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Post by John Lennon on May 24, 2014 14:49:05 GMT
As Oxford United Women are a big part of the Oxford United family, we are getting behind them for the local derby game against Reading tomorrow. Its been a tough start for our Womens team in Womens Super League 2, but anyone who has seen us play, will know the results havent told the full story. The performances have been of a high, entertaining standard, and with a little bit more luck, we would have more points by now. With our support, the first win wont be far off. So if you can make it tomorrow, your support will be appreciated. Some of the Yellow Army will be there to wave the big flags, and with a sunny day forecast, it will be a good day out for all the family. The game is being played at Abingdon United, on Northcourt Road. The Boundary House pub is just over the road, and is a family pub. So if you fancy a drink or some lunch before the game, thats where some Oxford fans will be heading from midday, before heading to the ground around 1.30pm. Kick off is at 2pm, and its only £5 for adults and £2 for under 16s/over 65s.
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Post by baldy on May 24, 2014 14:58:15 GMT
No disrespect but anybody who can be bothered to go and watch that needs to get a life. I've said before I wouldn't step on to my patio to watch women's football let alone stroll down the bottom of the garden. A complete waste of time.
You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not. OUFC ladies or whatever they call themselves are absolutely nothing to do with the OUFC I watch. The England women's team would get absolutely battered by, say, North Leigh. It would be double figures.
The standard is atrocious.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 15:05:31 GMT
No disrespect but anybody who can be bothered to go and watch that needs to get a life. I've said before I wouldn't step on to my patio to watch women's football let alone stroll down the bottom of the garden. A complete waste of time. You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not. OUFC ladies or whatever they call themselves are absolutely nothing to do with the OUFC I watch. The England women's team would get absolutely battered by, say, North Leigh. It would be double figures. The standard is atrocious. What a shocking attitude. I had it in my mind that women's football was dire, but when I attended our womens game I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. There was really good passing football and it was thoroughly entertaining, well worth the money and it was good to see them putting in 100% effort for the full 90 even when a few goals down. Make judgement after you've been, because I had to swallow my words. Hopefully others give it a try because I thoroughly recommend it. Come on you yellows!
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 15:08:59 GMT
No disrespect but anybody who can be bothered to go and watch that needs to get a life. I've said before I wouldn't step on to my patio to watch women's football let alone stroll down the bottom of the garden. A complete waste of time. You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not. OUFC ladies or whatever they call themselves are absolutely nothing to do with the OUFC I watch. The England women's team would get absolutely battered by, say, North Leigh. It would be double figures. The standard is atrocious. Scudamore, is that you?
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Post by baldy on May 24, 2014 15:27:51 GMT
No disrespect but anybody who can be bothered to go and watch that needs to get a life. I've said before I wouldn't step on to my patio to watch women's football let alone stroll down the bottom of the garden. A complete waste of time. You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not. OUFC ladies or whatever they call themselves are absolutely nothing to do with the OUFC I watch. The England women's team would get absolutely battered by, say, North Leigh. It would be double figures. The standard is atrocious. What a shocking attitude. I had it in my mind that women's football was dire, but when I attended our womens game I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. There was really good passing football and it was thoroughly entertaining, well worth the money and it was good to see them putting in 100% effort for the full 90 even when a few goals down. Make judgement after you've been, because I had to swallow my words. Hopefully others give it a try because I thoroughly recommend it. Come on you yellows! That is my honest opinion. Nothing sexist about it all. I just think the standard is really poor. Is that a problem ? People lambast the performances of Oxford in L2 and rightly so. I'm just dishing out similar to what I think is a generally poor attempt at football -,nation wide. Why are some things seemingly exempt from criticism ?
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Post by nige01ox on May 24, 2014 15:33:25 GMT
At the olympics I thought the women's football was far more entertaining than the mens
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Post by thehorse on May 24, 2014 15:35:28 GMT
Ive watched a lot of womens football at various different standards so feel i am allowed to have an opinion.
The standard is extremely poor, the most accurate word i can use for it would probably be ponderous. Everything happens at about half the pace of any reasonable standard mens game on a saturday......when you have that much time on the ball without the possibility of getting "smashed" it is easy to play good passing football.
Im not sure if putting 100% effort in for the full 90 mins is something that should be used as a good point of the womens game? Isn't this the bare minimum that someone should offer...... and in any case, games in the Witney and District Div 4 have players putting in 100% and it doesn't make the standard good.
