Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
I agree with all of that, yet I still have a bit of an issue with women’s football.

To bring another sport into it, cricket has a mix between men and women commentators on Sky and I’d say Allison Mitchell is among the best of the regulars on Test Match Special.

Generally speaking, commentators shout more in football, than they do in tennis and cricket and there’s a woman football commentator I don’t like because of her shouty voice, but then there are men I feel the same about including Sky’s main commentator., Peter Drury.

We all watch women’s tennis almost as a separate sport from the men’s game because it’s always been like that all through our lives and I’m getting like that with cricket now - I can watch a women’s game without the need to constantly compare it the men’s game.

In football, I find it less easy to do that with the main reason being that woman goalkeepers tend to be so much smaller than men’s ones and they can be given no chance by the sort of shot a decent male keeper would save easily. Therefore, I can’t see me ever being able to watch a women’s football in the same way I do a female tennis or cricket game.
Funnily enough, I've been thinking about height since this thread started and I was going to use basketball as a an example but as I don't know enough (well, anything really!) about the sport I didn't mention it. Now you've mentioned GKs I just had one of those moments

You're right with all of that. There's an Indian (I think?) female cricket commentator on SKY (?) who is really good and just baffles me with the way she reads the game but also she's just got such a gentle and relaxing voice and her comments with the men make it way more interesting. You can just tell there's a lot of respect.

I've noticed a big difference in the heights of women GKs these last few seasons. The WC was very different this time around. Several years ago Cardiff City's goalie was....very short. I think there will be recruitment and development from countries where women are taller as the pro game progresses and there's more money.

I really can't stand football TV commentators (male or female) and they spoil matches for me. Radio (and Cardiff City) commentators drive me potty now too.

I was just watching the feed from Wimbledon of one of the invitational mixed doubles matches and it wasn't until I was a few games in that I realised there wasn't any commentary. Football commentators just never, ever, STF up!