John Boy Saint Posted 6 March, 2019 Posted 6 March, 2019 Has there been crowd trouble at the SheBelieves games? Eng v Japan seems to be being played behind closed doors The drip drip of the Womens game is obviously working, as you took a peek at the game if only to comment on the crowd....... goals were pretty good. The Americans are reported as only showing coverage of the Olympics from an antisocial time zone if an American wins an event, 2nd and 3rd's are losers so not worthy of airtime, so they ain't going to rock up at a stadium to watch a game they can't win between Brits and Japs. In the grand scheme of Womens football the 25,000 in St Marys to watch England v The Welsh National Parked Bus Company was impressive.
simo Posted 6 March, 2019 Posted 6 March, 2019 Rubbish. They could run zero adverts for any men's football and you'd still get the same viewing figures. Sent from my SM-J600FN using Tapatalk You don't really believe that do you ?
Turkish Posted 18 March, 2019 Posted 18 March, 2019 Crystal Palace womens team lost 1-0 to a load of overweight ex pros in their 50s on Harry’s full English, who the previous week had lost 2-1 to an under 14 boys team. That gives you an idea of the standard Of women’s football.
SaintsLoyal Posted 21 April, 2019 Posted 21 April, 2019 Im sure the league they will get promoted to contains two other southampton womens teams and one of them the original SFC womens team that was 'let go' when the club was relegated in 2005.
Plumstead_Saint Posted 21 April, 2019 Posted 21 April, 2019 Well done Saints FC women! Why do some people feel the need to underplay this, undermine it with pathetic mean spirited comments and take the ****? I hope to god you never have daughters.....
jawillwill Posted 27 April, 2019 Author Posted 27 April, 2019 Well done to them - can only be good for Southampton FC as a whole. What league are they in to now (any other big-ish teams?) or are they expected to walk the league again next season?
Turkish Posted 27 April, 2019 Posted 27 April, 2019 Are we ladies or women? How dare you assume their gender!
Wurzel Posted 27 April, 2019 Posted 27 April, 2019 Is Men's Netball a thing? Yep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_netball
whelk Posted 27 April, 2019 Posted 27 April, 2019 How dare you assume their gender! We could be ground breaking and form Southampton Zies
adrian lord Posted 27 April, 2019 Posted 27 April, 2019 Yep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%27s_netball Excellent. Thank you.
Micky Posted 27 April, 2019 Posted 27 April, 2019 Im sure the league they will get promoted to contains two other southampton womens teams and one of them the original SFC womens team that was 'let go' when the club was relegated in 2005. Surely that can't be true...? Sent from my SM-T580 using Tapatalk
Batman Posted 27 April, 2019 Posted 27 April, 2019 Are we ladies or women? we are non-binary humans, ffs
Turkish Posted 28 April, 2019 Posted 28 April, 2019 Waddya think, Batman? It’s weird is what it is. Why would a football club decide to give away free tampons? I see a few people saying how great it was and other clubs should Follow suit. Why? We believe you should pay £40+ for a ticket, we believe you should pay booking fee on top of this, we believe you should pay to park when you buy something from the club shop, but women at the game should get free jam wrags. Seriously who comes up with this nonsense?
adrian lord Posted 28 April, 2019 Posted 28 April, 2019 Are there free condoms in the men's bogs? Only fair.
Batman Posted 28 April, 2019 Posted 28 April, 2019 What about those brave individuals who identify as men, use the gents loos but still suffer from the monthly female red devil? Why do we even have toilets that make you specify a gender in the first place?
SaintMB Posted 28 April, 2019 Posted 28 April, 2019 Jeez, it's like some sort of working man's club in here. What time is the stripper on?
whelk Posted 28 April, 2019 Posted 28 April, 2019 Are there free condoms in the men's bogs? Only fair. Yeah condoms and tampons are direct comparisons 1
angelman Posted 28 April, 2019 Posted 28 April, 2019 Yeah condoms and tampons are direct comparisons If only. I would be content using rubber once a month for a week.
jawillwill Posted 5 July, 2021 Author Posted 5 July, 2021 See we've signed someone today. Is she any good? Not sure I've ever really noticed the social media channels making a big deal of new women's recruits.
Give it to Ron Posted 5 July, 2021 Posted 5 July, 2021 27 minutes ago, jawillwill said: See we've signed someone today. Is she any good? Not sure I've ever really noticed the social media channels making a big deal of new women's recruits. Yes she is local girl went to Mountbatten school year above my lad who says she is quality
MB Posted 10 hours ago Posted 10 hours ago Club website is full of Saints women content these, don’t mean to be rude but is it actually necessary? Just think it’s PC gone mad these days. Sky sports is the same with WSL coverage, was mad it took precedence over Pompey/Saints game. Doubt most people could even name you one player. Do people even go matches? Assumed it was just friends/family 1 1
East Kent Saint Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago Oh dear ! They were actually banned from playing at all by the football authorities despite having an England team at the time . So get real now they have an actual opportunity to play football. You don't have to watch it if you don't want to. We don't live ruled by some religious maniacs , thank somebody 😄 .
suewhistle Posted 7 hours ago Posted 7 hours ago 2 hours ago, MB said: Just think it’s PC gone mad these days. Is he actually saying that with a straight face and no sense of irony?! It's up there with 'do you know who I am?' in revealing all about the writer/speaker. 2 hours ago, MB said: Doubt most people could even name you one player. Do people even go matches? Assumed it was just friends/family He assumes rather a lot, doesn't he?!
