Rosencrantz
Very well known Exeweb poster
I didn't hear any comparisons throughout the tournament from the players or the TV coverage. Just because some people on social media/forums/vox pops might do doesn't need to be projected on to the game itself as a negative.It's because nobody tries to compare male and female athletes. Although they compete in the same sport they stand alone from each other and don't try to be compared unlike what has been happening for the last two weeks and has been hyped up even more over the 24 hours. Womens football is so very different in so many ways both on the pitch and in the stands and the quicker it learns to stand on it's own two feet, and that goes back to my post earlier this afternoon, the better it will be for the womens game in England. It's a two way street though, the women have to stop trying to compare themselves to the men as much much as the male public need to stop comparing the womens game to the mens.
As you know, I love football. It gives me joy (the supporting bit gives me other emotions as well ) whether watching men's, women's or the kids kicking around in the park out the back of my house. This tournament has given me many moments of that joy. That's what matters.