Women's football

[Gnasher]

Prince William called it.

[Kevin D]

Good news to wake up to.

[coachpotato]

8 minutes ago, Elite said:

Outplayed. Simple.

This.

Spain - Technically superior, tactically superior, more streetwise.

England - Plucky, honest, brave.

[Freddo]

5 minutes ago, s(k)aturation said:

 

Sure.

 

But what will stop VAR from ringing him/her up and saying they thought it was/wasn't deliberate?

 

For it to work, wouldn't it mean VAR no longer having a jurisdiction on pens?

Like a lot if people I think var should be binned and as been very bad for the game. The deliberate part should be solely referees discretion. As she or he are on the pitch and can judge better and understand the atmosphere of the game better. 

[Turkish Delight]

9 minutes ago, Rushies tash said:

I'd be pissed off if I were Russo, getting subbed for James who did fuck all that second half. She actually looked unfit.

 

Russo had a 5 to 10 yard headstart on the goalscorer for the Spanish goal and couldn't be arsed sprinting with her. She wouldn't have much right to complain.

[BeefStroganoff]

Spared.

[TD_LFC]

She went full Pickford, you never go full Pickford.

 

 

[an tha]

Got no opinion on these games as not followed them at all - but what i do know is this country is unbearable with its entitlement and arrogance when it comes to national teams and it has even sadly been on display and getting worse with this womens stuff.

 

So for that reason I am made up Ingerlund have failed again - all this "it's coming home" shite.....fucking hate it - and as for the state of people when the mens stuff is on - just horrible.

[Carvalho Diablo]

I watched the last 20 minutes - absolutely shite.

 

They'd get hammered by The Red Admiral.

[Pete]

Blue suit, white trainers?  That Infantino is a bed bell end. 

[bizzle10]

13 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

Prince William called it.

Fly 10000 miles or watch it in bed I think William was right 

[Pete]

2 minutes ago, bizzle10 said:

Fly 10000 miles or watch it in bed I think William was right 

Aye. He got this one pegged…

[Gnasher]

They should've stuck with Phil Neville. They wouldn't have got near the final. Probably wouldn't have even qualified. He'd have saved them the disappointment.

[gkmacca]

So the team managed by the bloke all the players despise win, and the team managed by the genius who is supposed to be good enough to run the men's game loses. Probably for the best as far as hype management is concerned. 

[Bjornebye]

2 hours ago, s(k)aturation said:

 

No.

 

Not unless you post the "Portsmouth" Oldfield music video.

 

 

You know too much 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

One big difference between the standard in the Premier League and that in the women's game is the first touch.  It's just normal in the Prem for anyone to be able to receive a thirty or forty yard pass and control it without breaking stride.  We take it for granted that everyone can do it and we don't even notice it.  But it's clearly missing at the highest level of the women's game.

 

Here's hoping the higher profile of the game will lead to better grass roots and youth coaching of girls, so the standards of future tournaments will improve.

[Pidge]

36 minutes ago, coachpotato said:

This.

Spain - Technically superior, tactically superior, more streetwise.

England - Plucky, honest, brave.

 

"streetwise" - they were timewasting and falling all over the place. The ref was happy to allow it so why not, but let's not relabel it when we're spending the rest of the year complaining that teams are allowed to do it against us. 

 

Also think that's pretty patronising about the England side, they're pretty damn good (as you'd expect from the Euro champs) and this was without their best player (Mead) and captain. They started the WC struggling for goals and so it wasn't a shock to see them struggle against a side savvy enough to keep the game in the England half. It just took the game beyond their reach.

 

Spain did well, frustrating last half hour with the ref making some confusing decisions (or refusing to when it came to the girl on a yellow kicking the ball away), really good goal to win it. 

 

One thing I don't get is how many crosses they put in high, the margin of error for a cross not being reachable is much higher and most of these balls should be low or along the ground, just maximise the amount of time your players can attack the ball...

[Anubis]

[SasaS]

Wankfest averted.

[Chocoholic]

1 hour ago, skend04 said:

I hate players blindly back heeling the football. It's possibly near the top of list of hates, absolutely brain-dead decision making.

Indeed. Not everyone can do what Bobby can do. We were spoilt by some of his glorious skills.

[Elite]

20 minutes ago, SasaS said:

Wankfest averted.

I think most probably wanked during the match.

[halewood pete]

[SasaS]

18 minutes ago, Elite said:

I think most probably wanked during the match.

 

From what I heard, wankapallooza was in full swing before the match.

[Baltar]

2 hours ago, bizzle10 said:

Fly 10000 miles or watch it in bed I think William was right 

Doubt he even watched it in bed. Was probably getting sucked off by Kate instead, and can't says I blame him.

 

I have to say, the ladies game is coming on leaps and bound. The quality in the last world cup based on the few matches I watched was terrible. I watched the final today and it was so much better. 

[Preston Red]

At least we can have a break from women pundits trying to break out the "bantz" and that God awful fucking "futblarhhhhh" shite.