| Kelly | Activity https://womensprosoccer.com/members/kelly/activity/ Activity feed for Kelly. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 10:42:22 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=12.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 31f5b48d6c95ae8d6e87f143ede0ea8a Kelly posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/641/#acomment-656 Thu, 13 Jun 2019 09:25:51 +0000 I remember being encouraged to watch the Women’s World Cup at the start of the decade and being appalled at the lack of quality in the play, like hungover Saturday morning football. Since then I’ll be the first to admit that the level has greatly improved. It really has. However, the standard of goalkeeping is lamentable such that it devalues any…[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 […] ]]> 9e0a4d56ee76abe0240a9b1986ddfd6c Kelly posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/609/#acomment-629 Tue, 07 May 2019 10:07:35 +0000 The fundamental thing here is that we have got to get to grips with the fact that nature is not as clever as we thought it was at this binary gender thing. It is the 21st Century and human knowledge is building at a cracking pace that very few can keep up with. Rules from a century ago, or 40 years ago, are worthless in the face of knowledge that…[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 / […] ]]> a070e3b26d68fbd5e34f7fb04c8c8ce1 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4394 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:51:36 +0000 Here’s an interesting conundrum for you all to consider

If England and Belgium win their next games and so both qualify before the final game, which merely becomes a question of who tops the group. Brazil and Germany improve on initial matches and qualify, but the latter is second to Mexico and so play Brazil in the last 16. This is known before…[Read more]

]]> 0 1b0a50b273e934e06d9bd281da8f9ac9 replied to the topic World Cup 2018 in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/world-cup-2018/#post-4346 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:56:57 +0000 Wow, what a game! Germany beaten by Mexico.

]]> 0 1395c669b0003b3bdbb490b6104b43b5 replied to the topic China and football? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/china-and-football/#post-4345 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:36:12 +0000 More generally, why aren’t these countries and the ones in between not good at any athletic sports?

]]> 0 2e40bfd3d5d6f7352bb5e961e79cb091 replied to the topic Any sciatica experts? in the forum Health https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/any-sciatica-experts/#post-4304 Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:18:00 +0000 I have suffered with bad sciatica in the past, regular shiatsu massage really helps. Now I just have piriformus pain (like sciatica but pain stays up near the hip more)

About 6 weeks ago I discovered a local trigger point pilates class. WOW what a difference, who knew that sitting on a pair of squishy prickly balls could be so good. It’s a cross…[Read more]

]]> 0 9300db2bcb476ac511087efe3bb0694f replied to the topic Best rowing machines? in the forum General Banter https://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/best-rowing-machines/#post-4282 Wed, 23 May 2018 11:52:54 +0000 Can I ask why everyone dislikes the water rowers so much? They are all they have at the gym I currently go to, and when I go and row on an air one now there is so little resistance that I feel like I’m doing nothing!

]]> 0 1a11c98462aaee1110722cfb2908493a Kelly posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/385/#acomment-387 Thu, 29 Mar 2018 11:01:30 +0000 Tampering is premeditated and has to be organised. Diving is premeditated in the sense that everybody knows it’s going to happen but not in an organised way like tampering.

What interests me is the psychology of cheating in professional sport. How do otherwise mainly decent people justify behaviour which deliberately breaks both the spirit but…[Read more]

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 […] ]]> 54deb23b4341862c9ec93b317f203db6 Kelly posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/378/#acomment-379 Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:33:09 +0000 Sport as it relates to national teams is inherently political.

I don’t think England should go to the World Cup, no, if sufficient evidence exists to link Russia to the Skripal killing. Ideally there would be some international unity, but I can’t really see that happening.

I don’t think the players would be at risk, but the fans would from Russi…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update Should England go to the Football World Cup in Moscow? I’m generally against using sport as a political football (excuse the pun), but this is different as there is a risk to both footballers and […] ]]> 918b707dea0e9ed69803a4adeedcaab0 Kelly posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/357/#acomment-377 Sun, 04 Mar 2018 16:29:50 +0000 The money players earn is often cited, sometimes lazily, as a reason why that fight or spirit has been lost. Back in the day when your profile dictated earnings, a stellar cup run or a winning team was the zenith upon which you got known and got to dictate somewhat, your worth.

Now even very average players have image rights, boot deals and…[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 […] ]]> 29f5728a1b9dcc53892d68aacf5b909d posted an update: Arsenal: Wenger has to be sacked! Think I heard Martin […] https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/357/ Fri, 02 Mar 2018 11:28:49 +0000 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 more – someone (Chairperson/owners) needs to give him a way out coz he keeps waiting for the ideal way out, which doesn’t happen’.

Stadium half empty…[Read more]

]]> 19 6e3d0e799045c3ca0696324cf81568d1 Kelly posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/349/#acomment-350 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 11:26:38 +0000 Various folk from arab nations are the only people keeping the rich in footballer rich. They are bankrolling so many clubs, you don’t bite the hand that feeds you. So don’t expect to hear anything strongly condemning from the FA etc..

