Would you want a female manager at your club?

Would I want a female manager at my club? Only if she was as hot as Cherie Lunghi.

Sadly football always seems to be 30 years behind the rest of society when it comes to issues like race, gender and sexuality.

For me it's not a case of gender, but rather of whether someone is good enough for the job. I've been following the England women's team and I think she's overqualified for your team. I think the second tier would be appropriate for her to start with, but in the long term she's probably good enough to manage a Premiership team.

It's strange that England had two important qualifiers recently and there was barely any coverage. Where I live even some friendlies are shown at prime time on one of the main TV channels.

I'm not sure that the problem is with Hope Powell being a woman. There are also many men who have carved out a good reputation for themselves as a manager in the women's game, but they never seem to be considered for a similar position in the men's game. It is like they are two completely different sports.

Undoubtedly Hope Powell will have a problem with "acceptance" in men's football. Maybe she should take an assistant manager's role first, working with a male mentor? She can earn her spurs and then move into a management role in her own right, having had some experience - and hopefully success - working with a professional men's team.

'The candidate's CV reads as follows:

Playing Career
66 international caps, 35 goals, 1 World Cup, national team vice-captain
10 years top flight League football
3 FA Cup wins, league & Cup double.'

All at a standard far inferior to the mens game. Fact. That's not to say she isn't an excellent coach though.

Well what do you know, I actually wouldn't mind seeing what Powell could do at my club. That surprises me, I guess I'm not such a caveman as I thought. However, we have Terry Brown at the moment and he is god :)

I'm not too bothered about her playing record. She has an excellent managerial record and the standard of management of the women's game is by no means far inferior to that of the men's.

Bobby Moore,Bobby Charlton,Paul Ince,Bryan Robson......
There are 4 examples of people who had excellent playing CVs yet did not succeed at the highest levels of Management in the Mens game...

So simply quoting her CV doesnt make Hope Powell a shu-in.

Whats to say she would be any good as a Manager in the Mens game...?
Where is the evidence...?

Look,if she gets a chance then fair enough,but in the meeantime lets not go all PCand pretend that the only reason she is NOT being considered is because she is a woman...

After all loads of men manage in the womens game,and they are not all being touted for jobs in profesional mens football..