BS: Why I dislike women's football...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 03 Jul 19 - 10:09 PM

Which they aren't...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 04 Jul 19 - 01:00 AM

I wonder why they have a man manager - you'd think a woman, who'd played the woman's game would have more insight into how a woman's team would function.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 04 Jul 19 - 11:19 AM

Yeah, what? I woulda been...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 04 Jul 19 - 11:41 AM

Football, cricket, it's 2019...

There's no good reason such divisive male & female teams can't be integrated at all amateur and pro levels...
Even if some rules might need to be modified..

The better women will gain opportunities,
the weaker men will drop off...

It's only the sports where huge brute male strength is of vital importance,
that may take longer, or never become viable, for women to be included in teams.

But where there's a will...???

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: vectis
Date: 05 Jul 19 - 11:49 PM

The USA have had professional women footballers for many years now and should be in with a good chance of winning.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Jul 19 - 01:11 PM

I was rooting for the Lionesses again...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 06 Jul 19 - 01:32 PM

The wife is watching tennis now..

again twice as much bloody tennis with both separate men's and women's games..

She won't move off the sofa, or let me watch anything else on the big screen telly...

So how much different in power, speed, and endurance are men and women tennis players anyway...???

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 06 Jul 19 - 01:46 PM

Anyone for tennis, PFR?!

Very different - if women had to compete against men, zero would be able to make a living from it. So, in order to have equal prize money at Wimbledon, men are now discriminated against - having to play the game better for longer.

And, if someone counters with "but women look better on the court", surely that would be a sexist argument.

My Tennis Tips To Try

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 06 Jul 19 - 02:30 PM

I'll tell you what I like about Sumo wrestling..

In the pro tournaments sport,
there are no weight, height, or age divisions...

A small mouse of a man can fight a colossal elephantine monster...
The winner can not be predicted...

I'd love to see that applied to other sports,
and it could pave the way for very entertaining mixed male/female matches...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 06 Jul 19 - 02:47 PM

I don't like the idea of lionesses. They bite people, and they bully little animals. Big sods, the lot of them.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 06 Jul 19 - 03:16 PM

How about the Avocets - lovely elegant birds...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Jul 19 - 10:14 PM

Wait, are men's tennis matches longer than women's?

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 03:54 AM

Decided over best of 5 rather than 3 sets at Wimbledon, where prize money is now equal, Mrrzy.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: David Carter (UK)
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 04:52 AM

Is there such a thing as women's grid-iron in the USA?

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 06:17 AM

In theory, tennis matches of either sex can be very long.

A bit like folk songs - not necessarily the longest ones that are best.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Allan Conn
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 07:23 AM

The vast bulk of tournaments are the best out of 3 sets for both men and women. The grand slam tournaments are an exception rather than the rule. It came about through tradition and the idea years ago that women were somehow incapable of playing the five sets rather than the three which of course is a nonsense. If there was to be a coming together of that it wouldn't be women playing 5 sets though it would be men playing 3 - and there has been some pressure for that from the organisers and TV schedulers etc. As Al says longer games are not necessarily the best or a bigger attraction anyway. Especially in the earlier rounds where they may be more one sided. Is it really more exciting to watch a 6-2 6-1 6-2 match than it would be to watch a 6-2 6-1 match??? Plus we are lucky with the men's game at the moment in that in Federer, Nadal and Djokavic we have three all time greats playing at the same time and they are all good to watch. That isn't always the case where the men's game can sometimes simply be a big serving competition. This year argaubly the biggest attraction and biggest talking point is over a 15 year old lassie and not Nadal or Federer.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 08:25 AM

More broadly, we want Equal AWARD Pay

As I say, equal average pay requires discrimination against men.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 08:41 AM

I'm a man and I've never had equal pay with anyone...

From resentful modern incel boys to reactionary old men,
their complaints about "discrimination against men"
is bogus and laughable...

Now if you were talking about class inequality and pay,
and not so fixated on gender,
that might be a more meaningful conversation...????



