Women’s football

Technically and tactically, the England women's team are miles ahead of where they were just a few years ago.

I've seen some of a few of the recent England games on TV and have been entertained as well as seeing some good play.

You don't get as many shots belted into the top corner from 30 yards (and I don't think the England team even attempted a shot from outside the box against Austria the other night) and the pace and power isn't the same, but the game has improved in leaps and bounds in recent years. Very refreshing to see an almost complete absence of shithousery and other cynical cheating as well. The referees do seem to allow a lot of 'tactical' fouls in midfield, however.

Quoted from male private Nale

A few years ago the women’s World Cup winning side (USA) got beat 5-2 by some US club’s under 16 boys team. Just goes to show the massive gap between the sexes.

Women’s football is good for the girls but Jesus Christ it’s a turgid affair. However the main stream media have an agenda to elevate it to the same heights as the men’s game as you can see on SLY sports and BBC

Didn't realise that the  USA women's team got beat by some boys team. Thanks for the information.

Your right about the mainstream media trying to elevate the women's game but it will never get the same kudos as the men's I feel for reasons already outlined eg biological.

By the way if you have the time and money check out some of the women's boxing. Some of the top fights now are cracking affairs. I bought for the first time a women's boxing fight which for the first time ever headlined the boxing iconic Madison Square garden in the USA. It was between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. Really good fight and to be fair I actually enjoyed it more than the recent Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte fight again which I paid for. I note there is another big women's fight coming up in September when Britons Savannah Marshall will challenge Claressa Shields for the undisputed middleweight championship at the O2 Arena in London on 10 September. Had I been in the country eg on holiday at that time I would of definitely watched and payed for that as well .

All this talk about women's football is blown out of all proportion. It is a third-rate product with just a tiny bit of skill.
Big crowds etc are nothing more than a flash in the pan for curiosity's sake.

Let's settle it once and for all. England ladies (full strength) v England men (full strength). Winner takes all.
Would be interesting to see the score, any guesses.

I think at least 0-12 probably more

Quoted from Rick12

Didn't realise that the under 16s USA women's team got beat by some boys team. Thanks for the information.

Your right about the mainstream media trying to elevate the women's game but it will never get the same kudos as the men's I feel for reasons already outlined eg biological.

By the way if you have the time and money check out some of the women's boxing. Some of the top fights now are cracking affairs. I bought for the first time a women's boxing fight which for the first time ever headlined the boxing iconic Madison Square garden in the USA. It was between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano. Really good fight and to be fair I actually enjoyed it more than the recent Tyson Fury v Dillian Whyte fight again which I paid for. I note there is another big women's fight coming up in September when Britons Savannah Marshall will challenge Claressa Shields for the undisputed middleweight championship at the O2 Arena in London on 10 September. Had I been in the country eg on holiday at that time I would of definitely watched and payed for that as well .

No mention of women’s u16 team I was referring to the adult women’s World Cup winning side.

Quoted from male private Nale

No mention of women’s u16 team I was referring to the adult women’s World Cup winning side.

Apologies  now ammended in my earlier post .

I do think womens football would get less stick if there was less of the weird propaganda that goes with the coverage.

There’s no need to spend most of the coverage explaining why people have to like it. There’s no need to keep comparing it to the mens game, we don’t do just in any other sports but there seems to be a need in this? The two will never compare in quality, that’s absolutely fine, why is there a need to pretend otherwise? Also no need for a 3hr morning show on Sky Sports News. I heard constantly how Old Trafford sold out and how that shows it’s up there with the mens game, then they weirdly hid that 9k showed up last night at £10 a ticket.

Enjoy it for what it is and embrace the fact it’s growing at a decent rate but don’t alienate people with nonsense along the way.

Quoted from Heisenberg

The women’s game is clearly growing, and it’s awesome that so
many girls play, but all the hype about the pro game is OTT. Yes, the Euros will be a success, but if the tickets cost what they do for the men’s game, the stadiums would be a bit more sparse.

You’ll notice on tv there is a trend to big-up the women’s game at the expense of the men’s, but these are different days where the BBC’s priorities are 100% PC, rather than giving the public what they actually want.

The BBC promote it because they have the rights to broadcast it.  Why is the hype OTT?

Quoted from Morris Minor

All this talk about women's football is blown out of all proportion. It is a third-rate product with just a tiny bit of skill.
Big crowds etc are nothing more than a flash in the pan for curiosity's sake.

Let's settle it once and for all. England ladies (full strength) v England men (full strength). Winner takes all.
Would be interesting to see the score, any guesses.

I think at least 0-12 probably more

What a ridiculous post.  That’s like saying Martina Navratilova or Serena Williams aren’t as good a tennis players as Djokovic or similar because he’d always beat them in a game.  It doesn’t mean they aren’t great sports women and worth watching.  

I like the fact that there's 99% less diving, rolling around on the floor and gobbing off to the ref than you'll find in any men's game so I'm more than happy to watch it with my daughter, its a better example for the young 'uns.  
  
Even at the top level though I personally find women's football boring to watch. And I love Rugby Union so that's saying something.

I’ve seen a few comments saying the gamesmanship and ‘cheating’ isn’t as prevalent, May be so but then the vast sums of cash available to winners and the sheer levels of scrutiny aren’t attached to the ladies game…yet.

Comparing the two is silly though, much like comparing MLS with the premier league. They’re different in many ways. The women that play for England are the best in their field, to compare them to Harry Kane is ridiculous though. If you want to compare you have to also take in to account the investment, medical care, sports psychology, training, coaching and so on…Kane should be better.

Over time I’d imagine the strength of players will increase, some of the longer range passing I’ve seen and shooting from distance has been a bit excrement and like u16s football but with all those things we know improved the end game 30 years ago, the same will happen.

For me it’s like rugby, I don’t understand the differences but there are plenty and some like one and not the other, it’s the same. Mens and women’s football is football but they’re different and I choose to watch one over the other.

Of course the BBC hype it up, it’s about the only thing they can show these days…