What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

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What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by JimMcDonald » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:35 pm

Been watching bits of this women's World Cup and without being sexist the standard is p1ss poor.

Non league sides like Colne and Padiham would destroy a top women's team.

Any Premierleague/Championship under 18s teams would also muller them.

I'm also going to say a VERY good Sunday league team could beat them or give them a game.

I know there is the argument about if they played men would be stronger and too physical, but United, City, Chelsea under 16s who are not fully developed would in my opinion beat them.
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by TheFamilyCat » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:39 pm

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by OssyClaret » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:41 pm

I was having the same conversation last night.

I think a Sunday league junior side at about under 16s age group is about the level.
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by thedoge » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:43 pm

Personally I don't care about the standard,if the women give 100% and show a desire to succeed in a sport we all love then that will do me.
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by JimMcDonald » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:47 pm

Scunthorpe Under 5s would score against most of the teams.

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by Longside4evr » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:47 pm

Dont have any interest at all in fact it grinds me to be honest
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by morpheus2 » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:52 pm

I heard somewhere recently that the Williams sisters in their prime were about at the level of the 280th ranked man.

So on that basis I declare that the ladies would be about at the 280th placed football team in the football pyramid. Something like Mangotsfield United maybe.

Case closed

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Post by boatshed bill » Sat Jun 15, 2019 6:57 pm

morpheus2 wrote:I heard somewhere recently that the Williams sisters in their prime were about at the level of the 280th ranked man.

So on that basis I declare that the ladies would be about at the 280th placed football team in the football pyramid. Something like Mangotsfield United maybe.

Case closed

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Mangotsfield would beat England Ladies because even at that low level they are better equipped physically.

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Post by AndyClaret » Sat Jun 15, 2019 7:09 pm

thedoge wrote:Personally I don't care about the standard,if the women give 100% and show a desire to succeed in a sport we all love then that will do me.
Virtue has been signalled.
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by lakedistrictclaret » Sat Jun 15, 2019 7:10 pm

I'm not watching it, neither did I watch that Nations Cup thing England were involved in last week.

I enjoy the three months close season. If football was twelve months a year, I'd get bored with it.
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by fatboy47 » Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:48 pm

A team of lard-bellied 30 stone 60 year olds playing walking football would tear any women's team a new one without breaking sweat.

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Post by No Ney Never » Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:52 pm

Certainly not our domestic cup first 11.

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by Pstotto » Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:55 pm

Depends on the professional attitude of the men a little and whether they allowed themselves to be distracted for a bit of afters in the showers.

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by CoolClaret » Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:58 pm

Well...
The Aussie women's team in 2016 lost 7-0 to an academy under 15s team

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by bfcmik » Sat Jun 15, 2019 9:14 pm

fatboy47 wrote:A team of lard-bellied 30 stone 60 year olds playing walking football would tear any women's team a new one without breaking sweat.
The world's largest walking football club, Birmingham (where I play) has lots of women members and has just won the women's People's Cup (FA Cup equivalent). We have lots of women playing in the sessions I play and, because of the minimum contact, no over head height balls, no running rules the good ones are every bit as good as the majority of players. There are very few that I know of who manage to stay competitive with the 'elite' groups within each age group from which the club's representative teams are picked. But then, very few of the male players are capable of competing with those elite groups either!

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Post by Funkydrummer » Sat Jun 15, 2019 9:23 pm

fatboy47 wrote:A team of lard-bellied 30 stone 60 year olds playing walking football would tear any women's team a new one without breaking sweat.
Well thanks very much. :lol:
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by bfcjg » Sat Jun 15, 2019 9:31 pm

fatboy47 wrote:A team of lard-bellied 30 stone 60 year olds playing walking football would tear any women's team a new one without breaking sweat.
Somebody always manages to turn any thread into an anti B@st@rds rant. :D
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Post by Wile E Coyote » Sat Jun 15, 2019 9:32 pm

fatboy has it about right, certainly most low level pub teams would hammer them quite easily.

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:16 pm

Most of 'em.

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by scouseclaret » Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:42 pm

fatboy47 wrote:A team of lard-bellied 30 stone 60 year olds playing walking football would tear any women's team a new one without breaking sweat.
They did. Did you not see “Harry’s heroes” beating the Crystal Palace women’s team?

To be fair though that’s only half the story. From the bits I’ve seen, it’s a lot more watchable than a lot of lower division football but the pace and physicality is noticeably absent- they hardly ever commit to a 50/50 challenge. Equally, there’s a lot less diving and play acting!

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by Clarets4me » Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:17 pm

This report is from April 2017, the US Womens team lost a friendly to Dallas FC's Acadamy Under 15's ....

https://usatodayhss.com/2017/the-fc-dal ... l-team-5-2

That said, it's a pointless argument ...

