| bosworth | Activity https://womensprosoccer.com/members/bosworth/activity/ Activity feed for bosworth. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:42:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 01fe20dae80502988bca2810437b1764 bosworth posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/641/#acomment-647 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 12:44:43 +0000 Yet it hasn’t.. it has struggled for a few decades. Even in the US the professional game has struggled and they’ve had the trophies.

Women’s sport struggle, women leave sport as teenagers. It’s a massive issue for all sports to combat and so for limited success.

The popularity of male football has nothing to do with 1966.

In reply to - posted an update OK, troll hat half on, but what is it that makes women’s football, even at the elite level of the current WC, so bloody unwatchable? When I am zapping through my TV I usually stick with any […] ]]> 0f72efc004b8f35236ab3b7cb11f4233 bosworth posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/641/#acomment-645 Tue, 11 Jun 2019 12:42:27 +0000 In the kindest words: Maybe you feel that football is “(one of) the last bastions of men’s sporting prowess?” I am just guessing….There is no reason to like women’s judo /athletics/ etc and and at the same time not to like women’s football IMHO (you did ask…)

I am not interested in any of the sports above btw, but I do understand what it is…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update OK, troll hat half on, but what is it that makes women’s football, even at the elite level of the current WC, so bloody unwatchable? When I am zapping through my TV I usually stick with any […] ]]> 31cc4f9a293fbbba167b96cc717555e8 replied to the topic Caster Semenya - what else is a genetic advantage in sport? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/caster-semenya-what-else-is-a-genetic-advantage-in-sport/#post-4502 Tue, 07 May 2019 15:51:17 +0000 Are you sure about this? I have no particular knowledge of the topic but my understanding was that there are tests to distinguish between naturally-produced and artificially injected testosterone.

If it was simply a matter of accepting any value below a certain level as fine then by your own logic many athletes would already have been doping up…[Read more]

]]> 0 9d656b4a6e5ab3e2592f48a21489d43c bosworth posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/#acomment-619 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:53:49 +0000 well the Victorians probably put them in freak show travelling circuses and gave them snazzy names…

I am not entirely convinced the general population views these things a whole lot differently.

by the way, I am not suggesting there is anything “wrong” with Caster, simply that in the highly competitive and regulated world of elite sport,…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Caster Semenya. Just wondering what people’s views are on this? My initial view is that it is (rightly) widely accepted that there should be certain categorisations in organised sport – male / […] ]]> 47b2be3d10521218e8e81bb23e366a0d bosworth posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/#acomment-617 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:52:27 +0000 the difficulty is that you are not comparing like with like. we do not have different basketball leagues for small; medium and tall people. so height is not a factor which determines categorisation

equally, with the weight categories, they would be free to other, heavier weight categories ad inifintum if they so wished – it would still be fair…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Caster Semenya. Just wondering what people’s views are on this? My initial view is that it is (rightly) widely accepted that there should be certain categorisations in organised sport – male / […] ]]> 9feff191046be06bfc1843af9e4f9464 bosworth posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/#acomment-613 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:50:00 +0000 I didn’t catch his name – he sounded south African. Given that he was “defending” Caster I doubt he was Ross Tucker from your description of his bugbear.

what he was saying (if I understood it right) is that testosterone in your body does not have the same effect in all individuals.

So in person X, 20 nanomoles (or whatever it was) of…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Caster Semenya. Just wondering what people’s views are on this? My initial view is that it is (rightly) widely accepted that there should be certain categorisations in organised sport – male / […] ]]> 5fb711f6bb10320356ce69d77f4188c5 posted an update: Caster Semenya. Just wondering what people's views are on […] https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/ Tue, 07 May 2019 09:47:58 +0000 Caster Semenya. Just wondering what people’s views are on this?

My initial view is that it is (rightly) widely accepted that there should be certain categorisations in organised sport – male / female; age; physical disability. That being the case, there does need to be some method of policing this. There are no eyebrows raised when arguments over…[Read more]

]]> 21 517327e7c6b354a25cc03213768ad74f replied to the topic Caster Semenya - what else is a genetic advantage in sport? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/caster-semenya-what-else-is-a-genetic-advantage-in-sport/#post-4489 Fri, 03 May 2019 11:18:40 +0000 The press release is quite interesting. Distance is relevant because the rule only applies to middle distances because that is where this issue crops up.

]]> 0 a2025df76375a3588e03e6e7f57af639 started the topic People who take sumatriptan for migraines in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/people-who-take-sumatriptan-for-migraines/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:51:54 +0000 Do you find that paracetamol or ibuprofen no longer works for ordinary headaches?

Nothing gets rid of a headache for me now unless it’s sumatriptan, which gets rid of any headache or migraine within an hour or so thank goodness.

]]> 0 4f2676185267269cf4777746be6ef9d5 replied to the topic Women who changed the world in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/women-who-changed-the-world/#post-4447 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:50:52 +0000 I watched a documentary on her recently. I wish she’d known how important her short life was.

]]> 0 9289e09841a597c80cdb4931900b43da replied to the topic Women who changed the world in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/women-who-changed-the-world/#post-4445 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:49:16 +0000 Shajar sounds pretty cool. Two more I’ve thought to add are Rachel Carson, whose book Silent Spring was so influential in the modern conservation and environmental movement, and Eleanor Roosevelt who was influential in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

]]> 0 91530ff2284b663903f48cd5fafbc90b started the topic Women who changed the world in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/women-who-changed-the-world/ Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:45:10 +0000 Name the women you think have changed the world!

