England v USA

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:43 pm

Well that was a pretty entertaining game.

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:43 pm

Down to ten

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:43 pm

Why did I bother with this crap?

90 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:43 pm

JohnDearyMe wrote:Knew as soon as this idiot commentator was talking her up that she'd miss

Jonathan Pearce is painful to listen too.

Bigvince · Post by **Bigvince** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:44 pm

Must admit I’ve enjoyed the game

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:44 pm

Darnhill Claret wrote:Not sure how we got that. Missed anyway

We got it because it was a foul. Not big and heavy, but the touch was enough to prevent her striking the ball.

All over now after the sending off. Poor poor challenge.

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:44 pm

The ladies imploding/disappointing just as well as the England men, fair play.

Hibsclaret · Post by **Hibsclaret** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:44 pm

Hands up who’d rather:

Shoot themselves or
Listen to Jonathan Pearce

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:45 pm

A bit late for a bloody sub.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:46 pm

Claretmatt4 wrote:Jonathan Pearce is painful to listen too.

Not as bad as the female co presenter. Just said houghton didn’t strike the ball cleanly on the pen. Yes she did. She struck it well enough, the direction was poor. Far too close to the keeper.

JohnDearyMe · Post by **JohnDearyMe** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:46 pm

Claretmatt4 wrote:Jonathan Pearce is painful to listen too.

Someone needs to tell him that less is sometimes more

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:46 pm

Yanks need to man up...

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:47 pm

FactualFrank wrote:A bit late for a bloody sub.

Straight out of the Dyche manual.

Winstonswhite · Post by **Winstonswhite** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:48 pm

bobinho wrote:Not as bad as the female co presenter. Just said houghton didn’t strike the ball cleanly on the pen. Yes she did. She struck it well enough, the direction was poor. Far too close to the keeper.

What are you talking about she completely miss hit it. It bounced at least twice before being saved.

Wile E Coyote · Post by **Wile E Coyote** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:48 pm

yanks are cheats, and officials are idiots.

Imploding Turtle · Post by **Imploding Turtle** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:49 pm

CombatClaret wrote:The ladies imploding/disappointing just as well as the England men, fair play.

They're playing the world champions in a world cup semi final and were inches and a bad penalty away from winning 3-2. I think they've performed very well.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:49 pm

Hibsclaret wrote:Hands up who’d rather:

Shoot themselves or
Listen to Jonathan Pearce

Imagine listening to him commentate while you’re shooting yourself.

Dyched · Post by **Dyched** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:50 pm

CombatClaret wrote:The ladies imploding/disappointing just as well as the England men, fair play.

What a stupid comment that is

Dark Cloud · Post by **Dark Cloud** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:50 pm

Jonathan Pearce must be being paid by The Women's FA or whatever it is to TRY to make out it's all exciting and absolutely scintillating STUFF, when it clearly isn't. It's slow and littered with mistakes and hospital passes you wouldn't see up Towneley. I won't be watching again in a hurry. (And that penalty was garbage. It nearly didn't reach!)

burnleymik · Post by **burnleymik** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:50 pm

Oh my. That throw in... Hit her own hair.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:52 pm

Winstonswhite wrote:What are you talking about she completely miss hit it. It bounced at least twice before being saved.

Watched it back a few times. You are quite correct. Scuffed. Didn’t see it initially, but in the slo mo’s yeah she scuffed it.

burnleymik · Post by **burnleymik** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:52 pm

Been a valiant effort. Enjoyed the game, shame they just couldn't make it happen.

CombatClaret · Post by **CombatClaret** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:53 pm

Dyched wrote:What a stupid comment that is

Tongue firmly in cheek

To get this far is a huge achievement of course and so it was for the Men too in the Semi's. Point is it's just when the real hype starts England seem to fall over

JohnDearyMe · Post by **JohnDearyMe** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:54 pm

Bit like the men's team. Technically lacking

Buxtonclaret · Post by **Buxtonclaret** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:54 pm

Very disappointing.
Gave it a good go though.
Can only say they were better than us.

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:54 pm

CombatClaret wrote:Tongue firmly in cheek To get this far is a huge achievement of course and so it was for the Men too in the Quarters. Point is it's just when the real hype starts England seem to fall over

Semi's men

IanMcL · Post by **IanMcL** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:55 pm

Own faults!
Some excellent play and some very dozy play. C'est la vie.

Funkydrummer · Post by **Funkydrummer** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:55 pm

Too many mistakes and sloppy play, sadly, but a valiant effort nontheless.

