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23 minutes ago, worthy10 said:

If a member of your family or friends has a female relative involved with football, then i can understand their passion and pride in supporting that girl or their club. However even the top level of womens football is a poor standard due to the obvious gender related physical limits. England boys under 14 and possibly u12 would beat the national ladies team and that is the standard. It is rarely entertaining. I realise that gender equality demands that ladies sport is promoted as a viable alternative to the men's game in the media and television, but the fact is that it is nowhere near and it never will be.

U14s- you sure?

A bold statement.

I do agree though, the comparative lack of physicality makes it less of an attraction.

I find the women's cricket more interesting. Playing shots between the feet takes some skill!

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1 hour ago, worthy10 said:

If a member of your family or friends has a female relative involved with football, then i can understand their passion and pride in supporting that girl or their club. However even the top level of womens football is a poor standard due to the obvious gender related physical limits. England boys under 14 and possibly u12 would beat the national ladies team and that is the standard. It is rarely entertaining. I realise that gender equality demands that ladies sport is promoted as a viable alternative to the men's game in the media and television, but the fact is that it is nowhere near and it never will be.

Under 14 boys? What a crock.

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16 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

I fully support it.

I see the ladies want equal pay. They have it in tennis, so why not?

Genuine question, equal pay with who? A Man City player or Macclesfield player? Given that prem players are basically paid by Sky, would Sky have to fund the women's game too whether or not anyone watches it?

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1 hour ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Genuine question, equal pay with who? A Man City player or Macclesfield player? Given that prem players are basically paid by Sky, would Sky have to fund the women's game too whether or not anyone watches it?

I think they want equal pay for England

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12 minutes ago, boltondiver said:

I think they want equal pay for England

The England men's team give their wages for playing for England to charity.

If they want equality will they be doing the same?

The question isn't aimed at BD.

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It comes down to what it's worth to the FA. If Harry Kane said he wanted £100k to play in a tournament for England we'd probably want to give it him because if he plays well & we progress it boosts the game, the country, sponsorship, TV ratings and inspires kids to take up the game. With respect to steph Houghton  (who is a great captain & role model), is her participation worth £100k to the FA? 

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15 hours ago, Not in Crawley said:

Under 14 boys? What a crock.

Most boys playing u14 football would be 14, bizarrely. A team of 14yr old lads would be a good match for womens football. Certainly faster, more skillful and stronger.

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13 hours ago, boltondiver said:

I think they want equal pay for England

I suppose that would depend upon the revenues the women's game brings to the fa.

Pay them what is affordable.

Good to see the women's game thriving, anything which inspires youngsters to be more active is good for obvious reasons.

Wouldn't watch it; I wasn't arsed about the champions League final. 

Thinking about it, if the whites went tits up, I'd probably be more likely to go down to old Trafford in the summer and spend the money on watching cricket

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Some 20/20 games are only £10, you can watch them all,  including the Yorkshire match, for £65!  So you can do both, just dont go to BW cup games to compensate!  I'm a fairweather cricket fan, I'll go if its sunny if I've nothing else on, but it can never replace football, it doesnt make me angry or brassed off.  Much as I'll enjoy some of the current World Cup games, there isn't the passion in either any other sport or watching any other team than BW.

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8 hours ago, worthy10 said:

Most boys playing u14 football would be 14, bizarrely. A team of 14yr old lads would be a good match for womens football. Certainly faster, more skillful and stronger.

Based on nothing of substance at all. Shake my head that folk still think like this.

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I saw the odd bit of women’s football last season because of work and the technical ability towards the top level really is excellent. The two are always going to be compared and it would be an interesting encounter to see the England women’s team against, say, a League Two team, certainly from a technical and tactical point of view. 

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3 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

I saw the odd bit of women’s football last season because of work and the technical ability towards the top level really is excellent. The two are always going to be compared and it would be an interesting encounter to see the England women’s team against, say, a League Two team, certainly from a technical and tactical point of view. 

Dunno about 14 year olds but women on a pitch against say, Oldham

They get battered

Seriously

I've only played football once against a current pro, and he played a few games for Luton

I couldn't get close to him and this was 20 years back before you start

Way too strong

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3 minutes ago, Casino said:

Dunno about 14 year olds but women on a pitch against say, Oldham

They get battered

Seriously

I've only played football once against a current pro, and he played a few games for Luton

I couldn't get close to him and this was 20 years back before you start

Way too strong

That’s what I meant by my last sentence in that they would struggle massively from a physicality point of view, but I reckon the women would certainly compete in terms of retaining possession and creating chances. 

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On 03/06/2019 at 15:34, worthy10 said:

If a member of your family or friends has a female relative involved with football, then i can understand their passion and pride in supporting that girl or their club. However even the top level of womens football is a poor standard due to the obvious gender related physical limits. England boys under 14 and possibly u12 would beat the national ladies team and that is the standard. It is rarely entertaining. I realise that gender equality demands that ladies sport is promoted as a viable alternative to the men's game in the media and television, but the fact is that it is nowhere near and it never will be.

Women's football, cricket or rugby should stand alone as what it is. Don't use the men's game as a rule of thumb to measure it against.

 

Do you compare the gender gap in tennis? Would a 14 year old boy beat our female No1 tennis player.

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30 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

You've got to remember though, that at fourteen a plentiful view of fit female thigh, and bouncing boobs would be a huge distraction.

 

Alas, not many bouncing boobs in lezzers' football.

If there was it be more watchable.

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1 hour ago, DazBob said:

Alas, not many bouncing boobs in lezzers' football.

If there was it be more watchable.

Aye,there's a certain butchness about  wimmins football.

If the game was played by young porn stars,every match would be a sellout.:D

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