| jess | Activity https://womensprosoccer.com/members/jess/activity/ Activity feed for jess. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:42:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 d7f35052a6e11c4152131f006e6e1291 jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/#acomment-620 Tue, 07 May 2019 09:54:24 +0000 Sport isn’t and never will be a level playing field. At the top level in athletics, all of the competitors have some physical traits that allow them to be faster/stronger/fitter etc than other competitors. The majority of the population could never reach their levels even with a lifetime of equally hard work as the top athletes have put in.

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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 / […] ]]> 227113b452f2ae01179f352ecf9ccb10 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-4300 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 09:31:13 +0000 You probably don’t want to hear this but the only way to be sure is to go to A&E.

As you have said, you probably haven’t broken anything, but, as you also say, “but I’m not sure what I’ve done”

If you go to A&E the annoying thing will be that as your condition is not life threatening you could be there for ages, and there is a chance all they…[Read more]

]]> 0 09a605175049a491c4bd95aed39f887a jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/432/#acomment-440 Thu, 31 May 2018 12:39:28 +0000 @amy On the contrary im only 29 and a couple of years back decided that following passions in my life like soccer, generally spending times with people I like being around was far more important to me than striving for ever more money, ever more responsibility, being constantly connected to emails all to achieve a high flying career for which i…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Top ten excuses for not having women on board… “I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment” “There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experienc […] ]]> 473fa24cf29c14c7388f40f78a61841f jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/432/#acomment-436 Thu, 31 May 2018 12:35:09 +0000 Maybe im jaded from working for a big corporate outfit…but the mundane corporate culture, seemingly endless drive to get you to wear the company logo on your arm, culture of we must do everything for the good of ‘the business’ not to mention the vomit inducing vocabulary of corporate nonsence has made me a bit anti-establishment. There are many…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Top ten excuses for not having women on board… “I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment” “There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experienc […] ]]> 24c848d40cd0947534ad0eca2cef2316 jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/432/#acomment-433 Thu, 31 May 2018 12:32:50 +0000 They’re all a bunch of corporate automaton toss bags anyway male or female.

In reply to - posted an update Top ten excuses for not having women on board… “I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment” “There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experienc […] ]]> ea76a0ef9cea5ec89920165c53a9a030 replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4296 Mon, 28 May 2018 10:33:34 +0000 Don’t take stuff which wasn’t prescribed for you.

Ask your GP for a referral to a physio; a few years ago I had shocking sciatica which lasted months and ended up having physio (as well as pills) which really helped.

]]> 0 4f6ea93ccc53b7e00e9eb8f87cf23ceb jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/394/#acomment-396 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:27:03 +0000 “He … picked up the superbug after a sexual encounter with a woman in south-east Asia.”

Yeah, that’s the story he’s sticking to.

In reply to - posted an update Have we reached a tipping point where antibiotic become as useful as a chocolate fire guard? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43571120 ]]> 331a6109e717fcf661dc3e9a7f95a851 jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/385/#acomment-389 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:03:33 +0000 Once money enters the equation fair play and sportsmanship seem to take a back seat.

In reply to - posted an update Radio 4 was reporting how seriously they are taking the ball tampering in the Australian test match, to the point where the transgressor may not play test cricket again. How does this incident […] ]]> def46cd1b9859ea783790129479201f4 jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/357/#acomment-369 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 13:45:02 +0000 Here is an example of money in football.

We have a world cup being held in Quatar. We hear of human rights violations and workers dying on a regular basis. Its basically the land that time forgot.

We have a top level manager in Pep Guardiola being held up as a shining light for his support of the Barcalona independence fight wearing his…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Arsenal: Wenger has to be sacked! Think I heard Martin Keown saying ‘Wenger is like a defeated boxer in the ring where no one is prepared to throw the towel in for him and he keeps going back for […] ]]> 90c596154c0e6185d4bbdd5b72933c76 posted an update: Boycott the next World Cup in Qatar? So many people have […] https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/349/ Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:26:04 +0000 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 commendation.

Why?

]]> 7 98a0bc4097e54252b89cd53ddbcc1a19 jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/329/#acomment-348 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:24:56 +0000 As rule the uk doesn’t have the climate so it has to spend money on it’s winter athletes. The Norwegian budget is half the uks for example. But then generally you can train on your own doorstep there.