Sumo started this morning...
winner takes all..
literally - the winner is handed envelopes of cash after each bout...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 09:30 AM

Go Lionesses, different Lionesses! I woulda called them the Dikes, mwah ha ha ha ha, sorry.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 09:51 AM

Thank God, PFR, that the Japanese have stuck with the sumo tradition and not been sucked into the hype of American tag-team wrestling.

They also have National Living Treasures in Japan to help keep their traditions alive.

Is Holland or The Netherlands going to wing the women's FIFA World Cup..?! ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 10:04 AM

But the top tier of Sumo wrestlers haven't been Japanese for a long time..
Mostly Mongolians now...

The only recent Japanese wrestler who made it to the top
lasted merely a few fights before injuries forced him to retire...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: robomatic
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 11:28 AM

It's showing on FOX broadcast right now in my living room, don't need to go to the sports bar=


Good game so far. . .

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: robomatic
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 12:58 PM

WELL DONE American Women!

well played, Netherlands. Love the Orange

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: gillymor
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 12:59 PM

YEEEHAAAAAWWW!!!!
I hope my Dutch ancestors will forgive me for that. The Dutch women had a great run in the tournament and those U.S. women know how to close out a match.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 04:53 PM

By the way, mighty Madagascar are into the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations - never made the World Cup finals and their first time in AFCON; so it's not all lemurs, chameleons and other wonderful wildlife!

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 08:49 PM

Côte d'Ivoire plays tomorrow...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 07 Jul 19 - 11:10 PM

Ole! Sorry, men's, but upsidedownexclamationpoint Ole!

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 08 Jul 19 - 01:59 PM

Last time I heard a proper ole! was a year ago in Barcelona, watching flamenco with a glass of sangria...but what has ole! got to do with the price of fish in Côte d'Ivoire, Mrrzy?

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 08 Jul 19 - 02:19 PM

Mexico beat the US in their cup of americas to win the whole ench- I mean the whole tourmament.

CI won but I spent the whole first half rooting for the wrong colors!

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 08 Jul 19 - 02:28 PM

What the Dickens, Mrrzy?! Final of Copa America: Brazil 3 - Peru 1.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 08 Jul 19 - 03:14 PM

The cafafac one [not the right initials] gold cup. Some of that is America.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 08 Jul 19 - 03:38 PM

I've given in to a glass of Old Westminster Cream - an English fortified wine, and Today at Wimbledon.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 08 Jul 19 - 06:06 PM

Back to Wimbledon: still a few more days to place bets, lose friends, win enemies!

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 08 Jul 19 - 07:45 PM

Isn't that influence bets?

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 03:23 AM

Frankly, I didn't like seeing females literally clashing heads in the WWC19 final, and nor do I like females, in the army, being "At Front Lines"

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 04:40 AM

Equally, I don't like to see males clashing heads in football matches or males, in the army, at front lines. Equally. Get it? And any morality deficit arises because we aren't very good at stopping wars from happening. As for the clashing of heads, many human endeavours carry some risk. The other day I saw an old lady's head clash with the floor as she fell down an escalator in M&S. Maybe we should make all women wear crash helmets when they go shopping. Better still, confine them to the house, where they can comfort themselves with fond memories of all that suckling they did.

The old lady was fine, by the way. She was comforted by a little gathering of women shopworkers who found a chair for her and brought her a cup of tea. Imagine: women in a workplace! And some of them looked young enough to be at home suckling!

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: gillymor
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 08:29 AM

"I can't suckle..."

Oh, the heartbreak of lactation envy.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 08:46 AM

Honey, suckle...oh, never mind.

I am pro-football, all sexes, and anti-military, any sex.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: olddude
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 09:02 AM

Well I am not anti-sex. I think sex is great.

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 09:38 AM

olddude - it's one popular sport where for centuries men have traditionally come first...


WalkaboutsVerse should be happy with that...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: Mrrzy
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 10:57 AM

Shame, shame...

Subject: RE: BS: Why I dislike women's football...
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 01:30 PM

But it should still be ladies first!