England

[roverandout]

15 minutes ago, M_B said:

Daughter's fella made a good point. He said women keepers can stand their ground until the kick's taken and have a chance 

 

Daughter's fella made a good point, saying women keepers can wait till the kick's taken and have a chance of getting to it.

The men have to gamble or they've no chance 

I was talking to my brother who said Hitting it into the top corner female keepers have no chance 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I wonder if we’ll see yesterday’s tactic of playing a very high line and therefore forcing you to play most of the game in your own half will come into the men’s game ? There were long periods of play were Spain had all 10 outfield players in our half.

[M_B]

Rovers women folding been mentioned on 5 live phone in 

[Trinidad Rover]

I read the following and doesn't it just sum up what a short sighted and miserable call it was to essentially defund the women's team. There had to be another solution to keeping the team professional, despite the challenges. 

A really poor look for Rovers as a club and its reputation.

'Georgia Stanway, Keira Walsh, and Ella Toone were all once on the books of Blackburn Rovers, and all three started the match'

[Tom]

And now the club have put themselves in a situation where they can’t really go out and congratulate them on their socials as the response would be justified!

[Exiled_Rover]

11 minutes ago, Tom said:

And now the club have put themselves in a situation where they can’t really go out and congratulate them on their socials as the response would be justified!

I bet they've been asked to by the hierarchy and the Social Media Manager has just gone "yeah, no, it's not worth the grief".

[47er]

On the actual game, apart from the penalties I thought we didn't turn up. It was so one-sided but Spain were woeful in the final third where it matters. Missed at least 6 good chances while we didn't create much at all.

Looks as if we did more work on penalties than other team and just as well!

All the drama came from the penalty shoot-out, the match itself was not a good advert for women's football.

TBF, that's true of men's finals too on occasion.

 

 

 

[wilsdenrover]

4 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I wonder if we’ll see yesterday’s tactic of playing a very high line and therefore forcing you to play most of the game in your own half will come into the men’s game ? There were long periods of play were Spain had all 10 outfield players in our half.

11 if you include the ref. 

[Exiled_Rover]

19 minutes ago, 47er said:

On the actual game, apart from the penalties I thought we didn't turn up. It was so one-sided but Spain were woeful in the final third where it matters. Missed at least 6 good chances while we didn't create much at all.

Looks as if we did more work on penalties than other team and just as well!

All the drama came from the penalty shoot-out, the match itself was not a good advert for women's football.

TBF, that's true of men's finals too on occasion.

 

 

 

And yet their GK made the two best saves of the night (from Russo and Hemp).

It was simply a clash of styles - the Spanish possession style makes it seem they're in control of the game, but they didn't really carve out many chances. Nor could they handle our pace and directness - their CBs resorted to blatantly obstructing Agyemang (which the ref completely ignored) whenever we tried to counter attack. 

Quite frankly it's an awful brand of football - made worse by their playacting when you try to challenge them. Completely breaks up the flow of the game, especially when the ref buys every single one. 

Edited 6 hours ago by Exiled_Rover

[47er]

They looked more comfortable on the ball and they created way more chances. If they could only finish we would have lost comfortably. Anyway that's my view.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

25 minutes ago, 47er said:

They looked more comfortable on the ball and they created way more chances. If they could only finish we would have lost comfortably. Anyway that's my view.

Every player was good on the ball, they could all pass off either side under pressure, they found spaces better than we did. It was when they got into our penalty area that they lacked ideas. 8 games out of 10 they would possibly beat us. Yesterdays game was one of the 2 were they couldn’t.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

53 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

11 if you include the ref. 

I try an be objective but I thought the ref was leaning to Spain. They don’t do the diving in fouls like we do but they do the holding back breaking players type fouls all the time. I thought two of the Spanish players should have been booked. It looks like you can’t just win the ball now. If you win the ball and touch the other player in any way afterwards - it’s a foul.

[wilsdenrover]

2 hours ago, Trinidad Rover said:

I read the following and doesn't it just sum up what a short sighted and miserable call it was to essentially defund the women's team. There had to be another solution to keeping the team professional, despite the challenges. 

A really poor look for Rovers as a club and its reputation.

'Georgia Stanway, Keira Walsh, and Ella Toone were all once on the books of Blackburn Rovers, and all three started the match'

All three scored during the tournament too.

[oldjamfan1]

7 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I wonder if we’ll see yesterday’s tactic of playing a very high line and therefore forcing you to play most of the game in your own half will come into the men’s game ? There were long periods of play were Spain had all 10 outfield players in our half.

There are too many speed merchants in the men's game who would kill you on a counter. Even Kargbo would be lethal in that scenario.

[Darrenbot]

18 hours ago, roverandout said:

I've no interest in women's football generally but this is England ffs

It's about being proud of watching your country winning things.I'd watch Tiddlywinks if it was England playing someone.

[superniko]

20 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Women sport just isn't for some people. I have no interested in Women football but can recognised that for some people are really invested in it and attend games.  

What on earth even is this? 

So do 'these people', by which I assume you mean yourself, have no interest in:

• Raducanu winning US Open as a complete unknown
• Jess Ennis winning Gold just 1 year after giving birth
• Ledecky winning Gold aged just 15 in one of the toughest swimming heats
• Simone Biles inventing god knows how many gymnastic moves now named after her
• Lionesses back-to-back Euros
• Women's first every Hockey Gold medal
• The year Fallon Sherrock chinned a few at Ally Pally
• Katie Taylor chinning plenty over the last 10 years

If you like Sport, but have no interest in any of the above, well that tells me something about you for sure.

[joey_big_nose]

I know commenting on changes in the women's game can be construed as condescending but I only mention it as it is so remarkable... the quality is  improving at a exponential rate. If anyone watched that game yesterday and compared it to the last three euros finals the difference every four years is massive. The Spanish team's technique and short passing was very very good. The keeping has come on hugely. Both scoring headers were technically excellent.

Really impressed. And England well done! Really competitive and great penalties.

[jim mk2]

38 minutes ago, superniko said:

What on earth even is this? 

So do 'these people', by which I assume you mean yourself, have no interest in:

• Raducanu winning US Open as a complete unknown
• Jess Ennis winning Gold just 1 year after giving birth
• Ledecky winning Gold aged just 15 in one of the toughest swimming heats
• Simone Biles inventing god knows how many gymnastic moves now named after her
• Lionesses back-to-back Euros
• Women's first every Hockey Gold medal
• The year Fallon Sherrock chinned a few at Ally Pally
• Katie Taylor chinning plenty over the last 10 years

If you like Sport, but have no interest in any of the above, well that tells me something about you for sure.

Moronic isn't it?

[roverandout]

2 hours ago, Darrenbot said:

It's about being proud of watching your country winning things.I'd watch Tiddlywinks if it was England playing someone.

Exactly.  Watching England is the pinnacle foe me.