Hoo boy. This, uh… It’s not the best look, to be sure.
For those curious, last night was a very obvious training run. So much so that LDV was playing in a jumper. pic.twitter.com/1B55f33WWI
— Ann Odong (@AnnOdong) May 26, 2016
The side rotated heavily as it tested and cycled through a number of potential structural combinations and setups, and the side was missing a significant chunk of its first-choice star players, such as gun striker Kyah Simon.
“I don’t know why we’re comparing women with men,” Stajcic said. “It has no productive value at all. It’s testosterone. We’re talking about elite here. For an elite boy, with that muscular sort of mass and speed and power, and height on top of that.”“Why anyone would want to pick a negative out of it and go to this stupid gender debate. It’s a ridiculous thing to have a gender debate about. There’s gender debates that should go on, but not about physical dominance.”
Meanwhile assistant coach Gary van Egmond, who also serves as the head of the Jets’ academy, stated that the result was surprising, but the side is still extremely underdone at this stage of their Rio prep.
“I think there were a couple of contributing factors to the loss. At this stage in their preparation, obviously the Matildas are not in a position to play regular games so I’d suggest all and sundry were a little bit rusty.”
“We could have had an easier game, but we definitely want to keep testing the girls.”
The reaction to the loss has, predictably, featured some pretty goddamned shocking bullshit from inherently sexist fans showing their true colours. But ultimately, a haphazard training run is really nothing to worry about.
it is probably not good that the Matildas were beaten 7-0 last night by Newcastle Jets’ under-15s
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) May 25, 2016
the problem with the Matildas losing 7-0 to 15yo boys is that it gives sexists a chance to whack women’s football and confirm their biases
— Vince Rugari (@VinceRugari) May 26, 2016
Bingo.
