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towny wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 4:38 pm Oh, next time put the important stuff up front so we don’t have to wade through the waffle.

But I'm passing the time that's why I'm here!!

pandion

Bocing has a high profile and the media will promote the crap out of a big match-up. Yes because lots of people want to watch men bashing each other. Women not so much But many female MMA stars are attractions, at one point Ronda Rousey was the biggest attraction in UFC. She still headlines 2 of th...

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In 3 posts you appear to have complained about 3 different things. The only consistency is that you’re keen to make sure we all know that women’s football isn’t at the same quality as men. It seems to me that you are throwing shit at them - presumably out of jealousy or misogyny. Apologies if I’m w...

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The most important thing about highlighting any sort of women's sport is to catch the attention of pre-teen, and teenage girls in the hope that more of them will take up a sport, any sport. Funding of grass roots clubs, in particular with regards to female friendly facilities, is more important, im...

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In 3 posts you appear to have complained about 3 different things. The only consistency is that you’re keen to make sure we all know that women’s football isn’t at the same quality as men. It seems to me that you are throwing shit at them - presumably out of jealousy or misogyny. Apologies if I’m w...

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By the under 16’s it would start becoming dangerous, by 18 the women wouldn’t score a point. It could be dangerous a lot younger than that. Anything above u11s in a contact sport is madness Maybe, I was referring to competing against the elite full women’s side directly. They’d be so far behind an ...

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Yeah….. It’s not about talent. No one will pay to watch the Arsenal u15 boys but lots will pay to watch the best women. Don't watch any football but is that true? Is women's football a stand alone sport without being subsidised by the men's game? Could the same argument be made that most pro mens r...

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The big lad who can't box and the racist homophobe So what? I've no love for either really but they could finance most women's sport with their change. People know them and choose to watch them....why? Bocing has a high profile and the media will promote the crap out of a big match-up. Yes because ...

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That England womens rugby team. They're freaks of nature. Could an u18 school boy team beat them? Probably not a good example as u18 boys teams are huge nowadays. If not u18 could an u16 team do it? Like in the op example? Yes, quite handily too I suspect. England Women v England u16s (boys). By th...

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So what? I've no love for either really but they could finance most women's sport with their change. People know them and choose to watch them....why? Bocing has a high profile and the media will promote the crap out of a big match-up. Shields v Marshall coming up in a few days. this really is the ...

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That England womens rugby team. They're freaks of nature. Could an u18 school boy team beat them? Probably not a good example as u18 boys teams are huge nowadays. If not u18 could an u16 team do it? Like in the op example? You only have to look at strength or power sports to see the difference bein...

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piquant wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:08 pm
pandion wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 2:05 pm They all know who AJ and Fury are.
The big lad who can't box and the racist homophobe

So what? I've no love for either really but they could finance most women's sport with their change. People know them and choose to watch them....why?

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You take an interest in things mostly because you are exposed to them at a young age. Most people support their childhood clubs and countries. These habits rarely change in the majority, though they may adopt interest in a high profit event like the Olympcis/World Cups/etc. Your point would be vali...

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Some of the women's games being played directly after the men's in the same stadium has at times ensured a much larger crowd than the women might otherwise have derived. Actually for many women's rugby is what they say they want, a game with a little more time and space, a game not quite so dominat...

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If that description was on an 18 it would sound pretty good

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You sum up my point perfectly. If there's a game of men's and women's at the same time most are going to watch the men's. It doesn't make anybody a bad person just freedom of choice. And if they're on at the same time then that's a perfect illustration of my point. However, they generally aren't, t...

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What's bollox? That women have more obstacles to overcome to gain support than men? I mean this thread is a case in point. Women can never replicate the physical display that men do and that can affect skill levels too. It doesn't mean the sports they play are any less worthy to watch and it's only...

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So you watch the same amount of both men's and women's football,rugby etc to keep it fair? Nobody is stopping women playing or supporting women's sport. You take an interest in things mostly because you are exposed to them at a young age. Most people support their childhood clubs and countries. The...

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I've no idea about the funding. My point is that women's football, and most sports, has had to deal with proving they're worthwhile or getting over bigger obstacles than men's sport has ever had to do. It is constantly looked down on and compared to men's when that's grossly unfair and needs to be ...

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I've no idea about the funding. My point is that women's football, and most sports, has had to deal with proving they're worthwhile or getting over bigger obstacles than men's sport has ever had to do. It is constantly looked down on and compared to men's when that's grossly unfair and needs to be ...

