Media thread 2022/23

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If the 10 pm BBC news is a repeat of the one just now at 6 you will witness a tribute to Blackburn Rovers ladies and their limited facilities plus some kids in Salford with one in a rags shirt with ZERO mention of the work, talent and investment from us. Clearly the Beeb is keen to make sure the ladies game coverage starts as it means to go on
 
Petethemancinleeds said:
If the 10 pm BBC news is a repeat of the one just now at 6 you will witness a tribute to Blackburn Rovers ladies and their limited facilities plus some kids in Salford with one in a rags shirt with ZERO mention of the work, talent and investment from us. Clearly the Beeb is keen to make sure the ladies game coverage starts as it means to go on
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Just heard a women's football expert on Radio 5 talking about the importance of getting more investment into the WSL and she added: "We need to avoid a situation where a club like Man City just pours money in and there is no parity with clubs like Reading." England would not have won the Euros without the investment made by Manchester City. The vast majority of the England team (including Ragette Ella Toone) were coached and developed by City. Perhaps we should stop investing and leave it to clubs like Reading. The ongoing distorted coverage by the BBC is a joke.
 
Understandably lots of emotion in much of the reporting of the Women's game today, but I've seen little mention of the salary cap in the main stream media... though of course everyone is piling in, and sometimes non-sports reporters wading in too.

I think this is still the current state...
"...the FA imposes a salary cap on the WSL, whereby clubs can only spend up to 40 per cent of turnover on salaries, but no minimum salary exists".

They have to work on the business models to make each club sustainable and sort out their turnover. City have lost some decent players who go to clubs who pay more in France or wherever, though City are the best run club business wise in this country.

I don't know the details, but in the old days of boot money in other sports, they always found ways around salary caps. Sponsorship can help and presumably some creative individual accounting helps the player too, but unless clubs are as 'all in' as City with their women's teams, what can they expect. Clubs need a joined up business approach and some are catching up with City. Although we've lost a lot, the Spanish girls look like great additions. Let's hope Super Steph and the new girls can shine on the pitch this season.
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
The Dippers will be gutted that their famous victory over the Champions of England will now be down graded to a foot note in the media because of the Lionesses cup win , they couldnt celebrate their only Covid title and now the result they craved on Saturday wil be instanlty forgotten
Well done Lionesses for pissing on the Dippers chips
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Indeed.. England women rained on the gathering Liverpool media parade yesterday, didn't they?!

And not only that, they ensured that the BBC SPOTY Team and Coach Awards for 2022 will be heading in the direction of the women's game, rather than to the home of those loveable, insouciant scallywags beside the River Mersey.

At any rate, I rather doubt that the Scouse Red Filth from the other end of the East Lancs would be celebrating anything to do with England women's success at the Euros. After all, they have spent many, many generations (er.. really?!) informing us of their 'otherness' (again, er.. really?!) compared to the rest of us here in Blighty, given that they are, in fact, 'Scouse' and 'not English'..
 
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