women's world cup 2023

insane save from the philippines keeper to beat nz

lotta headers so far

brazil's 3rd goal vs panama was v good

aob?

I think I'm missing the good bits, all I've seen so far is turgid European sides grinding out boring wins - mich like a men's World Cup.

or in the case of norway vs switzerland just now, the turgid force meeting the turgid object

oh and var having fun, that ruled-out nz goal against the philippines was outrageous!

it's been p poor so far overall imo. brazil did score a v sweet team goal in their opener.

ah I see you mentioned brazil's goal in your opening post. I wish I could get more hyped for this tbh.

Ireland's olimpico was cool

dutch are putting in a good first half

going to burn down new donk city tonight

fun match. haven’t watched too many matches but i always find summer tournaments easy to get hyped on

having satisfied itself with a red card and a penalty, var decided it was bored and didn't want to deal with anything else

France v Brazil living up to the billing now

Love Wendie Renard.

this has gone from the world cup of penalties to the world cup of headers

oh and that one great Colombia goal. although their winner was ofc a header lol

NL being horrible Brugts rn

fuck we almost got a US-free knockouts, alas though they have SNUCK THROUGH

Damn it.

NL being horrible Brugts rn

― imago, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 08:23 (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

england's clear best player has seen her and is setting about doing some bits of her own

that is a genuine nonsense of an offside call

fantastically composed forward play by Magaia, hopefully SA hold out

Brazil AND Germany out now.

Well I can't say I'm very impressed by Sweden so far.

Sweden timid. USA ponderous. I seem to pick the wrong games to watch.

wise move to only turn it on for the penalty shootout

Oh USApaws, Sweden were garbage. Some penalty shootout though!

haven't read the fallout yet but if an English male player reacted to missing a pen the way rapinoe did they'd be a petition to remove his citizenship.

At work so I can't watch it but England apparently being played off the park by Nigeria.

now down to 10 players being played off the park by Nigeria

They are (and down to 10 after a really idiotic moment from Lauren James), but Nigeria don’t exactly look like a huge goal threat. Eng to win on pens imo

ah the crushing predictability of Noodle Vague suddenly taking an interest in this tournament at this particular moment

(xp) Probably.

xp

i won't write an essay about why that's such a stupid post but that's a really fucking stupid post

i'll bow to your authority as a thread cop and keep out of it

Not sure what the point of it was.

i'm not sure what the point is of only popping one's head up to meanspiritedly and entirely predictably do the whole 'hurr hurr rubbish england hurr' thing at the first sign of actual adversity towards cockroach england like some sort of pavlovian misery-cheering

please do one more post after nigeria's winner, i insist

which that should have been, awful finish

Tut tut NV, why aren't you wearing a Crusader costume with your face painted red, white and blue?

and blue?

England/Britain same thing to England fans.

but it's more that there have been a lot of teams, games and narratives in this tournament, England Crap is one of the more boring ones, it's what you expect even

tbf it's been hard to catch games live if you've had work or other pre-noon commitments

except this one apparently ;)

bank holiday innit

oh wait no its nort. have misread my diary and apparently i should be at work hahahah

oh well nevermind

go to work and contribute to the economy you skiver!!!!!!!

economys gonna have to struggle on without me today i'm afraid. good luck uk!

Bank Holiday in Scotland!

They'll all be watching this and cheering on England.

evil prevails!!

some brilliant pens tbf

Nothing more predictable than England being totally outclassed by an African team and winning on penalties

Tall blonde ponytail fitness chicks stay winning

Hopefully this means Lauren James will get off relatively lightly with the old social media abuse at least

bloody hero. brexit stamp

(xp) She would if she was tall and blonde

Australia having a gifted, tricky playmaker like Fowler feels wrong

giving Fowler space = 2-0

Great bunch of games last night. “hurr hurr rubbish england hurr” is always an appropriate sentiment to voice and whatever, I’m doing so again right now. Real shame Nigeria could not capitalise on their chances.

