Ok, maybe I should alter that statement. Its not a personnal attack on her, simply the way that she has been promoted there. I think that it would be very naive of anybody to think that she has taken exactly the same route as any other PL assistant to the top. I'm not saying that she is a sack of sh*t and should not be there, I', simply saying, that if she was not a woman, then I doubt that she would have got to where she is as quickly. I suppose its a form of 'positive sexism'. I just don't see it fair that you have men on the panel who have worked very hard for a long time to get there, when Sian, a woman, shows potential of a god official, and is promoted much much quicker than any of her male colleagues.
In the same way, I don't think women should be allowed to officiate in the professional men's game anyway, not when women are not allowed to play. I know the flip side is that men are allowed to referee women, but in an ideal world, I wouldn't have that either.
And yes, of course she is a fellow referee, and if it came to an argument where it was her, as a referee against some other issue etc, then obviously I would support her. I am just against the process by which she has reached where she is, wich is obviously through no fault of her own.
lol.