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Post by Leporid on Aug 1, 2023 13:30:13 GMT 1
Wang stood tall to handle the pressure and convert the penalty.
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Post by Porrohman on Aug 1, 2023 13:30:29 GMT 1
Disallow that, you Antipodean twat
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Aug 1, 2023 13:31:24 GMT 1
Cracking finish that. All of her goals (including the disallowed one) have been really calm, technically spot on, finishes.
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Post by Leporid on Aug 1, 2023 13:35:38 GMT 1
Disallow that, you Antipodean twat Pudenda down under?
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Post by Torquayterrier on Aug 1, 2023 13:38:46 GMT 1
Sensible substitutions with some players on yellows (presumably must be carried over to next stage?). The goal tally might not end up quite as high but its job done. Nigeria next.
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Post by Porrohman on Aug 1, 2023 13:40:27 GMT 1
What a keeper 🤣🤣🤣
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Aug 1, 2023 13:40:38 GMT 1
hitting form at the right time - just as they get to the knock out games. They should fear nobody.
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Post by Torquayterrier on Aug 1, 2023 13:41:07 GMT 1
5-1 now, Kelly making most of keeper error.
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Post by Terrier Ramone on Aug 1, 2023 13:41:16 GMT 1
was the GK doing there?
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Post by Leporid on Aug 1, 2023 13:43:41 GMT 1
5-1 now, Kelly making most of keeper error. Kelly's got her eye in.
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Post by Torquayterrier on Aug 1, 2023 13:44:21 GMT 1
hitting form at the right time - just as they get to the knock out games. They should fear nobody. Already shown better performance than I expected with the players unavailable. They will play better teams to come obviously but its looking good at the moment, especially with likes of James in this form.
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Post by Leporid on Aug 1, 2023 13:44:31 GMT 1
was the GK doing there? What a misjudgement of the flight and bounce...
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Post by Torquayterrier on Aug 1, 2023 13:48:00 GMT 1
6-1 Daly but good work from Kelly out wide if it's allowed. Might be offside. Goal stands after VAR
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Post by Porrohman on Aug 1, 2023 13:49:44 GMT 1
That looked more offside than James' one
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Post by Porrohman on Aug 1, 2023 13:50:54 GMT 1
What a save 👏👏👏👏👏
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Aug 1, 2023 13:51:33 GMT 1
was the GK doing there? I think the standard of goalkeeping overall is still the area that can make women's football look shite (as I type this Earps pulls off a great save). I also think the goals should reflect women's height - standard goals are built for men and most keepers are 6' plus. A tall women's keeper would be, what? 5'9"?
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Post by Torquayterrier on Aug 1, 2023 13:54:58 GMT 1
They will face better defences in games to come but if the likes of James can curl them in top corner then you are always in with a shout. Result will get them buzzing for knockout stages.
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Post by Porrohman on Aug 1, 2023 13:57:19 GMT 1
was the GK doing there? I think the standard of goalkeeping overall is still the area that can make women's football look shite (as I type this Earps pulls off a great save). I also think the goals should reflect women's height - standard goals are built for men and most keepers are 6' plus. A tall women's keeper would be, what? 5'9"? I agree, I think Mary Earps is 5'8"
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Post by Hank Hill on Aug 1, 2023 14:04:52 GMT 1
Think we're all coming to the same conclusion that Lauren James is going to be a top, top player. She's only 21 as well, she'll be in this England side for years!
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Post by mosher on Aug 1, 2023 14:09:15 GMT 1
was the GK doing there? I think the standard of goalkeeping overall is still the area that can make women's football look shite (as I type this Earps pulls off a great save). I also think the goals should reflect women's height - standard goals are built for men and most keepers are 6' plus. A tall women's keeper would be, what? 5'9"? Scott Bevan was tall
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Post by terryya on Aug 1, 2023 14:11:44 GMT 1
was the GK doing there? I think the standard of goalkeeping overall is still the area that can make women's football look shite (as I type this Earps pulls off a great save). I also think the goals should reflect women's height - standard goals are built for men and most keepers are 6' plus. A tall women's keeper would be, what? 5'9"? I think the goal size is fine, you've just got to accept that there is a larger area of the goal that female keepers can't get to. The improvement of keepers in the last 3 or 4 years has been immense as you finally see the results of young (and older) keepers getting proper coaching. It wasn't that long ago that even England keepers were saying that they'd never had specialist coaching.
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Post by Gag_N_Bone_Man on Aug 1, 2023 16:44:46 GMT 1
I think the standard of goalkeeping overall is still the area that can make women's football look shite (as I type this Earps pulls off a great save). I also think the goals should reflect women's height - standard goals are built for men and most keepers are 6' plus. A tall women's keeper would be, what? 5'9"? I think the goal size is fine, you've just got to accept that there is a larger area of the goal that female keepers can't get to. The improvement of keepers in the last 3 or 4 years has been immense as you finally see the results of young (and older) keepers getting proper coaching. It wasn't that long ago that even England keepers were saying that they'd never had specialist coaching. I disagree. Kids play in smaller sized goals to give keepers a chance. Goal sizes ion youth football gradually increase - The football goal size for a child’s match goal is 12ft×6ft, followed by either 16×7 (11|12 year olds) or 21×7 (13|14) youth/junior depending on their age, whereas the adult football goal size for a match goal is 24×8 (15+). "When Thailand lost 13-0 to the United States in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019, it sparked global debates about whether goalpost and pitch sizes should be reduced in the women’s game.