In reply to - posted an update 5 medals £28 million spent.. was the winter Olympics worth the money for great Britain? ]]> 67482d6e857879137885c86014f57367 jess posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/329/#acomment-347 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:24:43 +0000 28+ million pounds – Some cream off a hell of a lot of money. Some people get a good living from what is dished out, but that doesn’t mean everybody does, or even those that deserve/need it do.

Maybe someone needs to look at who actually gets what. I do know that the number of (questionably needed) people at head office for athletics has…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update 5 medals £28 million spent.. was the winter Olympics worth the money for great Britain? ]]> 593e5010ec2a6e4f089e9beff248f93b 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-4161 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:22:35 +0000 @lovely I don’t think it’s possible to judge the independence of a woman by relative earnings or by shares of household chores. It’s a state of mind, not of bank balance or who is pushing the hoover.

]]> 0 7bc72ad8e074da14bb79e71e97257276 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-4151 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:11:10 +0000

While I am not financially independent I am very independent in that I don’t do the little woman thing very well.
I am very straight I say what I think I was once told I communicated like a man It was Intended as a compliment i did not really feel it was.
I lived most of my life with my husband away so I am used to sorting stuff without r…

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]]> 0 1d32a2488075ea7adfa765a055f415b3 replied to the topic Womens head soccer coach Phil Neville posts sexist remarks in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/womens-head-soccer-coach-phil-neville-posts-sexist-remarks/#post-4134 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:14:43 +0000 @connie I don’t think anyone doubts that he was dumb to put it on twitter but that has very little to do with whether he capable of managing a football team.

That the joke “revealed his lack of respect for women” is just a product of your imagination and prejudices. Like Mr.Neville, most men have wives,partners, and /or sisters and daughters who…[Read more]

]]> 0 50e5209cf068996a791938c562df8201 replied to the topic Womens head soccer coach Phil Neville posts sexist remarks in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/womens-head-soccer-coach-phil-neville-posts-sexist-remarks/#post-4130 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:01:03 +0000

Plus no it is not black humour or irony, both of which I “get” and enjoy.

It was a misogynist joke in extremely bad taste, that revealed him as a complete arse, and is quite informative about his character. Since he obviously expected that his audience/followers consisted of similar arses who would find the joke funny, it is also revealing abo…

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]]> 0 f812ffae299535c78092b24e3b62c63e replied to the topic Milk causing early puberty? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/milk-causing-early-puberty/#post-4089 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 09:58:36 +0000 I was under the impression that cows have to produce a calf every year to keep giving milk. So in order to ensure as long as possible a lactation period they have always been pregnant throughout? It was certainly the case when my grandfather who was a small farmer was keeping milking cows in the 1950s. Other factors, mainly the widespread use of…[Read more]

]]> 0 689e21f70e186a26d08fc09a9774fa7e replied to the topic How to treat ball of foot pain? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/how-to-treat-ball-of-foot-pain/#post-4079 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 10:36:14 +0000 metatarsalgia just means pain in the metatarsal region, so more a description than a diagnosis…

]]> 0 3e12fe6ea6c286e9ff0feb4892562d0f replied to the topic Mourinho in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/mourinho/#post-4061 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:31:53 +0000 @supersoccerfan I don’t think frightened, he just doesn’t want to lose. Losing hurts more than winning please him I think.

Liverpool are an awful team this year compared to other years. They’ve no midfield and Cann is off soon. Attacking they are great but behind that there’s a very weak team. Until they sign a keeper worthy of being at a top…[Read more]

]]> 0 44ea36ad45d9e4eec9e2a937a11655f5 replied to the topic Mourinho in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/mourinho/#post-4057 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:27:35 +0000 I think it would be crazy to sack him.

He gets results, we’re back in the CL, won a European trophy.

City are better than us this year, we need a few more players but I think he’s building a strong team.

