Jens wrote:
jones wrote:
Disagree about the first jibe but he's right in that a lot of times you can barely call it football. Couple years ago when Germany's women were world champions they played a friendly against Stuttgart's U-16s over 45 minutes and lost 3-0. The technical level from some is pretty decent actually but the inconsistency and performance gaps are incredible and the regular 10-0 routs make it painful to watch at times.
I played against a womens top division team myself when I was 16. They are all technically sound, well trained, smart players, they have to be to make it to that level. Where they lose out is explosive strength, such as ten yard sprints or scrappy battles for the ball, which happen all the time in a game. They aren't bad players at all, but their weaknesses in that one are costs them massively when playing against a boys team, even if they are U16, and makes the game look like a trouncing.
Was there much grabbing and holding going on in the box?
As for Kel's peon to femininity, no its not male football but you can't compare apples to oranges- It's like mens and womens tennis some prefer long rallies some prefer thumping serves.......
True most of us males who are/were mediocre players would fancy ourselves as stars at that level but thats not the point is it?
And although theres not as much diving and cheating and foul mouthed tirades from overpaid spoilt brats they are fiercely competitive in their own way, international football is interesting for its cultural comparison and the games do carry the same dynamics and I enjoy watching them because it most definitely still is football just not as we know it.
