posted Aug 10, 2007

For those of you wearing rose-tinted specs, you're forgetting that this is a team associated with the FA.
The women's game has been ruined by the FA's lack of forward-thinking.
Sorry, but this team will win FA.

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posted Aug 11, 2007

It's great they made it to the finals given the lack of funding and publicity for womens football in this country, but honestly I think they'll struggle to get out of a group containing the current world champions and the hosts!
However, it would be excellent if they did win so I'll remain optimistic!!

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posted Aug 17, 2007

Why is this pigeon holed on the main site. Let the ladies have their own page rather than just a snippet here and there.

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posted Aug 17, 2007

I agree with Bellion-Wonderland. I would rather be reading about Stevie G's sore toe than this drivel. No offense.

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posted Aug 17, 2007

i can't believe this is even worthy of an article on the internet!.
who cares?

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posted Aug 17, 2007

I just assumed that Everton's Andy Johnson was given special dispensation to play in the England women's World Cup campaign.

Imagine my dismay when it wasn't.

I think coverage of the World Cup is on BBC2, not entirely sure though.

And I hope this article isn't inundated with pleas for the tournament to be shown on BBC1. The women's World Cup won't have high viewing figures like the mens'. And I assume that if someone has BBC1, they should have BBC2, so why should it even matter? Are people just that lazy to switch over?

Marseille v Valencia - UEFA Cup Final 2004 was shown on BBC2 as were other UEFA Cup games.

The 2006 UEFA Cup Final was on ITV4. So not all men's games are on the main channels either.

And even if the women team win the World Cup, before supporters start berating the men's team, they should remember it is the money generated from the men's game which allows a women's team to be formed.

I still remember what a Charlton player said when the women's team was cut. She argued that the women's team won a trophy more recently than their male counterparts.

But unfortunately, the woman in question forgot that it was the stability of the men's team which created the women's side.

I'm all for women football teams having proper rights etc. But if they really want a leg to stand on, they should all start independent. Not just a branch of the men's game. Otherwise if the men's team go down then the women's team may suffer.

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posted Aug 17, 2007

Surely the fact that the 'debate' on this article is non-existent should warrant it's removal by the BBC!

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posted Aug 17, 2007

when i read this headline i thought it was johnson from everton was so bad he moved to the womens league

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posted Aug 17, 2007

Since when has winning been the only criteria for supporting a team? I tell you. Since people begun believing the hype about themselves.

I don't think England have any chance of winning, but from my Den I'll support them. Every real fan knows the value of support to their team. Hurl abuse at the players while they're on the pitch and think it'll make them perform better? Many seem to think so. Yet with the evidence of their own eyes, after their abuse the player, they seem to keep performing badly and still they wonder why.

No, don't say the women's world cup is worthless when you aren't a player. That's like saying an olympic gold medal for shooting is worthless after the winner has spent 10 years perfecting their aim and nerve, just because you think it's boring to watch. Well who cares about you anyway? Answer : Only you. So don't knock other peoples aspirations.

As for the BBC 1 or BBC2 debate again this reflects a shallow attitude to life. Those who say please not on BBC 1 seem to be saying BBC 1 is more significant or better than BBC 2 because 1 stands for 1st and 2 for the runner up. This is ridiculous. They are different channels within an organisation with complementary programming briefs. There isn't a pecking order apart from in the minds of those who don't seem to spent a lot of their time using it for thinking. Bearsonally, ever since I was a cub, I've all ways found that BBC2 to have had far better programming in general. Far more wide ranging, and challenging to view. Why do you think they put Blankty Blank on BBC 1? "Maple Blank, I wonder what the blank could stand for errrrrrr? Syrup? Hey I've just won a CD player for that how incredibly smart I must be, because I knew syrup should follow maple instead of say maple tree or maple skyscraper".

OK I digressed. Support the ladies or go whine about something more important like world poverty.

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posted Aug 17, 2007

go on wags! i wacthed a few womens games last season n can c them geting to atleast da semis. man utd!

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