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  1. Faithful Bantam

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    I'm not in the slightest bit interested in the womens team. That's not me being sexist, I just have no interest. No reason not to have their content referenced on this forum though.
     
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    #43 Faithful Bantam, Nov 18, 2021
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  2. NorthernMonkey

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    What's wrong with saying "girls"? Plenty of people refer to the men's team as "boys".

    Are you looking a bit too hard for something that isn't there maybe?
     
    #41 NorthernMonkey, Nov 18, 2021
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  3. NorthernMonkey

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    Why? What live sport was it replacing?

    Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't watch it but certainly there is a market for it and as long as it doesn't replace anything I'm wanting to watch then it really doesn't bother me. There's plenty of channels and usually enough room for everything.
     
    #6 NorthernMonkey, Sep 12, 2021
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  4. Ulysses S Grant

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    I'm not interested either and actually find it baffling that a game that is about the standard of Park Avenue gets so much coverage. Positive discrimination at its worst. Skysports wouldn't dream of having a Halifax Town player as a pundit so why constantly have that annoyance that is Sue Smith with her whining voice. At least the BBC have recognised that Alex Scott has some presenting talent.
     
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    #44 Ulysses S Grant, Nov 18, 2021
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  5. Dennis

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    I don't follow golf. Others may not follow rugby union. Some may not even follow cricket. And some including yourself don't follow women's football. But they all get coverage on Sky.

    But many do follow these sports and I have never seen Sky being accused of forcing these other sports on people. Is there something else in play here to warrant your view that women's football (rather than golf or RU or cricket) is being forced on Sky customers by some unspecified force?

    If my memory is correct, it isn't long ago when you were criticising Sky for having the temerity to include details of women's transfers for a few minutes in their day long Transfer show on deadline day which suggests to me that there is a deeper issue here.
     
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    That’s incredibly harsh on Park Avenue. They would hammer any of the WSL teams. It’s literally Sunday league football. There’s a complete physicality and athleticism mismatch there.
     
    #49 bantamlad92, Nov 21, 2021
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  7. Loyalbantam

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    I’ve been to watch the Bradford City ladies a few times if you must know. Or at least I did when it was free admission. The standard is watchable but even if they reached the Womens Super league I could never get the same raw emotion from the womens game that I got when JH smashed that header in at Villa Park or when the final whistle went at Wolves in 99.
    The BBC are only putting the WSL on prime time tv to avoid finger pointing that they don’t support equality.
     
    #58 Loyalbantam, Nov 21, 2021
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  8. trevor

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    We need an England LGBT? team, the BBC would cream itself and show every game!
     
    #71 trevor, Dec 1, 2021
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  9. Hoochy-Min

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    Don't watch it then.
     
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    #2 Hoochy-Min, Sep 12, 2021
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  10. Bantam Begins

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    Weak management/leadership caving into a loud minority yet again. I don’t know a soul interested in it. Sky have to be very careful people will vote with their feet soon.
     
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  11. SimonW

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    It is ridiculous that they don’t learn from the past. Over in the states they spent billions on trying to make the WNBA a thing and no-one benefitted from it because they tried to make it a thing too early, the game wasn’t anywhere near good enough to be a spectacle it needed to be to take off. It just created a stigma around it which they have never got over.

    And that’s what we have with women’s football. Technically the level is pretty good for the outfield players but they are so hell bent on proving women are equal to men they make the sport a complete and utter joke. Keepers specifically are a major problem. Studies show that woman have slower reactions than men which is a problem for keepers and their lower physicality makes that worse, at the Olympics for example almost all the goals in the women’s matches came from the keeper being poor. Right away if they made the goals smaller it would make things much better by giving the keeper more of a chance. I would also make the whole pitch smaller, physically it’s always going to look worse so make the pitch smaller, focus on the technical skill where there is a much greater chance of the women being close to the men’s level and you have a sport that’s easier to market
     
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    #15 SimonW, Sep 13, 2021
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  12. Hoochy-Min

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    Not great viewing but there you are watching it.
     
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    #24 Hoochy-Min, Oct 31, 2021
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    Agreed but I bet there's plenty of young girls watching it and hopefully are inspired by it.

    I've absolutely no interest in watching it myself, it's really not for me but I don't begrudge it being given a national TV slot to try and grow and improve the game.

    There's plenty of other channels or even the streaming services to choose from if Women's football isn't your thing.
     
    #55 NorthernMonkey, Nov 21, 2021
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  14. Loyalbantam

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    I’m willing to bet you any money that if the BBC showed Exeter v Bradford City live on the 30th Nov that it would surpass the viewing figures of England v Latvia ladies World Cup qualifier on the same night.
     
    #59 Loyalbantam, Nov 21, 2021
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  15. Steve1970

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    It’s a close game though
     
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  16. simons (woking bantam)

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    Thats because most teams are Mickey Mouse standard. Some of the 'way over the top' promotion by Sky and the Beeb of the women's game is embarrassing- people can see what level they are watching. But that's the world we live in.

    If they want to promote equal opportunities why not show Youth football, Vets football, Walking football etc - bet there would be as much interest
     
    #66 simons (woking bantam), Nov 30, 2021
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  17. Loyalbantam

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    Back in the 60’s that’s exactly what the mens team did to the likes of San Marino. And that how far behind the Womens game is. 50 years from now it might be worth watching
     
    #68 Loyalbantam, Nov 30, 2021
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  18. Frank Castle

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    What I find more annoying is how the BBC Football website dovetails mens and womens news stories on the same page.

    Thinking a headline refers to the men's team when it actually refers to the women's happens on a daily basis nowadays.
     
    #21 Frank Castle, Sep 14, 2021
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  19. Hoochy-Min

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    Good thread merge. Noted the opening 2 messages and felt quite smug.

    Here's some more thread ideas for you Loyal m8:

    But what about white history month?
    But don't all lives matter?
    But when is straight pride week?
     
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  20. Loyalbantam

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    Why I can’t I state my opinion that womens football is shite and shouldn’t be on a major broadcasting channel that the public pay a license fee for without accusations of mysogyny?
     
    #31 Loyalbantam, Oct 31, 2021
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