enough already!

I have enough of the papers and emails going on and on about soccer widows. You mean to say that we ladies don’t watch soccer? That we don’t know a thing or two about soccer? Oh please. we ladies watch soccer too ok. We ladies know how to appreciate a good thing when we see it.

And then there’s the slew of articles on how ladies just don’t get it when it comes to soccer..n that they shd just stay away from the topic..period? urrggghh. What makes these people think that the game belongs to the males of the world only? Why should only those who appreciate all the technical jargon that comes with the game be allowed to ENJOY the game? Must we really be required to know that player A plays for Club B and that he’s scored X number of goals for the country in order to be allowed to enjoy the game? And should we really have opinions on whether this 4-5-1 formation works better than the 4-4-2 that was employed for the previous match in order to be taken seriously? (not that i dont have opinions on these...but even if i dont..i shd still be allowed to watch the game!)

And what’s with the contention that “women who think they know football watch it to be one of the cool girls who can hang out with the fellows at the bar” that I read in ST the other day??? Contrary to what the writer (and I don’t think he’s in the minority) might be thinking, us ladies do not spend our time seeking validation from guys for our existence. We don’t need to know soccer just so we could appear cool in the eyes of the male world. Please. We’re already cool as it is.

I’m not gonna waste my time defending our (us ladies) rights to watch, enjoy or even play the game. Suffice for me to say that, like everything else in this world, some people get it, and some (men and women included) just…don’t.