Belial · Post by **Belial** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:55 pm

"I think Football is the winner"

What a load of crap

Billy Balfour · Post by **Billy Balfour** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:57 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:Jonathan Pearce must be being paid by The Women's FA or whatever it is to TRY to make out it's all exciting and absolutely scintillating STUFF, when it clearly isn't. It's slow and littered with mistakes and hospital passes you wouldn't see up Towneley. I won't be watching again in a hurry. (And that penalty was garbage. It nearly didn't reach!)

Must be crap being force to watch stuff you clearly hate for a couple of hours. Was it your cell mate's turn to pick which channel to watch?

Claret · Post by **Claret** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:58 pm

Belial wrote:"I think Football is the winner"

What a load of crap

Oh dear. Who said that?

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:00 pm

Penalty decision correct. Bout time VAR got something so crucial and so unclear right.

Some really good passages of play, some awful passing.

Women’s game come on in leaps and bounds. Enjoyed it overall.

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:02 pm

Just like the fella's, utter bottlejobs.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:03 pm

Ah so they play again on Saturday.

bfcjg · Post by **bfcjg** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:03 pm

I think if they get a grip of the passing requirements as per the men's game they could win it next time.

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:05 pm

Good game, enjoyed it.

It’s that time where those that have been looking forward to us getting knocked out of the tournament come out of the wood work

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Belial · Post by **Belial** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:06 pm

Claret wrote:Oh dear. Who said that?

The yank in the studio

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:06 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Ah so they play again on Saturday.

I think the England team should play that game in the nude to drum up a bit of interest.

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:07 pm

The US are by far the most professional team in this tournament. Fittest, pressed best, knew how to win fouls and manage the game. A step ahead of all the others.

Claret · Post by **Claret** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:09 pm

Hard luck England. Loved this World Cup. Lots of mistakes, poor passing,etc but exciting stuff. And very little play acting by the players.
The penalty decision was correct but why did it take that long to make the decision? We could see on the BBC straight away that she’d been clipped.
And how many millimetres was that offside? It seems impossible for anyone to be level

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:11 pm

A lot of work to do on passing and movement but an entertaining and pretty successful campaign. They'll win the Euros.

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:11 pm

aggi wrote:The US are by far the most professional team in this tournament. Fittest, pressed best, knew how to win fouls and manage the game. A step ahead of all the others.

Are our players professional full time athletes? No excuse to not be fit enough in my opinion. If its a matter of strength then there's only so far you can get, but stamina shouldn't be an issue for any international footballer regardless of gender.

I enjoyed the game, second half thought we were better. It's been surprisingly good overall the tournament but interest will wane now we're out.

I do think if it was at the same time as any English club competition I'd not have bothered mind.

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:12 pm

aggi wrote:The US are by far the most professional team in this tournament. Fittest, pressed best, knew how to win fouls and manage the game. A step ahead of all the others.

And know how to cheat like the men’s game, there really was no need for them to dive or “manage” the game with cramp - they’re better than that, but they did the ugly side of it really well - which is a shame.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:15 pm

Claretmatt4 wrote:Cannot see why that isn't a pen. Should have been a red too. Goalscoring opportunity

Absolutely. Defenders reaction to the yellow was all the evidence needed. No arguing, no “yeah but” just a “thank you ref” and off she popped.

evensteadiereddie · Post by **evensteadiereddie** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:15 pm

I think the England girls were plenty fit enough and were quite happy to attack the Yanks but hadn't enough speed or guile to penetrate.
That sounds a bit dodgy but you get my drift.

bobinho · Post by **bobinho** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:17 pm

Rick_Muller wrote:And know how to cheat like the men’s game, there really was no need for them to dive or “manage” the game with cramp - they’re better than that, but they did the ugly side of it really well - which is a shame.

Game management and professionalism I think they call it. Whether we like it or not, it’s part of the game and here to stay. There are definitely some elements of the men’s game creeping into the women’s game sadly.

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:18 pm

Claretmatt4 wrote:Are our players professional full time athletes? No excuse to not be fit enough in my opinion. If its a matter of strength then there's only so far you can get, but stamina shouldn't be an issue for any international footballer regardless of gender.

I enjoyed the game, second half thought we were better. It's been surprisingly good overall the tournament but interest will wane now we're out.

I do think if it was at the same time as any English club competition I'd not have bothered mind.

I'd agree to an extent. In England they've only been professional for a couple of years though. It's been much longer in the US, it will probably take a few more years to catch up.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:19 pm

bobinho wrote:Absolutely. Defenders reaction to the yellow was all the evidence needed. No arguing, no “yeah but” just a “thank you ref” and off she popped.

As mentioned, I think that as long as it's not dangerous play it's only a yellow these days.

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Tue Jul 02, 2019 10:19 pm

bobinho wrote:Absolutely. Defenders reaction to the yellow was all the evidence needed. No arguing, no “yeah but” just a “thank you ref” and off she popped.

The rules changed a year ago. Not a red card anymore.