No Soccer League in Ireland According to the Evening Herald last night

**Block G Raptor** · 19/01/2006, 2:36 PM

Did anyone read the article in the herald about how the Irish are unique etc. etc. One reasons the muppet (cant recall his name ) gave was that we get enthusiastic about every Irish player playing for an english club and then went on to say "Imagine what it would be like if we had our own soccer league in this country". i assume he was taking the proverbial as surely not even a journo could be that thick! could they?

**Peadar** · 19/01/2006, 2:39 PM

Originally Posted by Block G Raptor

Did anyone read the article in the herald...

Does anyone actually read the herald!

**finlma** · 19/01/2006, 2:40 PM

I wouldn't read too much into what that rag says. Rag newspaper with useless journalists.

On a seperate note Block G, how is your post count so low when you've been posting for so long?

**Block G Raptor** · 19/01/2006, 2:48 PM

Punishment of sorts from Big Brother

**Roverstillidie** · 19/01/2006, 2:50 PM

on a similar theme, look what the Indo printed today?!?

Poor standard of women in sport

Sir - I am writing in response to a letter published in this section on the issue of female invisibility in sport.

There is one key factor explaining the low level of women's sport in the national media and that is simply the poor standard of it.

People enjoy watching professional sports on television as they get to witness superhuman efforts at a level which the average man or woman can only dream about.

The 100m men's final is the blue riband event of any championship as the public gets a chance to see the fastest human beings on the earth.

The sight of eight men racing from one end of the track to the other in under 10 seconds is quite awesome. On the other hand if we wanted to see people sprinting down the track in over 11 seconds (like most women finals) why not just go down to Santry any Saturday morning and watch Gary Ryan putting the junior boys through their paces.

Nobody likes watching a match of poor quality in any sport whether it be between Liverpool and Chelsea or a junior B final down the country.

The fact is that most women's football matches fail to even reach the standard of a poor quality junior B yet you never hear calls from the latter for their efforts to be covered in the national media.

It is nice to see Setanta covering grass roots GAA with the girls' and boys' primary school finals, yet if one is to be honest the girls' matches would have been more at home on the comedy channel.

Irish women (especially compared with their North American counterparts) are simply not interested in sport, a fact which is exhibited by current obesity levels.

When the average girl gets up on a Saturday morning, goes off training and then rushes back to catch Football Focus or Grandstand, then and only then should the coverage of their sports increase.

At the moment neither they nor Irish men are in the slightest bit interested (with the obvious exception being beach volleyball!).
Johnny Finegan
Ardmulcan,
Navan, Co Meath

**Magicme** · 19/01/2006, 2:54 PM

sweet jehovah! Hope none of our ladies read that prior to their big match on sunday or they will be too upset to play!

**pete** · 19/01/2006, 3:17 PM

Sure that letter could also be written about the Special Olympics but he didn't have thr guts to do that...

**Dodge** · 19/01/2006, 3:31 PM

Originally Posted by Roverstillidie

Irish women (especially compared with their North American counterparts) are simply not interested in sport, a fact which is exhibited by current obesity levels.

So that's why there are no fat Americans... its certainly not an irish thing (and is absolutely the same in the US). Girls sports are ****. Great when Irish women do well in world/euro/olympic events. I don't consider their medals any different from ones obtained by men but I can't watch any female team events for the same reason I can't watch Gaelic football. I just think they're ****e...

**Block G Raptor** · 19/01/2006, 4:01 PM

Hey RTID why cant you get your own thread and stop hijacking mine
jebus talk about dragging a thread off topic! is it because I is Boez

**pete** · 19/01/2006, 4:13 PM

I must admit i've only ever gone to 1 womens sports. Went to WNBA in NY as had free tickets. Small crowd for such a venue & mainly kids in attendance but got to go to Madison Square Garden. Entertainment was fairly poor too.

**Roverstillidie** · 19/01/2006, 4:57 PM

Originally Posted by Block G Raptor

Hey RTID why cant you get your own thread and stop hijacking mine
jebus talk about dragging a thread off topic! is it because I is Boez

block, its about the independent news and medias relationship with reality when it comes to sport. they are totally linked, but you are a gypo, so inherently stupid.

**Snoop Drog** · 19/01/2006, 9:08 PM

I've now seen it all- el fans slagging women's sport because of its alleged "poor standard". Women are excelling in all kinds of sports and to write them all of as unwatchable is stupid.

"When the average girl gets up on a Saturday morning, goes off training and then rushes back to catch Football Focus or Grandstand, then and only then should the coverage of their sports increase.

At the moment neither they nor Irish men are in the slightest bit interested (with the obvious exception being beach volleyball!). "

What the **** is THAT all about? To much silage effluent in the water in Ardmulcan, Navan methinks...

**TonyD** · 19/01/2006, 9:24 PM

Was that letter really from "Sid the Sexist"

**Roverstillidie** · 19/01/2006, 9:33 PM

Originally Posted by Snoop Drog

I've now seen it all- el fans slagging women's sport because of its alleged "poor standard". Women are excelling in all kinds of sports and to write them all of as unwatchable is stupid.

"When the average girl gets up on a Saturday morning, goes off training and then rushes back to catch Football Focus or Grandstand, then and only then should the coverage of their sports increase.

At the moment neither they nor Irish men are in the slightest bit interested (with the obvious exception being beach volleyball!). "

What the **** is THAT all about? To much silage effluent in the water in Ardmulcan, Navan methinks...

eeehhhh snoop. it wasnt an el fan who wrote the letter. go back up there and read the context again! we were taking the pi.ss out of the herald/indo's sport coverage....

**Snoop Drog** · 19/01/2006, 9:44 PM

I was referring to Dodge and Pete's comments.

**Dodge** · 19/01/2006, 10:01 PM

Which I stand by. I'm not saying that they've no rights. I'm just saying I won't be watching it on tv.

**Snoop Drog** · 19/01/2006, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

Girls sports are ****.... I just think they're ****e...

Fair enough that you don't want to watch it but I was pointing out that your reasons for not being interested are similar to the reasons given by alot of sportsfans for not watching el.

**Dodge** · 19/01/2006, 11:01 PM

And they're probably right. You'll also note I think Gaelic football is ****

**Snoop Drog** · 19/01/2006, 11:08 PM

Me too

**the 12 th man** · 20/01/2006, 7:28 AM

I think tbf that Womens performance in sport has improved a lot in recent years.There are certain sports events that they are at a huge disadvantage because of obvious Physique differeces (football,rugby etc).

But there's no reason to run down the Athletes,Tennis players and the likes.Girl jockey standards have improved dramatically of late with the likes of Nina Carberry(Sister of Paul) and Katie Walsh (Daughter of Ted) among a host of young girls showing that they can give as good as they can get.