Gemmel Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23147072 Interesting article on the BBC. Having watched the arsenal ladies team on TV a few times (Who seemed to win everything, year in year out) I would cringe at the standard, so I am not convinced by womans football at all (Sorry Sue Whistle) but Sue Lopez was my school teacher and she really was an outstanding footballer and lovely lady as well. Nice to see her getting some recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Do you think that standard of women's football would improve if it were given the same funding and coaching talent that the men's game has? I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldNick Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 It might improve slightly but like women's tennis ,it would never get to a top standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 All I'll say is we watched Southampton in League One. Does my head in when people dismiss women's football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Mentioned this before... In 70s about 78/79...whilst in a club in down town Southampton..met some of the Southampton Ladies football team.. Usual banter re men/ladies standard of football.....some of ladies playing for England a short while later at the Dell. Went along and watched.....Mightily impressed with the team and particularly some of the Southampton Ladies...Very good standard. Unable to remember a lot of the names of that era.Apart from Lopez..there was Bucket , Coffin ,Chapman? As I have said before we have had some right ladies playing for the Saints over the years......Only joking boyz.. Well done the Ladies of Southampton...Hope they get back to the top again one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 All I'll say is we watched Southampton in League One. Does my head in when people dismiss women's football. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Cunning Stunts Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 All I'll say is we watched Southampton in League One. Does my head in when people dismiss women's football. Why? It is substandard and boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Why? I was kind of thinking the same. I've watched enough women's football to know that, as a spectator sport, it really isn't for me and I won't bother watching if its on TV. Much like women's tennis; for the most part I find it pretty boring, but even as just a casual tennis fan in general I found today's mens Wimbledon final riveting stuff. Maybe Duncan doesn't like differing opinions to his own; who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Its a shame that Southampton who were totally dominant in England/Scotland in the 1970s and early 80s don't even figure in the top divisions of the womens game nowadays. Southampton are still the 2nd "winningest" team in WFA Cup history, only Arsenal have won more. 4th level in the pyramid, perhaps one day they will get back to where they belong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miltonaggro Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 My favourite bit is when they take corners and goal kicks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonist Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Do you think that standard of women's football would improve if it were given the same funding and coaching talent that the men's game has? I do. Or they could play 60 minutes instead of 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 (edited) Mentioned this before... In 70s about 78/79...whilst in a club in down town Southampton..met some of the Southampton Ladies football team.. Usual banter re men/ladies standard of football.....some of ladies playing for England a short while later at the Dell. Went along and watched.....Mightily impressed with the team and particularly some of the Southampton Ladies...Very good standard. Unable to remember a lot of the names of that era.Apart from Lopez..there was Bucket , Coffin ,Chapman? As I have said before we have had some right ladies playing for the Saints over the years......Only joking boyz.. Well done the Ladies of Southampton...Hope they get back to the top again one day. Problem with you ottery...you only know the real old birds.. PS ..Did I tell you about the young girl from my office when I was based in London......NO:o We had a footer game against another office and she was GOOD..really good. Played for a team called Milwall Lionesses at the weekend.......At one time during the game...I thought she was Terry Hurlock:scared: 1986 Edited 7 July, 2013 by ottery st mary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Sue Lopez was a coach when I did Level 1 & 2 FA Badges. She was excellent and made us all look terrible during brief kick arounds and training drills. She also hated Rupert Lowe for disbanding Saints Women's team (I believe she was manager at the time?) and wouldn't even allow his name to be mentioned. She'd only refer to him as "that evil man". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stardustonmyfeet Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Whatever respect I might have had for the women's game has been extinguished by the 'relegation' of Doncaster Belles to make way for Manchester City's women's team (who only finished fourth in their division). I thought the FA were embarrassed with the MK Dons fiasco, so I can't understand why they are determined to make fools of themselves again by promoting franchise-style football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 Whatever respect I might have had for the women's game has been extinguished by the 'relegation' of Doncaster Belles to make way for Manchester City's women's team (who only finished fourth in their division). I thought the FA were embarrassed with the MK Dons fiasco, so I can't understand why they are determined to make fools of themselves again by promoting franchise-style football. I thought they had endorsed the franchise concept by allowing Lincoln's team to disband/re-locate as Notts County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncanRG Posted 7 July, 2013 Share Posted 7 July, 2013 I was kind of thinking the same. I've watched enough women's football to know that, as a spectator sport, it really isn't for me and I won't bother watching if its on TV. Much like women's tennis; for the most part I find it pretty boring, but even as just a casual tennis fan in general I found today's mens Wimbledon final riveting stuff. Maybe Duncan doesn't like differing opinions to his own; who knows. I don't blame people for not wanting to watch it as it is - I very rarely do myself. I just dislike the commonly-held view that it cannot and will never change, that it's the way women are and the game couldn't improve dramatically with government funding and community participation. You only need to look at the success of the United States team, where womens' soccer is very popular, to know that the game can reach higher standards. I know that, like all sport, it will never be on a par with the men's game but that doesn't account for the gulf there is now. Tens of thousands of boys in this country kick a ball about at school because they idolize their heroes in the Premier League, but potential role models for girls (the likes of Faye White, Hope Powell and Alex Morgan in the US) don't have anywhere near the same visibility. If they did, more girls got involved, and had they had comprehensive advanced-level coaching then the game would improve drastically. The idea that football is a man's game is received wisdom - we believe it's the natural order because it's the way it's always been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Jude Posted 25 August, 2014 Share Posted 25 August, 2014 Just watching the women's football show on telly... Game is definitely improving and becoming more popular... Also good to see England women in both rugby and cricket getting professional contracts... Must be about time Saints started supporting the Southampton ladies team that it abandoned...? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 25 August, 2014 Share Posted 25 August, 2014 I find it hard to watch any game not involving saints with any enjoyment men or womans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard Posted 25 August, 2014 Share Posted 25 August, 2014 I was kind of thinking the same. I've watched enough women's football to know that, as a spectator sport, it really isn't for me and I won't bother watching if its on TV. Much like women's tennis; for the most part I find it pretty boring, but even as just a casual tennis fan in general I found today's mens Wimbledon final riveting stuff. Maybe Duncan doesn't like differing opinions to his own; who knows. I actually find women's tennis more interesting than men's. The men seem to end up trading shots from the baseline so often that it's dull to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 25 August, 2014 Share Posted 25 August, 2014 I went to the WFA Cup final in 99 when Southampton lost to Arsenal. There was a big hoof upfront, the CB went to header it, decided to let it bounce then jumped up to meet the rising ball and the ball sailed over her head, I left at half time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 25 August, 2014 Share Posted 25 August, 2014 I do believe I raised this issue some time ago Indeed I did! http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?50550-Lady-Saints#.U_uGjGPDXKI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo78 Posted 25 August, 2014 Share Posted 25 August, 2014 I do believe I raised this issue some time ago Indeed I did! http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?50550-Lady-Saints#.U_uGjGPDXKI The thread wasn't about our ex-manager, ex-players, our board, or our resident WUMs, so it was doomed to fail... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted 25 August, 2014 Share Posted 25 August, 2014 I was informed on Saturday that a book about Lawrie McMenemy is due out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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