[Slutty Rimmer]

Originally Posted by Bjorn Brimble

Mods decided to close to women’s World Cup thread as it turned into discussion about achievements within the women’s game in general

The World Cup had ended was their stance. Thread closed.

But folk on here love to chat about women’s footy. Almost as much as the men’s game. And in some cases more. Lots of big characters and great role models in the England team who have captured the public’s imagination.

It deserves a thread to itself. Gets too confusing discussing the men’s and women’s game in one thread. And they’re two distinct sports in their own right. Everyone accepts that.

So why not reopen the women’s World Cup thread and just give it a new title. The women’s beautiful game would be my suggestion. Or women’s footy.

It makes sense.

Or just start a new thread.

None of could have foreseen the significance of the World Cup before it began and the lasting legacy it created.

It’s the same beautiful game surely, just a different league with differing talent ?

More than a bit sexist and ‘glass of sherry for the little woman’ type of dinosaur thinking to exclude them from the footy thread just because they play in a women’s league. Nothing in the ‘Beautiful Game’ thread which excludes the women’s game…it isn’t an exclusive gentleman’s club (and nor should it be !). The women play on the same pitches, to the same crowds, to the same rules, and the matches are talked about around the same bar tables in the same footy discussions.

By your thinking there ought to be a dedicated thread for each division, literally…

…maybe we should divide all threads into a male and female thread ? Then each of those into a straight and gay thread, then each of those into a white and coloured thread, then each of those into Jewish, Christian, Muslim thread, then each of those into a jam first and jam last thread, then each of those into…

Why does it end ?

Better to keep it simple else the board would just become a dysfunctional schizophrenic fractal of non-topics.

…much like some people and societies I suppose, in that respect !

Kind Regards,
Rimmer.