belittle women&#8217;s football and women&#8217;s pundits &#8211; but some have argued otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The presenters we have now, some of the girls are so good, they are better than the guys. It\u2019s a great time for the ladies,&#8217; he said, according to The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It is a great time for the ladies\u2019 game. When I was England manager [from February 1999 to October 2000], I went to coach the England ladies and I had this perception of what the quality would be like and they were so much better than I thought they were going to be.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I joined in and then I thought, &#8220;I\u2019m getting out of this&#8221;. I couldn\u2019t get the bloody ball and one of them nutmegged me, that finished me off.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>He also singled out BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan for praise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;There are some very, very good lady presenters and I\u2019m working with one in two days\u2019 time, Terry Yorath\u2019s daughter, Gabby [Logan],&#8217; he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, he claimed women pundits were not in a position to commentate on men&#8217;s football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don\u2019t think it crosses over that much.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The former Manchester City and Newcastle manager also accused modern pundits of &#8216;talking too much&#8217; and suggested analysts of his generation were no longer wanted by broadcasters.<\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;I worked with Brian Moore, who was the best. At a World Cup final he would say, &#8220;Kevin, don\u2019t talk too much, let the pictures do the talking&#8221;,&#8217; he said..\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;A lot of the pundits now talk too much. Don\u2019t keep talking, talking, talking. They don\u2019t want people like us any more, our day is gone, it\u2019s time for the next generation.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/22\/76179711-0-Keegan_singled_out_BBC_Sport_presenter_Gabby_Logan_for_praise_in-a-5_1696455904647.jpg\" height=\"451\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Keegan\u00a0singled out BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan for praise in his speech<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/sportsnews\/article-12596655\/Kevin-Keegan-England-manager-female-pundits-mens-game.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kevin Keegan is called a &#8216;1970s icon for a reason&#8217; 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