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Women's Euros
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This tournament has been a pleasure to watch all the way through. Yes the women are not the standard of men, but what you do get is honesty, commitment, no surrounding the Ref, no dissent, no rolling around trying get a player booked. Yes the Women need to learn from the Men, in skills but the men can learn alot from the Women's game. Well done the Ladies 🏐🏐🏴
Germany did all of that and the referee let them. Admittedly England didn't.
Delighted the England women have gone one better than the men last summer.
How times have changed for the better.
1966 England men's team had to celebrate separately from wives/partners.
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How times have changed for the better.
1966 England men's team had to celebrate separately from wives/partners.
The (oh so glamorous) WAGs of 1966
An evocative black and white photograph perfectly captures the heady mood of the nation on the glorious weekend, 50 years ago, when England claimed its solitary World Cup victory.
Delighted the England women have gone one better than the men last summer.
How times have changed for the better.
1966 England men's team had to celebrate separately from wives/partners.
The (oh so glamorous) WAGs of 1966
An evocative black and white photograph perfectly captures the heady mood of the nation on the glorious weekend, 50 years ago, when England claimed its solitary World Cup victory.
Really good article.
Must have been a really tough last 12 hours for you, buddy. Stay strong. I hope you've managed to keep ITV1 on the entire time (skipping the main news headline when it comes on), and not looked on any form of social media or news outlet, just to avoid any pain, anger or grief that footballers as bad as these are getting all this glory and attention.
Spoiler alert - it came home.
Misogynist.
There was an awful lot of time-wasting from England after the second goal to be fair. Not unreasonable at all and any team worth their salt would have done the same in that situation, but there was certainly some game management going on.
I posted earlier in this thread explaining how I was struggling to get into the tournament, much down to the standard. I have to say I did continue to try and watch the England games, I can't say I particularly enjoyed the level of football, however I have to agree with the positives you pointed out. I didn't see any of that, which was a nice change.
I would say there was a constant theme of poor goalkeeping, poor touches, a sort of clumsiness of running into each other in midfield and a lot of back n' forth with possession as a result. An observation only.
I am proud of what we have achieved and they have my full support, I hope that the women's game only gets better. Which I expect it well, largely due to young girls being inspired by this ladies team.
I can’t understand the negativity from some regarding the Womens Euros and the fantastic achievement by our ladies team. Personally for me it’s makes a pleasant change to talk about their success instead of Covid-19, rail strikes, Tory leadership, fuel costs, heating bills , the weather etc etc
As for the quality and standard of the football well it can only get better after yesterdays success and I’m happy to admit I was more excited watching the Lionesses than the boring football that Gareth Southgate and his team churn out.
As for the quality and standard of the football well it can only get better after yesterdays success and I’m happy to admit I was more excited watching the Lionesses than the boring football that Gareth Southgate and his team churn out.
There is clear time wasting, like taking time over goal kicks, throw ins & free kicks. Then there is the other so called time wasting, when you just prevent the opposition from getting the ball. The way England played in the corner was top notch and tactical. Not there fault Germany could not take the ball off them
Let's see how many of those 17 million actually turn up to watch their local women's team. Even the Women's Super League only has an average attendance of around 2,000, which means it has to be heavily subsidised by men's clubs just to exist.
So many sad people are using the Euro win as a stick to beat the men's game with, but the inconvenient truth is that it would be financially impossible for our women to be professional footballers without the men's game paying their wages and providing their facilities. Without professionalism, yesterday more than likely would never have happened.
So how many of the vocal social media types will put their money where their mouths are when the league starts again in September?
So many sad people are using the Euro win as a stick to beat the men's game with, but the inconvenient truth is that it would be financially impossible for our women to be professional footballers without the men's game paying their wages and providing their facilities. Without professionalism, yesterday more than likely would never have happened.
So how many of the vocal social media types will put their money where their mouths are when the league starts again in September?
The game reminded me of what the.men's game was like in the 60s and 70s. No rolling about in agony if they were touched, little dissent, goalkeepers actually catching the ball rather than punching at every opportunity. Long may it last but I doubt it.
