Dreadful penalty shootout but it was entertaining. The England keeper flapped at everything during the game - seems to be the weakest position in the women's game.
I think she made some good saves as well as her performance during the shoot out. On the other side of the coin she was lucky at times that when she did not take the ball a swede did not tap it in.
Hampton apparently has an eye condition that makes it difficult for her to judge depth, which sounds weird for the England number 1.
Goal keeping always seems to be the most difficult position whether it be kids, lower league, women's or Scottish football.
Doesn't help that she's 5ft9 either. I think the average height for a keeper at the Euros is about 5ft8 which is not ideal for a position where typically height is the first advantage keepers have. The best keepers are typically also amongst the tallest but in the women's game you've got the same goals where 6ft6 male keepers will use every inch of their frame to tip a ball over the bar. It means that when the ball comes into the box and the keeper gets crowded like Sweden did to Hampton it's very difficult to manage, but she always got enough on the ball to deflect it away from where it was going and allow it to be cleaned up. Sweden are one of the taller teams in the tournament so I think Hampton stood up relatively well to the crosses considering, and we obviously have a defensive set up in these situations to clear the ball quickly when it doesn't travel away initially
I realise height is an issue but her handing and positioning left a lot to be desired. She made a save at one point to a shot well wide of the goal and gifted a corner.
It's undoubtedly the weakest position in women's football but it can't all be blamed on height. Maybe coaching needs to be improved.
There have been male keepers under 6 foot such as Fabian Barthez and the Mexican keeper Campos who was a mere 5 ft 7.
What I think you should do with penalties is have an indoor set up where players who do not normally take them learn one penalty. And that is the penalty they take when called upon. Indoors because it needs to be done in secret. Then when they have been in a shoot out they learn another or potentially do so, some may keep the same penalty. This should apply to men as well as women.
What I think you should do with penalties is have an indoor set up where players who do not normally take them learn one penalty. And that is the penalty they take when called upon. Indoors because it needs to be done in secret. Then when they have been in a shoot out they learn another or potentially do so, some may keep the same penalty. This should apply to men as well as women.
No real excuse for some of the penalties last night - complete lack of conviction. I accept players miss but they should make a decent strike.
That shootout was not a good advert for women's football
The men's game has had a 100 year head start on womens' football. It's gonna take time for it to get to the standard of the men's game.
I watch my 10 year old daughter play and some of the girls are so technical and combative they'd have run rings round boys teams in the 80s. (Boys teams have obviously improved too in this respect)
No girls played football when I grew up in 80s and 90s but loads of them are playing up and down the country and hopefully that will keep growing.
I used to think the over promotion of the women's game was woke bollocks but seeing the joy and passion of my kids, especially when we won last night made me get why it's been engineered like that and we'll see the benefits of that come through.
I reckon in 20 years if not before we'll see messi level players based on the technical ability and potential of some of the youngsters playing now.
Regardless it has such a positive impact on girls and young women in terms of health and self esteem and good to give them role models and aspirations beyond the pervasive social media influencers and only fans culture that's imposed on them these days.
No idea why this perfectly reasoned statement got LOLed.
To be fair as pointed out by KMB my post is probably irrelevant to the lack of quality of the pens which are rudimentary and not necessarily related to length of experience.
They were shit pens in the main but high pressure situation and even messi and ronaldo miss them.
My point was meant about the broader advert for women's game which is like comparing apples and oranges to the men's as still in its relative infancy as a mass participant sport.
That shootout was not a good advert for women's football
The men's game has had a 100 year head start on womens' football. It's gonna take time for it to get to the standard of the men's game.
I watch my 10 year old daughter play and some of the girls are so technical and combative they'd have run rings round boys teams in the 80s. (Boys teams have obviously improved too in this respect)
No girls played football when I grew up in 80s and 90s but loads of them are playing up and down the country and hopefully that will keep growing.
I used to think the over promotion of the women's game was woke bollocks but seeing the joy and passion of my kids, especially when we won last night made me get why it's been engineered like that and we'll see the benefits of that come through.
I reckon in 20 years if not before we'll see messi level players based on the technical ability and potential of some of the youngsters playing now.
Regardless it has such a positive impact on girls and young women in terms of health and self esteem and good to give them role models and aspirations beyond the pervasive social media influencers and only fans culture that's imposed on them these days.
No idea why this perfectly reasoned statement got LOLed.
To be fair as pointed out by KMB my post is probably irrelevant to the lack of quality of the pens which are rudimentary and not necessarily related to length of experience.
They were shit pens in the main but high pressure situation and even messi and ronaldo miss them.
My point was meant about the broader advert for women's game which is like comparing apples and oranges to the men's as still in its relative infancy as a mass participant sport.
Indeed, which is why I couldn't understand the LOLs.
Has Kelly got to start in the semi final or better as an impact player ?