The thing that eta it down the most though, is the goalkeeping,.......
However, this doesn't take away from the fact that people might find it entertaining to watch, so I'm not going to call people anything for doing so......but.....lets not pretend its something that it isn't!
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Post by scotchegg on May 24, 2014 15:46:58 GMT
What a shocking attitude. I had it in my mind that women's football was dire, but when I attended our womens game I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. There was really good passing football and it was thoroughly entertaining, well worth the money and it was good to see them putting in 100% effort for the full 90 even when a few goals down. Make judgement after you've been, because I had to swallow my words. Hopefully others give it a try because I thoroughly recommend it. Come on you yellows! That is my honest opinion. Nothing sexist about it all. I just think the standard is really poor. Is that a problem ? People lambast the performances of Oxford in L2 and rightly so. I'm just dishing out similar to what I think is a generally poor attempt at football -,nation wide. Why are some things seemingly exempt from criticism ? Every team that put an Oxford shirt on represents our club. The first team, development squad, youth team, women's team, kids, even those having a kickabout at half time, all play at different standards. But that doesn't mean to say that any warrant any less support. The women's team open up a different avenue for supporters or corporate investment that the club needs. The survival of the club is dependent on reaching out to the community and if this opens up a few doors then it is fantastic. So the standard of football might not be up to what you see on Sky, but then again nor is what we see every other Saturday with the men.
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Post by sihath on May 24, 2014 15:49:19 GMT
No disrespect but anybody who can be bothered to go and watch that needs to get a life. I've said before I wouldn't step on to my patio to watch women's football let alone stroll down the bottom of the garden. A complete waste of time. You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not. OUFC ladies or whatever they call themselves are absolutely nothing to do with the OUFC I watch. The England women's team would get absolutely battered by, say, North Leigh. It would be double figures. The standard is atrocious. I know you have kids, you've mentioned them on here plenty of times. I don't know if you have a daughter, but if you do then I feel sorry for her. Hypothetically let's say she's good enough to play football for her country, she's the best footballer in the country. Shame you'll think she's atrocious, and watching her would be a complete waste of time, and she's not as good as the hypothetical son of yours who plays for the local village team. It's actually quite sad.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 15:54:59 GMT
What a shocking attitude. I had it in my mind that women's football was dire, but when I attended our womens game I was pleasantly surprised to say the least. There was really good passing football and it was thoroughly entertaining, well worth the money and it was good to see them putting in 100% effort for the full 90 even when a few goals down. Make judgement after you've been, because I had to swallow my words. Hopefully others give it a try because I thoroughly recommend it. Come on you yellows! That is my honest opinion. Nothing sexist about it all. I just think the standard is really poor. Is that a problem ? People lambast the performances of Oxford in L2 and rightly so. I'm just dishing out similar to what I think is a generally poor attempt at football -,nation wide. Why are some things seemingly exempt from criticism ? We lambast the performances of Oxford in League 2 because we have high expectations and there's a lot of money at stake. Plus you've actually attended these games, so you you can accurately judge it. If you haven't been then it's just assumption. Some of your comments echo mine BEFORE I went to a game. It's one thing to state that the standard is poor, that's fair enough, because compared to the mens it is. But your comments were borderline abusive and totally uncalled for in my opinion. "You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not." They're not part of Oxford United because their football doesn't meet your standards? In my opinion that's pretty disrespectful.
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Post by baldy on May 24, 2014 15:59:59 GMT
No disrespect but anybody who can be bothered to go and watch that needs to get a life. I've said before I wouldn't step on to my patio to watch women's football let alone stroll down the bottom of the garden. A complete waste of time. You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not. OUFC ladies or whatever they call themselves are absolutely nothing to do with the OUFC I watch. The England women's team would get absolutely battered by, say, North Leigh. It would be double figures. The standard is atrocious. I know you have kids, you've mentioned them on here plenty of times. I don't know if you have a daughter, but if you do then I feel sorry for her. Hypothetically let's say she's good enough to play football for her country, she's the best footballer in the country. Shame you'll think she's atrocious, and watching her would be a complete waste of time, and she's not as good as the hypothetical son of yours who plays for the local village team. It's actually quite sad. That's a bit silly isn't it ? That's like saying I wouldn't support one of my kids if they pursued something I didn't particularly agree with. As long as they were doing something worthy and legal I'd support them totally. If one of my daughters was involved in football I'd obviously keep my general thoughts to myself and support her.
