| How poor is this women’s football 18:38 - Jun 9 with 22599 views | loftboy |
Shocking defending by England for Scotland to pull one back. |  |
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| How poor is this women’s football on 01:10 - Jul 3 with 2592 views | bob566 |
| How poor is this women’s football on 00:38 - Jul 3 by Hadders |
I was in a large , packed pub tonight and it felt like a bit of a cultural moment. People were totally absorbed in the game and supporting England (or USA, there were quite a few Americans) with the same passion as they would the men's team. There was plenty of skill on display and slightly fewer of the antics which often mar the men's game. In addition, perhaps the women carry less historical baggage and seem less removed from "real life" than the blingy blokes. Well done to the BBC - I suspect many girls may be more likely to take up the game now and the standard will only improve. [Post edited 3 Jul 2019 19:15]
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Well put. I've loved every minute of the WWC. Restored my faith in football |  | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 07:53 - Jul 3 with 2489 views | TheChef |
| How poor is this women’s football on 00:19 - Jul 3 by BrazilNutR |
I can never understand for the life of me why the top scoring centre forward isn't always the penalty taker, it's like putting the left winger in goal for penalties to me, should be their bread and butter, and strikers thrive on goals, and penalties are a free chance at a slotting one in from inside the box.. drives me mad. White could have taken it, equalized and won the golden boot |
Absolutely.
You're a striker, you live to score goals. Here's a relatively easy chance to score a goal. Why would any striker pass up that opportunity?
You assume before the USA game in training they'd worked out who should be on penalties. Unless Houghton just said I'm captain, I'm taking the responsibility. |  |
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| How poor is this women’s football on 08:16 - Jul 3 with 2446 views | thame_hoops |
Said it all along, Alex Morgan is sexy AF |  | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 12:44 - Jul 3 with 2314 views | FDC |
| How poor is this women’s football on 00:38 - Jul 3 by Hadders |
I was in a large , packed pub tonight and it felt like a bit of a cultural moment. People were totally absorbed in the game and supporting England (or USA, there were quite a few Americans) with the same passion as they would the men's team. There was plenty of skill on display and slightly fewer of the antics which often mar the men's game. In addition, perhaps the women carry less historical baggage and seem less removed from "real life" than the blingy blokes. Well done to the BBC - I suspect many girls may be more likely to take up the game now and the standard will only improve. [Post edited 3 Jul 2019 19:15]
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Yeah totally agree, we had a similar conversation in the pub last night. And when I phoned my mum about quarter of an hour before the game and she sounded unusually eager to get off the phone (usually it's the other way round tbf), it transpired it was in order to watch the match. I had to laugh when she started explaining to me how great football is and about the passing and movement of the England team, all felt very surreal. |  | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 13:04 - Jul 3 with 2268 views | Jigsore |
i can't think of a celebration like the one the American except geared towards them that wouldn't cause an enormous diplomatic incident
rubbing an imaginary oversized belly? rounding up Mexicans into a concentration camp? a big choreography gunning down her teammates before turning the gun on herself? |  |
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| How poor is this women’s football on 15:46 - Jul 3 with 2178 views | PinnerPaul |
| How poor is this women’s football on 21:44 - Jul 2 by MoonshineSteve |
And how is that a sending off? Got the ball. |
Mate, that was borderline red, let alone a yellow! | | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 11:37 - Jul 4 with 2047 views | Juzzie |
As easy on the eye they are it does make me laugh that female athletes, tv presenters etc quite rightly go on about being treated equally, paid equally, not objectified etc then they go and do this. |  | | |
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| How poor is this women’s football on 11:43 - Jul 4 with 2031 views | Toast_R |
| How poor is this women’s football on 11:37 - Jul 4 by Juzzie |
As easy on the eye they are it does make me laugh that female athletes, tv presenters etc quite rightly go on about being treated equally, paid equally, not objectified etc then they go and do this. |
Both male and female athletes do it though, and it's a shed load of money and free exposure - look at Beckham. Even Joe Hart had his Head & Shoulders deal. |  | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 14:55 - Jul 4 with 1967 views | PinnerPaul |
One of the poorest games in the whole tournament last night.
Major, major shock if US slip up v the Dutch. | | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 14:58 - Jul 4 with 1961 views | TacticalR |
| How poor is this women’s football on 14:55 - Jul 4 by PinnerPaul |
One of the poorest games in the whole tournament last night.
Major, major shock if US slip up v the Dutch. |
Yes, pretty dire game.
The Dutch are really going to struggle if Lieke Martens is injured. |  |
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| How poor is this women’s football on 18:15 - Jul 7 with 1783 views | Toast_R |
USA.
Have to say England were the only other team to give them a game. | | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 18:29 - Jul 7 with 1734 views | Watford_Ranger |
| How poor is this women’s football on 13:04 - Jul 3 by Jigsore |
i can't think of a celebration like the one the American except geared towards them that wouldn't cause an enormous diplomatic incident
rubbing an imaginary oversized belly? rounding up Mexicans into a concentration camp? a big choreography gunning down her teammates before turning the gun on herself? |
Plane celebration running into the corner flag. | | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 19:54 - Jul 7 with 1596 views | TacticalR |
USA again. It makes Japan's victory over USA in the 2011 final look even more impressive in retrospect. | |
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| How poor is this women’s football on 04:26 - Jul 8 with 1377 views | timcocking |
| How poor is this women’s football on 00:19 - Jul 3 by BrazilNutR |
I can never understand for the life of me why the top scoring centre forward isn't always the penalty taker, it's like putting the left winger in goal for penalties to me, should be their bread and butter, and strikers thrive on goals, and penalties are a free chance at a slotting one in from inside the box.. drives me mad. White could have taken it, equalized and won the golden boot |
It's nothing to do with being a striker, it's about being able to deal with the pressure. Most people can't deal with that magnitude of pressure very well. It's why potting snooker balls in practice is easy whereas potting in a match with people spectating and something at stake is a much tougher pot.
High level sport is all about dealing with pressure. |  | | |
| How poor is this women’s football on 01:45 - Jul 9 with 1169 views | Boston |
Imagine the message if they were in France, eh! | |
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| How poor is this women’s football on 07:34 - Jul 9 with 1098 views | Konk |
For all the predictable whinging about why women's football was getting so much airtime and coverage on the BBC website/National papers etc, the viewing figures for England's Quarter-final and Semi-final completely justified the added exposure. Having watched about 30 minutes of women's football in my previous 40+ years, I found myself watching a lot of the games and even following results on my phone when I was out and about. And that's (a) entirely down to the quality of a lot of the football and (b) a result of the increased coverage and visibility. Let's hope we can maintain the momentum and playing the game becomes more economically viable/rewarding for talented young women. |  |
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