I'm surprised ...

Eric

Eric

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that none of you football fans seem to be interested in the Women's World Cup ... the games are drawing record crowds over here. And the English girls play Norway tonite in Ottawa. Their first knockout round game. I'll be watching the game and cheering the lasses on. (If, by some chance, they should meet Canada ... well, I'll be wearing the Maple Leaf:D) I really hope they do well. They can't do any worse than that bunch of stumblebums who represented England in the last World Cup.
 
Himself has been watching and he has been shouting at the TV.....now I know nothing about football, but my impression is that he has found it interesting, exciting and this has surprised me because I thought he would be very critical of women's football.
 
Eric said:
that none of you football fans seem to be interested in the Women's World Cup ... the games are drawing record crowds over here. And the English girls play Norway tonite in Ottawa. Their first knockout round game. I'll be watching the game and cheering the lasses on. (If, by some chance, they should meet Canada ... well, I'll be wearing the Maple Leaf:D) I really hope they do well. They can't do any worse than that bunch of stumblebums who represented England in the last World Cup.
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Hubby gave up on the England men's team years ago.
We now wear the green and gold.
Our girls beat giants Brazil, and are now in the quarter final.
 
Aussie Irene said:
Hubby gave up on the England men's team years ago.
We now wear the green and gold.
Our girls beat giants Brazil, and are now in the quarter final.
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Watched the game ... great entertainment ... great win.:alright: Canada, Australia and England all thru to the quarter finals.:theband: But now Canada and England meet in Vancouver. Time to put on the Maple Leaf.
 
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The ladies football was on in the background in Read con last week and I started to watch a bit.
I was surprised to see they played a decent game with some amount of skill.
I don't know what I was expecting, probably a bunch of cissies prancing about (like the men) but they were pretty good.
 
Gremlin said:
I was surprised to see they played a decent game with some amount of skill.
I don't know what I was expecting, probably a bunch of cissies prancing about (like the men) but they were pretty good.
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When did you last see an English team that played with some amount of skill? :rolleyes: At least against real opposition. In Canada, our top football team is the women. Men, real men, lace up their skates, grab a stick, and hit the ice. One thing you can say about the women's game: it ain't all about money, and who can hand out the biggest bribes.

On Saturday, I will be cheering for Canada. But, whichever team wins is going to be my team for the rest of the tournament.:D And my third choice: Australia.:alright: Come on the Socceroos:D
 
cashman said:
In Canada its not surprising the top team is the lasses, They have always been pretty crap at football the fellas yon.:D
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Get back to me when you guys dominate your national sport, like we dominate ours.:D When was the last time England beat Germany 16-0?
 
Eric said:
When did you last see an English team that played with some amount of skill? :rolleyes: At least against real opposition. In Canada, our top football team is the women. Men, real men, lace up their skates, grab a stick, and hit the ice. One thing you can say about the women's game: it ain't all about money, and who can hand out the biggest bribes.

On Saturday, I will be cheering for Canada. But, whichever team wins is going to be my team for the rest of the tournament.:D And my third choice: Australia.:alright: Come on the Socceroos:D
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Eric, our girls team are called the Matildas, the men are the socceroos.
 
I know this is going to sound contentious....especially from someone who dislikes football as much as I do....but, men are never going to acclaim a women's football tournament.
It wouldn't matter if all the players had the footballing skills of Pele....or some of the other greats in football.....it would never be acceptable to them.
Men will always see the women as 'playing at it' because they see football as a male game.
Though goodness knows there are some real Jessie's playing professional football at the moment.

Someone once said that women have to be twice as good as men to be thought of as half as good. This is spectacularly true when it comes to football.

Now I will wait for the red stuff to land.
 
Not at all Margaret, personally i think women boxers are totally unacceptable, which is probably why it puts me off watching womens football.
 
Well, you are spot on there.....women boxing is abhorrent.
But boxing and football are totally different.
Himself has watched some of the women's football and he seemed to think it was worth watching......his feet were going.....which is what happens in matches he is engrossed in.

Personally I am not a fan of any sport.
 
Margaret Pilkington said:
Well, you are spot on there.....women boxing is abhorrent.
But boxing and football are totally different.
Himself has watched some of the women's football and he seemed to think it was worth watching......his feet were going.....which is what happens in matches he is engrossed in.

Personally I am not a fan of any sport.
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I know they are totally different, its the mentality of these people though to me. those who organise and run.
 
I'm not a sports fan either but I don't see boxing as a 'sport'.
It's the only 'sport' where the whole intention is to hurt your opponent, the more the better.
Women boxing- awful.
Women playing football- well they don't fall down in agony as often as the 'men' do so maybe they're tougher?
 
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