Hibs Women

[marinello59]

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I actually think for the most part the Scottish teams would benefit of being part of a larger pool of a British league, can't help feel there is a ceiling in Scotland for women's football and it's already hit that.

I don't think we are anywhere near that point. At the moment the pool of quality players is probably too small leading to a wild difference in standards across the league. That will change as more and more girls get the same encouragement as boys to play the game. It's still relatively early days for the women's game. There's a long way to go but I'm sure we will see steady progression towards both higher standards and better crowds.

[PHeffernan]

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I don't think we are anywhere near that point. At the moment the pool of quality players is probably too small leading to a wild difference in standards across the league. That will change as more and more girls get the same encouragement as boys to play the game. It's still relatively early days for the women's game. There's a long way to go but I'm sure we will see steady progression towards both higher standards and better crowds.

We see more and more girls coming through every season and hopefully it won't be too long until there are enough of them to populate the 10 top tier Scottish clubs with teams of decent players. I would say we have 7 decent teams at the moment so probably looking at needing another 60 decent players to reach that first basic stage.
On the upside, most of the current players in the league are young so we are not losing many league players to retirement yet so the net player numbers growth is being sustained season on season.

Next semi pro club in the SWPL needs to be Aberdeen. The parent club has loads of money and if they spend a little on their womens team they will immediately be the 6th force and can then look to chase down the top 5.
That would immediately give us 8 decent clubs and Dundee Utd as the next biggest club should be looking at making that 9 by spending more than they currently do to bring themselves up to a standard at least as good as Motherwell and Partick Thistle.

I see a poster complaining about the league requiring elite coaching etc. Elite everything costs big money and I'm less bothered about the league not chasing elite standard at the moment. It needs to walk before it can run and that could mean something as simple as targetting no club in the top league having a negative goal difference of more than 2 goals per game.
The detached St Johnstone in the mens league this season currently have a negative GD of less than 1, so 2 is not a stringent standard. 3 of the 5 teams not currently meeting that standard will drop out of the league at the end of the season but we could easily have 5 clubs struggling again next season with a higher percentage of the smaller clubs games being against the 5 big clubs.

I think paying crowds are going to continue to be a struggle for many years to come but if the likes of Hibs could achieve average home crowds of 600 paying supporters by 2030 that would be good if unspectacular progress.

[wallpaperman]

Totally agree with the last two posts, the standard is going to improve greatly in the next decade.

My daughter plays U14 tier 1 in the South East region and there are some really talented girls at that level, and that is not even top level as Next Gen above this.

There has been a real explosion in the amount of younger girls playing, the trick is keeping them interested past about 14 when other interests and commitments come in.

There’s a noticeable drop in the number of teams as you go U14 to 16 to 18, but am confident this can be reversed the more girls are playing.

Also needs to be some sort of U20 league, like boys, to bridge the gap to women’s football and stop girls/women giving up when they get too old for U18.

[Malthibby]

The standard of women's football is way higher than it was 10 years ago and as has been mentioned already we now have 5 teams who are competitive at the top end,
rather than just Hibs and Glasgow City hoovering up all the cups and leagues respectively year in year out. Not that I'm complaining about winning all those cups...
There's a gap after that but the money isn't there to transform the game up here yet. The English game is on another level but gates down there and all over Europe tell a story,
there's a good product worth watching, and developing.

[Brightside]

It’s easy to say we’ve improved from 10 years ago but imo we’ve fallen further behind in that time. It may look a bit better in the Scottish league but on the national stage we have maybe 2 players now that are top class. Our youth teams tend to win in the B leagues against lesser nations but are then shown up when promoted to A. That’s where the improvement has to come. That improvement only happens with full time elite coaching. No idea how that can be funded but without that we will just fall further back.

[blackpoolhibs]

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It’s easy to say we’ve improved from 10 years ago but imo we’ve fallen further behind in that time. It may look a bit better in the Scottish league but on the national stage we have maybe 2 players now that are top class. Our youth teams tend to win in the B leagues against lesser nations but are then shown up when promoted to A. That’s where the improvement has to come. That improvement only happens with full time elite coaching. No idea how that can be funded but without that we will just fall further back.

