rosa Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 No WWC thread? Shocking. Patriarchy. Anyway, my thoughts so far.... -VAR is a pain in the arse, apart from in the England v Cameroon game, when it was top bantz -the new 'whether intentional or not' handball is absolute bollocks. There was no more the Japanese defender could have done v the Netherlands to stop the ball hitting her upper arm, other than chopping her arms off before the game. To give her a yellow card on top of the pen is utterly ludicrous. -Phil Neville's slightly gone up in my estimation, although him copying Gareth Southgate's clothes reminds me of the episode of the Young Ones where Rick wears the same dungarees as his lecturer -Scotland were unlucky but fucking hell, chucking away a 3 goal lead in a must win game at your first World cup is peak Scotland -USA are probably gonna win it. Again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Agreed on VAR - I hate it but the Cameroon squad losing their shit was proper entertainment. Mini-Southgate seems to be doing alright but did you see the interview where he was asked what adjective he'd use to described the Lionesses and clearly had no fucking idea what an adjective is?! Shit officials - just like any men's WC. The quality of the women's game has come on loads in recent years but why are the keepers so crap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 2 minutes ago, Stevie_J said: The quality of the women's game has come on loads in recent years but why are the keepers so crap? It's a specialist position in a developing game, a lot won't have played football when they were little and it's only at professional clubs (and we've only just gone fully pro in England) that they have specialist training. I've been impressed with some of the keepers, the Chinese one looked very decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 OH AND ANOTHER THING..... If they're gonna be hyper strict about keepers having both feet on the line when penalties are taken then they need to be equally strict on attacking players encroaching on the area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 4 hours ago, rosa said: It's a specialist position in a developing game, a lot won't have played football when they were little and it's only at professional clubs (and we've only just gone fully pro in England) that they have specialist training. I've been impressed with some of the keepers, the Chinese one looked very decent. I thought the Jamaican GK was decent too. Tonight will be a tough game for the Lionesses but I don't think Norway are as good as they once were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 5 hours ago, rosa said: No WWC thread? Shocking. Patriarchy. I decided against starting one after the last thread about women’s football turned into a sexist free-for-all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego_Sideburns Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 I've been too busy watching it to start a thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Wish the band would fuck off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 52 minutes ago, rudemedic said: Wish the band would fuck off. Turn the sound down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 13 hours ago, disjointed said: Turn the sound down. I watch most football with the sound off nowadays, because all of the TV channels seem to insist on having complete fucking idiots doing co-commentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 39 minutes ago, Stevie_J said: I watch most football with the sound off nowadays, because all of the TV channels seem to insist on having complete fucking idiots doing co-commentary. Robbie Savage, has to be the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 6 minutes ago, disjointed said: Robbie Savage, has to be the worst. Regardless of what you were talking about 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted June 29, 2019 Author Share Posted June 29, 2019 Ohhhhhhhhhh nooooooo. Don't think I fancy watching England v USA sober. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted June 29, 2019 Share Posted June 29, 2019 Glorious disappointment awaits. In true English football stylie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted June 30, 2019 Author Share Posted June 30, 2019 Excellent performance by Sweden to beat Germany. Very impressed with Blackstenius, Germany couldn't cope with her on the break. We all looking forward to Phil Neville's press conference this afternoon, yeah? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted July 2, 2019 Author Share Posted July 2, 2019 VAR's a proper fucking craic killer innit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted July 2, 2019 Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 6/29/2019 at 7:15 AM, disjointed said: Glorious disappointment awaits. In true English football stylie. Semi finals innit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted July 3, 2019 Author Share Posted July 3, 2019 On 6/27/2019 at 6:12 PM, maddog said: I decided against starting one after the last thread about women’s football turned into a sexist free-for-all. Yeah I don't blame you. Can't say I'm gonna miss having someone tweet every goalkeeping error a woman's ever made at me, or someone responding to me RTing Hope Solo by replying asking "have your shaved your vag", or being texted a meme of a sink full of dirty dishes with the caption 'don't worry lads they're coming home'. Jesus Christ, men, have a day off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosa Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 Cheering on the Netherlands on Sunday, partly because it's boring when one team wins it all the time, but also cos the Netherlands have this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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