What's the consensus - like, dislike, or neutral ? I have to say that the entire spectacle offends my eyes. It is pathetic. The skill levels are non existent, and I have seen more physicality in a Fatima Whitbread keep fit DVD. So typical of the left wing, politically correct BBC to send about 200 staff to cover this laughable pap - fest of sporting incompetence, with two dozen largely ugly women chasing a ball around the pitch with all the dexterity of a kitten chasing a ball of string. Women should stick to what they are good at and playing football isn't, and never will be, one of these things.
I think Women should have the right to do what they want. If they want to play football then why not? I suppose you would keep Women in the Kitchen? I find your remark that Women should stick to what they are good at offensive. Ok they are not as good as men, does that matter? They are not playing with men, they are playing with other women. I like watching Women's cricket and so do many others Male and Female. I don't watch enough Women's Football to give an opinion. If you don't like watching women's Football then don't watch it. Why do you feel the need to come on here and air your prejudices? I also like watching Women perform in Athletics, swimming Gymnastics and various other Sports. Sport is for everybody, not just for Men.
Sexism aside... I actually like it. It's enjoyable in as far as it's competitive. And it's clearly doing great things for young fans. If 40 odd thousand fans went to Wembley to watch a game Hen it deserves BBC coverage. That said I also fancy the French left back.
I like it its come a long way in the last 10 years and some decent players out there, and i have watched a fair amount of games and have enjoyed them
Because the standard, even at "World Cup level" (sic), is utterly awful, and the whole industry is being over promoted and over hyped on sickeningly political correct grounds by the Usual Suspects. Women are just no good at football, it is a fact of biological life in the same way that blokes are not suitable for child birth. It's not sexist at all. The hype is laughable. A ball accidentally ricochets into the net off a Chinese player's suspiciously bloated looking knockers... and it gets held up on You Tube as a piece of fantastic skill.
Don't watch it, but I like to see Charlton ladies doing well, even if I won't watch them playing. I do like to see women doing what they do well, just as much as the next misogynst. By the way Jake Thackray's "On Again, On Again" is a hilarious tribute to misogeny.
The Ivorians yesterday were so bad I was embarrassed for them, made the Germans look like the great AC Milan team of yesteryear.
The Ivorians im sure a few could have passed for fella's That German keeper they should a bit on her before the game she is bloody good The Norway women looked pretty sharpe as well
What's to dislike? You can get some great odds on ridiculous scoring games 10-0 was 9/1 last night. Cashed out at 9.
What's to dislike? The visual trashing of The Beautiful Game by women who think they are playing it, but are not. The horrible promotion of this 'cause' by the rancid, left wing BBC.
In truth I'm not a fan of women's football, but there's nothing to/that should stop them playing it. There's an audience for it, hence why the bbc show it. If they didn't win the rights, someone else would have done so.
That's how it's portrayed by The Daily Mail and the Murdoch acolytes, but they have an anti-BBC agenda. These newspapers, and others of course, should be read with a certain amount of cynicism.
Given some of the trash Charlton have served up in the last decade, including but not limited to stars such as Jummy Floyd hasselbaink and Simon Church, the idea that it should'nt be allowed to exist, based on lack of talent, is one you should keep well covered under your hat. Your idea that the BBC sent 200 staff to cover it is pointlessly wrong, and besides, they represent England on a world stage for their sport, and it would be much more offensive to ignore them. I would join Dick Plumb in being offended by your post, but hand on heart, I can't believe you are being serious, so I'll take it as a merry parody of a line of abuse even the Daily Mail would'nt sink to offering.
The England men's team put in a turgid and disinterested display yesterday. The women would have at least shown some bollocks, which are, ironically, the only things missing from the ladies' game.
I've never watched it. Long long time ago, I once dated a professional woman's footballer. Never really saw them enough so that ended. The thing that did amaze me is the pay gap between men and women, especially if you look at teams like Arsenal & Chelsea, that their female players will earn like £33k-£60k a year, versus a male player on £210k a week in a top club. Talk about gender inequality there. Many I know play in America, as you can earn a lot more. Women's football over there is a lot more popular than in this country.
I have to disagree with the gender inequality idea. Men rightly earn more because of the money they bring in through the gates, merchandise and TV deals. I also disagree with woman earning the same as men within tennis - the Grand Slam events in particular. Men spend more time on court than the women, thus offering a greater share of the entertainment, yet the pay is the same for winning a tournament such as Wimbledon. That, I believe, is gender inequality. Men earning more than women in the boardroom, office, factory etc. is plain wrong and should be outlawed.
No, I am 100% serious Ken but I fear your own preconceptions don't fit in with the facts here. I read that the televised wing of the Labour Party, fresh from their humiliation on 7 May, has indeed sent 200 staff to cover this non event (includes technicians, runners, ugly ex-pros in dresses). It does offend my eyes to see 22 women scuttling after the ball with the same competence as Akers chasing a UFO theory. It is risible. Insult is then added to injury when our state broadcaster constantly bigs them up (no pun intended, in some cases....) as if we were watching some form of high level sport. Wimmin do not and will never possess the body shape or physicality to play football to anything other than a level that school boy under 9s would aspire to.
PS- and the 'sexism argument' here is nonsense. Who has not been dazzled by the feline beauty of Virginia Wade on a tennis court, the feminine delicacy of Laura Davies on a golf course, or the fragrant poise of Fatima Whitbread with a long, thin pole in her hand?
Conspiracy theories aside, Vol, if it's that bad, why don't you just not bother watching it, same as me?
