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  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,168
    Good to see Katie Robinson getting a medal. This time last year she was scoring the winner at The Valley for Charlton against Durham, now she’s on the winning side against Brazil at Wembley
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    edited April 2023
    England v Brazil was the classics game of two Halves: 81% possession for England 1st half and a tight off side stopped the Lionesses having a deserved 2-0 lead at HT.
    The 5-3-2 just didn't work for Brazil so they changed to a 4-4-2 with lots of individual skill on the ball.
    I remember being at the Euro Quarter Final against Spain and some how England can win games even when they are on the ropes.
    Surprised Sarah Weigman waited so long to make changes 2nd half But maybe she wanted to see our England cope under pressure ? 

    England's goal was a superb team goal and with no Beth Mead and the retired Ellen White, it's good to see Hemp, Kelly, James, Russo and Daley in good form plus the Attacking skills of Toone.
    Walsh is a great passer of the ball and is vital for England. 

    Australia didn't play that well against Scotland at Wimbledon yesterday but no doubt Kerr will play against England on Tuesday.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Scotland doing their bit to make sure England/Team GB qualify for the Olympics. 5-0 now.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    It is a bit bizarre in that the only way a Scotland player has a chance to go to the Olympics (for Team GB) is to ensure they lose heavily to England tonight.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    I think that GB nominate a team, and it's England, so Scotland have nothing to play for except ruining England's chances... Which is motivation enough for them I'm sure. They'd happily lose 6-1 if that 1 meant England didn't qualify 

    Netherlands are 2-0 up so England still need a couple more to be safe.
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    I’m not allowed to say it anymore but Ellen White is cute as fudge in her bobble hat
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    edited December 2023
    McBobbin said:
    I think that GB nominate a team, and it's England, so Scotland have nothing to play for except ruining England's chances... Which is motivation enough for them I'm sure. They'd happily lose 6-1 if that 1 meant England didn't qualify 

    Netherlands are 2-0 up so England still need a couple more to be safe.
    GB do nominate a team which is England, but with England winning it means they qualify for the Olympics however because we don't compete in the Olympics as England, it means GB send a team, of which some Scotland players might be a part of.

    England of course can still qualify for the Nations league finals but as it stands a Dutch goal will knock them out.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Ah thanks, didn't realise the GB team would be mixed
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    McBobbin said:
    Ah thanks, didn't realise the GB team would be mixed
    Realistically it would be token representation for the Scotland players though, with the quality in depth England has.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Charltonish defending by England there.
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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    killerandflash said:
    McBobbin said:
    Ah thanks, didn't realise the GB team would be mixed
    Realistically it would be token representation for the Scotland players though, with the quality in depth England has.
    Yeah it'll probably be 20 England players and then 1 player each from the other 3 nations.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    Holland score in the 91st minute to go 3-0 up and qualify for the Nations league finals.

    But then England go and make it 6-0 with the last kick of their game to qualify instead.

    But then Holland go and make it 4-0 with the last kick of their match and it's them that qualify.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Fuck Belgium 
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    Gutted for those girls 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    edited December 2023
    I thought they took their foot off the gas in the second half.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,010
    Heartbreak for England (and GB). That last gasp Dutch goal means England don't make the finals and GB will not be at the Olympics.

    Netherlands, France, Germany and Spain qualify for the Nations League finals. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    killerandflash said:
    McBobbin said:
    Ah thanks, didn't realise the GB team would be mixed
    Realistically it would be token representation for the Scotland players though, with the quality in depth England has.
    Yeah it'll probably be 20 England players and then 1 player each from the other 3 nations.
    Cynically if England had promised Scotland say 5 players, they might have been less resolute in the second half...
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,255
    Gutted.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,952
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Holland score in the 91st minute to go 3-0 up and qualify for the Nations league finals.

    But then England go and make it 6-0 with the last kick of their game to qualify instead.

    But then Holland go and make it 4-0 with the last kick of their match and it's them that qualify.
    Really gutting that.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,978
    edited December 2023
    Poor performances earlier in the group 

    Lost 3-2 away at Belgium and they had 4 shots to our 17.
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  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,602
    Gutted.
    But our own fault and they know it.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    kentaddick said:
    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - women’s game desperately need to play on smaller pitches and with smaller goals. 
    Last time I heard that, the speaker got trampled by his dinosaur. 
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    edited December 2023

    Bronze looking more than usual like Terry with a ponytail. 
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,636
    The Olympics is a hard tournament to qualify for. There were only two slots available for Europe other than France and in the end if we couldn't at least get a draw from the trip to Belgium then we weren't good enough. Netherlands may find it tough to qualify even now - they have to outperform at least one of Germany or Spain to dislodge one of the two favourites.
  • KBslittlesis
    KBslittlesis Posts: 8,602
    Just reread the qualifying routes & it’s hard enough alright. 
    You’re clinging on hoping that France win the Nations League which would free up another place if you don’t get into the final.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,978
    Olympic football is crap anyway. The women’s World Cup and Euros are massive now. Nobody remembers Olympic football winners.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    ValleyGary said:
    Olympic football is crap anyway. The women’s World Cup and Euros are massive now. Nobody remembers Olympic football winners.
    Full competition in the women’s game, and has always been seen as important by the USA, Spanish and Japanese 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,728
    I thought going in 4 nil at half time they should have set themselves a target of at least 7. There were times in the second half we they seemed content to sit on what they had, probably because they were reacting to the score in the other game but two late goals in that game was always possible. It might not have worked but whilst it is hard to criticise when you win 6 nil, I really felt there were more goals in it for them.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,844
    Strange that in the Olympics, women's football has 12 teams, while the men's football has 16 teams. Especially as the men's is an U23 tournament only.
  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,636
    ValleyGary said:
    Olympic football is crap anyway. The women’s World Cup and Euros are massive now. Nobody remembers Olympic football winners.
    That's probably a fair comment for the men, but not for the women where it's a full competition and really second only to the world cup as a ting to win. And it has fewer mismatches, as there are only 12 teams in it.

    Ironically, Team GB would have qualified for the men's competition due to England winning the under-21 Euros this year. But Scotland and Wales won't agree to a joint entry in the men's competition, so we're ineligible unless we're the hosts. What would have been our place was allocated to whichever of Israel and Ukraine would have missed out if they'd been forced into a playoff.

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