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 […] ]]> 6e8cc0eec87f5c5688bc5e8af4f76232 Kelly posted a new activity comment https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/329/#acomment-333 Sun, 25 Feb 2018 17:41:48 +0000 Isn’t it lottery funded? Therefore thanks to all the gullible fools that paid for lottery tickets, I really enjoyed the games and didn’t pay a penny.

Joking aside, we only complain that we’re rubbish at everything if we don’t win anything and that we should invest more. We’re not going to compete with serious nations on pluck and great British…[Read more]

In reply to - posted an update 5 medals £28 million spent.. was the winter Olympics worth the money for great Britain? ]]> 7f9f82d3106e6e243256a7c54cae4af1 posted an update: Dear Wigan fans, your manager got wound up (going ballistic […] https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/320/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 11:25:17 +0000 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 disgrace. We did provoke your fans, which was wrong, but the reaction was well bad, and carried one once we moved away – ripping stuff up and throwing it at…[Read more]

]]> 8 b0438d3300f926aac1227891af9ae323 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-4159 Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:19:33 +0000 I don’t know of any of my male friends who would think like this and my OH wouldn’t dare . Only one of my female friends is a stay at home mum (and she was always the one I knew would end up doing that) although some work part time. All the couples I know share all the jobs at home and none of the women would ever feel or act inferior or as if…[Read more]

]]> 0 adb352de3fb5b635c501bf819bab3063 replied to the topic How to ease shoulder pain? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/how-to-ease-shoulder-pain/#post-4045 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:13:41 +0000 Could be a lot of things…..subacromial impingement, bursitis, rotator cuff tear, calcium deposits in tendons…I would recommend seeing your GP who may refer you to a specialist. Sometimes all is needed is some physiotherapy, or maybe a steroid injection into the shoulder. He may also send you for an ultrasound scan/x ray . You could try some…[Read more]

]]> 0 56310eb6ad675db5cad32b9b5c4bfe46 replied to the topic How to treat ankle pain? in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/how-to-treat-ankle-pain/#post-4042 Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:09:03 +0000 if you are from the uk go and see a private physio, they are usually much better with more chronic-type/sports injuries than nhs ones IME.

]]> 0 33be8fc26d62797023702bfc0b6fab73 replied to the topic "Flirting is not a crime" in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/flirting-is-not-a-crime/#post-4038 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:04:09 +0000 Part of the issue not the initial move, be that a peck on the cheek or what, it’s the response and understanding after.

If the person recoils/ pushes you away/ acts in any way uncomfortable you step back apologies and explain yourself before excusing yourself and finding yourself a hole you can crawl into to hide your embarrassment. This goes for…[Read more]

]]> 0 37d3f784c0f968a49fa790c3a020cfad replied to the topic Coccyx Pain in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/coccyx-pain/#post-4022 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:46:21 +0000 If you have poor posture when sitting that can cause coccyx problems. Or pregnancy/childbirth can affect the ligaments around the coccyx and cause pain.

]]> 0 9b93f2c1be6e03d39707326496cb1d6a replied to the topic Plantar fascitiis or policeman heel in the forum Health http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/planter-fascitiis-or-policeman-heel/#post-4005 Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:17:29 +0000 It’s a horrid thing to have. I did stretches as recommended by Pilates above, which are the same as the exercises for my Achilles, & it did go and *touch wood* hasn’t been back, & I’m running around 22 miles a week.

I feel for you as it bl**dy hurts…!

]]> 0 840ab873307e760fde9263a00b3a3bfb replied to the topic Returning crutches to NHS in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/returning-crutches-to-nhs/#post-3916 Sat, 06 Jan 2018 14:30:37 +0000 Interesting. I still have crutches from 2005 (NHS-issued) when I broke an ankle. Nobody requested that I return them but I did try to do so, and whoever it was that I saw quite politely and convincingly explained that the paperwork involved would actually cost the NHS more than the value of the crutches. This made sense to me at the time and makes…[Read more]

]]> 0 10500cbf04626c9396816970f4693461 started the topic Women ARE better at driving than men! in the forum General Banter http://womensprosoccer.com/forums/topic/women-are-better-at-driving-than-men/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:32:47 +0000 Occasionally I get to take the work van out. Mwb transit size. I’m in my 40s, and I have had a full license since 17 having learnt to drive in parents 8 seat people carrier.

I drove 17 seater minibuses regularly since I was 21 and have trained and passed assessments for lwb minibus at University, Scouts and various local authorities when I was…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd62f5c66500e0b753f5c131f41cb574 changed their profile picture https://womensprosoccer.com/activity/p/41/ Sun, 24 Dec 2017 17:31:13 +0000 0