Phil Neville

[Toast]

Reckon his arl fella Neville Neville is looking down, proper fuming he hasn't got the chance to go and hang round the birds changies.

 

[ToffeeTim]

Absolutely cringeworthy response from Kick it Out. All over a tweet with a silly kitchen joke from 6 years ago, yet utterly silent about a potential race incident on Mason Holgate almost 3 weeks ago. They're in a position to be such a force for good but are pandering to the snowflake political correct nonsense of the day.

It's no wonder Rio Ferdinand said what he did.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I'm less concerned about his tweets than his actual qualifications for the job.

He has never managed a national team, even a youth one. He's never managed a women's team or been involved in any way with womens football as far as I'm aware. Heck he has never even been anything other than an assistant coach and neither of those spells were particularly impressive.

Other than being able to point well how is he qualified?

 

[SteveSC]

I'm less concerned about his tweets than his actual qualifications for the job.

He has never managed a national team, even a youth one. He's never managed a women's team or been involved in any way with womens football as far as I'm aware. Heck he has never even been anything other than an assistant coach and neither of those spells were particularly impressive.

Other than being able to point well how is he qualified?

Yeah i can only imagine how much a kick in the teeth it is for those who have worked along time and earned their reputation in women's football to see this charlatan take the job.

 

[LEONARD]

Just discovered our new office manager has previously tweeted that,

'All scousers are thieving, moaning, in-breds'.

I've got no problem with this, and have every confidence in his objectivity and decency.

 

[Azzurri]

Just discovered our new office manager has previously tweeted that,

'All scousers are thieving, moaning, in-breds'.

I've got no problem with this, and have every confidence in his objectivity and decency.

Sounds like a bit of a knobhead, though.

 

[malfosse]

To me, it's imperative to contextualise the situation.
Are his tweets a window into his genuine thoughts towards women or are they humour based? Is he trying to be funny?
We've all been there where we've got the audience wrong with a joke. Whether that's because they are offended or they don't see the funny side and there is that awkward silence.
When Phil Neville wrote those tweets, his predominate audience was male I would imagine. There will have been some men that didn't find it funny but it's safe to predict at least 2000 people did find it amusing (retweets and likes).
He get's hired as the women's side and the audience retrospectively, and unfairly, changes. He now has lots of women on his account, trawling back (some no doubt angry about the fact a woman hasn't been hired as the women's coach) and what happens- he is judged as having sexist motives based on those tweets.
Surely it's more important to find out whether he is sexist rather than purely analysing the tweets.
If he was sexist, and he believes it's a man's game, why did he apply for the women's job?
For money? unlikely as we all know the disparity between the men's and women's game in relation to finance.
For the platform to then transition to the men's game? Personally, I can't think of one single person who has done the hard graft at women's level to then get an elevated job in the men's.
I would very much imagine Phil Neville is not sexist. Storm in a tea cup.

Poccethino briefly managed the Espanyol's ladies team before taking over the first team. I agree though, it's not the usual route.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Absolutely cringeworthy response from Kick it Out. All over a tweet with a silly kitchen joke from 6 years ago, yet utterly silent about a potential race incident on Mason Holgate almost 3 weeks ago. They're in a position to be such a force for good but are pandering to the snowflake political correct nonsense of the day.

It's no wonder Rio Ferdinand said what he did.

Wish they'd just cut to the chase and object because he's a smarmy bum kisser who was universally derided as a player.

 

[electricblue]

Unbelievable over the top reaction to what apparently was a joke he was having with his sister.

You literally cannot open your mouth in this multi media age without someone taking offence.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

Unbelievable over the top reaction to what apparently was a joke he was having with his sister.

You literally cannot open your mouth in this multi media age without someone taking offence.

He’s just become manager of a women’s football team. Do you seriously not see the problem?

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Unbelievable over the top reaction to what apparently was a joke he was having with his sister.

You literally cannot open your mouth in this multi media age without someone taking offence.

Golden rules of 2018: don't communicate with anyone, don't look at anyone and don't touch anyone. Ever.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

He’s just become manager of a women’s football team. Do you seriously not see the problem?

The ladies wanted some eye candy?

 

[sageyefc]

 

[electricblue]

He’s just become manager of a women’s football team. Do you seriously not see the problem?

Nope. It was a joke.

 

[ToffeeTim]

I'm less concerned about his tweets than his actual qualifications for the job.

He has never managed a national team, even a youth one. He's never managed a women's team or been involved in any way with womens football as far as I'm aware. Heck he has never even been anything other than an assistant coach and neither of those spells were particularly impressive.

Other than being able to point well how is he qualified?

This is the crux of the matter. The daft fake outrage about ancient tweets is actually taking away from the fact his credentials for being awarded the job are non existent. It's like he volunteered himself and no one at the FA had the guts to turn him down.