ah come on now ...it's the closest they will ever getOriginally Posted by UNDERHILL1927
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ah come on now ...it's the closest they will ever get
Sodding "coming home" shit. So arrogant.
It was a ditty penned by a couple of comedians that caught the imagination of the public and even the German media today acknowledged its appeal. Be not so serious, old fruit x
Totally agree with you regarding the quality of football. I've been hearing so much about the high skill level in the women's game so against my better judgement I thought I'd have a shufti and see what all the fuss is about. Never again. Mostly it was absolute dross.
I honestly can't see why people are bothered . They were a good team and probably deserved to win . Its going to improve participation in football and possibly interest so that's got to be good news ?
If the England mens football team ever win anything then that will be the time to head for the trenches .
They've been singing it for 26 years. If we're singing Don't Take Me Home in another 20 years it'll be just as cringeworthy.
Try 56
I agree. The reporter on ITV has just said it's laid the ghosts of 1966.If that's all England can win is a womens tournament. I'm happy with that.
Right?
football's coming home ................
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Well they definitely won’t win Eurovision
Sounds like I missed something special. That special that it didn’t merit any TV coverage here, in a European country.! Glad I’m away from the English media.
Blow your tits up
As I mentioned earlier in the thread, it seems to me that the 1966 references and the rivalry with Germany with its Stan Boardman overtones is very much a male thing. The co commentator gave us a history of the women's game in England in the dying minutes of the game last night which was a bit jarring, but there seemed a desire on the part of both of them to treat the women's game as separate from the men's. The commentators were completely biased, but no more so than Welsh football and rugby commentators are - I won't be listening to any of the media hype today, but I wasn't anywhere near as bothered about the women's team winning something as I would be about the men's. The obligatory these days home advantage helped England, but, based on what I saw, they were the best team in the tournament.
Biased to the point of unprofessional. Several England tackles went in - a couple really nasty- but all you go was "a fair tackle, "she's making the most of it.." One of those where the commentator said 'she's milking it' ended with the German striker not coming out for extra time.
I occasionally watch a little of the women's golf, some tennis, but women's football is being hyped up to ridiculous levels. The typical attendance for a game in England may go up a few hundred, but that's it. No doubt it will be televised more in order to bring in more money, but I think the more people watch the women's game outside this major event, more people are going to wonder what the fuss is about.
The miserable old white men didn’t enjoy this, did they? What a surprise….
We don't like flower arranging and fashion shows either. It's what defines us..
Keep hearing the commentary on the radio
The commentators shouting is really off putting
I’m glad they won it. Anything that inspires more young people to take up sport and see the benefits of physical activity as opposed to being the next TicTok or reality TV star has to be a good thing.
indeed
As a coach of a girls and ladies football team ( yes both now ) this win can only be a good thing
I didnt watch the game, I was up Birmingham watching the commonwealth netball ( Scotland V Wales at the time ) I saw plenty of people in Welsh shirts cheering when England scored aswell ( as a side note, the amount of Welsh supporting the Netball was great, must have been 3/4 Welshies in the house, even a Australian lady I spoke to said " impressed with the amount of Welsh considering they are a dev nation ( they are miles from the big 4, even top 8 in the world ) she was right
hopefully this will encourage more girls to come forward and play the sport we say we love, as the more who play, the better it gets
and I hope this means the attitude in the game changes, this old attitude is only holding the game back, here is a example after the C19 lockdown, when the club was arranging how to get back playing, hand sanitise before entering the field of play, sanitise the goal posts and ball every 1/4 ( we played 1/4 to help with that ) it was all rubbish, but when discussing who would train and when, a coach said " well the girls shouldn't comeback, they are only taking up space that the boys could use ( now as a club we have 5 X girls teams, all different ages ) when asked what they meant, the reply was " well the girls take up pitch space and a girl isnt going to make it in football "( the messages were deleted quickly, but people saw them ) the coach was the boys U12 coach, her name, Sarah
the Girls / ladies I coach dont want to be treated like boys, but they do want a fair crack at it, why shouldn't they, just because some old dinosaurs want the game to remain a male domain
my girls team will give any boys team of the same age a game, we often play the boys team, the 1st game the coach of the boys team ( same age group ) said the boys will go easy on the girls, 10 mins in the game, they are 1 nil down ( should have been 2 ) they had been tackled and they knew it ), we have played them a few times since and it is always a close game, 1 goal difference between us in every game, we have won more than them, but the main difference is the respect the coaches and players now have, over the summer when at tournaments, if the boys are on in the afternoon, they will arrive early and watch the girls games, they now appear not to have the same old fashioned opinions of the game,
Ive seen posts online that are quiet frankly embarrassing, picture of 3 irons, birdball, mentions of taking tops off, I watched it, it was boring ( maybe it was boring due to you not having a team to support ) , maybe go and watch a grassroots game, go with a open mind, you might enjoy it
I normally watch the news at least once every day.
Think I'll avoid it today.
I thought that I should watch it after all the media hype but turned it off after 5 minutes.
I found it really boring and it hasn’t changed my opinion of women’s football.
Agreed. Saw that young girl who was spotted dancing in the crowd. She was given the VIP treatment on the day and her enthusiasm and passion was brilliant to see.
Yeah the commentary was ridiculous but it always is with England, even the S4C commentary isn't as bad as BBC/ITV when England play!
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