(10-20-2021, 02:46 AM)DJC date Wrote:I'd say the skill level is close to that of elite under 15 boys and the tactics are quite different as a consequence. I enjoy watching our girls have a go.Agreed, and I expect it to stay around that physical level for the foreseeable future, but with different tactics as you mentioned.
It's why I find it so odd that many refuse to watch, yet they might happily watch an u15 or u16 boys final. Interestingly I've heard quite a few anecdotes of senior clubs getting the introduction of a senior women's teams wrong, by associating inductees with the typical boys u18 or u19s. At that level the boys are already well beyond the physical capabilities of the girls, of course I expect someone will want to shout me down as sexist but that isn't really an argument against the reality of the situation but a tantrum against fate.
Many of us happily watch elite u15 or u16 boys, and I think the senior girls will be comfortably in that performance range long term while probably being tactically superior.
I hope I haven't been unfair.
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