Unwatchable
Sorry, I meant unstoppable! Top bins!
That was a blinder.
can you tell me that was unwatchable?
It was a decent goal. My problem is not that, it's the general pace of the game. By the same measure I have major trouble watching Italian or Spanish football. For me what makes football a great sport to watch is the pace and the low margin for error, and that's what's missing from the women's game.
Anyway, I think the women's team have a very good chance of winning the WC. They at least don't seem to have the fear of winning that the men's team have.
Conversely it's the ability to play at pace that makes the lower level of the men's game hard to watch, the pace overcomes the ability and it just degrades
Well watch Formula 1 then
Oh that's low.
Great goal by Kerr.
That last England goal was a good example of what I'm talking about. There were three australian defenders and they didn't pick up the single English runner, and then the shot from Russo should have been saved easily. It's schoolboy stuff.
That last England goal was a good example of what I’m talking about. There were three australian defenders and they didn’t pick up the single English runner, and then the shot from Russo should have been saved easily. It’s schoolboy stuff.
The goalkeeping I agree with - she was slightly out of position, but the build-up from Hemp was fantastic. When she had the ball on the centre-circle I was wondering what the hell she was doing (as she looked slightly out of control and was going to give it away) but, great credit to her, she got the ball under control and made a fantastic, defence-splitting pass to Russo. What was the defence meant to do? Put a boot in and give away a free-kick in a very dangerous position? I am not sure you fully understand the game @dazh.
BBC reporting Laporte to Al-Nassr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66519408/blockquote >
Another player heading off to semi retire early.Regarding Chelsea, is their scouting technique to basically just sign anyone they fancy then work out if they want to keep them?
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BBC reporting Laporte to Al-Nassr
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66519408Another player heading off to semi retire early.
Regarding Chelsea, is their scouting technique to basically just sign anyone they fancy then work out if they want to keep them?
In the words of General Melchett: Great Scott! Even you know it!
What was the defence meant to do? Put a boot in and give away a free-kick in a very dangerous position?
At 2-1 down probably yes, but equally letting her take the shot on you hope the keeper would have the angle right anyway. It wasn't a glaring error but one "she'd be disappointed to concede"
The England ladies would get smashed by any semi-pro mens team. Just by their sheer physicality.
It's a contact sport after all.
However, that doesn't mean that it's not entertaining to watch 2 skillful, evenly matched teams. There were 3 very good goals in that last match.
but equally letting her take the shot on you hope the keeper would have the angle right anyway. It wasn’t a glaring error but one “she’d be disappointed to concede”
I agree (as I said in my post) - she didn't quite have her angles covered, but then I don't think she was expecting that defence-splitting pass.
Regarding Chelsea, is their scouting technique to basically just sign anyone they fancy then work out if they want to keep them?
Thats how all football clubs work.
Clubs like Man UTD. They pay lads at 16, £1,000 a week. 1-10 of them might make it, but its cheaper to pay 10 kids £1,000 a week and get 1 that succeeds in the end , than it is to buy 1 player in their early 20's that costs them millions!
My god. I’m trying, I really am, but women’s football is verging on the unwatchable. The problem is that the gap in quality from what we’re used to in the men’s game is massive, so watching it is just all a bit meh.
Hmm - just watched some of it with my son. We agreed that the quality wasnt great in todays game (and the tournament so far), but then when have England mens ever played good quality football in cup competitions. They are always more scrappy.
Yes women's football isnt as physical, but the technical ability does equal the mens, just go and watch a few games. The mens game could learn a lot from the womens game, and I think will have to in the long run if it isnt to loose some popularity to the womens game. Women respect the referee a lot more, tend not to go down in hard tackles and the environment / culture of the games are just so much nicer.
Yes women’s football isnt as physical, but the technical ability does equal the mens, just go and watch a few games. The mens game could learn a lot from the womens game, and I think will have to in the long run if it isnt to loose some popularity to the womens game. Women respect the referee a lot more, tend not to go down in hard tackles and the environment / culture of the games are just so much nicer.
I have to agree with this.
I hate mens football, like really hate it. I never watch it and take absolutely no interest in it whatsoever. I can't stand the fanning about and rolling on the floor trying to win free kicks and penalties along with the shit attitude towards the ref that players had last tine I watched a match.
The women's game may not be as physical but there seems to be a high level of skill and none of the pathetic theatrics of the men's game.
The men could learn a thing or two from them, I'd suggest.
That was definitely a very watchable match with good skills and great attitude.
There is a separate thread dedicated to the Women's world cup.
I can’t stand the fanning about and rolling on the floor trying to win free kicks
The women’s game may not be as physical but there seems to be a high level of skill and none of the pathetic theatrics of the men’s game.
This is what I used to think, but my son now plays to a very high level, and I hate to say it, but you can see why on occasions in the men's game why they end up going down. The mens game is brutal. for example my son is a striker and sometimes he comes home with his legs studded and chest etc bleeding/bruised from people trying to pull him down. He is strong and powerful and at the moment doesnt go down. But we know that will count against him in future. Theres been times when hes finished a game and his coaches have told him he should have gone down as it would have got them a penalty.
Women are still very physical but IMO much more respectful of each other and the game.
We agreed that the quality wasnt great in todays game (and the tournament so far), but then when have England mens ever played good quality football in cup competitions. They are always more scrappy.
Its not just Engerland. The standard of football played in international tournaments is generally absolutely bloody awful from all involved. Its not a patch on the Premier League or Champions League
Towards the end of my stellar career i played in a sunday morning league and the standards then were pretty awful and the stink of Stella Artois was even worse.
