w4hammer 11:15 Fri May 7
WSL..is it all that?!
|
|
Womens Soccer- the media- in particular the BBc are pumping this form as the next big thing - a £7M contract ( wooo hooh) annually has been signed ( thats for the whole league) and the bint from Chelsea is all over the media chirruping about the chances of winning a " historic quadruple'
What am i missing ? I think its pretty awfull football, which isnt getting alot better or progressing - has a few decent players at the top clubs who win as they attract the best ) same as mens in other words...alot of clubs half heartedly have teams involved ( like west ham ) to nod towards what an inclusive and progressive club they are, when infact its a wastes of money and resources as the tickets are basically given away.....dont get me wrong, its a great game for all ages and sexes to play, but trying to make out the pro game is anything other than my summary..not having it
Maybe they are aiming at disaffected PL spectators however most i talk to to will go lower leagues or stop attending games altogther
or am I incorreect!?!?
-- ejucate me...
|
|
|
Replies - In Chronological Order ( Show Newest Messages First)
Lee Trundle
11:20 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
Sky will be ramming it down your throats too.
They had Chelsea women's victory over Bayern as headline news on their webpage on Sunday, when proper football was being played.
The transfer record for women's football is £250,000. The National League's record is double that.
|
Troy McClure
11:33 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
Hate falling for that click bait ‘West Ham sign international striker’ and then you click through to find some Doris from Moldova signing for about 3K
|
goose
11:37 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
last weekend there were two PL game and an F1 race.
the top two stories on BBC sport were womens football.
oh and the manager of the chelsea womens team is an idiot claiming mens league 1 would be a step down for her. any adult mens team from semi-pro upwards would destroy her chelsea team.
|
cartis
11:44 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
In a word NO.
It's absolute shit.
|
MrSnoogans
12:27 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
The only way to make it anything other than your summary is to give the women game financial support and the room to grow. More money provides greater opportunity throughout the women game. Let's give our young girls their own role models that they can try and emulate and make a living playing sport.
Don't let it ruin your day.
|
Vexed
12:29 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
It irritates me the artificial status this shit is being given. It's not entertaining, their professionalism isn't even close to the mens game and the standard is poor. Most decent kids teams would smash most of these women's teams.
Develop the game a bit, stop players rocking up all chubby, teach the keepers to catch the ball, do this for 100 years like the men have and it will deserve the status it's being given. Possibly.
|
Yorkammer
12:38 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
On the positive side, it gives gammon something else to get angry about.
|
Leonard Hatred
12:40 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
Splitarse football will never be a popular spectator sport, because it's fucking shit.
It's as simple as that.
|
El Scorchio
1:23 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
No, it's rubbish because it's just an even more exaggerated mirror image of the men's game. A couple of the usual clubs right at the top steamrollering everyone else.
|
w4hammer
1:34 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
El Scorchio 1:23 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
No, it's rubbish because it's just an even more exaggerated mirror image of the men's game. A couple of the usual clubs right at the top steamrollering everyone else.
Leonard Hatred 12:40 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
Splitarse football will never be a popular spectator sport, because it's fucking shit.
It's as simple as that.
___
EXACTLY ..
In pronciple I think it would be great to encourage and develop a different style of football that provided role models and direction - they seem to want to mirror whats already been done
AND DONT GET ME STARTED ON THAT MEGAN ARAPAHO thing
|
penners28
1:52 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
womans football is akin to a league 1 sunday football game. my FIL works for a step 4 club and they would batter the international team. His u16 academy team beat the england team 5-2 a few years back. Said they were embarrassing, and only scored the 2 as his lads started taking the piss at the end.
This isnt sexist btw. the womans team are shocking compared to mens teams
|
Mike Oxsaw
2:13 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
Every one knows that the more it is on TV the better it is.
|
Lee Trundle
2:17 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
Blatter's suggestion that they should wear tighter shorts was probably his finest moment.
|
Sven Roeder
2:33 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
Have always said that womens football is a good thing if it encourages girls to stay in sport and have role models to work towards.
But I have absolutely nil interest in watching it ... like I do with National League, League 1 & 2 mens football as its average. Or poor.
It IS getting to a point where its getting its OWN sponsors which is a good thing but it still is financed by the mens game so I think they should pull their heads in re equal pay etc.
If you have a situation like in the US where I think the womens team brings in more revenue than the mens team then they should receive that.
But if West Ham are charging £20 or something for a womens team season ticket then THAT is their real financial earning power. Until they can generate more
|
TJD
2:40 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
I watch the West Ham Women's team and the standard is noticeably improving year by year but the standard drops off very quickly after the top six or seven clubs, almost all of the top international players are playing for the big four. As soon as a WSL team playes a lower league side in the cup, you;re looking at double figures every time.
|
gregan
3:03 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
It is relative to where it should be with its history. It will improve because :
- there are 12 Pro clubs now from 2018. So more players train more. Before then it was semi pro at best. Women's pro football in this country is essentially 3 years old.
- the player pool. Lucy Bronze like many of the older England players was the only girl at her school or in her town that played and the only girl in a boys team. 1 girl player. Thousands of boy players. Only in the last few years has participation really kicked on. Now girls are playing from 5 or 6 years old in all girls teams and with boys. More players, more training, more oppoortunties.
- the older goalkeepers got hardly any specialist training. England internationals getting 1 session a week from an old bloke booting a ball at them. No surprise that the best 3 or 4 goalkeepers in England now are all youngsters with specialist training early. There are still a lack of girl goalkeepers at grassroots and goalkeeper provision.
- One own goal has been the academy system or (RTC) as they call it. None of them are in inner cities and it has created a white middle class talent pool. The non RTC's which include West Ham and Spurs charge between £300 - £600 a year to play. A girl that made her debut for West Ham the other week would have been something like that not that long ago. Compare that to Chelsea offering private schooling and 1 on 1 coaching to 7yo boys.
Like the men as a nation we are not as technical as some and that's partly down to the coaching development. Watching Phil Neville try and make England pass out from the back like Barcelona was car crash when most of them have been used to pinging it the majority of their career.
|
Mike Oxsaw
3:03 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
Needs a Women's European Super League. That'll sort it.
|
w4hammer
3:08 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
One own goal has been the academy system or (RTC) as they call it. None of them are in inner cities and it has created a white middle class talent pool. The non RTC's which include West Ham and Spurs charge between £300 - £600 a year to play. A girl that made her debut for West Ham the other week would have been something like that not that long ago. Compare that to Chelsea offering private schooling and 1 on 1 coaching to 7yo boys.
___
Id thought that Greg so good intel - seems like most players are from good backgrounds and you explain why
|
Vexed
3:09 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
This is classic Sky and BBC not giving their paying customer what they want but doing the thing that they think will earn them points with wankers on Twitter. Exactly what they did with the pundits, nobody gives a fuck what Eni Fucking Aluko has got to say about a league she's never played in, but she's got a fanny so we must tolerate her.
|
riosleftsock
3:12 Fri May 7
Re: WSL..is it all that?!
|
Its utter shit.
|
| 
