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Undisputedtruth

Undisputedtruth

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DJKillaQueen Wrote:

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> Speed aside, there is now as much skill in women's

> footie as the mens.


Women's game is much slower and so given much more time to control a ball and to pass. Give someone some time and space, they would look good. Reduce space and time and that same player will struggle.


> The other key difference is

> that female footballers don't writhe around in

> agony every time they are tackled, and make the

> men look like wimps in that respect.


That's what I thought until I saw the Columbia and North Korea game. Some of the North Korean women were writhing all over the place.

DJKillaQueen

DJKillaQueen

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It's a valid point in some respects, regarding speed and technique but the best male teams can play possession football too, because they give themselves time on the ball. That's what we in the UK don't seem to get. The kick and rush of the Premier League does not make it the best league in the world....not technically anyway. The Premiership ego is as deluded as many of the players it fields imo. And there's no doubting the skill of Karen Carney for example, who can be surrounded by three defenders, and still wriggle the ball through them......THAT is exciting to watch.


What I would counter is the idea that some players look good only because they have time on the ball. It irritates me that these women at the top of the game are not given the credit they should be for their level of skill, skill that is as good as many of the best male footballers. And if you watch the women's game between the best teams in the world, you'll see that the players have not as much time on the ball as you might think. Female footballers will close down attacking players as quickly as possible just like their male conterparts. The principles of the game are the same whoever is playing.


Yep I happily conceed that North Korea are the exception to the drama rule lol......didn't they have some badminton women disqualified for not playing fair too? :D

red devil

red devil

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Jack Butland has looked very good so far in the Olympics, him and Hart are clearly the future for England between the sticks. I expect he will be snapped up by a Premier League team before the transfer window closes.

I prefer watching the more fluid system Pearce has employed with Team GB than Hodgson's rigid 4-4-2...watch and learn Roy

Parkdrive

Parkdrive

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red devil Wrote:

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> Jack Butland has looked very good so far in the

> Olympics, him and Hart are clearly the future for

> England between the sticks. I expect he will be

> snapped up by a Premier League team before the

> transfer window closes.

> I prefer watching the more fluid system Pearce has

> employed with Team GB than Hodgson's rigid

> 4-4-2...watch and learn Roy


But ignore the penalty taking technique Roy.

maxxi

maxxi

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Now that the new season is fast approaching I'm a little concerned at the lack of transfer activity down at the Boleyn. The Carroll fantasy having been shattered we're looking thin. A tense, nervy season beckons if Gold & Sullivan don't spend.


On a lighter note - more FIFA-type hilarity with England now ranked 3rd best team in the world.

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