There will be the obvious examples of diving, feigning injury, over the top challenges and maybe even some evil winking for the boys to mull over rather than just a set of straight forward, competitive, honest games of football.
On top of the on-pitch shenanigans, we will be treated to a whole host of whining post match interviews where players and managers queue up to blame anyone but themselves, and most likely the referees, for what has happened.
Most of what is shown will probably leave something of a nasty taste in the mouth. If that hasn't, then the following morning newspapers certainly will as a series of mega rich young men rail against their terrible lot, stuck at such and such a club and not allowed to go and play where they want. Poor dears.
Then on Sunday the women will get their season under way.
Their matches will receive virtually no television coverage and little media interest, at a variety of non league grounds before a handful of spectators.
The games will vary in quality but will remain true to what used to be called the "spirit of the game." That's a saying that has disappeared from mens' football, simply because there is no longer any left.
The women play football as it is meant to be played. They don't dive around like little gir..... sorry, big strong men, even though tackles will be flying in all over the pitch and nobody will be backing out.
Dissenting voices towards the officials will be few and far between, despite the fact that the women obviously get referees and linesmen of a much lower standard than their male counterparts.
When a questioning voice is directed towards the man or woman in black, you can be pretty sure the player asking the question will have a reasonable case. And once the game is over, the players might have a little moan amongst themselves about certain things, but will basically have a drink and look forward to the next game.
That's football as I understand it and also how I remember it from my youth, which is not that long ago. Somewhere along the line (about the same time Sky started hurling money at the game) the men lost the plot.
The women, to coin a modern phrase, are managing to "keep it real."
It struck me increasingly last season during the matches I covered for this website, that I was watching the game I was brought up with.
I am not making claims about the respective ability of men and women footballers. Just their attitude to the game and the way in which they go out to play it.
The womens' game still allows players to go into a tackle without knowing a yellow card is coming if they slightly mistime it. This situation exists because the players on the receiving end get up and get on with it whenever they are able, without rolling around on the floor for five minutes and only getting up when the tackler has been booked.
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