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Should women Commentate on MOTD?

Reply 80

CJ

21

Shouldn't it be 'hot knife through butter" I can imagine trying to cut hot butter being quite a difficult task :p:

/cheeky

Reply 81

Economist

11

Juwel

Oh, shut up, of course they should if they're good enough.

The point is they're not good enough though

Reply 82

Juwel

18

Economist

The point is they're not good enough though

One frigging female commentator in the history of MOTD and suddenly all women are rubbish. ****'s sake.

Reply 83

Dalimyr

17

<CJ>

Shouldn't it be 'hot knife through butter" I can imagine trying to cut hot butter being quite a difficult task :p:

/cheeky

Depends if it's still cool enough to remain solid, really :p:

Juwel

One frigging female commentator in the history of MOTD and suddenly all women are rubbish. ****'s sake.

Sad, isn't it? :frown:

It's the same with female footballers. They're seen, without any real proof, as being really poor in comparison to men...but if I'm honest, I'd love to see Julie Fleeting try her hand against the men at least once - 100 goals in 100 games for her country over the past 12 years isn't a record to be scoffed at by any stretch of the imagination.

Reply 84

Overmars

17

Dalimyr

Sad, isn't it? :frown:

It's the same with female footballers. They're seen, without any real proof, as being really poor in comparison to men...but if I'm honest, I'd love to see Julie Fleeting try her hand against the men at least once - 100 goals in 100 games for her country over the past 12 years isn't a record to be scoffed at by any stretch of the imagination.

I totally agree with the commentators but I've seen women's football (not a lot, but a few matches) and the standard is considerably lower than the men's non-league game. Obviously they'd get over run on a physical level but even in terms of technical ability - the quality of the first touch, precision of the passing...it's nowhere near the men's standard.

Reply 85

Juwel

18

Dalimyr

Sad, isn't it? :frown:

It's the same with female footballers. They're seen, without any real proof, as being really poor in comparison to men...but if I'm honest, I'd love to see Julie Fleeting try her hand against the men at least once - 100 goals in 100 games for her country over the past 12 years isn't a record to be scoffed at by any stretch of the imagination.

It's a little different.

Football being a physical sport, the grounds of competition include speed and strength among other things, which typically men are better at than women.

Commenting on a football match, the competition is on much different grounds, whatever they are; things in which neither sex typically has an advantage.

So I can't wait to hear from the female Martin Tyler, but women in the men's game I'm a little less positive about. :redface:

Reply 86

Dalimyr

17

Juwel

Football being a physical sport, the grounds of competition include speed and strength among other things, which typically men are better at than women.

Key word being "typically" :wink:

I'm not actually saying I'd want mixed teams properly (it works in a few sports, but football isn't really one of them), just a one-off game where some of the better women in the game can prove that they can compete with the men :p:

Reply 87

Ronaldo VII

2

I'd expect it to be embarrassing for the ladies :s:

Reply 88

Juwel

18

Dalimyr

Key word being "typically" :wink:

I'm not actually saying I'd want mixed teams properly (it works in a few sports, but football isn't really one of them), just a one-off game where some of the better women in the game can prove that they can compete with the men :p:

That would be interesting! I hope we get Karen Carney :biggrin:

Reply 89

Laevis

13

Dalimyr

but if I'm honest, I'd love to see Julie Fleeting try her hand against the men at least once - 100 goals in 100 games for her country over the past 12 years isn't a record to be scoffed at by any stretch of the imagination.

Thing is, she scored those goals against other women, so although they're impressive in their own right, they're practically meaningless when trying to assess how she might do if she was to 'try her hand against the men'.

I'm interested in the women's game, and would love to see it continue to develop, but alongside the men's game rather than mingling with it.

Reply 90

Infamous08

1

dont mind lol but she does get annoying..seems to go on and on and on...

Reply 91

Throwback

2

With regards to Jacqui Oatley, we should all go down the http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/ route.

Reply 92

Juwel

18

Throwback

With regards to Jacqui Oatley, we should all go down the http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints/ route.

Oh, when you do, put in a good word for me, will you? :p:

Reply 93

laurenlodge

19

Yes, but just not the one that did the other day because she shrieks when anything exciting happens.

Reply 94

Clubber Lang

15

<CJ>

Shouldn't it be 'hot knife through butter" I can imagine trying to cut hot butter being quite a difficult task :p:

/cheeky

Only a bloke would spot that deliberate mistake - a woman would be in the kitchen trying to cut through the liquid :wink:

I've only heard the woman a couple of times - she always seems to get the smaller games when I've seen/heard her on MOTD.

Reply 95

Economist

11

Dalimyr

Key word being "typically" :wink:

I'm not actually saying I'd want mixed teams properly (it works in a few sports, but football isn't really one of them), just a one-off game where some of the better women in the game can prove that they can compete with the men :p:

Most sunday league teams would beat the best womens team you could put together. The gulf is huge

Reply 96

Economist

11

Juwel

One frigging female commentator in the history of MOTD and suddenly all women are rubbish. ****'s sake.

Well you would assume she's the best on offer. Yet she is terrible

Reply 97

Juwel

18

Economist

Well you would assume she's the best on offer. Yet she is terrible

No I wouldn't assume that, having the ability to think a bit. There'll be women out there who can call a game better and more friendly to the ears than her, she just happened to go for it and be first.

Reply 98

Dalimyr

17

Economist

Most sunday league teams would beat the best womens team you could put together. The gulf is huge

Most Northern Irish Premier teams would beat the best England squad you could put together. The gulf is huge :rolleyes:

Reply 99

jodie_lee

Dalimyr

Most Northern Irish Premier teams would beat the best England squad you could put together. The gulf is huge :rolleyes:

I'm English and patriotic....but the guy who was sla**ing off women's teams deserved that :rolleyes:

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