Women football managers?

The fact he lost the court case and had to pay her?

She raised the kid at the start. Me personally I would always look out for the baby mummas. It’s just the right thing to do in my eyes.

Some constructive comments there Wareham, and agree with most of what you say, however, where I do take issue is where you indicate society has progressed enough not to judge a person on their gender or skin colour or religion.

One other sector of society left out of this comment (and i don't think it's deliberate by you at all) is people with mental health issues and they are as deserving to an opinion as anyone of any colour, gender or religious belief, whether that fits with mainstream views or not.

It's a passionate subject personally speaking having worked in the mental health industry for over two decades, Iv'e seen people lose absolutely everything through addiction, depression and psychosis, and worked in every care setting imaginable, from low level supported living to psychiatric wards and secure hospitals for prisoners not suited to jail.

Having poured over hundreds of case notes for patients and read the histories, it is understandable how some people have adopted an attitude that mainstream society deems to be offensive, but without the background on that person the understanding or empathy isn't there.

I could spend hours typing about people iv'e supported who have murdered other people, who have to be watched 24 hours a day to avoid suicide attempts, people ending their lives with horrific cases of past abuse by men and women.

All very dramatic and seemingly moving further and further away from the original post, however this life experience has given an insight into how people discriminate based on an unpleasant experience, how damaged and unrepairable a human being can become because of the actions of another.

As someone who was not not mothered and homeless at 16, I could have ended up with an incredibly poor opinion of women per se and become a mysoginist, fortunately I was able to work through this and I'm now the only male in a house of five of us, albeit two being dogs! Although I don't agree with such extreme views I can understand the build up towards feeling that way knowing what some people have endured, particularly in the critically important first ten years of life.  

After working in the mental health sector for so long it gives a sense of perspective and understanding towards those who are misunderstood and to defend people who are lambasted by people who are fortunate enough to have had real grounding with a loving and protective childhood to face life's challenges.

For those who have commented negatively on this ladies appointment I don't know who they are in person, but there is sure to be a reason why they feel like this, and as Percy has said  ''You can have any opinion you want, you can also be called out or laughed at because of them'', this to me smacks of hypocrisy because those making the comments could may well have a history of abuse by women.

An emotionally intelligent way to respond is to ask the person who made such a comment why they feel the way they do towards females, but of course society doesn't work like that in the main and instead we are a society that calls out people who think differently to the way that media has driven and manipulated society.

The bottom line is, I doubt anyone knows the people personally who have such strong negative opinions of women. Nor would they know the reasons why, they too could have been abandoned at birth.

Rather than ridicule and lambast such people it makes more sense to get an understanding of WHY they feel the way they do, because 99 times out of a 100 humans are not comfortable being consumed with hate or prejudice. There is plenty of room to educate and be educated where this is concerned. 

Year on year the rate of male suicides in the UK is on the increase, check the depressing figures, 115 people a week are ending their lives, 75% of these are men, society should be ashamed of these grim figures, it makes me sick to think men are silenced in this world and chose death over life and leave the world alone and empty.

It's totally unacceptable and makes for grim reading, it's the white elephant in the room that no one is talking about, its BLM, Pride, Stop Oil protesters and any other organisation constantly regurgitated by the media that is discussed the most.

Who are defending or at least trying to understand men who are mentally out at sea? No one as far as I can see.     

I'm sure Percy and others won't lose any sleep by popping at people who disagree with others mysoginist views, but like everything in life there are plenty of grey areas and this world is crying out for a bit of empathy, understanding and emotional intelligence. 

Over and out from me on this one now I think, all too close to home and living with ADHD means ive spent too long thinking this through and lost focus on other plans for today, standard behaviour with this condition!

Anyway, if you are reading this as a man who has a dim view on women, talk to someone about it, work through it, there is always someone to show empathy and understanding, women should be celebrated as the human beings we are not looked at with such negativity, help is there if you need and want to work through this way of thinking and communicating, otherwise you will always have people on you who won't care for your reasons or history. UTG. 

I actually never said I was against female managers. I just don’t respect Vince and the hero worship he receives. I’m sure one day a lady can do much better at the gas than some of the absolute tosh we’ve had here in the last two decades!

Thanks Quartered, it must have taken some time to write that and I found it interesting. Thanks. 👍
Just a few comments in reply:
Progress has been made in lots of equality issues, racism, equal rights, etc. Is it perfect? No of course it isn’t but it is far better than than it was 20 years ago, 40 years ago. But I do feel that a white, middle aged, now retired man like me is never the best person to talk about what things are like for those who have faced far worse than me. I bow to their experience and knowledge of those things. In mental health you may well be right and that things have not kept up over the past few years but I’m not sure that we can blame Dale Vince for that! 

Secondly, I don’t know what a lot of that is to do with what I said about FGR appointing a female as head coach in an interim role!

You have an expertise but I’m not sure that no one is looking out for men who “are mentally all at sea.” I guess a topic for another thread.

UTG!

There is no "if" you doughnut. It has come in. FGR literally have a woman managing their men's football team currently. Hence the thread.
Also, you should surely be aware, there are already many men managing in women's football. Gareth Taylor at Man City should be a recognisable name to you    and Phil Neville had a stint managing England FFS 

I trust you will stop going for good.. or are you just full of it?  (this is a rhetorical question - I already know the answer BTW  )

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I have absolutely nothing against woman's football, I watch it sometimes, Its better than I thought, I just don't like the sound of this, I can't be the only one that thinks like this surly

Will it be mixed teams next, that's my worry