WaGs

gazzae · 07-07-2006, 11:33

Are they now more famous than the England team? It seemed that during the World Cup that the WaGs got more coverage than the team.

Apparently they are now getting their own TV show.

Should they have been given a free jolly to the World Cup anyway?

weirdworldstate · 07-07-2006, 11:37

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Originally Posted by gazzae

It seemed that during the World Cup that the WaGs got more coverage than the team.

Well, most of the time they were actually better to watch

joggerspark · 07-07-2006, 11:39

definately not, they should have paid themselves. Probably should not have gone at all. Let the palyers concentrate on the game and not the WaGs..

orangebird · 07-07-2006, 11:42

I don't see the problem. They had a good party, for sure. But they were also there to support their husbands/boyfriends/fiances etc. If my other half was off participating in such a monumental occasion as part of his job, he'd want me with him.

gazzae · 07-07-2006, 11:52

At least none of the England players have the problem that Mehdi Mahdavikia suffered. It was revealied that he had a wife in Germany, where he plays, and also a wife back home in Iran.

weirdworldstate · 07-07-2006, 11:54

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Originally Posted by orangebird

If my other half was off participating in such a monumental occasion as part of his job, he'd want me with him.

You'd hope so, anyway

orangebird · 07-07-2006, 11:58

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Originally Posted by weirdworldstate

You'd hope so, anyway

I know so

me283 · 07-07-2006, 11:59

For me, the saddest thing is that they are made out to be celebrities. Sure, some of them have or had successful careers, so good luck to them. But there are a few who are famous for the fact that they just happen to have dropped their drawers for a famous player. They have no real discernible talent or ability, yet they are seen as some kind of idol. It might be best if they tried to actually use their "celebrity" status for some good cause. Let's be honest, can you imagine Colleen training for months on end and then trying to swim the Channell for charity?

sherer · 07-07-2006, 12:03

i think the FA got annoyed over is as during Sven's vital one month with the team they had a holiday in portugal with all the wives that the FA paid for and then they all went to the WC anyway

joggerspark · 07-07-2006, 12:05

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Originally Posted by gazzae

At least none of the England players have the problem that Mehdi Mahdavikia suffered. It was revealied that he had a wife in Germany, where he plays, and also a wife back home in Iran.

doh!

Pumpkin · 07-07-2006, 15:20

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Originally Posted by me283

For me, the saddest thing is that they are made out to be celebrities. Sure, some of them have or had successful careers, so good luck to them. But there are a few who are famous for the fact that they just happen to have dropped their drawers for a famous player. They have no real discernible talent or ability, yet they are seen as some kind of idol. It might be best if they tried to actually use their "celebrity" status for some good cause. Let's be honest, can you imagine Colleen training for months on end and then trying to swim the Channell for charity?

Exactly. For some of them its just happens that they are going out with/living with or married to a famous man and they just get on with their lives and keep a low profile or the women who already had or have careers independent of their man. But its the ones who seem to think they are famous and talented purely by association, when all it is is that they were in the right place at the right time, or wrong time depending on the state of the relationship, and bagged themselves a footballer.

**Stuart C** · 07-07-2006, 16:09

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Originally Posted by me283

For me, the saddest thing is that they are made out to be celebrities. Sure, some of them have or had successful careers, so good luck to them. But there are a few who are famous for the fact that they just happen to have dropped their drawers for a famous player. They have no real discernible talent or ability, yet they are seen as some kind of idol. It might be best if they tried to actually use their "celebrity" status for some good cause. Let's be honest, can you imagine Colleen training for months on end and then trying to swim the Channell for charity?

The only remotely "talented" ones (and I use the word talented in quotes with good reason) I know of are Cheryl Tweedy and Victoria Beckham.

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As for whether they should have gone? Well, I think they should have gone to support their husbands/boyfriends, but I don't think the FA should have paid for them.

I know that the players don't get paid much for playing in the national teams, but they *do* earn tens of thousands of pounds per week, and I am bloody sure that being picked for your national team helps build up the wages at your home club.

I personally think that the hundreds of thousands the FA spent on taking the WaGs would have been better spent on training up younger players (schemes to help schools, that sort of thing).

gazzae · 07-07-2006, 16:16

Interestingly enough, Gary Neville's girlfriend wasn't there, but Neville Nevllie was.

orangebird · 07-07-2006, 16:17

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Originally Posted by Stuart C

The only remotely "talented" ones (and I use the word talented in quotes with good reason) I know of are Cheryl Tweedy and Victoria Beckham.

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As for whether they should have gone? Well, I think they should have gone to support their husbands/boyfriends, but I don't think the FA should have paid for them.

I know that the players don't get paid much for playing in the national teams, but they *do* earn tens of thousands of pounds per week, and I am bloody sure that being picked for your national team helps build up the wages at your home club.

I personally think that the hundreds of thousands the FA spent on taking the WaGs would have been better spent on training up younger players (schemes to help schools, that sort of thing).

Hundreds of Thousands?

I don't think it was quite that much to take them out there...

Anyway, so just because some of the WaGs don't have their own public careers, they're not worthy? Many of them have children with their respective partners (Alex Curran for example) and want to be with their husbands etc on occasions like the World Cup. What's the problem? If I don't have any money because I'm at home looking after two children under three, I'll spend my husbands if I need to. Just so happens that their husbands tend to have a little more money than mine!

Nugget · 07-07-2006, 16:18

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Originally Posted by orangebird

Hundreds of Thousands?

I don't think it was quite that much to take them out there...

Yeah, but if you put it together with the jelly and custard that the kids ate, I bet it was a trifle more than we'd spend...

*ahem*