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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jul 18, 2017 19:17:33 GMT
Hypothetical question here - If FIFA took the decision to scrap the separate Women's game and impose quotas, e.g. 4 females per team, on the existing mens club sides, what do you think the effect would be?
Would transfer fees for the best female players skyrocket given their premium? Would all teams eventually gravitate to picking women in the same positions? And if so, which ones? Goalkeepers, wide midfield, striker positions?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 19:28:36 GMT
What would happen is you'd have four women on the subs bench.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jul 18, 2017 20:01:10 GMT
What would happen is you'd have four women on the subs bench. No, no - that wouldn't be allowed. I'm thinking along the lines of the old "foreigners" rule they had in the champions league, although as a strict minimum rather than max. So you'd still need a couple of female subs but 4 on the park at any time... |
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jul 18, 2017 20:07:44 GMT
Hypothetical question here - If FIFA took the decision to scrap the separate Women's game and impose quotas, e.g. 4 females per team, on the existing mens club sides, what do you think the effect would be? Would transfer fees for the best female players skyrocket given their premium? Would all teams eventually gravitate to picking women in the same positions? And if so, which ones? Goalkeepers, wide midfield, striker positions? Those four players would be the weak link of their team. They would have to be spread out, I guess - if they were all in defense, the opposition's offense would kill them. If they were all in offense, they wouldn't get a chance against the opposition's defense. I can't imagine that past the age of 14 even the best female players would be able to hold their own among male teammates. |
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Post by bluerisk on Jul 18, 2017 20:22:24 GMT
Hypothetical question here - If FIFA took the decision to scrap the separate Women's game and impose quotas, e.g. 4 females per team, on the existing mens club sides, what do you think the effect would be? Would transfer fees for the best female players skyrocket given their premium? Would all teams eventually gravitate to picking women in the same positions? And if so, which ones? Goalkeepers, wide midfield, striker positions? Those four players would be the weak link of their team. They would have to be spread out, I guess - if they were all in defense, the opposition's offense would kill them. If they were all in offense, they wouldn't get a chance against the opposition's defense. I can't imagine that past the age of 14 even the best female players would be able to hold their own among male teammates. Years ago the German national women team was slaughtered by teenage boys (some youth team of the VfB Stuttgart I believe). And the German team was back then - and still is - one of the finest. EDIT: |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2017 20:27:59 GMT
This would be setting the women up to fail so doesn't sound like a good idea. They might even be risking injury going against bigger, stronger players.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jul 18, 2017 20:54:24 GMT
I wasn't really posing the question with any pretence that women were as either as strong or as good collectively as male players - I don't think many people would.
I just thought that it was an interesting question to consider, where they would fit in and what would cause fees to explode.
e.g. pace would be an obvious issue, so I could see most teams going all out to try and get tall, solid female keepers. I don't think any injury risks would be a major factor - football's pretty much non contact these days anyway, you only have to jump in the vicinity of a keeper and a freekick's given against you...
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Post by twothousandonemark on Jul 18, 2017 23:34:35 GMT
What would happen is you'd have four women on the subs bench. No, they'd mandate on field quotas. I could see a mixed tournament for U-17 or something, or senior mens aged 35+ mixed with females. No way they would ever mix them as replacement rosters for mens &/or womens squads. CFL has a Canadian quota, I think it requires active players not benched. Usually we're the O-linemen, special teamers, etc. Not always though, it does help. |
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Post by hamsterman11 on Jul 20, 2017 20:06:22 GMT
Have you ever seen female goalkeepers OP? Most of them wouldn't keep for club sides in the mens game. I'd be more likely to pick speedy defensive midfielders if I had to pick women with men.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Jul 21, 2017 12:04:38 GMT
Have you ever seen female goalkeepers OP? Most of them wouldn't keep for club sides in the mens game. I'd be more likely to pick speedy defensive midfielders if I had to pick women with men. Yeah, I've seen them and yes, by default no chance they'd get picked in a men's team. However if this rule existed, I'm sure a lot of teams would use the position as part of the quota... Not sure re the DM position - teams would utilise very pacy ACMs to cut through them to big advantage I'd imagine. But maybe the AMC position itself - I've seen female players with great vision for passing and in that role lack of pace might not be so decisive - e.g. Charlie Adam is a premier league level professional footballer and has been for several years  |
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