- Jul 28, 2004
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Tough post to read @Trix , can’t imagine the situation the coach is in. As others have said, all I can think is that ‘if they’re good enough, they’d play’ and put it on the parents to prove that their kid is getting any kind of rough treatment or being discriminated against in selections.
On the overall notion of girls v boys assist, of course a girl or woman who is good enough to play at a decent level will run rings around all the average Joe’s that make up 99.9% of boys and men who play football, I learnt that first hand at uni when my mates and I were almost beaten by a 5 aside girls team all made up from the women’s first xi and we were two men’s thirds, an actor, a rugby player and me. However, when it’s a case of your average untalented female v your average untalented male, fitness levels being similar, the string, faster, usually taller person will have an advantage. There’s a reason why we notice the mercurial gifted smaller players in the men’s game, because to make it they had to have something special to give them an edge v physically superior beings.
On the overall notion of girls v boys assist, of course a girl or woman who is good enough to play at a decent level will run rings around all the average Joe’s that make up 99.9% of boys and men who play football, I learnt that first hand at uni when my mates and I were almost beaten by a 5 aside girls team all made up from the women’s first xi and we were two men’s thirds, an actor, a rugby player and me. However, when it’s a case of your average untalented female v your average untalented male, fitness levels being similar, the string, faster, usually taller person will have an advantage. There’s a reason why we notice the mercurial gifted smaller players in the men’s game, because to make it they had to have something special to give them an edge v physically superior beings.