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Post by 1qprdk on Nov 8, 2019 22:37:01 GMT
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Post by esoxlucius on Nov 17, 2019 20:03:45 GMT
I wonder if some football fans are growing heartily sick of FFP, VAR, same old teams winning everything, along with the diving and cheating in the Sky version of top flight football? The Spurs vs Arsenal WSL game today was played in front of 38,262 fans and the Everton vs Liverpool WSL game attracted 23,500 fans. I don't know what the ticket prices for these games were and I am sure that would have a bearing but those are respectable gates.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Jul 11, 2022 20:41:47 GMT
No offence Shan’s Norway are absolutely gash. I’m not biggin England up as women’s football like conference level at best.
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Post by Shania on Jul 11, 2022 21:23:56 GMT
Not my team.
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Post by Tarbie on Jul 11, 2022 21:42:16 GMT
Anyone else find it a bit weird that the Sky TV scheduler doesn't really make it clear it's women's football? Twice this week I've gone "didn't realise there's a match on", only to quickly suss I'm being a dinlow and it's a ladies game.
I get it, you're going to keep promoting the ladies games regardless of how many or few people take an interest or if it's even that commercially viable as a spectator sport, but let's be a little bit sensible.
And while you're at it, release a functionality on BBC Sports and Sky Sports apps to opt out of updates on ladies football and rugby. It's getting bloody silly now.
Rant over!
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Post by Rangers77 on Jul 11, 2022 21:48:05 GMT
I'd rather watch Dave Lee Travis play Macbeth.
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Post by Ginger Ninja on Jul 11, 2022 21:52:51 GMT
Personally don't get the anger or annoyance towards it. Football is football imo.
Amex was full tonight. Goes to show the women's game is slightly more popular than people want to admit.
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Post by Corbray on Jul 11, 2022 22:22:16 GMT
Personally don't get the anger or annoyance towards it. Football is football imo. Amex was full tonight. Goes to show the women's game is slightly more popular than people want to admit. i don't get it either. i don't give a crap about womens football but it doesn't bother me that they're being featured heavily on TV. good for them i say. one of my ex's is a cousin of anna filbey so i met her a few times. she was just as passionate and knowledgeable of football as we all are, plus she's a QPR fan which gives her slightly more credit in my eyes. |
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Post by James1979 on Jul 11, 2022 23:18:39 GMT
Amazing what a team can do when one of the Neville brothers isn’t involved.
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Post by Tarbie on Jul 12, 2022 5:54:03 GMT
Personally don't get the anger or annoyance towards it. Football is football imo. Amex was full tonight. Goes to show the women's game is slightly more popular than people want to admit. The annoyance is down to the fact it's being rammed down our throats mate. I should be able to opt in to Football updates on Sky Sports or BBC apps without being bombarded with updates on the woman's game. Have a different option to opt in for men's and women's football or something? They are essentially 2 different sports with 2 different followings. It's akin to spamming Premier League fans with updates on U18 or Non-League football. It's also the way I get updates saying "Liverpool beat Everton in the Derby", then you click on it and see it's a ladies game. a.) Why is someone who takes zero interest in the WSL getting that update? And b.) Why isn't it clear in the headline it's a ladies game? In this day and age where targeted marketing and media is so accurate, surely you see that this is utterly ridiculous? |
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Post by Corbray on Jul 12, 2022 8:32:56 GMT
Personally don't get the anger or annoyance towards it. Football is football imo. Amex was full tonight. Goes to show the women's game is slightly more popular than people want to admit. The annoyance is down to the fact it's being rammed down our throats mate. I should be able to opt in to Football updates on Sky Sports or BBC apps without being bombarded with updates on the woman's game. Have a different option to opt in for men's and women's football or something? They are essentially 2 different sports with 2 different followings. It's akin to spamming Premier League fans with updates on U18 or Non-League football. It's also the way I get updates saying "Liverpool beat Everton in the Derby", then you click on it and see it's a ladies game. a.) Why is someone who takes zero interest in the WSL getting that update? And b.) Why isn't it clear in the headline it's a ladies game? In this day and age where targeted marketing and media is so accurate, surely you see that this is utterly ridiculous? fair point actually. |
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Post by hubble on Jul 12, 2022 10:21:19 GMT
Watched it this morning on iplayer. When you're used to the pace, power and physicality of the men's game, women's football is pretty tame by comparison. I guess it was fairly entertaining. I liked it when Robin whatsername said (after the England no.11 chased the ball out of play) 'Hemp's run out of grass.'
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Post by Stanley75 on Jul 12, 2022 10:35:12 GMT
'Hemp's run out of grass.' Haha classic 😅 |
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Post by Stanley75 on Jul 12, 2022 21:00:54 GMT
Personally don't get the anger or annoyance towards it. Football is football imo. Amex was full tonight. Goes to show the women's game is slightly more popular than people want to admit. The annoyance is down to the fact it's being rammed down our throats mate. I should be able to opt in to Football updates on Sky Sports or BBC apps without being bombarded with updates on the woman's game. Have a different option to opt in for men's and women's football or something? They are essentially 2 different sports with 2 different followings. It's akin to spamming Premier League fans with updates on U18 or Non-League football. It's also the way I get updates saying "Liverpool beat Everton in the Derby", then you click on it and see it's a ladies game. a.) Why is someone who takes zero interest in the WSL getting that update? And b.) Why isn't it clear in the headline it's a ladies game? In this day and age where targeted marketing and media is so accurate, surely you see that this is utterly ridiculous? Sky (UK) and BBC are ultra woke so no surprise there, Shirley? |
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Post by 1qprdk on Jul 12, 2022 22:37:26 GMT
I wonder how long it takes before we see failed 'male' youth players, woke their way into a 'shemale' contract. And it will be interesting to see what they will do about it. If Paul suddenly feels like Paula, it must be his right to compete against other women, Shirley?
