Ladyball

[perrykneeham]

"And I am genuinely pleased that Female Football has taken off so well for girls to take up and follow."

Has it though? From what I've seen, there are an awful lot of empty seats.

Good luck to 'em but I think there's an awful lot of wishful thinking and corporate posturing going on here. The Visa and Lucozade adverts being cases in point.

[perrykneeham]

I see that the first chick to try the dagger course at Lympstone has pulled a fetlock.

A compound fracture? No sh*t.

She's 24 and a great athlete, but does she really want a job as a boot in a rifle company? I have my doubts.

[flatandy]

Jun 23, 2019 18:03:58 GMT wetkingcanute said:

I'm really pleased the England Ladies are through to the Ladyball quarter finals - I really am.
And I am genuinely pleased that Female Football has taken off so well for girls to take up and follow.
Honest - I mean that. I really mean that.

But it's like watching football in slow motion.

You've obviously never watched Oxford United's defence if you think this is slow motion.

[perrykneeham]

"England win
England boss Phil Neville said he was "ashamed" by Cameroon's behaviour after a World Cup last-16 victory he said 'didn't feel like football.'"

Eh? 1) that sounds just like football and 2) why is HE ashamed?

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France 2 Brazil 1

Bien joué les filles!

[perrykneeham]

Bit patronising.

[Deleted]

True.

[perrykneeham]

You'd be flayed alive if you said "well done, girls" in UK. Lucozade say so.

[Deleted]

It's refreshingly non-PC here (although the gender track record's a bit naughty).

[flatandy]

Yankladies are getting a jammy penalty here. FIFA are not going to VAR this one. They're desperate for the US broadcasters to stay interested.

[perrykneeham]

Not much chance of that.

[voice]

VAR is ruining the whole tournament imo, first there's simply no consistency, and secondly it always appears to favor the teams FIFA rely on most for their most revenue and interest.

No a single woman league uses VAR so you have all the officials who never used a system they were harly trained on with a whole new set of rules they learned about just before it began. Its Varcial.

[voice]

Great Save from the Swedish keeper

[flatandy]

This is a pretty rubbish game, though. This is the kind of match that might reinforce prejudices about letting ladies play sport.

[voice]

both games today have been dire tbh, as was the England one, its almost as if its petering out a bit

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The French game was excellent, despite the Braziliennes being a bit overly physical.

[voice]

Another stupid VAR penalty and the better side looses, if this is rolled out across footy, the game is dead.

[voice]

England are making an easy job of Norway

[Minge är en jävla besserwisser]

It's coming home.

[flatandy]

Given the way England offered tons of easy chances to the Norwegians, my guess is that "home" is either France or the US.