Might depend if Lauren James is fit I guess.
Thought Hemp and James played quite well, so not sure who you'd drop, albeit Kelly made the difference when she came on.
There were quite a few players who had poor games last night - Carter obviously had a stinker, and I thought the 3 in the middle and Russo weren't great either - but those two werent among them IMHO.
That shootout was not a good advert for women's football
The men's game has had a 100 year head start on womens' football. It's gonna take time for it to get to the standard of the men's game.
I watch my 10 year old daughter play and some of the girls are so technical and combative they'd have run rings round boys teams in the 80s. (Boys teams have obviously improved too in this respect)
No girls played football when I grew up in 80s and 90s but loads of them are playing up and down the country and hopefully that will keep growing.
I used to think the over promotion of the women's game was woke bollocks but seeing the joy and passion of my kids, especially when we won last night made me get why it's been engineered like that and we'll see the benefits of that come through.
I reckon in 20 years if not before we'll see messi level players based on the technical ability and potential of some of the youngsters playing now.
Regardless it has such a positive impact on girls and young women in terms of health and self esteem and good to give them role models and aspirations beyond the pervasive social media influencers and only fans culture that's imposed on them these days.
No idea why this perfectly reasoned statement got LOLed.
To be fair as pointed out by KMB my post is probably irrelevant to the lack of quality of the pens which are rudimentary and not necessarily related to length of experience.
They were shit pens in the main but high pressure situation and even messi and ronaldo miss them.
My point was meant about the broader advert for women's game which is like comparing apples and oranges to the men's as still in its relative infancy as a mass participant sport.
Indeed, which is why I couldn't understand the LOLs.
Surely is shouldn't matter what reactions you get, I certainly don't scan reactions to posts, everyone has differing opinions.
Dreadful penalty shootout but it was entertaining. The England keeper flapped at everything during the game - seems to be the weakest position in the women's game.
I think she made some good saves as well as her performance during the shoot out. On the other side of the coin she was lucky at times that when she did not take the ball a swede did not tap it in.
Hampton apparently has an eye condition that makes it difficult for her to judge depth, which sounds weird for the England number 1.
Goal keeping always seems to be the most difficult position whether it be kids, lower league, women's or Scottish football.
Doesn't help that she's 5ft9 either. I think the average height for a keeper at the Euros is about 5ft8 which is not ideal for a position where typically height is the first advantage keepers have. The best keepers are typically also amongst the tallest but in the women's game you've got the same goals where 6ft6 male keepers will use every inch of their frame to tip a ball over the bar. It means that when the ball comes into the box and the keeper gets crowded like Sweden did to Hampton it's very difficult to manage, but she always got enough on the ball to deflect it away from where it was going and allow it to be cleaned up. Sweden are one of the taller teams in the tournament so I think Hampton stood up relatively well to the crosses considering, and we obviously have a defensive set up in these situations to clear the ball quickly when it doesn't travel away initially
I realise height is an issue but her handing and positioning left a lot to be desired. She made a save at one point to a shot well wide of the goal and gifted a corner.
It's undoubtedly the weakest position in women's football but it can't all be blamed on height. Maybe coaching needs to be improved.
There have been male keepers under 6 foot such as Fabian Barthez and the Mexican keeper Campos who was a mere 5 ft 7.
Well I didn't blame it all on height, I just pointed out that it's always going to be an issue when the tallest keepers are around 5ft11 in goals that much taller goalkeepers find it difficult to guard effectively. There are examples of shorter goalkeepers as there will always be anomalous examples of literally anything, it doesn't change the fact that the majority of top goalkeepers in the men's game are tall and that not being reflected in the women's game means that the handling of crosses and high balls poses are very different, greater challenge for goalkeepers. I thought Hampton's positioning was actually good, apart from the goals where she didn't have a chance she kept us in the game with her saves narrowing angles and reading shots. I did see that save for a corner but I think that was a result of nerves after the team had been making countless mistakes at the back.
It's not just that coaching needs to be improved in the women's game, it's that it's still in its infancy in terms of getting proper support and funding. Women's football has only really started getting anything approaching good funding in the past 10 years or so and even then it's a select few teams who get it to the proper level. That's for all women, and Carly Telford said a few years ago that goalkeeping coaching is 10-15 years behind where it is for outfielders and a lot of players still playing now will only have had bespoke keeper coaching of a decent standard quite a long way into their careers. It will be interesting to see what the standard looks like when the young kids who are playing for teams now start breaking into first teams in the next 10+ years.
That shootout was not a good advert for women's football
The men's game has had a 100 year head start on womens' football. It's gonna take time for it to get to the standard of the men's game.
I watch my 10 year old daughter play and some of the girls are so technical and combative they'd have run rings round boys teams in the 80s. (Boys teams have obviously improved too in this respect)
No girls played football when I grew up in 80s and 90s but loads of them are playing up and down the country and hopefully that will keep growing.
