Women's World Cup 2015

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I hope we continue to be positive, I am not sure we can defend a 1 goal lead.

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We've got no.midfield at the moment which is worrying, Canada are moving forwards with no trouble at all.

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Excellent! We've got a decent shout against Japan too - it'll be tough but by no means impossible from what I've seen!

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citizensm1th said:

the game was live on the bbc last night what more do you want?

The press coverage has been poor though, and most of the games have been on the red button or website. That would never happen with the men's game.
The timezone doesn't really help though.

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DuncanM said:

We're in the semi finals of the World Cup, if it were the Men's team the press would be going mental

Exactly. This is only the third time an English team has reached a semi final of a World Cup. The press seem more concerend with the usual transfer window same old same old. Bonkers.

I found this little titbit from an article interesting:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/28/en...

From Chelsea’s Claire Rafferty, who works as an analyst for Deutsche Bank, to Katie Chapman, a mother of three, and Eniola Aluko, taking a sabbatical from her career as a lawyer to turn professional, they appear to peaking in perfect synchronicity.

That's dedication.

Another interesting bit:

“England women doing the country proud. Huge congratulations on reaching the semi finals,” wrote the captain of the men’s team, Wayne Rooney – who earns £300,000 a week, compared to the women’s captain Steph Houghton’s £35,000 a year.

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London424 said:

Are we allowed to compare the men's and women's games now?

When they have anywhere near the same levels of funding, training and opportunity, then yes. However I think the women's game will always be different to the men's style wise.

Anyway, Germany vs USA tonight. 1st in the world against 2nd in the world. Should be good.

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Great game this - even has the Germans missing a penalty!

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RichB said:

So you can't compare football league with non-league football?

Of course you can - but you do it in the knowledge that one has much better access to financial backing than the other, with everything that entails.

Wayne Rooney earns more in a year from his basic wage than the FA gives to the entirety of women's football. So saying that the players are not as good as the premier league (and I suggest you go watch the USA vs Germany game from last night) is a tad unfair.
As noted before, a large proportion of the teams who entered still have part timers playing for them. A lot of them come from countries where up until recently women were banned from playing football.
In light of that I think they are doing a damn good job.

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No but I think you could argue that generally funding leads to a higher quality, if only because it means players can go full time for example.

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Two very soft penalties there; one outside the box and the other a dive!

Still good to go in at 1:1, all to play for.

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Japan certainly seem inspired by tiki taka.

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I'll say one think it certainly doesn't feel like we are being outplayed, which is good.

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Hate to say it but judging by this game the USA are going to tonk whoever plays them.
I just hope it's England.

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Bugger me that was close.

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Oh st.

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What an awful way to go out. I thought weer more than matched them in that game, we played really well.

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Pretty much the last kick of the game too.
I thought we had a decent chance of winning that then. How gutting for them.

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Super Slo Mo said:

Their goalie's quite formidable too.

Yep. Was recently arrested for domestic violence and also a victim of the phone hacking, which certainly showed a different view of her.
Wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of her, she certainly commands her area. Probably the best goalie out there.

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0:0 at half time, a good job so far against Germany.

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1:0 in the second period of extra time! 15 mins to go!