England v Nigeria WWC Thread

Kurt makes the right point. How many tournaments do you see where a team has at least one very lucky win? Loads. James will be stamping herself now though as I'd assume that's a 2 game ban. With that, combined with previous injuries and however potentially unfit Walsh is, it's tough to see how England can really win it. They've lost a lot of quality that no squad would be OK with.
 
Chloe Kelly when asked what's going through your mind taking the last pen:

"For me, it's that I'm gonna score. That's how I look at it, once I've won that mental battle, we're good."

That's the attitude that wins penalty shootouts. I knew she'd score, made of sterner stuff.
 
straightatthewall said:
Kurt makes the right point. How many tournaments do you see where a team has at least one very lucky win? Loads. James will be stamping herself now though as I'd assume that's a 2 game ban. With that, combined with previous injuries and however potentially unfit Walsh is, it's tough to see how England can really win it. They've lost a lot of quality that no squad would be OK with.
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On her showing today, it'll be no big loss.
 
Just looked up a few of the Nigerian team and some are either English or American born and bred so maybe don't feel so sorry for them if they are pulling the old worn trick of parent/grandparent converts.
 
Well, that goes to show how much the girls can dig deep, and how much spirit they have.
The James incident should now be used as a positive, (and I totally agree she shouldn't be vilified in any way..... stupid error of judgement, move on), and held up to the squad as a 'look what can be done by not panicking' moment.

Just remember girls.... '
  • Emotional and mental strength and endurance are cultivated and grown through adversity.
 
BFC_53 said:
Chloe Kelly when asked what's going through your mind taking the last pen:

"For me, it's that I'm gonna score. That's how I look at it, once I've won that mental battle, we're good."

That's the attitude that wins penalty shootouts. I knew she'd score, made of sterner stuff.
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Listened on the radio whilst working and they were rather scathing of Englands performance both today and in 2 of the group games. With Brazil, USA & Canada already out they have a chance of going deep into the competition but sounds like they need to improve quickly.
 
Lala said:
In some ways that may have been the hardest team to get past that we come up against.

A bit of time to reflect before the quarter finals.

Come on Lionesses ⚽️🦁
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Yeah they looked hard

Reminded me of a bunch of festival security guards
 
Lala said:
In some ways that may have been the hardest team to get past that we come up against.

A bit of time to reflect before the quarter finals.

Come on Lionesses ⚽️🦁
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Very physical. Won most of the fifty fifties. Nigeria will be kicking themselves for not finishing us off.
England could still win this from here, if they aren’t too knackered!
 
Paradiddle_01 said:
Well, that goes to show how much the girls can dig deep, and how much spirit they have.
The James incident should now be used as a positive, (and I totally agree she shouldn't be vilified in any way..... stupid error of judgement, move on), and held up to the squad as a 'look what can be done by not panicking' moment.

Just remember girls.... '
  • Emotional and mental strength and endurance are cultivated and grown through adversity.
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Awwwwww🫶
 
Blackpool Are Back! said:
Just heard the England manager say she missed the sending off incident and hasnt seen the video of it since.

Obviously taking lessons from the Premier League referees bible 🙄
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It's the only thing she can say. She's not going to slaughter her in public. She'll miss the semi and final (if they get there) so you don't need to slaughter her anyway as she's royally fucked herself.
 
straightatthewall said:
Kurt makes the right point. How many tournaments do you see where a team has at least one very lucky win? Loads. James will be stamping herself now though as I'd assume that's a 2 game ban. With that, combined with previous injuries and however potentially unfit Walsh is, it's tough to see how England can really win it. They've lost a lot of quality that no squad would be OK with.
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Could be more if they go all FIFA on her. At least the Nigerian didn't roll around in pretend agony. I stead she looked like she wanted to kill her.
 
I thought their keeper would have saved one or two pens and after we missed the first it wasn’t looking great. We took great pens after that but overall we’re lucky to get through. That said, every great team has an off ish day and needs a bit of luck if they are going to go far. And our women are a great team and a great watch. We’ll done girls!
 
Lala said:
In some ways that may have been the hardest team to get past that we come up against.

A bit of time to reflect before the quarter finals.

Come on Lionesses ⚽️🦁
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Absolutely, that's certainly the most physical side the Lionesses will come up against in this tournament. I think they will have learnt a lot from this game.
 
The sending off incident reminded me of what David Beckham did. Why the hell did she do that it was nasty and pointless I would send her home but of course that’s no going to happen. The coach didn’t see anything and says she hasn’t watched the video 🤷🏽‍♂️
 
They really didn’t deserve to win, but they did. They’ll have learnt from that. Hope Lauren James learns too. What she did was appalling and she deserves to miss the rest of the competition. I’d send her home too.
 
straightatthewall said:
It's the only thing she can say. She's not going to slaughter her in public. She'll miss the semi and final (if they get there) so you don't need to slaughter her anyway as she's royally fucked herself.
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It depends, I'm guessing it will be a 2 game suspension, if so, she'd be available for the final as the ban would be for the quarter and semi games.
 
I bleed Tangerine said:
1 game ban, but FIFA can up it according to the BBC. Think they will up it to 3 as its violent conduct and not just a rash challenge.
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I personally think 3 would be very harsh, it's a definite red but 2 games would be about right. She hardly applied any pressure. Either way, that would be her done, if England make the final.without her, no way should she come back in.
 
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