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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 7:36:53 GMT
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Post by Father Jack on Mar 22, 2018 8:04:25 GMT
I expect they have seen the growth in interest, coverage, and attendances in the womens game the last few years, and now want a piece of the action as the game is being restructured.
A bit galling that they have the financial clout to buy themselves straight in to the 2nd tier though. They should be made to play their way through the leagues.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 8:44:45 GMT
I expect they have seen the growth in interest, coverage, and attendances in the womens game the last few years, and now want a piece of the action as the game is being restructured. A bit galling that they have the financial clout to buy themselves straight in to the 2nd tier though. They should be made to play their way through the leagues. Yeah a bit unfair, especially as they are such latecomers, but I suppose the bigger picture is it will help bring more interest to the women's game. Phil Neville says Man United are working to be pioneers. But I think that boat might have already sailed. |
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Post by Father Jack on Mar 22, 2018 8:55:08 GMT
I expect they have seen the growth in interest, coverage, and attendances in the womens game the last few years, and now want a piece of the action as the game is being restructured. A bit galling that they have the financial clout to buy themselves straight in to the 2nd tier though. They should be made to play their way through the leagues. Yeah a bit unfair, especially as they are such latecomers, but I suppose the bigger picture is it will help bring more interest to the women's game. Phil Neville says Man United are working to be pioneers. But I think that boat might have already sailed. Not sure what they are going to pioneer? The womens game is already taking off without them. Lewes FC (and others) already pay their mens and womens teams equally. Teams like Chelsea now launch their mens and womens kits in the same photo-shoots side by side. Arsenal and Man City shops now stock named womens team shirts alongside the mens shirt in their club shops. I don't think there is much they can claim to be pioneering. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 8:59:51 GMT
Yeah a bit unfair, especially as they are such latecomers, but I suppose the bigger picture is it will help bring more interest to the women's game. Phil Neville says Man United are working to be pioneers. But I think that boat might have already sailed. Not sure what they are going to pioneer? The womens game is already taking off without them. Lewes FC (and others) already pay their mens and womens teams equally. Teams like Chelsea now launch their mens and womens kits in the same photo-shoots side by side. Arsenal and Man City shops now stock named womens team shirts alongside the mens shirt in their club shops. I don't think there is much they can claim to be pioneering. Pioneers of the first ever Man United women's team. |
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Post by Father Jack on Mar 22, 2018 9:19:59 GMT
Not sure what they are going to pioneer? The womens game is already taking off without them. Lewes FC (and others) already pay their mens and womens teams equally. Teams like Chelsea now launch their mens and womens kits in the same photo-shoots side by side. Arsenal and Man City shops now stock named womens team shirts alongside the mens shirt in their club shops. I don't think there is much they can claim to be pioneering. Pioneers of the first ever Man United women's team. Pioneers of coming in out of nowhere with shed loads of money, hoovering up the best players money can buy, and basically buying your way straight to the top. I'm all for them coming in. Bit late to the party, but hey it can only help grow the game with another big name joining in. They should start lower down though. Not right at the bottom, but maybe a couple of steps below the new Womens Super Leagues? With some kind of financial fair play restriction in place so that they can't just buy their way straight to the top tier, but have to earn it. Doesn't seem fair on all the established teams that have been playing their way up through the leagues for years, to now find themselves not going up to the top tiers because Man United come along and go straight there. |
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Post by mangekyoalleluia on Mar 22, 2018 12:08:45 GMT
Wo-Man Utd?!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 13:28:28 GMT
Good luck to 'em but I wouldn't watch it. Not unless I was using it as some low-level wank material.
When will they launch their transgender team though?
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Post by Father Jack on Mar 22, 2018 13:40:01 GMT
Good luck to 'em but I wouldn't watch it. Not unless I was using it as some low-level wank material. When will they launch their transgender team though? Charlton Athletic already has a gay/transgender team. |
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Post by mangekyoalleluia on Mar 22, 2018 13:55:05 GMT
Good luck to 'em but I wouldn't watch it. Not unless I was using it as some low-level wank material. When will they launch their transgender team though? Already have one, have you seen Lingard and Fellaini? |
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Post by dougb on Mar 22, 2018 15:40:22 GMT
They'll probably stay on their feet more than the average top flight player.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2018 21:56:22 GMT
Question should be how have they not had a woman's team already?
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on Mar 23, 2018 7:08:02 GMT
Bit disappointing that they can't just start in the top division - Why not just boot Reading or Yeovil out at the end of the season (who cares about either of them anyway right?), give Man Utd their place, and forego the usual promotion / relegation business...
Don't see why Man Utd should be championed / vilified for having / not having a women's team though. Women's football should just be allowed to be Women's football.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 23, 2018 11:57:43 GMT
Will they play at Old Trafford? What is the situation with other large clubs that have a women's team - do both teams share a stadium, or do the women play in some other, smaller venue?
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Post by Father Jack on Mar 23, 2018 12:05:08 GMT
Will they play at Old Trafford? What is the situation with other large clubs that have a women's team - do both teams share a stadium, or do the women play in some other, smaller venue? They tend to play at the parent clubs smaller training ground. Sometimes play at main ground. |
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Post by Father Jack on Mar 23, 2018 12:07:24 GMT
Question should be how have they not had a woman's team already? They had one, but shut it down in 2005. Now the womens game is getting some traction (womens FA Cup final pulled in 35,000 attendance last year, womens Champions League final is now huge), they want in again. |
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Post by Excellent Bulletproof Vest on Mar 23, 2018 12:24:43 GMT
Waste of money.
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