I used to think the over promotion of the women's game was woke bollocks but seeing the joy and passion of my kids, especially when we won last night made me get why it's been engineered like that and we'll see the benefits of that come through.
I reckon in 20 years if not before we'll see messi level players based on the technical ability and potential of some of the youngsters playing now.
Regardless it has such a positive impact on girls and young women in terms of health and self esteem and good to give them role models and aspirations beyond the pervasive social media influencers and only fans culture that's imposed on them these days.
No idea why this perfectly reasoned statement got LOLed.
To be fair as pointed out by KMB my post is probably irrelevant to the lack of quality of the pens which are rudimentary and not necessarily related to length of experience.
They were shit pens in the main but high pressure situation and even messi and ronaldo miss them.
My point was meant about the broader advert for women's game which is like comparing apples and oranges to the men's as still in its relative infancy as a mass participant sport.
Russo, Kelly, and Bronze were 3 excellent Penalities. Mead the top scorer in Euro 22, James and Clinton were poor efforts or good saves depending on your bias.England penalty taker in normal time, Stanways had already been subbed. As England had scored 10 goals in two group games after a poor performance against Frances suggests they do know where the goal is.
Absolutely Crazy that the Swedish male manager took off Blackstenius in the 117 minute for an 18 year old when 29 year old Steina had 42 goals in 121 apps and was fresh from scoring the winning goal for Arsenal in the Champions league final and running past a slow Carter and scoring in the corner as Williamson decided not to come across to challenge.
The Swedes bottled it not helped by a manager who just didn't understand the penalty pressure.
Rashford, Saka and Sancho succumbed to pressure in a Euro final but no need to make the penalty spot closer. They just got abused by angry gamblers and a few racists. As is life.
Spain the Favourites tonight who should've far too much with their mega pass and move for Hosts Switzerland. France v Germany tomorrow should be a good contest with the French needing to make sure their flair sees them win a tournament some time soon as they are still waiting for a Euro's or WC.
Social media has done its thing and gone looking for a worse international-level penalty shootout. Germany (men) beating Italy at Euro 2016 counts as worse IMHO - not only lots of missed penalties, but several of the scored ones were terrible penalties that the keepers dived the wrong way for, or in one case dived out of the way of one hit straight at him.
Which is something I think it being missed here. Yes, many of those penalties were terrible. Yes, there were very few scored due to the kicker giving the keeper no chance. But lots of penalties in a normal shootout are bad; it's just normally half the time the keeper goes the wrong way and the kicker gets away with it.
Yes, a bad shootout by players who (a) were knackered and (b) clearly hadn't practiced enough. But can we give some sort of credit to two decent keepers who actually saved the ones that were saveable?
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It's undoubtedly the weakest position in women's football but it can't all be blamed on height. Maybe coaching needs to be improved.
There have been male keepers under 6 foot such as Fabian Barthez and the Mexican keeper Campos who was a mere 5 ft 7.
This stuff should be sorted in training
They were shit pens in the main but high pressure situation and even messi and ronaldo miss them.
My point was meant about the broader advert for women's game which is like comparing apples and oranges to the men's as still in its relative infancy as a mass participant sport.
Thought Hemp and James played quite well, so not sure who you'd drop, albeit Kelly made the difference when she came on.
There were quite a few players who had poor games last night - Carter obviously had a stinker, and I thought the 3 in the middle and Russo weren't great either - but those two werent among them IMHO.
Surely is shouldn't matter what reactions you get, I certainly don't scan reactions to posts, everyone has differing opinions.
But a wins a win so bring on Italy.
Oh & Kylie may have to stand down………arise Lucy Bronze ♥️
Russo, Kelly, and Bronze were 3 excellent Penalities.
Mead the top scorer in Euro 22, James and Clinton were poor efforts or good saves depending on your bias.England penalty taker in normal time, Stanways had already been subbed.
As England had scored 10 goals in two group games after a poor performance against Frances suggests they do know where the goal is.
Absolutely Crazy that the Swedish male manager took off Blackstenius in the 117 minute for an 18 year old when 29 year old Steina had 42 goals in 121 apps and was fresh from scoring the winning goal for Arsenal in the Champions league final and running past a slow Carter and scoring in the corner as Williamson decided not to come across to challenge.
The Swedes bottled it not helped by a manager who just didn't understand the penalty pressure.
Rashford, Saka and Sancho succumbed to pressure in a Euro final but no need to make the penalty spot closer.
They just got abused by angry gamblers and a few racists.
As is life.
France v Germany tomorrow should be a good contest with the French needing to make sure their flair sees them win a tournament some time soon as they are still waiting for a Euro's or WC.
This surely adds weight to my thought.
No offence intended or hopefully taken.
Right behind Switzerland here as Spain loom a different gravy.