| England women’s team 21:58 - Jul 4 with 14582 views | stowmarketrange |
Anyone else going to Zurich tomorrow night?We are sat behind one of the goals in section B11,and although I’ll be wearing an England shirt rather than a QPR one,I’ll be waving my QPR flag,especially if Chloe comes on.
Come on England. |  | | |  |
| England women’s team on 08:44 - Jul 19 with 1033 views | Spaghetti_Hoops |
| England women’s team on 23:35 - Jul 18 by SydneyRs |
It isn't natural though because you don't see people doing this about any other sport that women play. |
Of course you do. |  | | |
| England women’s team on 08:48 - Jul 19 with 1010 views | GaryBannister86 |
| England women’s team on 08:39 - Jul 19 by JamesB1979 |
I like watching England women’s team and will watch their games. But, I watch female athletes, tennis players, the rugby side, gymnasts and I’m a bit in awe of way they perform and levels they reach. For example the power the tennis shots are hit and the accuracy, any of the gymnast routines and the hits in the rugby…….I don’t quite get so impressed with women’s football. That’s not comparing it to men’s, it’s just when I compare to other women’s sports. The goal keeping is still very poor and I don’t understand why as an example. Players like Bronze and James are some exceptions, with power and skill they have. But it’s a minority for me. |
I think that's an interesting and well-balanced comment for the debate - although what I would say is that there are far better female teams and players than this current England side and the form they are showing at the moment. I thought that Swedish striker was excellent, for example.
It's a bit like the England women's cricket team right now. They are not playing well and if you were to watch them you may make the same comments about women's cricket and cricketers. But then if you watch the Aussie women cricketers, you can't (sadly) fail to be impressed by their skills, standards, fitness, athleticism. |  | | |
| England women’s team on 09:21 - Jul 19 with 928 views | ngbqpr |
| England women’s team on 08:39 - Jul 19 by JamesB1979 |
I like watching England women’s team and will watch their games. But, I watch female athletes, tennis players, the rugby side, gymnasts and I’m a bit in awe of way they perform and levels they reach. For example the power the tennis shots are hit and the accuracy, any of the gymnast routines and the hits in the rugby…….I don’t quite get so impressed with women’s football. That’s not comparing it to men’s, it’s just when I compare to other women’s sports. The goal keeping is still very poor and I don’t understand why as an example. Players like Bronze and James are some exceptions, with power and skill they have. But it’s a minority for me. |
I'd argue that in sports like tennis, gymnastics, track & field etc etc, there's been far less of a gender gap to bridge in terms of visibility on TV, access to top coaching, and role models for young girls to aspire to.
50 odd years ago, the likes of Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci, Chris Evert, Billie Jean King, Mary Peters, Renate Stecher etc etc were global icons...which inspired the greats who followed them.
Women's football (and cricket, rugby) had nothing even remotely approaching that til literally the last decade or so...and even now, has to deal with way more negativity than those other (primarily individual) sports.
It's a long, slow process - but having coached girls football for 20 years, it's a very welcome one - and much as Barton & co may not like it, the presence of female pundits, commentators etc (and yes, even letting them talk about the blokes playing) is a vital part of that package in making young female footballers feel energised enough to keep prodding that glass ceiling. |  |
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| England women’s team on 09:26 - Jul 19 with 895 views | JamesB1979 |
| England women’s team on 09:21 - Jul 19 by ngbqpr |
I'd argue that in sports like tennis, gymnastics, track & field etc etc, there's been far less of a gender gap to bridge in terms of visibility on TV, access to top coaching, and role models for young girls to aspire to.
50 odd years ago, the likes of Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci, Chris Evert, Billie Jean King, Mary Peters, Renate Stecher etc etc were global icons...which inspired the greats who followed them.
Women's football (and cricket, rugby) had nothing even remotely approaching that til literally the last decade or so...and even now, has to deal with way more negativity than those other (primarily individual) sports.
It's a long, slow process - but having coached girls football for 20 years, it's a very welcome one - and much as Barton & co may not like it, the presence of female pundits, commentators etc (and yes, even letting them talk about the blokes playing) is a vital part of that package in making young female footballers feel energised enough to keep prodding that glass ceiling. |
Yeah agree but that wasn’t really my point. I’m just giving my view on how I see it today. With the exposure the game gets now, it will improve and that’s a good thing. | | | |
| England women’s team on 09:49 - Jul 19 with 840 views | ted_hendrix |
I've watched snippets of Women's football, It's never done anything for me the bottom line being If England make the final whenever that Is I won't be watching It.