Emma Hayes, the hugely respected and admired manager of Chelsea Women, caused great controversy when she claimed that it could greatly benefit the women’s game to do this. Nearly two years later the debate lives on and there remains a divide as to whether this would be empowering or insulting to women.
A smaller basketball is used in the women’s game, a shorter net is used in women’s volleyball, women’s hurdles in the Olympics are nine inches shorter than those of the men’s. The list goes on as sport increasingly compensates for the size differences between men and women.
So why does football not do this? The goalpost dimensions in football are eight-foot-high and 24-foot-wide, and are the same for both the men’s and women’s game. But from a purely logical perspective this doesn’t make any sense. The average height of a man in the UK is 5ft 9in, whereas it’s 5ft 3in for a woman. So defending a goal which has been specifically designed for those considerably taller and broader than most women seems not only unfair, but near impossible."
- In Focus: Should the goal and pitch size be made smaller in women’s football? - link - it's a cracking article that states the case for both yay and nay....
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Post by Torquayterrier on Aug 1, 2023 16:52:07 GMT 1
Whatever the arguments there's no going back or at some point there would be questions about players stats, particularly goals scored and clean sheets kept.
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Post by terryya on Aug 1, 2023 16:55:29 GMT 1
I think the goal size is fine, you've just got to accept that there is a larger area of the goal that female keepers can't get to. The improvement of keepers in the last 3 or 4 years has been immense as you finally see the results of young (and older) keepers getting proper coaching. It wasn't that long ago that even England keepers were saying that they'd never had specialist coaching. I disagree. Kids play in smaller sized goals to give keepers a chance. Goal sizes ion youth football gradually increase - The football goal size for a child’s match goal is 12ft×6ft, followed by either 16×7 (11|12 year olds) or 21×7 (13|14) youth/junior depending on their age, whereas the adult football goal size for a match goal is 24×8 (15+). "When Thailand lost 13-0 to the United States in the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2019, it sparked global debates about whether goalpost and pitch sizes should be reduced in the women’s game.
Emma Hayes, the hugely respected and admired manager of Chelsea Women, caused great controversy when she claimed that it could greatly benefit the women’s game to do this. Nearly two years later the debate lives on and there remains a divide as to whether this would be empowering or insulting to women.
A smaller basketball is used in the women’s game, a shorter net is used in women’s volleyball, women’s hurdles in the Olympics are nine inches shorter than those of the men’s. The list goes on as sport increasingly compensates for the size differences between men and women.
So why does football not do this? The goalpost dimensions in football are eight-foot-high and 24-foot-wide, and are the same for both the men’s and women’s game. But from a purely logical perspective this doesn’t make any sense. The average height of a man in the UK is 5ft 9in, whereas it’s 5ft 3in for a woman. So defending a goal which has been specifically designed for those considerably taller and broader than most women seems not only unfair, but near impossible."
- In Focus: Should the goal and pitch size be made smaller in women’s football? - link - it's a cracking article that states the case for both yay and nay.... I'm fine with disagreements and people arguing the other side. My argument is that women don't need to try and replicate the men's game and we should accept it's different. I've had daughters play from U11 through to open age (one in nets) and they don't want smaller goals/balls/pitches/games and neither do the players they play with. I accept some other players may disagree. I'd also suggest the smaller goals are as much to encourage skills in outfield players as they are for keepers. My personal opinion is that it's massively patronising to suggest that Mary Earps needs smaller goals. Edit to add - When the current goal size was standardised, the average height of a man in UK was 5ft 5in. So if anything, they should be increasing the size of men's goals!
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Post by terryya on Aug 1, 2023 16:56:44 GMT 1
Whatever the arguments there's no going back or at some point there would be questions about players stats, particularly goals scored and clean sheets kept. You could just do it when the PL takes over the running of the WSL from the FA. All football prior to the will obviously cease to exist. 🤣
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Post by Million Dollar Babies on Aug 1, 2023 17:13:53 GMT 1
James has scored some cracking goals. She's going to end up with the goal of the tournament competition just being a compilation of her goals
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Post by foxtrot666 on Aug 1, 2023 17:34:04 GMT 1
James has scored some cracking goals. She's going to end up with the goal of the tournament competition just being a compilation of her goals Her 2nd goal was outstanding, ANY bloke would have been proud of that. Really enjoyed England's performance today easily their best so far, looking forward to next Monday.
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Post by Torquayterrier on Aug 1, 2023 18:31:50 GMT 1
Luckily my new employers have given me Tues as my start date so I should catch the Nigeria game, after that it will be catch up only unless its a quiet weekend game.
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Post by Porrohman on Aug 2, 2023 9:11:12 GMT 1
Nice 25 yard OG from Italy
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Post by Porrohman on Aug 2, 2023 10:10:42 GMT 1
South Africa knock Italy out after 17 minutes of injury time.
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