zuricity wrote:carl_feedthegoat wrote:Indianablue wrote:Great result for the women's team. I think it fair to compare and contrast against men's football standards because that is what the media are doing and they are pushing it very strongly. It was entertaining to watch but there is a vast gulf between the male game and what we saw last night. Some sexist comments sure but an embarassment? Come on, its a forum and she did get get her top off for the crowd which made a few guys perk up a bit
Your being a bit too manly with this post of yours .
You need to gender it down a bit for the wokies .
BTW - you are spot on .
On Radio 4 last night a reporter simply pointed out that until the womens game brings so many fans worldwide and so much money . There should be no discussion of parity.
And that is where i have a problem, the game is growing but it is miniscule in comparison both fiscally and popularity. They should be paid on what they generate themselves. The purple haired US soccer player tried to push this agenda for US womens soccer, yet they were still being stuffed by U15 boys teams. I guess it wont be long before some half decent male player decides to transition to the womens team to raise their performance levels. The comparison with tennis is valid, its exactly where we are going. As individual sports they are good to watch although id still say womwns soccer is a bit sunday league a lot of the time. I'd say womens golf is one of the few sports where they stand a chance of competing directly against men. The media were also pushing the fairness of play last night and how refreshing it was, but from what i saw and listwned to from the comentary team, there were a fair few cynical fouls, over the top tackles and time wasting going on. Of course the Germans were described as cynical and England were applaude, in fact Wrighty was saying that was exactly what they needed to do in the last 15 to win the game. Of course it will hopefully be a massive boost for womens soccer in this country and i am proud of what they have achieved. They looked to have a greag team spirit but lets drop the comparisons and parity bullshit. Its nor an equal standard, and never will be