Could a female get in a professional team?
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king hilarious.BlackLabel said:
There will probably come a point where an incredibly marketable female player does get a chance for a mens professional team just for the publicity it would create.
I would have thought Marta would have prompted that. I doubt we'll see a woman who plays more like a man for a long time.
I suspect the main issue would be that once they start training with a men's team they'll find they are only good enough for the lower leagues.
Pothole said:
BlackLabel said:
There will probably come a point where an incredibly marketable female player does get a chance for a mens professional team just for the publicity it would create.
I would have thought Marta would have prompted that. I doubt we'll see a woman who plays more like a man for a long time.
I suspect the main issue would be that once they start training with a men's team they'll find they are only good enough for the lower leagues.
For a while we had a German woman playing in our regular 7 a side weekly kick around (all blokes). Before she moved to the UK she was apparently a player in a top women's club in Germany. She had a very good level of skill, passing excellent, could strike a ball well, scored some cracking goals. But her lack of strength meant that she could never have stood up to the normal level of tackling and challenges, so when playing against her you would always have to go easy on the physical side. She wouldn't have lasted two seconds in a "proper" game. By contrast, we had a bloke playing with us who was in the reserves of a local sub-conference side, who ran rings round everyone.
Amateurish said:
For a while we had a German woman playing in our regular 7 a side weekly kick around (all blokes). Before she moved to the UK she was apparently a player in a top women's club in Germany. She had a very good level of skill, passing excellent, could strike a ball well, scored some cracking goals. But her lack of strength meant that she could never have stood up to the normal level of tackling and challenges, so when playing against her you would always have to go easy on the physical side. She wouldn't have lasted two seconds in a "proper" game. By contrast, we had a bloke playing with us who was in the reserves of a local sub-conference side, who ran rings round everyone.
Exactly...London424 said:
Pothole said:
BlackLabel said:
There will probably come a point where an incredibly marketable female player does get a chance for a mens professional team just for the publicity it would create.
I would have thought Marta would have prompted that. I doubt we'll see a woman who plays more like a man for a long time.
I suspect the main issue would be that once they start training with a men's team they'll find they are only good enough for the lower leagues.
Pothole said:
London424 said:
Pothole said:
BlackLabel said:
There will probably come a point where an incredibly marketable female player does get a chance for a mens professional team just for the publicity it would create.
I would have thought Marta would have prompted that. I doubt we'll see a woman who plays more like a man for a long time.
I suspect the main issue would be that once they start training with a men's team they'll find they are only good enough for the lower leagues.
London424 said:
Pothole said:
London424 said:
Pothole said:
BlackLabel said:
There will probably come a point where an incredibly marketable female player does get a chance for a mens professional team just for the publicity it would create.
I would have thought Marta would have prompted that. I doubt we'll see a woman who plays more like a man for a long time.
I suspect the main issue would be that once they start training with a men's team they'll find they are only good enough for the lower leagues.
Not if this video is anything to go by:
http://www.inside-man.co.uk/2014/07/17/could-an-am...
The commentary mentions that one of the Brazillian players had played in a world cup final.
http://www.inside-man.co.uk/2014/07/17/could-an-am...
The commentary mentions that one of the Brazillian players had played in a world cup final.
Messi was given growth hormones. There are plenty of small players out there who may have comparable strength.
Perhaps if a young girl had the same development a boy gets we may see. I don't see why the technical side couldn't be the same unless it's a brain function thing
Trouble is a lot of coaches look look at size even early on. Bale nearly didn't make it but they had faith and he had a growth spurt
Perhaps if a young girl had the same development a boy gets we may see. I don't see why the technical side couldn't be the same unless it's a brain function thing
Trouble is a lot of coaches look look at size even early on. Bale nearly didn't make it but they had faith and he had a growth spurt
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