I’ve been very impressed with what I’ve seen so far. Great crowds. Great skill and athleticism. There’s definitely an appetite for the woman’s game at a high level. That’s fantastic.
But jeepers – the keepers have a hard time. Not sure of the best solution. But going forward, with the popularity of the game growing, if I was a scout for a woman’s team, I’d just be going around finding freakishly tall girls and teaching them some rudimentary football skills, but intensely training them to be keepers. In the same way that pre-London 2012, e.g., the rowing scouts just went around finding people with long legs and saying “Don’t care if you can row or not, we can show you how – but with those legs, you have the potential, etc…”
I think reducing the goal-size immediately puts it in the realm of it being “not the same game anymore” – and I don’t think the players want any concessions. I’m not flaming you theotherjonv – but I don’t think it’s a goer of an idea, however well intentioned