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Post by sihath on May 24, 2014 16:02:50 GMT
I know you have kids, you've mentioned them on here plenty of times. I don't know if you have a daughter, but if you do then I feel sorry for her. Hypothetically let's say she's good enough to play football for her country, she's the best footballer in the country. Shame you'll think she's atrocious, and watching her would be a complete waste of time, and she's not as good as the hypothetical son of yours who plays for the local village team. It's actually quite sad. That's a bit silly isn't it ?That's like saying I wouldn't support one of my kids if they pursued something I didn't particularly agree with. As long as they were doing something worthy and legal I'd support them totally. If one of my daughters was involved in football I'd obviously keep my general thoughts to myself and support her. Not really. In your eyes she'll never be as good as your son, and I think that's sad.
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Post by John Lennon on May 24, 2014 16:03:12 GMT
Your post wasn't an honest opinion Baldy. It was rude, insulting, and disrespectful.
Why you felt the need to say it, I don't know.
I'll tell the 250+ people there tomorrow, to get a life.
It's an Oxford United team, and many of us are proud to support them.
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Post by baldy on May 24, 2014 16:11:46 GMT
Your post wasn't an honest opinion Baldy. It was rude, insulting, and disrespectful. Why you felt the need to say it, I don't know. I'll tell the 250+ people there tomorrow, to get a life. It's an Oxford United team, and many of us are proud to support them. How many OUFC under 13, 14, 15, 16 games do you attend ? How many development games ? How many youth team games ? How many pre season friendlies ? How many away games ? Every single home game ? All these are under the OUFC umbrella. If I was attending a non first team game then I can guarantee you I'd be at a u15 or something before I even thought about attending a women's match. Tell me why on earth you and the other 249 odd will choose a women's match where the standard is crap as opposed to seeing a glimpse of the future with u15 or something similar ? Waste of time.
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Post by John Lennon on May 24, 2014 16:21:48 GMT
As we have fans who support every area of the club, through my role in the Yellow Army, I will be involved in supporting the development squad, youth team, and younger teams, as well as the Women's team and first team.
It's a shame you wish to put people down who are supporting other areas of our club. We have many supporters who support every area of our club, so I am disappointed you feel the need to be disrespectful to them.
I am looking forward to the game tomorrow, and I am proud to be in a position to help support our Women's team, as well as the other teams in the Oxford United family.
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Post by unification on May 24, 2014 16:22:01 GMT
Been drinking the dickhead sauce today, Baldy?
JL posted an advert some Oxford fans might be interested in as it involves an Oxford United team. Your posts add nothing to that. Bugger all except a needless dig.
Why bother posting? There's not a 'debate' to be had here about the merits of the womens' game. A pretty pathetic post that screams 'look at me! I'm Mr Controversial'.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 16:23:15 GMT
I agree with Baldy women's football is poor and again I have no desire to watch it. However I keep my views to myself and don't judge anyone who watches it, just not for me.
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Post by sihath on May 24, 2014 16:23:15 GMT
Your post wasn't an honest opinion Baldy. It was rude, insulting, and disrespectful. Why you felt the need to say it, I don't know. I'll tell the 250+ people there tomorrow, to get a life. It's an Oxford United team, and many of us are proud to support them. How many OUFC under 13, 14, 15, 16 games do you attend ? How many development games ? How many youth team games ? How many pre season friendlies ? How many away games ? Every single home game ? All these are under the OUFC umbrella. If I was attending a non first team game then I can guarantee you I'd be at a u15 or something before I even thought about attending a women's match. Tell me why on earth you and the other 249 odd will choose a women's match where the standard is crap as opposed to seeing a glimpse of the future with u15 or something similar ? Waste of time. Like I said earlier, it's actually quite sad. Someone being the absolute best they can be, being the top of their profession, and you think they're crap, atrocious etc etc. Do you think the same about people like Nicola Adams, Rebecca Adlington, Kelly Holmes, Venus Williams, Steffi Graf, and countless other women who would get beaten by men in their sports? Useless, atrocious, waste of time going to watch them?
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Post by Yellowbrains on May 24, 2014 16:57:34 GMT
What a shame baldy has seen fit to derail this thread with his narrow-minded twaddle. If you've not seen the women's team play how on earth can you judge the standard?
