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I don't think the majority would dismiss it on the grounds of sexism - not on this forum anyway - but with all due respect you'd have to be blind to be unable to see the issues with that sort of appointment. The stigma alone that would exist from sections of the fanbase and more importantly the dressing room itself would be enough to kill it dead in quick time. We can pretend this wouldn't be the case but it'd be incredibly naive; your heart may be in the right place but you're not in that dressing room. Even in some of the examples you mention, women in positions of power in ordinary jobs are constantly fighting an uphill battle to command respect despite them being more than qualified to do their job; imagine that in football.I’m actually slightly horrified by the reaction to the Emma Hayes suggestion. Can I just say that if you’re dismissing it, or ‘liking’ posts dismissing it, then it says a hell of a lot more about you than it does Emma Hayes or any other female manager. There was a time when a foreign manager managing in England would have seemed abhorrent. Explain to me what it is that makes women incapable of managing a team of men? Happens all the time in the workplace…are they devoid of tactical nous? Player management? Do they not understand how to set up technical training? I’m genuinely fascinated why a woman can’t do it, please enlighten me. And if it’s just that “it’s never been done before” then fuck me, let’s never introduce any change whatsoever. Let’s go back to kicking a pigs bladder around a field with no offsides and 16 players on a team.
My rating is set to take a battering here I’m sure but I don’t care.
The women's game is also a different thing entirely. It's no different to people having reservations about someone like Ange Postecoglou because he's managed in crap leagues that are nowhere near the quality of the Premier League. If those criticisms are valid there then they're equally valid for someone like Emma Hayes.