Aaaaah... them we're't days. I miss watching my mates projectile vomitting on the halfway line after breaking into an ill-advised, hungover run
Maybe they could enliven world cup matches by making the teams pull a massive all-nighter session the night before? Dodgy pills, 3am kebabs, the lot....
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Definitely, that's grass roots football.
@binners Good news!
Looks like your favorite centre back is staying to "fight for his place".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66520737
All this arriving in air-conditioned coaches too.....when the correct transport is near MOT failures and a transit van full of builders materials.
@binners Good news!
Looks like your favorite centre back is staying to “fight for his place”.
I know. Fantastic news! Apparently he was demanding a 7 million quid pay-off to just **** off!
So, just when we finally get shut of Phil Jones (never played for four years, still picked up 75 grand a week), we've now got a more expensive version on 170 grand a week to never play.
I can just imagine the abuse he's going to get if he ever does make it onto the pitch after this latest farce.
I know. Fantastic news! Apparently he was demanding a 7 million quid pay-off to just **** off!
I could kind of see his point, all the same, I'm glad he's not coming to West Ham. Too expensive and too slow.
Could be worse, you could of let him go on a free and then buy him back for £90 million a few years later, then let him go on a free..........
Did you not see the Sky Sport poll on the worst buys in Premier League history?
Number 1: Paul Pogba (back) to Man Yoo
Number 2: Harry Maguire to Man Yoo
It doesn't really matter who the rest of the top ten were (though there were quite a few United players).Those two are in a league of their own.
Aaaaah… them we’re’t days. I miss watching my mates projectile vomitting on the halfway line after breaking into an ill-advised, hungover run
My main memories from my short Sunday league career are running away in fear of my life from a central defender who had recently retired from playing for Doncaster Rovers, and our leftwinger having a blackout 20 minutes into the first half after being up all night and doing a massive line of coke just before kick off. It's a stupid sport really, but it's what gives it the edge over more polite sports like cricket and rugby.
The mens game is brutal. for example my son is a striker and sometimes he comes home with his legs studded and chest etc bleeding/bruised from people trying to pull him down.
This. The most physically demanding and violent sport I've ever played, and that wasn't even to a high level. I remember coming home covered in blood and bruises and narrowly avoided a broken leg a few times (others didn't) and that was against a bunch of part time sunday leaguers. I can't imagine how brutal it must be against honed athletes who are twice as fast and twice as strong.
It’s a stupid sport really, but it’s what gives it the edge over more polite sports like cricket and rugby.
I dunno. In the rugby team I played in the props used to warm up with a few pints before kick off. The only reason they didn’t throw up during the game was because they steadfastly refused to run anywhere.
I dunno.
TBF rugby is obviously very brutal. By polite I'm talking more about the general culture of the sport, the players, the crowd etc. I'm probably in a minority but I preferred football before it started to become gentrified. The drunkenness, aggression, hooliganism, calling the referee a ****er etc. Obviously there were some things that were very bad, mainly the racism, but I still preferred it. Probably why I struggle to get into the women's game, it's just too damned nice. And what's with all this calling the players by their first names like they do in the tennis?
The drunkenness, aggression, hooliganism, calling the referee a **** etc.
Ah football hooliganism - I for one am glad to see less of the knuckle dragging aggressive morons….
Played both to a good level. Rugby was pretty dirty too, as a hooker it was a regular occurrence for a punch, gouged etc in the scrum. In football the odd elbow at a corner woke people up.
Pity I cant do this in the office nowadays.
I for one am glad to see less of the knuckle dragging aggressive morons….
Football has always been a rough sport. A result of it's working class roots. The hooliganism in the 70s and 80s obviously went way too far but then the other side of the spectrum where everyone sits politely in their seats in silence is equally destructive to the experience of going to a game. I think many forget in these consumerist times that going to the match on a saturday was pretty much the only form of escapism for many working class men from the drudgery of their everyday lives.
Playing against kids is the worst, they kick the hell out of you but can't kick them back (well mostly can't 😉 )
Anyone watching the Wafer Sooper Cup tonight?
Citeh vs Sevilla
I will watch it, as a city fan I still see it as a warm up match for the season hoping to see a bit more fluidity in possession from the weekend in preparation for Newcastle next weekend. I really wouldn't count either this or the world club cup as proper trophies.
It’s embarrassing but completely unsurprising
It shouldn’t even need thinking about for more than a millisecond. He should have been done and dusted as a United player when all this became public. The fact that this is still dragging on with no resolution tells you everything you need to know about the tin-eared morons presently running the club
Ferguson would have binned him straight away. Tommy Docherty too
As an aside: I think Chelsea's shirt looks great without any sponsorship. It's a shame that it is likely to change.
Ferguson would have binned him straight away
He’d have been gone by the next morning. Contract terminated, off you ****!
I can’t see any way he will ever play for United again, because other than some mouthy Neanderthal gobshites on Twitter, the supporters just won’t have it.
Anyone with anything between their ears would know this, but the clubs owners seem to be sadly lacking in that department. You’d think the protests on Monday would have made it pretty clear though. Apparently not.
Did they honestly think that if they just left it for a bit then he could just quietly return and nobody would really notice?
Would Ferguson have binned Greenwood immediately, he didn't Cantona in spite of a similar outcry at the time. The problem is Greenwood's a near 100 million asset.
Even nasty pieces of work like Barton and John Terry carried on playing.
