Women's World Cup 2023

Quoted from codcheeky

Think the days of regular thumping for teams have passed, the quality for every team has increased considerably,

You can’t have watched the Zambia game then, they’re atrocious. Overall, the quality is still very low.

I watched the England game and the standard isn't great tbh but as a stand alone event it's quite entertaining. It's a bit like watching an England C mens world cup I'd guess ?

flipping hell ... The ref blew early , realised her error , re started the game and blew 5 seconds later .... That's just poor in a world cup

3 points and will get better.  Haiti have pace, skill and considerable threat on breakaway attacks.  Should have scored late on to make it 1-1.

[quote=259]The angry gammons are out in force with their red crosses on this thread!

Looking forward to seeing how our Lionesses fair after the euros. Would be nice to knock the yanks off their perch![/quote]

Explain please?

Quoted from rancido

Sadly this kind of thread brings out the views from some individuals who don't like or resent the Intrusion of women into bastions of male dominated sports. They seem to think it's ok for women to participate in "traditional" female sports like hockey, netball and to some degree tennis. Once you mention women in traditional male dominated sports, like football, rugby and cricket it becomes " inferior" or not for them. The standards and way it is played should be judged by how it is, without any comparisons to the male version.

Utter nonsense. It is the women's game that tries to compare itself to the men's not the other way around. (see the Orange ad posted earlier).

I agree it shouldn't be compared. They are two different sports. Enjoying both or one or the other should be fine without comments like "Sadly this kind of thread brings out the views from some individuals who don't like or resent the Intrusion of women into bastions of male dominated sports. They seem to think it's ok for women to participate in "traditional" female sports like hockey, netball and to some degree tennis."

I don't think I've read one comment on this thread saying women shouldn't be allowed to play football or any sport. However, you back up my point that if you don't watch women's football you are somehow misogynistic.

If you enjoy watching the Women's World Cup then great. Comment on it as you would any football match "England didn't play well but got the win", "Good first win for England" etc. There is no need to add comments about how men who don't watch it are against women's sport. I don't see how such comments further the support for the women's game.

Quoted from Azimuth

[quote=259]The angry gammons are out in force with their red crosses on this thread!

Looking forward to seeing how our Lionesses fair after the euros. Would be nice to knock the yanks off their perch!

Explain please?[/quote]

I am frankly astounded that a request for an explantion into "angry gammons" has recieved so many red crosses but no explanation, I ask again, a simple explantion to the following questions.

What is a angry Gammon?
Why would a "Gammon" be so angry about this thread?
Are you suggesting that "Angry Gammons" dont like or are against the Womens world cup?
If you are making a political point with your Gammon comment at least back it up with some factsI mean surely there are sexists from all sides of the political spectrum just as there are Racists and other narrow minded individuals.

If you are making a statment please at least back it up with some facts!
The very word "Gammon" used in certain context can be seen as devisive, racist or hate speech.

The red crosses to this post will probably say more about you than you care to admit.

Quoted from Azimuth

Explain please?

I am frankly astounded that a request for an explantion into "angry gammons" has recieved so many red crosses but no explanation, I ask again, a simple explantion to the following questions.

What is a angry Gammon?
Why would a "Gammon" be so angry about this thread?
Are you suggesting that "Angry Gammons" dont like or are against the Womens world cup?
If you are making a political point with your Gammon comment at least back it up with some factsI mean surely there are sexists from all sides of the political spectrum just as there are Racists and other narrow minded individuals.

If you are making a statment please at least back it up with some facts!
The very word "Gammon" used in certain context can be seen as devisive, racist or hate speech.

The red crosses to this post will probably say more about you than you care to admit.


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Gammon simply means red faced, which is what angry people are said to display.

Care to name the context you refer to that makes it racist or hate speech?

I'm intrigued.

Quoted from MarinerMal

Utter nonsense. It is the women's game that tries to compare itself to the men's not the other way around. (see the Orange ad posted earlier).

I agree it shouldn't be compared. They are two different sports. Enjoying both or one or the other should be fine without comments like "Sadly this kind of thread brings out the views from some individuals who don't like or resent the Intrusion of women into bastions of male dominated sports. They seem to think it's ok for women to participate in "traditional" female sports like hockey, netball and to some degree tennis."

I don't think I've read one comment on this thread saying women shouldn't be allowed to play football or any sport. However, you back up my point that if you don't watch women's football you are somehow misogynistic.

If you enjoy watching the Women's World Cup then great. Comment on it as you would any football match "England didn't play well but got the win", "Good first win for England" etc. There is no need to add comments about how men who don't watch it are against women's sport. I don't see how such comments further the support for the women's game.

If you look at my post I never said men don't want women to participate, merely that ' some individuals' resent it's intrusion into traditional male sports.
There have been many posts on this site, when women's football is mentioned, that have called it inferior, poor quality and not worth watching. That surely must be a comparison to the men's game?

I think the continued comparisons, albeit usually done by media types or fans with nothing else to say don’t help the game at all.

Whilst the fundamentals are the same, the game isn’t. One has had over a 100 years to establish itself and in many places has obscene amounts of cash thrown at it, the other is still regarded as being in its infancy.

There’s clearly a double standard within the game and regardless of FIFAs alleged dedication to inclusion and equal opportunities etc, it’s clear they don’t really value the Women’s World Cup. Media companies certainly don’t, nor do Nike it would appear…

Personally, I haven’t seen any of it, for various reason but mainly because I’m not that interested, the same reasons I didn’t want the u21s tournament. Not because I’m some weird misogynist but because I haven’t. If the women’s game can get more girls and kids into football, that can only be a good thing.