sne Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 91.000 at Camp Nou for the game between Barca and Real in the CL. Must have been quite the experience for the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MakemineVanilla Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I see Kenny Shiels, the manager of the Northern Ireland women's team, is in trouble after saying that women are more emotional than men and tend to concede goals, soon after they've have let one in. Having followed the women's game for a decade or so, I can confirm that this is true but I am sure you are not allowed to say so, even if it might help the development of the women's game. He offered some statistics as evidence but he's still had to apologise. I can remember Phil Neville giving Beth Mead a bollocking when she was playing for England, and she burst into tears, which left him completely nonplussed. Luckily, Kenny Shiels wasn't asked to define "woman", or his career would be over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 27 minutes ago, MakemineVanilla said: I see Kenny Shiels, the manager of the Northern Ireland women's team, is in trouble after saying that women are more emotional than men and tend to concede goals, soon after they've have let one in. Having followed the women's game for a decade or so, I can confirm that this is true but I am sure you are not allowed to say so, even if it might help the development of the women's game. He offered some statistics as evidence but he's still had to apologise. I can remember Phil Neville giving Beth Mead a bollocking when she was playing for England, and she burst into tears, which left him completely nonplussed. Luckily, Kenny Shiels wasn't asked to define "woman", or his career would be over. Thing is Kenny Shiels is one of the biggest rocket polishers in football management. He has never blamed himself for a loss and always has a few excuses lined up I wouldnt mind he is not exactly a top class coach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted April 13, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted April 13, 2022 4 hours ago, MakemineVanilla said: I see Kenny Shiels, the manager of the Northern Ireland women's team, is in trouble after saying that women are more emotional than men I wouldn't mind but after he said this half of them burst into tears and the rest threw a hissy fit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Well the Barry Women’s team stayed in the Welsh Prem today by the skin of their teeth. Went in to the day in the relegation spot and needing a combination of results to stay up. The results happened, Port Talbot lost, Ponty lost, we won. Five goal difference between our win and their heavy defeat. Stayed up on goal difference! Proper drama. Better value entertainment than the men’s team this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Come on you Lionesses, need a good win to start things off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunther Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Any villa ladies in the England squad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepDish Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) With the football game at total shambles (WC in Qatar, top clubs wanting to create their own league, corruption cases in FIFA and allowing dirty money into the game), I am looking forward to watch some of the Euro Championship matches. Specially the Norwegian matches, where er have a couple of high profile players. It's ridiculous that Ada Hegerberg had a yearly wage at 425 000 US dollars, after winning the Ballon D'or (for women) once and Champions League final 3 og 4 times. Edited July 6, 2022 by DeepDish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 6, 2022 Goal! Maybe...Do they not have goal line tech? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Great start, not sure why the VAR was used there. Clearly crossed the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 22 minutes ago, blunther said: Any villa ladies in the England squad? One of the reserve keepers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted July 6, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted July 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, Lichfield Dean said: Goal! Maybe...Do they not have goal line tech? They do. Not sure why it went to VAR as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Would have put money on White scoring there, great ball from Hemp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 England playing well after shaky start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MachoFantastico Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 2 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said: England playing well after shaky start. Looked nervous at the start (which is to be expected) but have come alive since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 To be honest it's good to see a free flowing game of footy without the diving, cheating, shirt pulling, feigning injury and histrionics that plagues the mens game. Plus the referee is doing a reasonable job of referring a game of football rather than trying to grab the limelight for all the wrong reasons.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Austria back four couldn't find a pass to save their lives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips'ngravy Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, DeepDish said: With the football game at total shambles (WC in Qatar, top clubs wanting to create their own league, corruption cases in FIFA and allowing dirty money into the game), I am looking forward to watch some of the Euro Championship matches. Specially the Norwegian matches, where er have a couple of high profile players. It's ridiculous that Ada Hegerberg had a yearly wage at 425 000 US dollars, after winning the Ballon D'or (for women) once and Champions League final 3 og 4 times. I don't think it's ridiculous. What should she be earning? It's reflective of the level of play and the interest in the Women's game in general. Certain sections of the media are intent on giving it the same coverage as the men's game but the reality is the interest is nowhere near as high. The average attendance of the Women's Premier League is less than 1,200. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 9 hours ago, chips'ngravy said: I don't think it's ridiculous. What should she be earning? It's reflective of the level of play and the interest in the Women's game in general. Certain sections of the media are intent on giving it the same coverage as the men's game but the reality is the interest is nowhere near as high. The average attendance of the Women's Premier League is less than 1,200. This is a good point about the attendances, they still need to go up a lot more partly so that there can be more money for women's football and then higher player salaries (and perhaps some better coaches too). I guess part of achieving that might be inceasing the promotion of the games a bit more. I've been following England and Villa women's football since 2011 and intend to go to a few games in the next few years, I can never get a ticket for the men's these days anyway when I try to. I haven't been able to afford a season ticket. (I hope the stadium extension will help me to get to watch a few matches again!) It might help soon as well if some of the free to watch games were made pay to view only, perhaps via club websites like ours. I would pay £5 a match for some matches or maybe a yearly subscription to try to help increase the funds in the women's game and as a result gradually raise the standard of the play, in the interests of equality. More very talented girls would properly try to make it as a pro footballer if there were decent salaries right across the WSL and then the women's championship too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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