I fear at 5ft 1 Fran kirby(Solly is a giant in comparison) may get injured by some of the crunching tackles that we have seen in the World cup so far, England just don't pass the ball as well as some of the top teams. even thou we have a great work rate. More Flair players are the main chance to get more people to watch and enjoy.
So why have the viewing figures been good? And shouldn't women's football seek to gain a higher profile through broader airing? Won't this convert a few fans perhaps? Won't it ultimately accelerate the improvement of the women's game?
More people watch Geordie Shore than the women's World Cup, which speaks volumes in itself. It might potentially convert a few fans if viewers weren't having the whole thing shoved down their throats by the BBC.
This simply isn't true. It's on BBC 3, quite often on the red button - hardly unavoidable - or at it's very highest exposure, midnight on BBC2.
More people watch X factor than historical documentaries on BBC4, so should we have wall to wall third rate karaoke competitions to entertain the brain dead on 24 hours a day?
The women's game is still a amateur/part time sport in most countries it played in, so the quality isn't going to be as good at the moment, if the girls were training 5 days a week, I suspect the quality would jump massively
He still completely misses the point of why a lot of people don't like women's football. Even if men's football didn't exist, I still wouldn't find it entertaining. It's too slow.
He can call people dinosaurs and trott out the same old shit but I and many others (from looking at Twitter) don't dislike women's football because it's played by women....It's because i don't find it entertaining. If other people do like it, and by the viewing figures and reaction on here they do, then that's cool.
If there wasn't men's football how would you know women's football was too slow???
He obviously has a concept of absolute velocity, and thereby has disproved Einstein's special relativity theory.
Looking at the groups and the rankings (which I know would have been slightly different when the draw was made), there seems to be a problem somewhere with regards to the strength of the relative groups. In group D you have 3 teams in the top ten (Aus, USA and Sweden), in group C you have two of the three lowest ranking teams in the tournament (Cameroon and Ecuador) which by pure coincidence happens to contain also Switzerland, Mr Blatter... Likewise Germany and Norway have the lowest and sixth lowest ranked teams in their group. Whether you agree with the rankings or not, it's supposedly the way the seedings are worked out, and it seems to be a bit lop sided?
So why have the viewing figures been good? And shouldn't women's football seek to gain a higher profile through broader airing? Won't this convert a few fans perhaps? Won't it ultimately accelerate the improvement of the women's game?
More people watch Geordie Shore than the women's World Cup, which speaks volumes in itself. It might potentially convert a few fans if viewers weren't having the whole thing shoved down their throats by the BBC.
The men's World Cup is shoved down their throats by two major channels, the women's is being shown on minor channels, the red button, and the Internet; but why let the facts get in the way of a bit of misogyny?
i'd be happy with female referees if they were helped by an instant decision review system
as i said earlier, it's great to see the players trying to better themselves on the world stage, but we must demand the utmost standards from officials at all times, otherwise the players are let down
i'd be happy with female referees if they were helped by an instant decision review system
as i said earlier, it's great to see the players trying to better themselves on the world stage, but we must demand the utmost standards from officials at all times, otherwise the players are let down
Surely the game should be striving to ensure the highest standards are achieved by all, including referees.
How are they going to achieve that if people are discriminatory towards female referees? Imagine the backlash if it were the players being criticised for being of a poor standard
If there was a stand out female referee and she had to officiate a very poor women's match, would it be okay to say that she was let down by the poor standard of the women's game?
Missed the goal as we're arguing over the remote between the cricket and the football but just saw a terrible free kick by us. Wasted opportunity there. Come on England. Build on it.
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England just don't pass the ball as well as some of the top teams. even thou we have a great work rate.
More Flair players are the main chance to get more people to watch and enjoy.
Good post NLA.
More people watch X factor than historical documentaries on BBC4, so should we have wall to wall third rate karaoke competitions to entertain the brain dead on 24 hours a day?
Ivory Coast v Norway - a penalty to be awarded 7-4
Germany v Thailand - Over 6.5 goals - Evens
How else are they supposed to improve?
Female referees deserve better than this.
the game isn't about referees, it's about players
i'd be happy with female referees if they were helped by an instant decision review system
as i said earlier, it's great to see the players trying to better themselves on the world stage, but we must demand the utmost standards from officials at all times, otherwise the players are let down
How are they going to achieve that if people are discriminatory towards female referees? Imagine the backlash if it were the players being criticised for being of a poor standard
If there was a stand out female referee and she had to officiate a very poor women's match, would it be okay to say that she was let down by the poor standard of the women's game?
What a save by Bardsley our keeper. 2-0 up!
Karen Carney and a Fara Williams penalty for handball.
Carney is class.
25 minutes of sitting back by the look of it.
Just like watching
BrazilCharlton!Just like watching Charlton!
The commentators made that sound a lot more dramatic than it was.
Norway in Ottawa it is.
Had to turn off with 10 mins to go!