[valpayne]

Well it has to be discussed seeing as the womens world cup is on and England are doing ok so far (sound familiar lol!) Here's what Val thinks, feel free to chime in with your thoughts and comments. So, I work at night sometimes and when I get home late, which is varied but say 11-12 midnight for example, I usually record football matches or Speedway for a bit of late night, early morning entertainment see. Then I chill out with a bevvie and watch whatever I have recorded cos there's not much more i can do at that time. Now lately in the absence of the football season and, between my speedway meetings, I've set the womens world cup on auto record and watched a fair few matches. I think its fair to say, without causing a furore, that obviously its not as good as mens football. In all aspects of the game it doesn't come up to the levels that our male counterparts produce. All in all, it seems more like watching youth teams play no disrespect intended. However this is a relatively new sport for women and its equally obvious they are fine, competitive athletes working really hard at this sport and you cannot fault their endeavour and atittude and I for one cannot knock any person for choosing a positive, creative way to live their lives. I think we could do with a lot more of that in life as it goes. I must also say that theirs some seriously good eye candy on the pitch as well and so many fine ponytails lol! Sorry girls I couldn't resist that one  Now please don't have a go ladies, I'm sure you watch mens football from an added eye candy perspective to?   Where the hell am I going with this? Ah, yes. I am going to make one very notable point and that is....... SPITTING! 
Unless i'm deluded or the cameras are more careful with their coverage? I haven't seen one of these girls spit yet? Not a single one. So why is that? I loathe spitting its becoming more and more endemic and I'm sick of people spitting in front of me, behind me, wherever, when I'm out and about. Its nasty and it spreads disease and the reason I hate it so much is because my Mum was a nurse before she retired and in her thirties she caught TB on the ward she was working on. Its well documented that TB is transferred through saliva. As a result of the TB my mum had her entire lung removed and now suffers from serious breathing difficulties in her twilight years and it hurts me to see her struggle. So to round this odd little thread off I'd like to commend the women footballers for managing to play out there games to the best and height of their ability without feeling the need to drain their oral and nasal cavities onto the pitch like so many male players do. I hope that's one footballing tradition that doesn't catch on in the ladies version. Right that's it. Over to you folks.....?