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Post by Stanley75 on Jul 12, 2022 22:41:59 GMT
I wonder how long it takes before we see failed 'male' youth players, woke their way into a 'shemale' contract. And it will be interesting to see what they will do about it. If Paul suddenly feels like Paula, it must be his right to compete against other women, Shirley? Can't see what not? It's already happening in swimming, MMA etc. |
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Post by 1qprdk on Jul 12, 2022 23:17:07 GMT
I just find these situations quite funny and sad at the same time, but also when higher profile sports get affected, it will hopefully put an end to the nonsense of making gender a matter of choice, when it is quite clearly a biological category.
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Post by hal9thou on Jul 13, 2022 11:09:28 GMT
The England Women's rugby team are pretty awesome. You really don't want to mess with them.
Also closer in skill levels to the men's game than their footballing counterparts.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Jul 13, 2022 11:29:37 GMT
N Ireland women are possibly the roughest looking birds I’ve ever seen, bless em.
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Post by Tarbie on Jul 13, 2022 11:36:21 GMT
The England Women's rugby team are pretty awesome. You really don't want to mess with them. Also closer in skill levels to the men's game than their footballing counterparts. I agree. Women's rugby is a better watch than women's football in my opinion. Better still women's boxing and MMA. Miles ahead of football in terms of being a commercially viable spectator sport. That Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano fight was one of the best so far this year. Far better entertainment than many of the all male cards I've watched. |
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Jul 13, 2022 11:39:01 GMT
Go down any town centre after closing time at a weekend to see the best girl on girl, girl on man , girl on plod action.
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Post by Stanley75 on Jul 16, 2022 0:35:45 GMT
The annoyance is down to the fact it's being rammed down our throats mate. I should be able to opt in to Football updates on Sky Sports or BBC apps without being bombarded with updates on the woman's game. Have a different option to opt in for men's and women's football or something? They are essentially 2 different sports with 2 different followings. It's akin to spamming Premier League fans with updates on U18 or Non-League football. It's also the way I get updates saying "Liverpool beat Everton in the Derby", then you click on it and see it's a ladies game. a.) Why is someone who takes zero interest in the WSL getting that update? And b.) Why isn't it clear in the headline it's a ladies game? In this day and age where targeted marketing and media is so accurate, surely you see that this is utterly ridiculous? Sky (UK) and BBC are ultra woke so no surprise there, Shirley? Here you go Tarbie |
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Post by James1979 on Jul 16, 2022 6:06:10 GMT
Sky (UK) and BBC are ultra woke so no surprise there, Shirley? Here you go Tarbie That is unbelievable. I can’t believe they said that. Why does it even come into their heads? |
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Post by itsonlyagame on Jul 16, 2022 6:29:26 GMT
White guilt apparently. And anyone who isn’t overwhelmed with it every minute of every day is clearly a racist according to the woke brigade. How can they not see that shoving it down our throats will eventually create more problems than it solves.
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Jul 16, 2022 6:48:21 GMT
The team is sexist,no men in it. Disgraceful.
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Post by Corbray on Jul 16, 2022 8:00:18 GMT
lol what a load of piss.
the black and mixed race % in the uk is roughly 5% of the population. in england's last squad there were 10 black/mixed players out of a possible 25. that's 40% of the total squad being made up of black players.
does anyone care what colour skin their players have? no. because sport is based on merit.
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Post by Tarbie on Jul 16, 2022 8:32:11 GMT
Watched about 10 seconds of that video before switching it off cos it was boiling my piss.
We live in a meritocracy. I have no time for anyone who wants to mess with that. Even if they believe they are doing good.
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Post by Stanley75 on Jul 16, 2022 12:38:31 GMT
You know things are fucked when the intention to unite and heal division has the exact opposite effect. But they do say the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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Post by Tarbie on Jul 16, 2022 13:01:24 GMT
If they need a case study as to how badly this stuff divides and damages a society, they just need to look at SA. They're in worse shape now than they were at the fall of apartheid. Their policies of "positive discrimination", Black Economic Empowerment and Affirmative Action have only served to push further divides through society, has destroyed their university system, damaged the labour market, driven many tax paying citizens abroad and has actually worsened corruption. They also have significantly more people living in poverty now than at any stage in their history, and the numbers are only going 1 way. But hey, they only have people of colour presenting the rugby and football at the weekend, so it's all OK! 😂
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Post by gtleighsr3 on Jul 16, 2022 13:14:25 GMT
70s wernt great but it was a more simple level life.
The world in a lot of ways has seriously improved since then. But in so many ways its gone backwards. Only my view but world's going to be a sterile shit place in 30 years.
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