I did watch the highlights against Sweden the other night and although It's got nothing to do with the football the commentator was absolutely dreadful, screaming at the top of her voice every time England had a shot or nearly had a shot, I cant put up with that.
I've looked at Women's football on more than one occasion not to make a judgement but with the Intention of seeing what It's like, the result being a complete shrug of the shoulders. |  |
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| England women’s team on 09:53 - Jul 19 with 824 views | Sonic_Hoop |
You can't compare it to the men's game in England; fashion spreads in magazines, advertising beauty products on TV, the objectification of celebrity footballers, the soap-operaesque reporting etc.
Let's hope that doesn't infect the women's game too. |  | | |
| England women’s team on 10:28 - Jul 19 with 744 views | numptydumpty |
| England women’s team on 09:49 - Jul 19 by ted_hendrix |
I've watched snippets of Women's football, It's never done anything for me the bottom line being If England make the final whenever that Is I won't be watching It.
I did watch the highlights against Sweden the other night and although It's got nothing to do with the football the commentator was absolutely dreadful, screaming at the top of her voice every time England had a shot or nearly had a shot, I cant put up with that.
I've looked at Women's football on more than one occasion not to make a judgement but with the Intention of seeing what It's like, the result being a complete shrug of the shoulders. |
And your age is Ted ???
Not like the old days is it ???
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| England women’s team on 10:37 - Jul 19 with 732 views | CiderwithRsie |
| England women’s team on 08:48 - Jul 19 by GaryBannister86 |
I think that's an interesting and well-balanced comment for the debate - although what I would say is that there are far better female teams and players than this current England side and the form they are showing at the moment. I thought that Swedish striker was excellent, for example.
It's a bit like the England women's cricket team right now. They are not playing well and if you were to watch them you may make the same comments about women's cricket and cricketers. But then if you watch the Aussie women cricketers, you can't (sadly) fail to be impressed by their skills, standards, fitness, athleticism. |
Side issue here, but strong agree on the cricket.
I bloody loved the Charlotte Edwards England women's team of the noughties. First got my attention by winning the Women's Ashes in 2005, went on to retain them twice, won the ODI World Cup and the T20 in 2009. On the men v women thing, Adam Gilchrist described Sarah Taylor as the best wicket keeper in the world, male or female, at the time and IIRC she did play for a few mens' sides.
It's been very disappointing to watch the Aussies head over the hill out of sight. | | | |
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| England women’s team on 11:33 - Jul 19 with 657 views | Dorse |
| England women’s team on 10:37 - Jul 19 by CiderwithRsie |
Side issue here, but strong agree on the cricket.
I bloody loved the Charlotte Edwards England women's team of the noughties. First got my attention by winning the Women's Ashes in 2005, went on to retain them twice, won the ODI World Cup and the T20 in 2009. On the men v women thing, Adam Gilchrist described Sarah Taylor as the best wicket keeper in the world, male or female, at the time and IIRC she did play for a few mens' sides.
It's been very disappointing to watch the Aussies head over the hill out of sight. |
India too. Saw Smriti Mandana batting live a couple years ago. She was amazing but the leftie they've got now, Deepti Sharma, is different class.
Women's cricket doesn't have quite as much raw pace with the ball and power with the bat but the concession is they bring the boundary ropes in a couple of metres. I suppose it's similar to Golf having different tee placements to allow for the same par score. Entertainment-wise, its really good. |  |
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| England women’s team on 11:34 - Jul 19 with 656 views | Dorse |
I like to think there is an alternate universe where the equivalent of LFW is currently discussing the performance of the England men's netball team. | |
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| England women’s team on 11:44 - Jul 19 with 632 views | numptydumpty |
| England women’s team on 11:34 - Jul 19 by Dorse |
I like to think there is an alternate universe where the equivalent of LFW is currently discussing the performance of the England men's netball team. |
What about the non binary badminton squad.
