They are pretty good. If they can stop missing 5 yard passes and be a little less lax at the back they will do well.
This….going forward some of the pass and move is fantastic, the second goal last night was a tap in but what went before was fabulous.
And I know they haven’t conceded in 4 games now or something, but their opposition barring a late flurry from Norway hasn’t really tested them. And Cameroon did score but it was ruled out by a rizla paper’s gap on VAR. And for someone growing up on Martin Hicks only hoofing the ball into row z as a last resort (first resort was over the stand and down Wantage Road) their ‘ability’ to pass out of their own penalty area scares me rigid; it’s only by luck they haven’t gifted a goal somewhere.
And when they are beaten, Houghton was immense last night with last ditch block and tackles, Bardsley is generally* excellent, and Gary Neville who knows a bit about full backs thinks Bronze is the best in the world.
* Jonathan Pearce reckons she hasn’t put a foot wrong; she came off her line and got nowhere near the ball / was lucky not to concede a pen for the chance the was blocked on the line, and as for the back pass she miscontrolled straight into the path of the Norwegian – he must have different ‘not a foot wrong’ standards to me.
