So after all the adoration, the British Lionesses ignore their adoring fans. I am not surprised. Recently, I have twice attended the Lionesses games at MK Dons and saw exactly the same behaviour. There were crowds of kids with their parents, waiting for them to come up from the dressing room, and holding out programmes and shirts to be signed. Despite the kids politely asking them to sign whatever they had, most of the team ignored them and went straight into the ballroom to a reception. The few who did stop had a sort of resigned look on their faces - no smiles, just perfunctory attention and then away as quickly as they could.
If they continue to do this, the kids, which is what the whole thing is aimed at, will become disillusioned, and move on to something else. At most of the men's games I've worked, the players will come over and sign stuff, usually after the game. I think this lot needs to be brought down a peg or two.
I have no problems with the whole women's football thing, except that like coloured people in TV adverts these days, it's totally disproportionate. It's not as entertaining as the men's game, and there seems to be a lot of attitude on both sides.