Dr Who? Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago Me I follow the Saints women’s team, and enjoy the women’s game. Again like the men’s game, I have very little interest in the top flight, unless Saints are in it, then you have too. I have no interest in the champions league. I have got more enjoyment out of watching the women’s England team than the mens over the last decade for sure, and there is something refreshing about the way they play and respectfully play. They also seem to want to win for each other, and that shows with results. They were nowhere near their best during the last euros but that togetherness saw them through, that sheer desire to win. Southampton women I have been championing for years now and have followed them online mainly because of my location, but go to the games up north, and went to the playoff final against Wolves at Stockport when they go promoted into the Championship, now the WSL2. The women’s game has come on so much in the last 10 years and there is something women’s international team winning 2 euros is pretty outstanding. I understand it is not for everyone, and I always watch the women’s game with that in mind, it is not the men’s game that has had millions ploughed into it over many decades. I think the women’s game will continue to improve, but we already have the same issue where the bigger teams are taking all the talent pool, which makes it very hard to retain your good players in the WSL2. Unless you are Newcastle, who have the money. At the end of the day it is a personal choice and you do not have have to watch it, but I will say it is a Saints team and I will support any of their teams that come under that umbrella. I do find it funny in the fixtures on the BBC as they never seem to know where to place the woman’s games in the list. 😂 1
Fabrice29 Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 3 hours ago, MB said: Club website is full of Saints women content these, don’t mean to be rude but is it actually necessary? Just think it’s PC gone mad these days. Sky sports is the same with WSL coverage, was mad it took precedence over Pompey/Saints game. Doubt most people could even name you one player. Do people even go matches? Assumed it was just friends/family How’s JWP and GON getting on?
BarberSaint Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago 1 hour ago, suewhistle said: Is he actually saying that with a straight face and no sense of irony?! It's up there with 'do you know who I am?' in revealing all about the writer/speaker. He assumes rather a lot, doesn't he?! Yep, I've been. Seen them on the telly, too. I think judging by the noises I heard and comments made, so too does MLG. Decided I didn't want to introduce myself. Looking at the crowd was interesting, some fans who would go and support the main men's team but otherwise it was more a day out with a sort of spectacle that a number of the kids weren't interested in. Not your usual footy crowd or people who in the main looked like season ticket holders. I can't quite see that the project will achieve what it intends, whatever that is and in a way it is exclusionary cause only a few seem to play. Talking of which, how's the grass roots game going on? That'll be interesting. It's an interesting and involved topic but in principle it makes no odds if 'they' have a team. I seem to recollect one called "Southampton Red Star" or the like. They had at least one good player cause I played footy with her. I believe they were quite successful, too. Are there elements here of 'social engineering'? Yep. Are there elements here of 'bashing someone who has a different opinion to you?' Yep. Is the standard particularly good? No. Genuinely not. A bit like the good doctor above, however, I am not particularly interested in any other football these days. That's even gone down the U21s cause it was always interesting to see if you could spot talent, probably something introduced with a once-popular computer game. I would disagree that they 'play respectfully'. They go in damn hard and not always fair and it can get pretty feisty. I've even seen a couple of dives, but on the whole I agree there's a distinct lack of gamesmanship. So on the whole, I simply don't care apart from the societal elements but if SFC want to pay them to have a team to compete because they have to or everyone else is doing it, or then so be it (although allowing a choice would be better). I think it's good to keep the debate ongoing though.
MB Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago Just think it’s a healthy debate. If they want to do it that’s fine just think the exposure is too high when the reality is very few care / watch it I do think they need to make the goals a bit shorter to help the keepers a bit
Holmes_and_Watson Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago 5 minutes ago, MB said: Just think it’s a healthy debate. If they want to do it that’s fine just think the exposure is too high when the reality is very few care / watch it I do think they need to make the goals a bit shorter to help the keepers a bit If they made the goals smaller, Lauren James wouldn't have scored a goal of beauty in midweek. She knows the power the keeper has, and that affects how she hits her 30 yard effort, into the top corner. There's no doubt a lot of differing reasons for the broadcasting and corporate support. An altruistic view would be the broadcasters embracing a rapidly growing sport, aimed towards not only women, but an already broad, very successful, football audience. Corporate sponsors also see the massive benefits in supporting that rapidly growing sport, from top to bottom, where they're already supporting the men's game. A realistic view is that they know that it showcases their name, for less money, to a lot more people/ potential customers/ viewers. A more cynical view is that having finally realised how racist, sexist and elitist they've been since their inception, broadcasters and companies are being well and truly hoisted by their own publicised values, marketing and HR policies. It's the absence of it, for all those years, that makes it seem like there's a disproportionate amount. And the other reasons. I think all of the above, and more, are at work. If exposure/ sponsorship is to reflect participants/ attendees, then arguably women's football gets a lot of front page coverage. But football is broader than that in our society. The above points show why it's getting more exposure. As for the game, I really enjoy it. Different physical attributes changing modern tactics, makes it really interesting ( that Lauren James goal for example). Full bloodied play, with practically zero time wasting or fakery. I don't really get the standard thing. I don't go to my local team, comparing them to Barcelona. I go to see two competitive teams put in a good game. I'm perfectly fine watching women's football. It's often smaller grounds, with good atmospheres which I really like too. It's one where had it not been for the level of publicity, I'd not be watching it now. So, I'm really glad they did it. 3
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