You probably just need to STFU generally.
Nothing wrong with people who genuinely wants to know how the standard of play is like.
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Thatâs nail on the head. I canât watch Womenâs football at all, looks like theyâre running through treacle, but thatâs just me being conditioned by watching the Mens game for over 30 years now. There is a massive gap in the physical attributes between male footballers and female footballers and it shows in the play but thatâs what we end up comparing it to and itâs completely unfair.
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Well we wouldnât be comparing (or talking about in here) if they hadnât invited the comparison by having a âLiverpoolâ team. Would much prefer if womenâs sides had their own names and stood independently at whatever level they end up.
I deeply believe in womenâs sport, for a wide range of reasons. But the recent WNBA labour strife is really troublesome for anyone who understands the history of the NBA. Julius Erving was one of the greatest players ever, certainly one of the greatest I saw - was he ever paid âwhat he was worth?â Absolutely not, because most of his career was in the 70s, when the NBA was shaky at best. In todayâs game, he would be commanding nine figures over his career.
I do think the club should invest in the womenâs game, but by building a strong fundamental base at the academy level. Buying titles in the womenâs game is easy, but it is a foolâs errand.
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maybe âcriticalâ in the context you put it is a bit overdramatic, as yes, LFC without a womens team is still viableâŚ
its critical to the sport maybeâŚmaybeâŚmaybe even not as the mens game wont die if the womens game remains trailing behind the mens counterpart
the choice of word can be debated but the overriding point is that it would be great to give young females a relatable teamâŚi mean, my daughters not even that bothered if they are successful, she loves the mens team so theres an admission of relevance right thereâŚbut the point is, all they need to be is semi competitive for herâŚfor others who are just begining their football journey, they need to see a viable female option to support.
its actually a really exciting time for the womens version of the sport as growth in quality is low hanging fruitâŚmy wife does a small podcast and she interviewed a matilda allumini, who can still recall having to use the mens used strips to play for the national teamâŚthats in recent memory for her, not some story from the seventiesâŚ
so massive jumps in quality can be achieved by relatively small sums investedâŚnot marginal gains.
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Iâm not advocating for FSG to do a Chelsea and sell the womenâs team back to themselves as a way to get over FFP rules.
But it will be better if there are opportunities for sponsors to only sponsor the womenâs team if possible. There can be common sponsors etc as well as shared resources but itâs probably better if the womenâs team was delinked from men.
Would allow FSG to dedicate more resources to the womenâs team if they are so inclined.
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Since we have a womenâs team, and since FSG have proven themselves to be excellent long term owners/custodians, I would like them to cast their gaze at the womenâs team.
If it wears the name âLiverpoolâ I want them to be the best.
At that point I donât know what is needed to get it there, but presumably facilities, training, youth coming through, sponsorship, investment, etc. All the things they have been so adept at harnessing in the menâs game. Not a fast track injection of unsustainable funds, as a âcheat codeâ but a mid-to-long term plan to grow it, and then be the best.
Again, Iâm not a huge fan, and Iâm from a generation when it was mostly a manâs game. Thatâs what I know and love. With that said, Iâm very happy we now live in a more egalitarian age.
Perhaps there is an opportunity for FSG to be a little more intentional and strategic, to develop a plan to take the womenâs team to the very top? Iâm not sure how long it will take, but since they wear the Liverpool name, thatâs what Iâd like to see.
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How about continuing this discussion in the LFC Womenâs thread? Then some of you might also notice that the first steps toward positive change have already been taken. Firstly, theyâve hired an experienced manager ( Former ManCity Manager Gareth Taylor, whether you like him or not) who has the task of successfully implementing a style of play that suits Liverpool, with the necessary time to build something up step by step. Secondly, there were several deadline day signings, some of them loans, a good mix of youth and experience, which should help the manager.
Just saying
They have their first game tomorrow at Anfield against Everton btw
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Probably best to take it somewhere else rather than here, as long as I am not forced to read the entire thread 
I am sure that the quality of posts there are no different to the quality of posts elsewhere. 
Maybe the LFC women thread is not the place though as this seems to have morphed in a woman sports thing, and I blame whomever referenced the WNBA first.
My parting shot is a very simplistic view on being entertained, which at the end of the day is all I care about. I want to watch womanâs football/basketball as much as I want to watch guys doing floor routines in gymnastics. Itâs irrelevant that a sneak a peek at both.
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How many of them have Kerr, Catley or Foord shirts?
Or are they having Arsenal and Chelsea Menâs names?
most dont have names.
plenty of kerr aussie shirts around the club though
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Another Aussie bogan weâve gifted to the world.
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A great piece here about just how formidable we are as an organisation now. (free to read)
Free to read here : https://archive.ph/yZjHq
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Canât access without signing up for a âfree trialâ - do you have a link?
Same here. Will post the (unlocked) link after getting on to the laptop in a while
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If you refresh the page, press ESC multiple times, and itâll prevent the free trial bit popping up and blocking the article.
I can normally share stuff for free with my NYT subscription , maybe not including the Athletic though ?
You should be able to get it here ;https://archive.ph/yZjHq
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It works, thanks. Itâs worthy of a read, also for the comments beneath the article⌠
Awesome thanks @peterroberts