People go to watch them because they're Oxford fans and they're supporting their side, who are one of the top 18 teams in the country. Personally I think that's very worthwhile.
Obviously the standard isn't as good as the men, but no one becomes an Oxford fan because they expect top-notch football! £5 for an entertaining game sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Besides, I'd much rather be out at a football game tomorrow than sat around at home.
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Post by bicesteryellow on May 24, 2014 17:45:29 GMT
No disrespect but anybody who can be bothered to go and watch that needs to get a life. I've said before I wouldn't step on to my patio to watch women's football let alone stroll down the bottom of the garden. A complete waste of time. You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not. OUFC ladies or whatever they call themselves are absolutely nothing to do with the OUFC I watch. The England women's team would get absolutely battered by, say, North Leigh. It would be double figures. The standard is atrocious. You are a c*nt of the highest order
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Post by malcolmnl on May 24, 2014 18:13:56 GMT
Baldy, you've posted some rubbish in the past and also some good things, especially when you post about Oxford United.
But this in my eyes is not your point of view but just plain discrimination and for that you now get a public warning. Calling something "your honest point of view" is no way around the law.
If the forum should receive any kind of complaint from any official source I'm afraid you're out the door on your ear, permanently.
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Post by baldy on May 24, 2014 18:44:01 GMT
Baldy, you've posted some rubbish in the past and also some good things, especially when you post about Oxford United. But this in my eyes is not your point of view but just plain discrimination and for that you now get a public warning. Calling something "your honest point of view" is no way around the law. If the forum should receive any kind of complaint from any official source I'm afraid you're out the door on your ear, permanently. Harsh to say the least. I'm not discriminating at all. I'm basing my view on what I've seen and I stand by my view that women's football is a dire watch - in my opinion. The England national women's team I once watched half an hour and that put me off it for good. If you can't take that viewpoint then it's a bloody disgrace to be honest. Have a think about it because I have expressed a perfectly valid view backed up in this thread by a couple of others.
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Post by baldy on May 24, 2014 19:09:45 GMT
No disrespect but anybody who can be bothered to go and watch that needs to get a life. I've said before I wouldn't step on to my patio to watch women's football let alone stroll down the bottom of the garden. A complete waste of time. You say they're part of the OUFC family, not in my book they're not. OUFC ladies or whatever they call themselves are absolutely nothing to do with the OUFC I watch. The England women's team would get absolutely battered by, say, North Leigh. It would be double figures. The standard is atrocious. You are a c*nt of the highest order You should get a warning for that sort of language. I'll be watching closely because there was a supposed crackdown on insults of that degree. I've toned it down. You clearly haven't. Over to you Malcolm. A valid view of women's football or insulting another member using the 'C' word. It's a no brainer in my book but this forum seems to have rules of its own. Take a leaf out of a PL forum. They'd have absolutely no problem with my view but anyone calling someone a c*nt would be banned immediately. L2 club. L2 moderators I guess. Shame.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 19:30:30 GMT
ooooh! baldy is spitting his dummy out!
baldy, if your daughter(s) played football, you wouldn't get off your arse and watch them play. What a poor parent you would be.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 19:35:28 GMT
You freely insult others, but don't like it when someone insults you back. Pot kettle.
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Post by sihath on May 24, 2014 19:43:06 GMT
You freely insult others, but don't like it when someone insults you back. Pot kettle. I don't think he liked me criticising Ronaldo. There's a bit of a crush there.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 19:45:31 GMT
You freely insult others, but don't like it when someone insults you back. Pot kettle. I don't think he liked me criticising Ronaldo. There's a bit of a crush there.
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Post by baldy on May 24, 2014 19:53:02 GMT
You freely insult others, but don't like it when someone insults you back. Pot kettle. I take it you are joking ? I'm insulted daily. 0/10 for observation. Where have you been ?
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Post by baldy on May 24, 2014 19:56:14 GMT
ooooh! baldy is spitting his dummy out! baldy, if your daughter(s) played football, you wouldn't get off your arse and watch them play. What a poor parent you would be. I watch everything my kids do activity or sporting wise. My youngest daughter still plays with her dolls house ? I don't generally join in. Poor parent ? I take it you haven't got kids.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2014 20:06:35 GMT
So you are contradicting yourself again.
I have two children, thank you for the interest.
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