W 4-1 vs Sheppey United (A) - FA Cup First Round - Fri 3rd Nov, 7:45pm

come on @addo don’t assume I know nothing about this … you will know very well that the women’s game until tier 3/4 is essentially Sunday league and I could start a team next June and “manage in the FA CUP” that argument holds no weight .

Phil Neville has failed in both fields and had “female game coaches with him” to manage the differences. At your Sunday league level I’d imagine you do a few laps shuttles and five a sides - elite level coaches work differently and take these things in to account. Up to level 3 or 4 they most likely still pay subs and have a parent or substitute running the line. That tells you where the standard is - context is everything.

And you will also know for a fact that on these FA Courses they talk about how things are tailored for the female game. It’s not the same. You do not coach set plays the same for instance. As for those qualifications they aren’t worth the paper they’re written on - cash cows for the Counties and jobs for the boys.

For the record, I’m all for the womens game growing. All for it being on TV. All for them getting paid their worth. But there comes a point where lanes need to be stayed in. That goes for Male Pundits on the womens game as well.

If he’s fit. Looks like the Walsall injury curse may have hit, hopefully not too hard.

Good news for the Karen Carney fan club - she’s a pundit on Sky Sports today.
Good news for the Karen Carney non-fan club - she’s not doing the FA Cup draw (I think).

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Cray Valley proving just how well we went about things Friday night.

What a result and what a performance from them!! They didn’t even just sit in they had a right go!!

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Can I be the first to say that Charlton Athletic will not be relishing a trip to Cray Valley Paper Mills’, Badger’s Sports Ground, a notoriously difficult place to go :smiley:

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Especially when you’ve no idea where it is.

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Just listen for the sound of paper being milled.

Reading this thread I thought we were the crappiest team playing the second crappiest team in the first round. Led by the crappiest striker in world football.

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I wonder if they will go via the A2?

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2 and a half miles from Charlton’s ground according to the commentator

It all depends on the travelling gate and if it’s a raucous audience.

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An easy place to go as long as the genital warts are clearing up.

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Is the replay on paper view?

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I’m assuming more likely to use the A4 being London based club :crazy_face:

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I’m expecting reams of puns on this.

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People who make puns are such fools, cap their use please moderators.

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You know how it goes, once one starts we usually get a few on a roll

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Going to stop reading this thread it’s gone a bit stationery

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Not many people know this but I used to own my own origami company.

It folded.

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