Bimpy474

That's heartbreaking, you can only feel so much love for her, poor lass.

The unneeded dig aside, I'm far from exemplary, a long way from it, but as you age you learn. I will still joke about everything and everyone, use the ignore button if you find those too much.

Men like me ? OK, so I was brought up by single mother, had zero grandfather's, both absent. An absent father who was abusive prior to leaving us, dragged up by mother and grandma, and my two aunts. For the last twenty years I've worked with predominantly ladies. I now manage my department (I hate the term, I'm the one who makes a decision if its needed is more apt) half a dozen fantastic ladies who make my job a joy to be at, and around. We are all equals in my department, from the cleaner to me and every decision is discussed among all of us, and some of my older male staff didnt like it, well that was tough and they left, well moved elsewhere. OK, a joke has gone down poorly, but you have no idea who I am or what I stand for. And I learnt long ago what someone writes is not always perceived how its meant and intended. Some people are better at written words than others, and I'm from Essex, so excuses in. And with the same reasoning I'm not judging you on a few words written in this gloriously fantastic place. Who knew Alan Partridge was so, well....

No point looking back though is there ? As bad as that was. If we look at how the women's game has grown over the last 10 years, in particular the last 3 or 4, if that growth continues then hopefully it grows to where you want it to be. A major issue is grassroots, there's still not enough being done. Unfortunately most grassroots is still dominated by men, and older men at that. Its changing but again not quick enough, there has to be more women elected to local clubs committees. You have to change it at its core, at the grassroots for things to change, especially so there's more teams for to girls access. At moment girls teams here have to travel so far, as most men's team don't take it seriously as to create and even think of creating girl's or women's teams. My joke did not go down well, but please, its not comparible to racism or intolerance. that's a tad too far imo, but you're entitled to that opinion, but I disagree.

Shame

Feckin hell, you lazy sod Both boys are in, one's had maccies out. The other isn't hungry, so i'll knock up something after the game.

That's definitely true. Tennis is a funny one, women's is more entertaining imo. As much a big serves win games, it doesn't offer much to the viewer. I know there's not much that can be done, but watching two big servers blasting away, is just boring at times.

Agree with you there, the 10 is a bit difficult as we don't really play that way right now, but evolution of the side will mean changing of systems in games where it suits, so that could definitely be something to go with.

Well it wasn't shite, but fair enough. Doesn't have to be personal, but that's your choice.

She's marvellous, and as i keep telling ours boys she's the glue that holds us all together, she puts up with three smelly louts. And i've only ever see her wrath once or twice would you believe, and i know I'm not messing with that.

It's a forum isn't, it's where we discuss and sometime maybe to one detriment overshare. You don't have to read it, or just whack on the ignore, pretty simple. My point on the post was i rather involved in girls football in my part of the world, but fair enough.

Feck all mate, Mrs B is off to work this evening. I'll cook for myself and the boys, depending on when they want to eat. They don't tend be around Sunday's, off out and about and they may eat out.

OK, well you've drawn your conclusion and i respect that, albeit i disagree with it.

My good friend, I used to help coach in a daft little football academy when my eldest boy was very young, for the team he played for. I played for the mens, and then managed the mens, played for the Vets and managed them. You could start at the academy all the way to vets. We had two girls stay with us up to under 11's, then girls were no longer allowed to play with the boys, but we lost those girls to other clubs as we didn't have girls teams for them to move into. So i and a determined group of parents got girls teams off the ground, they did far more than me but i helped a little. I no longer coach because of the knees, i do go and watch on Saturday for mens, and Sundays for the kids (different teams now). The academy was still going strong until a few years ago, when i was there we had roughly 15 boys and 3 or 4 girls. Now another academy i know has almost 50/50, that's due to the success of the women's game, clearly. But decisions made by the club to sell off part of the ground so it could be sold for housing and that cricket brought in more money. That killed all the football, that partly helped my decision to quit football completely. Believe it or not, watching the girls again go off the other clubs, alongside all the mens teams was heartbreaking. It hurts actually, all the years efforts for nowt. A joke was a joke which seems to have gone well

i wasn't, but hey whatever you draw from it.

True, but unfortunately that was inevitable as mens football has dominated sport in this country for so long. As women's football grows it'll get seen as its own entity without the comparisons, it's just how quickly it gets there imo.

Yeah, but The World Cup is always the one where the country goes nuts during the mens, the expectation levels are so high. If England's men had won the Euro's that expectation would have been even higher for the mens World Cup. Not saying winning the mens Euro's wouldn't be an massive achievement, but The World Cup really is the pinnacle of international football isn't it ? Imo the Women are ahead of our men by winning the Euro's obviously, i suppose the only caveat is the women's game has less good international teams compared to the mens, but you can only play and beat who's there. And even a caveman like me would be blind not to see the women's game is coming on very fast. Whether it gets to the mens level is, i suppose is debatable. I wouldn't be surprised if it does, the barriers are well and truly down for women's football.

Ah, that might be it then

Wonder if it's not his ability but Diaby himself, the no dickhead rule that Howe has. A complete guess like as i've never read anything about Diaby in the negative, i mean it can't be his playing ability as he looks real good.

To be fair to that does look a nasty one to Calvert-Lewin.

I know it was terrible wasn't it, shame as they had done so well. Well i suppose the English football teams falling at the last hurdle strikes the ladies as it has the men. Maybe luck will turn one day.

Erm because it just a bit of joking around, not meant too seriously. It's up to you but hey lighten up a bit At least the washing up will be done now, and by god the ironing was piling up

That's how i saw it, we didn't play well and yet i came away annoyed we lost. We've come so far in such a short period, it's not that we forget that, we just have more expectation that we haven't had for so long.