Soccer pundits give their backing for Graeme Souness after he mentioned robust match was ‘a person’s sport’
- Graeme Souness, 69, acquired backlash for describing soccer as ‘man’s sport’
- This got here as he commentated on Sky Sports activities following a 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham
- In the course of the match there was an offended confrontation between the 2 managers
- Piers Morgan backed him, saying we have been speaking about ‘the ladies’s sport’
Broadcasters have sprung to the defence of Graeme Souness after the previous Liverpool star sparked a social media backlash by describing a soccer match as ‘a person’s sport’.
Souness, 69, was commenting on Sky Sports activities on Sunday following a fiery 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham.
The Premier League match at Stamford Bridge featured onerous tackles and resulted in an offended confrontation between the managers – with each proven purple playing cards.
Analysing the sport, Sportsmail columnist Souness declared: ‘It is a man’s sport abruptly once more.
Graeme Souness, 69, was commenting on Sky Sports activities on Sunday following a fiery 2-2 draw between Chelsea and Tottenham
The Premier League match at Stamford Bridge resulted in an offended confrontation between the managers
‘I feel we have got our soccer again, as I’d take pleasure in soccer – males at it, blow for blow, and the referee letting them get on with it.’
TV host Piers Morgan backed him, stating: ‘Now we have all spent the previous few weeks speaking about ‘the ladies’s sport’.’
TalkSPORT presenter Simon Jordan mentioned: ‘A person describing a sport that includes males cannot apparently use the phrase ‘males’ along with a sport that featured solely males? Are we shedding context right here?’
TV host Piers Morgan backed Souness in a tweet, stating: ‘Now we have all spent the previous few weeks speaking about ‘the ladies’s sport”
Souness mentioned he regretted ‘not a phrase’, and broadcasters mentioned it was fallacious to criticise remarks a few match between ‘two groups of males’.
He instructed talkSPORT radio yesterday: ‘We have to watch out what we are saying, and I’ve not been superb at that, however we have been changing into like different leagues.
‘The refs have been blowing the whistle on a regular basis, the sport did not circulation and it simply wasn’t an excellent watch. Our sport has… all the time been extra meaty, extra in our face, extra intense and we have got away from that.
‘Yesterday… I mentioned we have got our sport again. That is the sort of soccer I keep in mind taking part in. Our league will probably be higher for it.’
Souness made the remarks whereas working as a pundit for Sky Sports activities
Chloe Kelly celebrating after she scored the profitable purpose for England within the Euros remaining. Her teammate Beth England tweeted that Souness’ remark was disgraceful
Final night time he added: ‘I used to be referring to 2 Premier League matches I watched on Sunday somewhat than the game of soccer. Soccer is a sport for everybody to take pleasure in.’
Souness had been within the Sky studio with Karen Carney, who performed 144 video games for England, and his phrases triggered criticism from different girls’s soccer stars.
Euro 2022 winner Beth England tweeted: ‘What a disgraceful factor to say after the summer season this nation has simply seen.’
Ex-England worldwide Eniola Aluko mentioned: ‘Graeme Souness speaking about ‘it is a man’s sport once more’ sat subsequent to an England centurion, Karen Carney, two weeks after the Lionesses finish a 56-year wait and win European Championships. Come on. It is not okay.’
