| England ladies 07:26 - Jul 18 with 1206 views | Berber |
Last night sums it up really, some parts were like a dog chasing a balloon, others where it seems they were obliged to give the ball to the opponents under some weird unwritten rule. The penalty shootout was classic England though, even if hugely unprofessional.It is a bit like watching Dr Pimple Popper, you can’t not can you. |  |
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| England ladies on 08:19 - Jul 18 with 1129 views | City_boy |
That penalty shoot out (by both teams) was farcical and comical. I am guessing England practiced penalties given this was the knock out stage. Imagine how much worse it could have been had they not practiced.
After getting through, they will probably all be asking for equality with mens game.
I missed the game (thankfully) as I was at Essex v Hants T20, which was far more exciting. |  | | |
| England ladies on 08:27 - Jul 18 with 1102 views | PatfromPoole |
I watched it.
Low on quality, and England were by far the weaker side, but blimey they really showed some of the old-fashioned characteristics of togetherness, character and spirit. Was a bit of a throwback in some ways.
Should have been out of the game by half-time.
Sweden will forever wonder how the hell they lost. |  |
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| England ladies on 08:44 - Jul 18 with 1077 views | City_boy |
I wouldn't be surprised if the betting / gaming control have a close look at some of those penalties and player social media etc. It really looked like they were trying to throw the game ! [Post edited 18 Jul 8:44]
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| England ladies on 09:04 - Jul 18 with 1042 views | arfurdent |
really suprised in todays tolerant environment nobody has complained that the goal posts are painted white |  |
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| England ladies on 09:15 - Jul 18 with 1003 views | Block8 |
That penalty shoot out, comedy gold  | | | |
| England ladies on 09:16 - Jul 18 with 1000 views | Ifonly |
I didn't watch, but I've seen other matches in the group stage which have also been low on quality. There's no doubt, a lot of the football is rubbish in comparison to the men's.
But those who say "nobody's interested" are just wrong. For example, the other night the England v Wales match had an average audience of 2.9 million, which was nearly 3 times as much as the club world cup final (1.1 million) which was on at the same time on an equivalent free to air channel. | | | |
| England ladies on 09:17 - Jul 18 with 997 views | Buggalugs |
| England ladies on 08:27 - Jul 18 by PatfromPoole |
I watched it.
Low on quality, and England were by far the weaker side, but blimey they really showed some of the old-fashioned characteristics of togetherness, character and spirit. Was a bit of a throwback in some ways.
Should have been out of the game by half-time.
Sweden will forever wonder how the hell they lost. |
I watched the last 10 minutes of regular time, the extra time and the pens. The quality was dreadful, both sides constantly giving the ball away and panicking like fvck when defending. Then the penalties, I mean wow, beyond horrific.
However, if you take the actual quality of play out of it, it was quite endearing to see the rawness and positive side of top level football. They just crack on when fouled, accept the refs decisions (and there were some proper dodgy calls) and work their fvcking tits off for their teammates. In some ways it reminded me of watching a kids match before the cynical side of the game takes hold of them. |  |
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| England ladies on 09:33 - Jul 18 with 943 views | kingslandstand1 |
| England ladies on 09:16 - Jul 18 by Ifonly |
I didn't watch, but I've seen other matches in the group stage which have also been low on quality. There's no doubt, a lot of the football is rubbish in comparison to the men's.
But those who say "nobody's interested" are just wrong. For example, the other night the England v Wales match had an average audience of 2.9 million, which was nearly 3 times as much as the club world cup final (1.1 million) which was on at the same time on an equivalent free to air channel. |
Was there much alternative to watch though?
I watched the ET and was a bit surprised at some of the quality, but also not so surprised and some of the sh1t quality
And as for the penalties, well that really was cringeworthy/comical stuff. I'd also guess both keepers were off their line for some
And how England survived from what I saw was probably down to the crap quality to a degree. But did like some of the beefy tackles going in and some of those Swedes were quite viewatble |  |
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| England ladies on 09:55 - Jul 18 with 911 views | PatfromPoole |
| England ladies on 09:16 - Jul 18 by Ifonly |
I didn't watch, but I've seen other matches in the group stage which have also been low on quality. There's no doubt, a lot of the football is rubbish in comparison to the men's.
But those who say "nobody's interested" are just wrong. For example, the other night the England v Wales match had an average audience of 2.9 million, which was nearly 3 times as much as the club world cup final (1.1 million) which was on at the same time on an equivalent free to air channel. |
I would imagine BBC got very good viewing figures for last night's game, and they will go through the roof for the semi-final v Italy on Tuesday night. | |
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| England ladies on 10:16 - Jul 18 with 890 views | yateleysaint |
So this is what it was like living in the seventies.
Right, back to the time machine. |  |
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| England ladies on 10:40 - Jul 18 with 866 views | Ifonly |
| England ladies on 09:33 - Jul 18 by kingslandstand1 |
Was there much alternative to watch though?
I watched the ET and was a bit surprised at some of the quality, but also not so surprised and some of the sh1t quality
And as for the penalties, well that really was cringeworthy/comical stuff. I'd also guess both keepers were off their line for some
And how England survived from what I saw was probably down to the crap quality to a degree. But did like some of the beefy tackles going in and some of those Swedes were quite viewatble |
The point is that there was a direct choice between a big money, hard fought, top quality men's world final, versus a group game in the women's euros. Three times as many people chose the women's game than those who chose the men's. | | | |
| England ladies on 11:46 - Jul 18 with 800 views | saint901 |
The England team went back to how they played in the first game and frankly should have been buried by half time.