Maybe let's not go there !!+ | |
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| England women’s team on 11:48 - Jul 19 with 622 views | Lanhoop |
| England women’s team on 11:44 - Jul 19 by numptydumpty |
What about the non binary badminton squad.
Maybe let's not go there !!+ |
Do they still play with shuttlecocks? | | | |
| England women’s team on 11:53 - Jul 19 with 607 views | numptydumpty |
| England women’s team on 11:48 - Jul 19 by Lanhoop |
Do they still play with shuttlecocks? |
I am not qualified to answer that question.... | |
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| England women’s team on 15:22 - Jul 19 with 488 views | Superhoops2808 |
Well the usual suspects have managed to hijack this thread
Be an interesting game tonight between France and Germany - I still think it will be Spain v England as a re run of the WC final.
Feel that the Italy game will be on a par with The Netherlands and we should see our way past them. Lets see anyway. |  | | |
| England women’s team on 16:31 - Jul 19 with 425 views | CiderwithRsie |
| England women’s team on 11:34 - Jul 19 by Dorse |
I like to think there is an alternate universe where the equivalent of LFW is currently discussing the performance of the England men's netball team. |
When Danny Baker did his Radio Saturday morning one of the callers was a bloke who'd become an England International by playing for the Men's Netball Team.
He said basically the standard was so low he got into the team due to turning up. | | | |
| England women’s team on 21:18 - Jul 19 with 280 views | Ghost_on_the_Westway |
| England women’s team on 16:31 - Jul 19 by CiderwithRsie |
When Danny Baker did his Radio Saturday morning one of the callers was a bloke who'd become an England International by playing for the Men's Netball Team.
He said basically the standard was so low he got into the team due to turning up. |
5 or 6 years ago, this (fat) bloke in an “England” hoodie was standing next to my daughter’s coach at an U14 game, cheering her team on etc, etc.
After the game, one of the team asked the coach, “who was the bloke standing next to you?” and she said “He plays for the England men’s team”.
When my daughter told me, I said, “What? That soppy looking fat bloke in the Sports Direct hoodie!?”.
Fast forward to today and you’ve now got mixed teams, so my 5ft 9in daughter gets marked by a 6ft 6, 15 stone bloke.
So you were s*** at Basketball, fine, but just play against other blokes, eh? |  |
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| England women’s team on 21:23 - Jul 19 with 268 views | Dorse |
| England women’s team on 15:22 - Jul 19 by Superhoops2808 |
Well the usual suspects have managed to hijack this thread
Be an interesting game tonight between France and Germany - I still think it will be Spain v England as a re run of the WC final.
Feel that the Italy game will be on a par with The Netherlands and we should see our way past them. Lets see anyway. |
France v Germany is a cracking game - really enjoying it. | |
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| England women’s team on 22:19 - Jul 19 with 197 views | aston_hoop |
Germany's keeper! She is having the game of her life |  |
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| England women’s team on 22:43 - Jul 19 with 140 views | flynnbo |
| England women’s team on 22:19 - Jul 19 by aston_hoop |
Germany's keeper! She is having the game of her life |
That save when she managed to claw the ball back to prevent an own goal was out of this world. |  | | |
| England women’s team on 23:08 - Jul 19 with 79 views | stowmarketrange |
Good to get rid of the French tonight.They’ve been as lucky as they’ve been good.Germany will have more injured players than even we will. | | | |
| England women’s team on 23:22 - Jul 19 with 52 views | Monkey_Roots |
That was really entertaining tonight.
I had to incorporate the iPad for the Usyk v Dubois fight, but once that was done, the boy and I thoroughly enjoyed the rest of it.
I’ve really enjoyed this Euro’s to be honest, it’s gone some way to filling the void. |  | | |
| England women’s team on 23:40 - Jul 19 with 10 views | CLAREMAN1995 |
| England women’s team on 11:48 - Jul 19 by Lanhoop |
Do they still play with shuttlecocks? |
What about the cockless 4s in womens rowing who gets to investigate that to see if its legit  .
I think the conversation about womens/girls football depends on posters having daughters or granddaughters playing and having to sit through countless tournaments from the time they joined up until they finsh school.
The standard varies so much its stunning but it becomes something bigger meeting the same families and watching the girls develop their skills and team spirit makes it so enjoyable .Of course the liquor devoured in the Motel 6 lobby really helps too . |  | | |
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