Unpopular opinions.

[Cosmic Joe]

21 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:

And your point is? The quality is light years ahead of women’s football even at Tier 6. Fact.

I think you need to check the definitions of fact and opinion. 

[Fullerene]

21 minutes ago, BFTD said:

Genuinely delighted to see so many younger posters who refuse to slap on a three-piece cage just for a job. Hopefully it'll go the way of the dodo as a result.

Or a new generation of scabs will screw you all over, but let's try not to think about that.

Thanks for that but actually I am not so young anymore.

I recall my parents insisting I get a new suit for going on a business trip to Houston, which was later cancelled.  When I eventually went to Houston I realised it would always be too hot to wear a suit.

I get amused with old episodes of Hawaii Five O where they all wear suits at all times of year.  Must have been unbearable.

[Pens_Dark]

3 hours ago, Mr. Alli said:

I'll never wear a suit to an interview much in the same way I'll never wear one to court. 

The world has moved on since such archaic nonsense. Judge people on their personalities and their actions, not their appearance.

Irrelevant to anything but greenie for your pic. 

[Derry Alli]

34 minutes ago, Empty It said:

Suits are for court and funerals.

I'll wear formal trousers, formal shoes and a black knit jumper to a funeral.

Weddings I'll wear a suit. I won't wear a kilt get up - try to make it compulsory, you can ram your wedding.

[oneteaminglasgow]

14 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said:

This might be an unpopular opinion, but the quality of football is not dictated by the gender of the players.

Tied to this, but how entertaining a game of football is isn’t necessarily tied to the quality of player on display either.

Or the gender of the players, obviously. 

[Ludo*1]

I much prefer a game with plenty of defensive mistakes from both sides and big boots up the park playing for percentages opposed to a team aiming to keep 90% of the possession and play the 'beautiful game'.

[Benjamin_Nevis]

On 07/07/2022 at 11:40, jimbaxters said:

Scrolling the transfer news on BBC Sport app to find 70% of the posts are about women's football. Aye, I know they're a public service broadcasting company (when it suits them) but I have no interest in it yet have to endure it been inextricably amalgamated with the football I want to read about.

How it started ^^^

Aaaaaaand How it's going: 

On 07/07/2022 at 11:42, jimbaxters said:

Further to my post on PTTGOYN, women's football is awful and has no place on mainstream TV or media.

 

31 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:

And your point is? The quality is light years ahead of women’s football even at Tier 6. Fact.

 

30 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:

Nice wee story and good for you and the young women. The quality is still poor however.

 

17 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:

You didn’t read my initial point due to your desire to white knight. I was reading a transfer thread on the app which I assumed was about premiership clubs but most were on women’s football. I’d have been annoyed about it if it was filled with League 1 or 2 clubs.

 

16 minutes ago, jimbaxters said:

Correct but in this case, coincidentally the gulf is huge.

Yup, definitely NOT interested AT ALL. 

[BFTD]

Re: the shoe thing, when my son started at high school, I was pleased to discover that they couldn't have given less of a shit about footwear.

I was a size 14 shoe by the time I was fourteen - for anyone unaware, if your feet are above a size 12, you can't shop for shoes in the high street. They literally don't sell them. Back when I was at school, that meant a trip into London from Kent to a specialist shoe shop, as you didn't have the blessed option of the internet back then. On one occasion, I got bawled out in public by one of the teachers for wearing black trainers for a day because the sole had started coming off my dress shoes. The c**t then had the headmaster give me the same treatment during assembly, despite being made aware of the situation.

Thinking about it, I really didn't take advantage of being a boy in a man's body. The punishment for sticking the heid on the pair of them would've been virtually non-existent.

[Raidernation]

It was bad enough first time round without you repeating it.
You can enjoy women's football for its own sake and on its own terms.  Plus with Rangers, Celtic and G City being professional teams and with Hibs and Hearts going semi-pro from this season we now have opportunities for young lassies to aim for a career in sport.  This is a good thing. 
As a little example...Broughton Academy in Embra is - delightfully - an SFA Performance School.  Here's a photo of this year's 'graduates'.  Only one of them has a league-winning medal for playing for their team at the highest level in Scottish Football:

 

I taught there many moons ago

[BFTD]

9 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said:

Tied to this, but how entertaining a game of football is isn’t necessarily tied to the quality of player on display either.

Or the gender of the players, obviously. 

Most of the games at World Cups and European Championships are gash, and tend to get worse as the tournament continues and the poorer teams are eliminated.

8 minutes ago, Ludo*1 said:

I much prefer a game with plenty of defensive mistakes from both sides and big boots up the park playing for percentages opposed to a team aiming to keep 90% of the possession and play the 'beautiful game'.

As satisfying as a well-timed tackle is, I'd trade that for clownshoes defending and plenty of attacking chances. Most of the time, at least.

Make defenders sink a few pints before each game again.

[coprolite]

Bunch of scruffs on this thread. The country started going to the dogs when the banks let people come in with a single windsor knot in their tie and plastic buttons on their cuffs. 

[101]

2 minutes ago, coprolite said:

Bunch of scruffs on this thread. The country started going to the dogs when the banks let people come in with a single windsor knot in their tie and plastic buttons on their cuffs. 

They won't even let you in a cinema these days if you are wearing a suit, shirt and tie.

[Bert Raccoon]

I like wearing a suit, moves me from an 8 to a solid 9.5

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 hour ago, Bert Raccoon said:

I like wearing a suit, moves me from an 8 to a solid 9.5

Out of 100.

[Honest_Man#1]

4 hours ago, 101 said:

They won't even let you in a cinema these days if you are wearing a suit, shirt and tie.

You’re P&B’s Barney Stinson who wears suits at all times aren’t you? This thread must be tough reading for you at the moment.

[Zen Archer (Raconteur)]

3 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said:

I like wearing a suit, moves me from an 8 to a solid 9.5

[BFTD]

5 hours ago, coprolite said:

Bunch of scruffs on this thread. The country started going to the dogs when the banks let people come in with a single windsor knot in their tie and plastic buttons on their cuffs. 

Just attended an interview with an oriental knot and no jacket.

That's just a taste of how badass I am, m9.

[Stellaboz]

1 minute ago, BFTD said:

Just attended an interview with an oriental knot and no jacket.

That's just a taste of how badass I am, m9.

Where did you attend an interview at 8ish in the evening? Peterhead prison?

[101]

1 hour ago, Honest_Man#1 said:

You’re P&B’s Barney Stinson who wears suits at all times aren’t you? This thread must be tough reading for you at the moment.

Hopefully you have missed this story else you have indeed been woodshed.

https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/cinemas-ban-teens-in-suits-new-minions-film/

[effeffsee_the2nd]

men who go on and on about how shite womens fitbaw is are feeling their manlyness under threat and are overcompensating in the most cringe way possible