Aside from passes between the defenders (leading to Sweden's first goal) all the other passes out of the back were of the Hollywood variety and likely to end up with a defender. I don't understand how Bronze stays in this team as I'm guessing more than half her passes don't reach a team mate.
Sweden got a couple and then I think went to sleep thinking the game was over. That was naive and they paid the price.
The England defence was poor. Carter played left back, left CB and then right CB and was exposed in all of them. I think she will not start the next match.
James is a class act.
The penalties were farcical - not jut ours but Sweden as well. Who sends an 18 year old to take the crucial penalty (she missed) when the average age of that team is over 29? Poor management. | | | |
| England ladies on 14:35 - Jul 18 with 695 views | IanSouthstander |
| England ladies on 08:19 - Jul 18 by City_boy |
That penalty shoot out (by both teams) was farcical and comical. I am guessing England practiced penalties given this was the knock out stage. Imagine how much worse it could have been had they not practiced.
After getting through, they will probably all be asking for equality with mens game.
I missed the game (thankfully) as I was at Essex v Hants T20, which was far more exciting. |
It may well have been an exciting cricket match. But Hampshire LOST.
I would take a poor England game (exciting in spells) that we WIN every day of the week. |  | | |
| England ladies on 15:10 - Jul 18 with 648 views | sledger |
| England ladies on 14:35 - Jul 18 by IanSouthstander |
It may well have been an exciting cricket match. But Hampshire LOST.
I would take a poor England game (exciting in spells) that we WIN every day of the week. |
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| England ladies on 15:20 - Jul 18 with 638 views | InTimeAddedOn |
| England ladies on 09:15 - Jul 18 by Block8 |
That penalty shoot out, comedy gold |
Mike Bassett eat your heart out 😀 |  | | |
| England ladies on 18:09 - Jul 18 with 531 views | kingslandstand1 |
| England ladies on 10:40 - Jul 18 by Ifonly |
The point is that there was a direct choice between a big money, hard fought, top quality men's world final, versus a group game in the women's euros. Three times as many people chose the women's game than those who chose the men's. |
Tbh, I 'd almost go as far as to say the WCF was not really wanted by Joe Public initially hence the apparent lack of interest throughout the tournament inc the final.
Ok, there is a tendency to knock women's football generally (guilty m'lord) but suddenly a success story for the girls again so more watching it. I'd guess if England get to the final a much bigger audience no doubt | |
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| England ladies on 18:32 - Jul 18 with 500 views | Heisenberg |
For all its faults it was far more entertaining that watching Saints in the last 18 months. I actually saw a few forward passes and a few crosses into the box. |  |
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| England ladies on 19:14 - Jul 18 with 475 views | MattFinish |
Chloe Kelly put in at least three crosses of a quality that we haven’t seen in three seasons |  | | |
| England ladies on 22:55 - Jul 18 with 401 views | arfurdent |
think watching dogs* chasing a balloon may be more enjoyable than last season at SMS
*might be an unfair comparison on the dogs
Also are they Ladies or Women? What is the politically correct form of address? [Post edited 18 Jul 22:56]
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| England ladies on 00:49 - Jul 19 with 362 views | Flamingbankers |
Last night sums it up really, some parts were like a dog chasing a balloon, others where it seems they were obliged to give the ball to the opponents under some weird unwritten rule. The penalty shootout was classic England though, even if hugely unprofessional. It is a bit like watching Dr Pimple Popper, you can’t not can you.
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| England ladies on 08:31 - Jul 19 with 242 views | sledger |
if their being challenged do they shout man on or women on,my bet is they shout man on. | | | |
| England ladies on 11:29 - Jul 19 with 158 views | Jellybaby |
Oh no, I watched the penalty shootout on youtube after hearing it was "comedy gold" and now I have added to the positive womens football algorithm, so becoming part of the justification to promote it even more.
The commentator said it was "unbearable" at one point - well she was right about that!
How do you make ladies football penalty shoot outs "bearable"? The only solutions I could come up with was moving the penalty spot closer and the other involved stilettos! | |
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| England ladies on 12:46 - Jul 19 with 131 views | 1885_SFC |
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| England ladies on 13:23 - Jul 19 with 107 views | arfurdent |
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| England ladies on 14:19 - Jul 19 with 75 views | City_boy |
| England ladies on 11:29 - Jul 19 by Jellybaby |
Oh no, I watched the penalty shootout on youtube after hearing it was "comedy gold" and now I have added to the positive womens football algorithm, so becoming part of the justification to promote it even more.
The commentator said it was "unbearable" at one point - well she was right about that!
How do you make ladies football penalty shoot outs "bearable"? The only solutions I could come up with was moving the penalty spot closer and the other involved stilettos! |
I think the option moving the spot closer would help. It would help those players that pumped the ball into Row Z. (row A at West Ham) and there was one kick that was on target but I wasn't sure it had enough power to get over goal line. [Post edited 19 Jul 14:20]
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