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by chipbutty » Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:03 am

fatboy47 wrote:A team of lard-bellied 30 stone 60 year olds playing walking football would tear any women's team a new one without breaking sweat.
Would one of them be you and no, they wouldn`t.

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by Dazzler » Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:24 am

This report is from April 2017, the US Womens team lost a friendly to Dallas FC's Acadamy Under 15's ....
Dallas Fc?...Who are they?

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by fatboy47 » Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:26 am

Dazzler wrote:Dallas Fc?...Who are they?
Exactly . ;)
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Post by evensteadiereddie » Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:09 am

AndyClaret wrote:Virtue has been signalled.

Idiocy has been signalled.

You've no interest in women's football ? Fine, **** off and watch something else.

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Post by AndyClaret » Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:15 am

evensteadiereddie wrote:Idiocy has been signalled.

You've no interest in women's football ? Fine, **** off and watch something else.
Trrrrrriiiiigggggggeeeeerrrrrreeeeedddddddd !

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by evensteadiereddie » Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:50 am

What ?

I couldnt give a flying wotsit what you think about this issue or anything else for that matter.

I'm just pointing out that if you don't like women's football or darts or snooker or whatever, don't watch it.

To make some snarky comment about someone who does, shows your low level of intelligence. Your teenage retort merely confirms it.

Grow up.

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Post by bobinho » Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:08 am

Gotta say, I never thought I’d say this, but I’m proper getting behind the lionesses.

Yes the standard when compared to the men’s game is lacking, but that doesn’t make it any less watchable. I’m liking it a lot at the moment. Certainly come on leaps and bounds in the last few years.

I’m enjoying it. Maybe more so because I’m not comparing it any longer with the men’s game.
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by MT03ALG » Sun Jun 16, 2019 11:28 am

Ex Lancashire Schoolgirl Keira Walsh (now Manchester City) has the Number 4 shirt in the England Squad.
By the way, Lancashire is the Top County for Schoolgirl Football in England.
Lancashire Under 14 Girls won the ESFA Inter-County Championship in 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and were finalists in 2019, 2017 and 2012 (the first year of the competition)
Lancashire Under 16 Girls won the ESFA Inter-County Championship in 2019, 2018 and 2015 and were finalists in 2012 and 2013.
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Post by Rick_Muller » Sun Jun 16, 2019 11:44 am

As questioned on one of the match threads - is it a different sport? I think it is. Different physicality results in different tactics and a different approach to the game. It’s daft to compare women’s football with mens, it is a different sport all together, albeit played on the same pitch with the same rules.

I’m enjoying the women’s World Cup because I recognise the difference.
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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by KRBFC » Sun Jun 16, 2019 11:46 am

Never understood the issue people take with things they don't enjoy, you aren't forced to sit and watch it. Seems a bit odd to watch something you don't enjoy for the sole purpose of finding things to cry about afterwards.

Football snobbery, incredible given we watch the worst style of play ever to play in the PL.

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Post by Bordeauxclaret » Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:06 pm

KRBFC wrote:Never understood the issue people take with things they don't enjoy, you aren't forced to sit and watch it. Seems a bit odd to watch something you don't enjoy for the sole purpose of finding things to cry about afterwards.

Football snobbery, incredible given we watch the worst style of play ever to play in the PL.
Yeah those people are really weird.
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Post by Rileybobs » Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:54 pm

KRBFC wrote:Never understood the issue people take with things they don't enjoy, you aren't forced to sit and watch it. Seems a bit odd to watch something you don't enjoy for the sole purpose of finding things to cry about afterwards.

Football snobbery, incredible given we watch the worst style of play ever to play in the PL.
Said without a hint of irony.
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Post by Fretters » Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:07 pm

There's a few women playing in soccer aid right now. Technically decent but Drogba just muscled Tracy Chapman off the ball like she wasn't there.

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Post by Ashingtonclaret46 » Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:43 pm

fatboy47 wrote:A team of lard-bellied 30 stone 60 year olds playing walking football would tear any women's team a new one without breaking sweat.
I am so looking forward to watching the World Cup in this event, meanwhile, I suppose that I can just watch the FIFA Womens' World Cup until the walking football holds its event.

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Post by jojomk1 » Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:13 pm

What does Kenny and Bet Lyche's lad do for a living

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Post by TheFamilyCat » Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:42 pm

Fretters wrote:There's a few women playing in soccer aid right now. Technically decent but Drogba just muscled Tracy Chapman off the ball like she wasn't there.
She’s got a faster car than him though.
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Post by 4:20 » Mon Jun 17, 2019 8:59 am

TheFamilyCat wrote:She’s got a faster car than him though.
It's in his name, don't forget....as well as the tickets.

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Post by ClaretMoffitt » Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:19 am

AndyClaret wrote:Virtue has been signalled.
That was basically a lefty admittance that the standard is indeed crap.

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Re: What standard of men's football would beat a top international women's team ?

Post by groove » Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:10 pm

They've got no tits them women footballers.

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