Quote (ampoo @ 7 Jun 2019 21:10)

triggered amateur player here :lol:
any halfway decent amateur team can produce better football

ballon dor winner at 0:32

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEniyIGZa58

Quote (grahambo @ 8 Jun 2019 08:38)

Just going to watch my girl Alex Morgan :drool:

Quote (ampoo @ Jun 8 2019 02:11pm)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp_4vKziBSU

van dijks lost twin sister plays for france and scores a brace lol

Quote (zarkadon @ Jun 7 2019 08:05pm)

Very slow and boring indeed. The games feel like amateur football. And no, don't expect any change any time soon.

The problem is that women, even the pro athletes, generally lack the stamina to compete at a top level for 90 minutes. If games were 70-80 minutes long, the quality of football they'd be able to produce would probably be better and closer to men's standard (assuming the coaching was on the same level). I've met girls with insane skills when they're free styling, but they play like sloths when it comes to games.

I'm all in for promoting women's sport and I'm happy that this WC is getting more coverage than in previous years, but it's silly to pretend this is going to be anywhere near the level of football we see in the men's WC.

Quote (dro94 @ 8 Jun 2019 17:06)

I disagree. The main problem is there isn't enough of an incentive for a talented female footballer to become a professional when they can only make a living from it if they reach the very top. Many of the women playing in the world cup won't even be full time footballers so their technical level, as well as their stamina, won't be good enough.

If attendances and viewership increases massively in the women's game there will be a large increase in quality, I guarantee that.

Quote (zarkadon @ Jun 8 2019 04:48pm)

Well, I said assuming the coaching was on the same level. I agree that their technical level would theoretically be on par with their male counterparts (more or less, as shots would probably be worse in any case), and so would their tactical execution of the game... but their stamina would never be on the same level. Top level performances require a shit ton of stamina if you want to keep it up for 90 minutes... and this is why I think women's football would be better off with the games lasting 70-80 minutes, similarly to how tennis games are limited to 3 sets... when they had 5 set games in the 80s and 90s, the quality of tennis dropped significantly.

Quote (zarkadon @ 8 Jun 2019 17:48)

Well, I said assuming the coaching was on the same level. I agree that their technical level would theoretically be on par with their male counterparts (more or less, as shots would probably be worse in any case), and so would their tactical execution of the game... but their stamina would never be on the same level. Top level performances require a shit ton of stamina if you want to keep it up for 90 minutes... and this is why I think women's football would be better off with the games lasting 70-80 minutes, similarly to how tennis games are limited to 3 sets... when they had 5 set games in the 80s and 90s, the quality of tennis dropped significantly.