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Ha. As you wish.

I am perfectly fine. I just find it very funny that you are protesting continually how little you care about something. It makes you look very impressive, don't worry.

I have not expressed an opinion so don't see fit to make false presumptions. I am asking the questions. If you don't care, why ask that question in the first place and why continue the conversation.... about the thing you don't care about?

But to think of the question in the first place.... How odd. You are thinking about it, even if it's in a flippant way. But no, you don't care. It doesn't offend you does it? It doesn't upset your masculine equilibrium? No, you don't care. You will answer this post to prove that you don't care.

How odd. Thought you didn't care about a ladies team so why consider such a thing?

So Saints is only ever the men's team? Even if the Ladies team is operated by and run by the club's staff/coaches, in the club's facilities? Fair enough if you don't want to actively support or follow it, but if it's run by the club, it is the club.

I said we got what we wanted. I've never had any thought that it played an active part. Bless you CB Fry for caring and remembering though, to know you were so moved keeps the spirit of those halcyon days alive! So, you are a sexist then CB Fry?

So it's purely about what you want?

Ahem: You must get off on this. I hate to think that you are actually that misogynistic. Going back to something you missed, Do you think the whole of the Grass-roots of the game should give up. After all it's only about the teams that are being watched, right?

A successful campaign I may add, we got what we wanted. And it's the words of a man who has just become a father to a young daughter. That such retrograde perspectives as yours still exist is really quite scary.

No a team for those who need help would be a good idea. Shall I sign you up? You are just being a poor man's Turkish now.

So the entire grass roots of the game should give up?

Very well said.

I don't. So, you have no qualms about depriving people a chance to represent their club because of gender? You make some further sarcastic examples, but should there be the interest in running them and the club gives it's blessing, why should that be something for you to criticise? You have a daughter who catches the football bug and you have to explain that's wrong? You tell her to get back into the kitchen? Or do you take pride in the fact that should she have the ability she can play for her club, her team.

I'm advocating a women's team and you are just being sarcastic to those with that position. But fine, if you want to lower yourself to the lowest common denominator that's fine.

You don't want to answer me directly then? Just want to snipe?

You bring the prawn sandwiches, i'll bring the thermos. I'm delighted that gender will not be a barrier to my daughter playing for Southampton should she catch her father's interest in football. I had the pleasure of coaching a girl at u11 level who had to stop playing due to gender at the end of the season. She was heartbroken as there was no team for her to play for in the club, thankfully she found somewhere to continue and she now captains her city's semi-pro side. The pride and reward she gets from that is amazing, why would anyone want to deprive someone of that chance just because it doesn't fall inside their own personal spectrum or paradigms? It's about time the club had a ladies team, this is truly fantastic news.

There is no point debating this I know, lets just agree to disagree. Personally, I'm delighted that there will be a Southampton Ladies team again from next year, it brings us into the 21st century.

Why not? It's not as though money is being wasted on buying up a Ladies team and parachuting it into the Super League, Southampton Ladies will be born from the academy and provide a focal point for the young women and girls who play the game and give them a chance to aspire for playing for their club, you know, the 40-50% of people who are in our fan base who just so happen to not have the dream of currently playing for the club that is just as much theirs as yours. If it doesn't catch momentum, nothing lost, if it does, more the better. I would consider it very important, it shows our club has a soul and exists as just that.... a football club for all.

Nice life story, what's his question.....?

Two players refused larger pay offers to come to Saints... Clasie and Virgil?

Ladies football part of the 5 year plan, glad to hear that. Important to have a ladies team in the fold and one that is being organically grown.

They have been a bit corporate, but efficient and obliging. Not too shabby.

Quite an admission George

The nature of politics these days, attack the opposition ahead of praising your own virtues.