I also don’t like sacking managers. City have spent hundreds of millions on an already strong team. Ignore a few draws, the loss to…[Read more]

]]> 0 d036756fc1ac82091d9c72f49c185c9d started the topic Womens soccer rules and the men suck in these Olympics! in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/womens-soccer-rules-and-the-men-suck-in-these-olympics/ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:39:31 +0000 And the gold medal goes to.. WOMENS SOCCER (and in last place mens soccer)!
I gotta say that these Olympics at least for me have proven just how great women’s soccer really is unlike with the mens.. With women’s soccer even though many of us complain about funding problems the game hasn’t been affected by and isnt just all about money and that…[Read more]

]]> 0 667c6a9013d3882572e4855a7543a125 started the topic Germany beat Sweden 2-1 in Olympic final! in the forum Soccer news http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/germany-beat-sweden-2-1-in-olympic-final/ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 12:34:02 +0000 Germany beat Sweden 2-1 in Olympic final!

Rio de Janeiro must be a lucky place for the Germans or something because the women’s side dethroned the US by beating Sweden 2-1 and becoming the the Olympic champions! Neither Germany or Sweden have ever reached an Olympic final before.

In this game Sweden weren’t so overly defensive and actually took risks and was on the attack… 9…[Read more]

]]> 0 6655e1a0dfe996126f618ca99f71f115 started the topic Should Sepp Blater leave? YES! in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/should-sepp-blater-leave-yes/ Tue, 06 Oct 2015 17:39:38 +0000 It seems even fifa top sponsors Coca-Cola Co., McDonald’s and Anheuser-Busch InBev are now calling for Sepp Blater to step down as Fifas president but still he stays!
The top sponsors have said that Blater should leave after fresh criminal proceedings against Sepp over corruption. Coca-Cola has said that they want him to leave immediately so that…[Read more]

]]> 0 d3870ee1f46416927a31a90730ba2a5b started the topic Women get paid a lot less! in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/women-get-paid-a-lot-less-than-men/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:17:23 +0000 players salary
The pay gap between women and men in the soccer world is huge! In the Women’s National Soccer League the lowest paid player gets $6,900 whilst in the men’s Major League Soccer the lowest paid player gets $60,00 a year!

Overall soccer players in the us get paid a lot less than in any other sport in the US! For example the top paid womens soccer…[Read more]

]]> 0 8d3e6ad42f5e3cf47166d410c272df32 started the topic Is it the beginning of the end for the NWSL? in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/is-it-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-nwsl/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:14:42 +0000 Is the National womens league in financial trouble? That is the questions being asked as despite the rising interest in womens soccer corporate sponsorship deals which are crucial for soccer leagues to stay alive arent really picking up for the National womens soccer league. It is thought that the lowest paid women soccer player in the NWSL gets…[Read more]

]]> 0 22add47988102f51d2578c01faa11e08 started the topic Tony Macorni Arena the worst name for a stadium ever? in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/tony-macorni-arena-the-worst-name-for-a-stadium-ever/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 15:13:41 +0000 It seems that Livingston football club are single handily destroying their football heritage selling out yet again in the name of cooperate advertisement. It has been announced that the their stadium will be renamed from the Energy Assets Arena to the Tony Macorni Arena after a pizza and pasta producing restaurant chain. Originally the stadium was…[Read more]

]]> 0 e7d534c06f0c2bde01db12384c2d77e2 started the topic Irans womens team are men!!!!! in the forum Soccer news http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/irans-womens-team-are-men/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 14:01:19 +0000 Iranian national team

The Iranians womens team are men. No im not being mean they actually are! You just cannot make this up apparently according to reports up to eight players playing in the women’s Iranian national team are really men!
This isn’t the first time Iran has had gender problems as last year It was outed that four players playing for Irans women’s team…[Read more]

]]> 0 a49661c891613916153ef2607da7d409 started the topic Irans womens team are men!!!!! in the forum Soccer news http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/irans-womens-team-are-men/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 14:01:19 +0000 Iranian national team

According to reports up to eight players playing in the women’s Iranian national team are actually men!
This isn’t the first time Iran has had gender problems as last year It was outed that four players playing for Irans women’s team where either men who had not fully completed their sex change operations or had sexual development disorders.…[Read more]

]]> 0 a7e6eb92091cc691785b9e0a3eea38f8 jess became a registered member https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/2/ Sat, 03 Oct 2015 12:36:57 +0000 0