Get more people to watch the game, put season tickets up to help fund it, find sponsors and encourage more kids to play the game. Until such time, let the game find its level and stop moaning.

[PHeffernan]

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It’s easy to say we’ve improved from 10 years ago but imo we’ve fallen further behind in that time. It may look a bit better in the Scottish league but on the national stage we have maybe 2 players now that are top class. Our youth teams tend to win in the B leagues against lesser nations but are then shown up when promoted to A. That’s where the improvement has to come. That improvement only happens with full time elite coaching. No idea how that can be funded but without that we will just fall further back.

The Scottish Mens domestic league is rated 15th best in Europe by UEFA
The Scottish Womens domestic league is rated 16th best in Europe by UEFA

The Scottish Mens National team is ranked 45th in the World by Fifa
The Scottish Womens National team is ranked 24th in the World by Fifa

Scottish Women seem to be doing alright

[Brightside]

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The Scottish Mens domestic league is rated 15th best in Europe by UEFA
The Scottish Womens domestic league is rated 16th best in Europe by UEFA

The Scottish Mens National team is ranked 45th in the World by Fifa
The Scottish Womens National team is ranked 24th in the World by Fifa

Scottish Women seem to be doing alright

That’s a daft apples v oranges analogy tbh. But you know that that.

[cabbageandribs1875]

one league game today

Hearts 6 Montrose 0

Hibernian welcome Glasgow City next week

[gaz1875]

Well done the Hibees Women, another cup final

[Malthibby]

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Well done the Hibees Women, another cup final

Indeed. Much more confident about the final than I would have been at the beginning of the season.
GG

[greenlex]

Two lovely finishes inside the first 5 minutes. Both headers.
Ladies 2 Glasgow city zilch.

[The Harp]

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Two lovely finishes inside the first 5 minutes. Both headers.
Ladies 2 Glasgow city zilch.

2 excellent crosses and 2 great headers from McGovern and Adams. What a start for the girls.

[greenlex]

2-1 22 mins.

[greenlex]

Under the cosh now.

[DaveF]

A Mackay Out banner and a Palestinian flag.

Almost full on Celtc.

[greenlex]

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A Mackay Out banner and a Palestinian flag.

Almost full on Celtc.

The drum can GTF too.

[Alfred E Newman]

Palestinian flag and a “McKay Out” banner on display.
Deary me.

[Ringothedog]

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A Mackay Out banner and a Palestinian flag.

Almost full on Celtc.

Women’s team wanting rid of a confirmed misogynist from our club. What a surprise.
Are Celtic fans the only fans allowed to oppose the genocide in Gaza? Nah, thought not.

I support them on both issues

[Chorley Hibee]

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Women’s team wanting rid of a confirmed misogynist from our club. What a surprise.
Are Celtic fans the only fans allowed to support the genocide in Gaza? Nah, thought not.

I support them on both issues

Here here.

[Up-the-slope]

was that 'goal' not onside?

[DaveF]

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Women’s team wanting rid of a confirmed misogynist from our club. What a surprise.
Are Celtic fans the only fans allowed to oppose the genocide in Gaza? Nah, thought not.

I support them on both issues

Aye well, some of us can leave politics at home when watching football.

The Mackay stuff is bordering on witch hunt territory now.

[lugz]

Clearly on. Shocking decision.

[Itsnoteasy]

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Women’s team wanting rid of a confirmed misogynist from our club. What a surprise.
Are Celtic fans the only fans allowed to oppose the genocide in Gaza? Nah, thought not.

I support them on both issues

Plenty other outlets for you to support Gaza. Fitbaw isn't one of them.

[Up-the-slope]

great to hear the next generations drummers getting practice in

3-1 now . great set play

[DaveF]

Great header.

[greenlex]

3-1 the good chicks. yet another lovely cross and header.

[Up-the-slope]

I have never seen new meadowbank pitch - must say it looks a 'good' 4g/5g pitch so much better than some in the SPL

[Up-the-slope]

can we get the ladies to take some set play training with the boys

[Ringothedog]

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Aye well, some of us can leave politics at home when watching football.

The Mackay stuff is bordering on witch hunt territory now.

You are entitled to your opinion. I will stick with mine👍