]]> 0 4423108032871e409e96bdce8cbc8dad replied to the topic Smashing things up in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/smashing-things-up/#post-4434 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 09:02:51 +0000 I think that it’s incredibly sad that these few morons are spoiling things for the majority but I also believe that these aren’t incidents isolated to football. Unfortunately this kind of thing happens every weekend across British towns and it is being highlighted more because of the World Cup which just gives these clueless yobs an excuse.

They…[Read more]

]]> 0 877c45e1a8526e36afff634947e9fde9 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4416 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 10:01:40 +0000 Exactly! This was always about prolonging England’s stay in Russia, and Southgate has done just that with this result.

Now England will get knocked out next Tuesday instead of Monday. Mission accomplished.

]]> 0 016d5e014a17bad1f85e609d3e4ef737 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4403 Mon, 25 Jun 2018 16:02:59 +0000 Two things have struck me so far. The first is probably not surprising. The foreign pundits like Fabregas and Zabaleta can speak in a more grammatically correct manner than most of the native English speaking ones. Secondly, I am amazed at the numbers of fans from supposedly poor countries who are able to afford a trip to Russia. I know that…[Read more]

]]> 0 66d67fcc7aaef70a2bf655f91987369e replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4365 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:50:56 +0000 Sterling was poor, Loftus Cheek looked good for the limited time he was on against a tired team.

Thought Trippier was the best player on the park – apart from his two goals (which is why he is in the team) thought Kane was invisible, especially in the second half.

One question – can Vardy and Kane play in the same team? Know that Vardy is good…[Read more]

]]> 0 ec65493245bd126e82ee06c27dfc3992 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4325 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 10:17:35 +0000

It would be good if one of the finalists wasn’t one of the big five though.

Why?

It would only likely lead to a boring one-sided game.

]]> 0 a276d588dd18e00f43af4adcd8743b62 replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4307 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:20:42 +0000 Glad to hear you have been seen and referred. I totally feel your pain. I’m still off work with mine and I have an MRI booked for next week. Hope you get relief soon.

]]> 0 aec86c42d4df507490d44c00e4b077b7 replied to the topic Foot pain..kicked the ground playing football! in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/foot-pain-kicked-the-ground-playing-football/#post-4301 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:31:50 +0000 IF it happened to me I would see the GP if it was still bad/very bad after a couple more days

I hope it gets better by itself really soon, good luck

]]> 0 fd9920dd8d572779094b230095b37030 replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4297 Mon, 28 May 2018 10:34:56 +0000 I’m at week 5 of my latest bout of it. Niggly back pain became worse followed by tingly toes and nerve pain in calf and thigh. Went to bed, didn’t sleep due to spasms and cramps, got up in the morning to find no pain what so ever but a left leg that felt as though it didn’t belong. My foot was numb and I have no power to move it. I’m not going to…[Read more]

]]> 0 c59c9e4ddf54e71e7fb375799fa838c4 replied to the topic Best rowing machines? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/best-rowing-machines/#post-4280 Wed, 23 May 2018 11:51:00 +0000 Honestly if you’re going to do it at all seriously (and you can definitely get the bug for it), then go Concept2. The water rowers are ok to a point, but if you are interested in technique and building your strength you will soon find that you end up with water all over the floor and the feel you get from them is different too. There are some…[Read more]

]]> 0 9dcdf8e70334ed9a76145650bf3543a4 replied to the topic Best rowing machines? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/best-rowing-machines/#post-4277 Wed, 23 May 2018 11:48:43 +0000 Try renting, or you can often find auctions selling off gym equipment (there’s one near me that does this frequently).

Water rowers are horrid things – ok if you aren’t taking it too seriously, but pretty useless if you want to do some proper work.

I would’t recomment getting one of the cheap ones. If you do buy, go for a Concept2 and get some…[Read more]

]]> 0 f939d8b053a792fef2ad267fc2b0ccf8 bosworth posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/349/#acomment-354 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:30:18 +0000 Why not go the whole way and advocate boycotting visiting, spending money or generally dealing with the offending countries (it isn’t just Qatar)? Abuse, neglect and death of workers happens across the Gulf, yet I haven’t seen many calls for people to stop having sunny beach holidays in Dubai or to stop climbing in Oman.

In reply to - posted an update Boycott the next World Cup in Qatar? So many people have died building the stadiums, let alone the abuse and neglect of workers and their human rights, yet there is little in the way of public […] ]]> 2d3fa059f779aad43b33ee34ac09eea3 bosworth posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/329/#acomment-330 Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:40:33 +0000 My 50p share has been well spent in keeping me entertained.

In reply to - posted an update 5 medals £28 million spent.. was the winter Olympics worth the money for great Britain? ]]> 09d4ef1615a07c1d5e807db91f3730c7 bosworth posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/320/#acomment-322 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:26:48 +0000 Guardiola. Classy guy…. If any of the ground staff find his dummy, then it’d only be fair to return it.

In reply to - posted an update Dear Wigan fans, your manager got wound up (going ballistic in the tunnel at the ref and our manager), Aguero got wound up (lashed out at a fan) and some of your fans were a total and utter […] ]]> cbb00ad188291f14bc9499538b8b6e5e replied to the topic Do men like independent women? in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/do-men-like-independent-women/#post-4186 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:53:10 +0000 My ex partner told me I emasculate men, I was too capable and too independent. What he meant was he was a failed man, he was am alcoholic, who couldnt get his act together to even do the basic stuff, so I renovated the house, I sorted electrics, I built up the business and I coped easily without him for 18 months while he had a cushy contract…[Read more]

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