Get in first & sign him

[silver blade]

seems popular with the ladies too

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Sick of hearing about this goal.

Am I the only person who thinks the keeper should have saved it?

 

[bladesmanluke]

Sick of hearing about this goal.

Am I the only person who thinks the keeper should have saved it?

Mark Howard would have saved that

 

[wizadry]

Someone give me a clue regarding the thread title and what is shown on it please? thanks in advance. I'm a bit baffled by it all to say the least

 

[William Henry Foulkes]

Sick of hearing about this goal.

Am I the only person who thinks the keeper should have saved it?

I'm enjoying the tournament - but I can only imagine the ridiculous hype about this goal. It's that crap that makes Division 1 unwatchable for me. No idea what I'll do if we ever get back there.

I watched a few games of women's football at the 2012 Olympics and I liked the fact that they were very often two-footed, almost always played the ball out from the back, and didn't dive, moan, or generally cheat.

I had really started to take notice after I'd coached some girls and saw that they could be into football just as much, and in the same way as, boys.

I tend to watch it from that point of view: the girls wanting to go to the park and imagine playing like, for want of a better word, their role models.

Women's football is just different from men's football.

As far as saving it goes I think the keepers are just smaller and have much less reach - one is about 5' 5 I think. Later on the same keeper made a decent save going down to her right but it noticeably took her a couple of steps to get across.

My first thoughts were they need to play on a scaled down pitch to make it more like the men's game but in the end afaict they're just playing a slightly different game on the same-sized pitch.

For now the standard is not going to be great because they are drawing on a small pool of players as much as anything but if the game continues to grow then the standard can only improve and more importantly children who would otherwise have been lost to the game will grow up experiencing everything playing and watching football has to offer.

 

[UnitedBlade]

I'm enjoying the tournament - but I can only imagine the ridiculous hype about this goal. It's that crap that makes Division 1 unwatchable for me. No idea what I'll do if we ever get back there.

I watched a few games of women's football at the 2012 Olympics and I liked the fact that they were very often two-footed, almost always played the ball out from the back, and didn't dive, moan, or generally cheat.

I had really started to take notice after I'd coached some girls and saw that they could be into football just as much, and in the same way as, boys.

I tend to watch it from that point of view: the girls wanting to go to the park and imagine playing like, for want of a better word, their role models.

Women's football is just different from men's football.

As far as saving it goes I think the keepers are just smaller and have much less reach - one is about 5' 5 I think. Later on the same keeper made a decent save going down to her right but it noticeably took her a couple of steps to get across.

My first thoughts were they need to play on a scaled down pitch to make it more like the men's game but in the end afaict they're just playing a slightly different game on the same-sized pitch.

For now the standard is not going to be great because they are drawing on a small pool of players as much as anything but if the game continues to grow then the standard can only improve and more importantly children who would otherwise have been lost to the game will grow up experiencing everything playing and watching football has to offer.

At the end of my involvement with junior football, a friend of mine asked if I'd ref one of the girls teams.

It was a breath of fresh air compared with the tension of U16 lads. Although I have to say the vast majority of the lads were absolutely fine, the parents were a nightmare.

Contrast that with the lasses, much less emphasis on physicality, a desire to develop skills and respect and pure enjoyment on the pitch and from the touchline.

I don't get why some people are so critical of female football at times.

 

[Aston max]

Have to admit coached junior football for quite some years kids were great packed it in because of parents

 

[Ashtonsmashton]

Sick of hearing about this goal.

Am I the only person who thinks the keeper should have saved it?

Yeah no disrespect meant but that's a pretty good goal in women's football

 

[1889]

Sick of hearing about this goal.

Am I the only person who thinks the keeper should have saved it?

Yeah I agree, the keeper must have one of those little step things in her kitchen to get stuff off the top shelf of her wall units.

 

[Nade]

Anyone read much about the history of women's football?

Apparently it was huge up until the 20's (partly because a lot of blokes were dead or dealing with PTSD) but then the FA banned them from playing in proper stadiums as it was 'not becoming of a lady' or some shit like that, so the game died on its arse more or less and is only just starting to recover.

There's a book called 'Girls with Balls' D) that explores it.

 

[Guesty]

Anyone read much about the history of women's football?

Apparently it was huge up until the 20's (partly because a lot of blokes were dead or dealing with PTSD) but then the FA banned them from playing in proper stadiums as it was 'not becoming of a lady' or some shit like that, so the game died on its arse more or less and is only just starting to recover.

There's a book called 'Girls with Balls' D) that explores it.

I'm half remembering something I read years ago but didn't a game at Goodison get many thousands of fans turning up? More than most men's games were getting.

 

[blade too long]

Get in first & sign him

him ? , someone else who flunked biology

 

[BushBlade]

Yeah I agree, the keeper must have one of those little step things in her kitchen to get stuff off the top shelf of her wall units.

Like half our first team?

 

[1889]

I must admit that I prefer to watch the Women's American Football League over the NFL, so who knows it may start to attract a larger audience.

I guess its down to how its marketed?

 

[UnitedBlade]

I must admit that I prefer to watch the Women's American Football League over the NFL, so who knows it may start to attract a larger audience.

I guess its down to how its marketed?

Especially with players called Shannon A'se.

Did Sepp Blatter design the kits ?

 

[grafikhaus]

I must admit that I prefer to watch the Women's American Football League over the NFL, so who knows it may start to attract a larger audience.

I guess its down to how its marketed?

You could well be right, but MLS overtaking NFL (it's Martin Samuel and he does occasionally write some good stuff.)