Angry men about womens football

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I was listening to talk radio and there was a very angry man on ranting away about womens football. He was basically saying put it on a different channel. Noone wants to watch, even his wife agrees. He was out of breath he was that mad. I was quite taken aback. Far enough if you dont like it, dont watch. Why on earth he was this upset I dont know! Whats with this disgusting reaction! How weird!!

Tbh, my dh won’t watch it. Not because they’re women, but because he thinks the quality of football is poor. A bit like our local team here (men’s) which he also doesn’t support/watch, again because the quality isn’t there (they're in the second division). I think it’s okay not to like it, as long as the reasons aren’t because they’re women.

For any of you who are confused about the facts;

boysvswomen.com

The facts are the facts, we're talking about high school boys vs female Olympians.

Though in fairness to you, I do have to agree here a bit - the England women definitely do things the England men don’t do.
Like, win.
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No they haven't.

Exactly. Such a tired argument. Some teenage boys run faster than Olympian female sprinters at their peak . It doesn’t make the women runners any less impressive. Women are not men and that’s ok!

Not sure if there’s another thread as this one is a bit depressing (not the op’s fault but the man who made those comments)but wanted to say very proud of the ladies and this is great for all the young girls out there.

Football is one of the main sports that is cheap to play and easy to understand. Grab a football head to the park. Sport should be accessible for everyone and encouraging young girls to understand that football is an option is great.

Fair enough. But if he never watches it how does he know the ‘quality’ isn’t there?

Yes they have, are you deluded?

Funny how the men's team haven't won two Euros on the trot.

He’s just bitter because the Male Lionesses never win jack shit.

All of that bullshit is irrelevant. The fact is they've just won a major tournament, something the men haven't done in nearly 60 years. Focus on why the men's team can't cut it in international football while the women's team can, and continue to do.

60 fucking years!!!

DH is a staunch rugby supporter and is not interested in men’s football, but loves watching and supporting the Lionesses (he is also not English. He especially loves the way they celebrate with all their funny antics.

Track and field, and swimming. Not football.

"It's the ability level of women's football that is poor compared to the men, not their physicality."

Well the only way it's going to get better is by encouraging girls to play...which includes showing top level matches.

The top level camogie and women's gaelic football matches get shown live on RTÉ and it's just accepted as normal, it's expected.

Silly argument. They are the standard timetabling. But essentially for most of us everything is on the red button. Don’t remember when I last watched something at its timetabled time on terrestrial tv.

It's the opposite where I am. Lots of men on my fb cheering them on and doing running commentary. Really supportive.

Lots of families too. I think it's brilliant.

This thread is depressing. I’m so thankful that I’m surrounded by men in my life who speak nothing but positively about the women’s football. On the flip side, the open misogyny is helpful to identify those who won’t add value to my life.

Is this post meant to be a joke or are you just very confused?

On one hand dismissing comparisons as irrelevant yet on the other drawing a nonsense comparison.

Pretty much every sport aside from long distance, as that requires tactics that they haven't learnt yet.

If you'd like me to post videos of U14 boys destroying women's International teams, I will

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They're just jealous because the women are better than the men.

He's entitled not to enjoy it, or to watch it himself. He is NOT entitled to claim that nobody else enjoys it or that it should be 'put on a different channel'. That's his feeling, not fact.

He's just a misogynist OP. Pay no attention. They are generally knuckle draggers who are insecure and feel threatened.

I'm proud of what the Lionesses have achieved, don't get me wrong.

But let's not pretend it was good football by an objective standard.

No, the standard timetabling is that, every June/July, Wimbledon dominates the schedule and every summer, international football tournaments take over the schedule.

Why should programmes that rule the schedule week after week after week dominated 52 weeks a year?