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The Women's team, have done something the men's team have failed to do, and got to the final of the European Championships yesterday, by beating Holland 2-1.

This is a month after the Under 19's won their European Championship.

They will meet either Germany or Norway in the Final on Thursday.

Womens football is shit

Isn't the idea of women's sport, tight shorts and tops?  The result is immaterial

Nice one Sepp.

The Dutch striker who scored yesterday was smart. :D

Womens football as a sport is a bit like the special Olympics.

By that I mean I know they put in as much effort as possible, deserve all the credit, etc, etc. But I just can't get myself interested in it.

To be fair to him, I thought Sepp Blatter had a point. If they want women's football to take off they need to make the most of what they've got - which is fit birds, tits and arses. Turn some of them in to pin ups and suddenly you'll get a lot more blokes going. Turn some in to role models and you'll get more birds going as well. Some might call it sexist, I'd call it marketing.

You might well do, but would you call it football? By the same token, I assume you'd ban Peter Beardsley, Franck Riberry and Luke Chadwick from the male game. And no, I don't watch women's football, but it should stand or fall on its own merits as a sport, not some tarted up marketing exercise for knuckle-shufflers. More than enough people trying to turn football into a brand, thanks.

I once went to a women's game - England vs Scotland - at Bramall Lane in the mid '90s and caught myself spontaneously saying patronising things like; 'oh that was quite a hard tackle' and 'they're actually quite good on the ball'. By half time I'd had enough and decided the pub was a better bet.

I see your point but I think its just down to how you do it. Plenty of male footballers have a high profile which helps to promote the game, especially to women, so why not do the same with women footballers? I'm not on about getting some of them to do page 3, just give them a higher profile.

It would be good if the FA and Premier League invested some serious money in women's football as well. Maybe a proper Women's Premier League with professional players and the games played before or after men's matches. I'm surprised clubs like Man Utd haven't done it already, with their massive fan base you'd have thought a good few of them would get behind a women's team.

Before anyone says it, by "get behind" I mean support wise, not doggy style.

They have been on about starting a professional women's league but it's been put on hold. Interesting that you mention United - do they even have a decent women's team? All you hear about is teams like Arsenal, Fulham and Charlton

I believe a Women's Premier League, due to be played in the summer months, is due to start in the next few years.

this thread is depressing.

In the USA, women's football(sorry soccer :doh:) is massive.

I think networks there are obliged to show a large amount of it, therefore the sponsership is there.

Oh, I'm sorry, I misunderstood you. Maybe it was this that gave me the impression you wanted women footballers to promote themelves using their tits and arses rather than their sporting ability?
My apologies for misconstruing you

I'll go along if there's quotas involved.
I'd like to see something along the lines of
40% bubble buts,
40% top heavy chests,
and throw in for comedic value
20% (relatively speaking) skillful players.

I never saw one game advertised in three years living there. Not saying you're wrong, but 'soccer' (i.e. MLS) is a poor 5th (at best) behind the big 4 in the US.

I was in LA for 4 days and it was always on the bloody telly!

I never said that their sporting ability shouldn't come in to it, obviously it should. I'm just suggesting they pick some of the fittest players and use them to help promote the women's game, which could be done tastefully and without them getting their tits out. Though obviously if they want to get their tits out its up to them.

The NBA did the same thing some years ago. They picked a handful of players and turned them in to superstars to promote the sport as a whole and it worked - making the game a lot more popular.

A shame that Norse Brunhildes couldn't beat the Teutonic Brunhildes....women's football should be enjoyed for what it is and not compared to men's.

The frauleins are a very decent outfit....I'd like to think we've a chance but fear a mullering.

Didn't you leave the hotel?

hostel, and yes, occasionally, but not that much as La was horrible and I was broke.

women goalkeepers are utter shite.they might as well have rush keepers

No worse than our two last season.

Haha!
Arriba does have a point though - they are generally pretty rubbish in comparison to their male counterparts

The only good things I found in LA were:

- Whale watching trip
- Universal studios.
- The tourist sights

Bad things:

- Drive everywhere
- Too spread out
- Pollution
- Gridlock
- Being taken to a gay bar by a black man.


Mind you, as training courses go it wasn't too bad :) Happy days.

But there's no point in comparing women to men...women generally are shorter, therefore have more difficulty with the high ball.

anyone got the final on? great goal by kelly smith but losing 3-2

Yeah, watching it now.
It was a good goal.

Might of gone a bit wrong now.....6-2

Yep, a real case of Men against Boys, if you know what I mean ;)

The scoreline flattered the Germans, with their superior fitness telling in the end.

And the fact that they were better..............

And probably half-men, bred from the old East German steroid programme

i think they need to play with smaller goals, as everything on target goes in.

Did Kelly Smith really score a 45 yarder the other day?

That must have been some toe punt.

I'm amazed her pretty little legs can kick it that far

They are an embarrasment to England, Never come back. :D

they were shit

A cardbord cut out in goal would have saved more. The goalkeeping is really poor.

womens "football" is absolutely shocking.

Right-back Alex Scott and Kelly Smith are an item. That my friends is a fact.

Lezzers???