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I didn't know it was my MO, yay I have an MO, but I'm always happy to give my opinion about the silliness of other peoples opinions when needed. It's not a remake, it's a sequel, and IIRC the "original" was the 2nd or 3rd version and there's already been another version since from around the early ...

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Just as the U15s and most of the community levels is subdised by the men's game. Is the U15's boys subsidized by the mens game or is it just a club investment in their future male talent. I really don't know how much of their investment they claw back but despite the high rate of attrition quite a ...

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Let's give them a chance for us to find out Doesn't say anything about how long women's football has been self funding assuming it has been subsidised in the past? Like I say I don't watch any football but am curious as rugby is going down a path of betting big on the rising popularity of the women...

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My god you lot pick some weird things to hissy fit about. Isn't your MO to be the poster guaranteed to post in this topics complaining about other posters having an opinion? I didn't know it was my MO, yay I have an MO, but I'm always happy to give my opinion about the silliness of other peoples op...

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Yeah….. It’s not about talent. No one will pay to watch the Arsenal u15 boys but lots will pay to watch the best women. Don't watch any football but is that true? Is women's football a stand alone sport without being subsidised by the men's game? Just as the U15s and most of the community levels is...

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Yeah….. It’s not about talent. No one will pay to watch the Arsenal u15 boys but lots will pay to watch the best women. Don't watch any football but is that true? Is women's football a stand alone sport without being subsidised by the men's game? Let's give them a chance for us to find out After th...

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Arsenal Ladies - a fully professional football team - were beaten 0-5 by the Arsenal boys u15s team in a pre-season match. :lol: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11160861/Arsenal-Women-suffer-5-0-defeat-boys-U15-closed-doors-friendly-London-Colney.html Yeah….. It’s not about talen...

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I watch pretty much every ufc event and can honestly say that women's mma is a joke and a terribly boring spectacle compared to the men. 95% of wmma bouts end up in boring cage presses where borderline fudge all happens. They just don't have the skill, speed, ability and especially the power. Notab...

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I watch pretty much every ufc event and can honestly say that women's mma is a joke and a terribly boring spectacle compared to the men. 95% of wmma bouts end up in boring cage presses where borderline fudge all happens. They just don't have the skill, speed, ability and especially the power. Notab...

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Marx was a loosie at school and has moved there during a match on occasion. Not sure about Kwagga's hooker credentials but he was listed as an alternate hooker on Lions team sheets at times So no regular pro experience? That's no quite the same in my opinion but Marx could play back row with some t...

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I watch pretty much every ufc event and can honestly say that women's mma is a joke and a terribly boring spectacle compared to the men. 95% of wmma bouts end up in boring cage presses where borderline fudge all happens. They just don't have the skill, speed, ability and especially the power. Notab...

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Malcolm Marx and Kwagga Smith I didn't know they'd spent any time in those positions. Thanks 👍 Marx was a loosie at school and has moved there during a match on occasion. Not sure about Kwagga's hooker credentials but he was listed as an alternate hooker on Lions team sheets at times So no regular ...

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Jensrsa wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:51 am
pandion wrote: ↑Wed Aug 31, 2022 10:31 am Anyone else who can play hooker and back row in a WC squad?
Malcolm Marx and Kwagga Smith

I didn't know they'd spent any time in those positions. Thanks

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Us Saffers have a different way to deal with losing. A few blame the coach like the Kiwis but most will just joking it away. At the moment Nic White is the big joke spreader on whatsup. Wat??? We moan like a bunch of absolute arseholes about the ref. Our DoR makes cringeworthy videos whining like a...

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Anyone else who can play hooker and back row in a WC squad? Shouldn't need to. Mind you we are going in a lock short with the idea probably being Mostert to lock and then some sort of rejigging with Kolisi, Vermeulen and Kwagga. It stinks of a cock up. x( Vermeulen should have had the summer off to...

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The warnings rediculous but the real issue is who the fudge decided to remake the film in the first place?

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Anyone else who can play hooker and back row in a WC squad?

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Brown was lucky Armitage went to France.

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Pollard is a terrible defender. He’s the bloke the Wobs are trying to isolate. Towny, mate. Please get a job you're over posting and at risk of going globby or jerpy. :(( I have an interview tomorrow. Thanks for the motivation ❤️ Good luck dude, I have too much free time myself at the moment. Can't...

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Depends why you watch it I guess. I love seeing Leinster roll out the kids early in the season. Love seeing the new up and coming lads and seeing if any have the spark that make you think they might be special. One (two) of my favourite games last year was seeing that young team going to South Afri...

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