Women's football

[rich1uk]

In general, women are pretty dire at Sport, compared to men, but that was one hell of a goal.

careful ginger you will have the PC police at your door

No, credit where credit's due, that was bloody awesome. I went to see some women's Football during the Olympics, and wasn't impressed.

I would actually question whether this thread should be in the sports section or the entertainment section tbh

[Aidan11]

I've yet to see them swap shirts at the end of the game.

[budgetmeansbudget]

In general, women are pretty dire at Sport, compared to men, but that was one hell of a goal.

careful ginger you will have the PC police at your door

No, credit where credit's due, that was bloody awesome. I went to see some women's Football during the Olympics, and wasn't impressed.

It was fairly average in a game that was watched by one man and his dog. I'm sure there are wonder goals scored all around the country in Saturday and Sunday pub leagues.

I'm getting tired of this continual attempt to raise the profile of womens football. The fact remains that the general public don't want to watch it now and will never want to watch it in the future because the standard will always be extremely poor.

[Gingerfinch]

In general, women are pretty dire at Sport, compared to men, but that was one hell of a goal.

careful ginger you will have the PC police at your door

No, credit where credit's due, that was bloody awesome. I went to see some women's Football during the Olympics, and wasn't impressed.

It was fairly average in a game that was watched by one man and his dog. I'm sure there are wonder goals scored all around the country in Saturday and Sunday pub leagues.

I'm getting tired of this continual attempt to raise the profile of womens football. The fact remains that the general public don't want to watch it now and will never want to watch it in the future because the standard will always be extremely poor.

I've never seen a goal that good, whilst watching or playing Sunday and Saturday Football, though I agree with you on the other points. Most of it is comparable to non league men's Football, so why would people want to watch it on TV?

[budgetmeansbudget]

She was only on the edge of the box and had barely any pressure from defenders. I saw a vastly better goal at Dean Court only 10 days ago!

[Gingerfinch]

It was the control and set up, that impressed me. Once there, the volley was taken well, also. I take your point in that she was playing against vastly inferior players to what a pro would, but it was still quality.

[budgetmeansbudget]

It was a well taken goal but to be included in a list of goals with the likes of Van Persie and Rodriguez is ridiculous. Probably about six hundred and fifty tiers of football between her and the likes of RVP. Has it only got selected because it went crazy on You Tube? Or were the judges depserate to find a half decent goal scored by a woman and they had to trawl the lower reaches of the Irish womens league before they found a contender?

[Gingerfinch]

It was a well taken goal but to be included in a list of goals with the likes of Van Persie and Rodriguez is ridiculous. Probably about six hundred and fifty tiers of football between her and the likes of RVP. Has it only got selected because it went crazy on You Tube? Or were the judges depserate to find a half decent goal scored by a woman and they had to trawl the lower reaches of the Irish womens league before they found a contender?

Indeed. The FIFA goal of the year, really should be one, scored at the top, or near top level, ie world cup/euros etc, or a top league from around the world.

[Alviro Patterson]

Time and time in those FIFA awards there is a nomination within part-time football.

Roche's goal worthy of a nomination, but she had all the time in the world to setup that attempt on goal. Rodriguez had a defender closing down on him and Van Persie had bodies in his way in trying to anticipate that header.

[Alviro Patterson]

Quarter Final 2nd leg action on BBC ALBA featuring Glasgow City and Paris Saint Germain.

PSG 2-0 up after the 1st leg, yet Glasgow have parked the bus in front of goal in the 1st half.

[Aidan11]

This is really bizarre -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32242750

[budgetmeansbudget]

They were talking about that incident on Talk Sport yesterday, nice to see that women referees are just as incompetent as the men.

[Durhamfootman]

Not sure if we have a thread for this

England got off to a cracking start in the Euro's, putting 6 past Scotland with a very assured performance and going straight to the top of their group table

The men would have drawn with Scotland, got hammered off Spain and gone into the Portugal game having to win and slipping up on the inevitable banana skin.

Not so the women, and good for them

[Durhamfootman]

Jodie Taylor became only the 3rd England footballer to score a hat trick in a major international tournament

[mikesiva]

Merged. ...

England lead Spain 1-0 at half time.