Rodgers’ “good girl” to a blistering BBC journalist

Brendan Rodgers (51), coach of Glasgow Rangers He made inappropriate comments on Sunday, after his team’s victory over Motherwell (1-3), to a journalist from BBC who interviewed him on the pitch. “Good girl,” he said before leaving without wanting to answer the question.

It all happened like this: Jane Lewis asked the coach how he saw the title race. Leaders Rangers have two points ahead of Celtic, who are second in the Scottish Premier League. And Rodgers replied that “history has been written about this group, but we’re going to write our own history.” When Lewis asked for “a little bit of information” about what he meant, Rodgers replied: “No, no, you know what I mean.” And he finished by saying “good girl, well done” before walking away.

Rodgers told the media on Tuesday that he found it “sad” to be accused of sexism. I talked to Jane and she wasn’t hurt, we laughed about it. “She will keep asking me uncomfortable questions, I’m sure, I see her every week and we have a good relationship,” said Rodgers, who however could not avoid criticism from ‘The Scottish Feminist Network’ and ‘For Women Scotland’, which asked him to clarify what he meant by ‘good girl’?

“Rodgers’ comment is encouraging other football fans to behave in a similar way, degrading the women they work with or spend time with. It needs to stop. Jane Lewis is just doing her job, trying to get an explanation from to Brendan Rodgers about his cryptic comment. That the usual attitude of a coach of a winning team is condescension is very enlightening but really very depressing in 2024. We thought the dinosaurs were gone,” said a speaker for the first group.

For Women Scotland said: “It is sad that casual sexism is still entrenched in sport. Women’s achievements are belittled and dismissed, and their professional status undermined. Rodgers owes the club a apology. journalist”.