How bout them Tilly’s! Cracking play leading to that Foord goal. Was a bit worried in those first 15 minutes, they looked nervy and were really sloppy. Here’s hoping for a Morocco upset tonight, do not need to see France kick us out of another World Cup. Australia vs France followed by Australia vs England would be a top (and most likely) run of games though

great photo

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Lauren James, after a couple of good games, had been built up by the English media into something akin to a football genius/goddess and now they're having to dream up excuses and explanations for her sending off, it's pretty amusing. Obviously the notion that it was a display of petulance by a player who had been superbly marshalled by the "physical" (i.e. unsophisticated) Nigerian defenders and hadn't kicked a ball all game is out of the question.

idk, I thought that was the generally accepted line?

it was a very snide act. proper full-blooded violence always preferable. current game promising in that regard

nice take

idk, I thought that was the generally accepted line?

Yes but she's young (21 is so young?), inexperienced, in the spotlight, under a lot of pressure (from the selfsame media of course) blah blah blah.

life. pic.twitter.com/3572ug62Ba

— michelle alozie (@alozieee) August 8, 2023

Gonna need dang half time in injury time soon

this lot are fairly handy eh

Winner of Aus-Fra quarter final is my tip to win the whole thing. No real analysis behind that feeling, just vibes

7/8 round of 16 matches won by the group winners, which is pretty standard. It's fun that the exception was a 5-1

everything good is crushed underfoot by Might and Force

oh cool a bullshit var too

Stuff like that really devalues knockout football. The main problem with letting the most boring people in the sport have such an excessive influence over the results of games is that the games become boring.

it may have been technically a penalty but it was morally not a penalty in any way, the header that hit her was even from a teammate ffs

Boring shitty Sweden beating Japan, oh joy of joys.

Tall blonde ponytail fitness chicks stay winning

― van der gragt generator (Bananaman Begins), Monday, 7 August 2023 10:25 (four days ago) bookmarkflaglink

tbrr every fucking match in this entire tournament has seemed to feature multiple Chelsea players, how many fucking players do they need, the cult of Emma Hayes seems nonsensical considering they seem to have the biggest and best squad in world football

It's impossible to be blonder than this Sweden team.

Hopefully Spain do the needful

crisp otm, so disappointing.

Praying for a fairytale story with Aus V France tomorrow, surely an upset is written in the stars?

two strong sides, hard to call

Ah shit, a stirring but just too late fightback confirms Japan as moral world champions, just the minor matter of the actual winners to be decided now.

they were so crap in the first half. their worst half of football all tournament.

I’m nervous, France should have scored off that corner for sure

fowler had the whole goal there and chose the keeper

No idea why France have gone with this non-French shade of blue.

Australia looking pretty weary.

That was 10x more of a pen than either in the game yesterday

Oops, I don't know about that, swapping keepers just before the penalty shootout.

Feeble penalty.

This could go on all night.

Courtney Pine scores the winner!

Mackenzie Arnold's Excellent Adventure

I am ECSTATIC

yyyyyeeeeeeeesssssss

oh ffs jammy fucking England

Tall blonde ponytail fitness chicks stay winning

Lovely football team Colombia but...

left with 4 teams none of which I want to win. begrudgingly hope for sweden I guess.

I think I'd rather even England win than Sweden tbh.

baffled by ob not rooting for Spain tbh!

manager/federation seem v dodgy

quite like this particular England team but if they win we will have to listen to people singing Sweet Caroline at every sporting fixture for the rest of our lives

presenting The Case For Sweden

A short tale from our recent tour...#WomensWorldCup @Swedenwomennt1 @svenskfotboll @FIFAWWC pic.twitter.com/pOakvNEc0E

— Dr Sice Boo Radleys (@SiceBooRadleys) July 18, 2023

this has been dreck ngl, australia (or england) will be deserved favourites

the notion that Spain would show up and put on a footballing clinic has been thoroughly doused to the extent I'm now rooting for Sweden

ah well, she's been by far their biggest threat

lol great defending

lol great keeping

Haven't seen Spain play but I've seen Sweden and for that reason I am delighted Spain won.

we're not done with tall blonde fitness chicks yet though!!!

kind of notable that spain, aus and england have each only had one black player perform a major role.....except in each case, that player has been palpably a level above everyone else on the field

I haven't seen Australia either but I've seen England...

the oft-mentioned mary fowler has knitted everything together for aus

Oh hold on, I did see Australia v. France and OTM.

That's a lovely goal, hats off

the oft-mentioned mary fowler is a showpony on the big occasion?

still obviously their best player, just kind of....strolling about

okay maybe not their best player

lol that defending

Entertaining game this

Well, that was a goal

Well played by England, great defence, wish I could say the same for our girls but oh well a semi final exit is still a good result.

LETS GO SPAIN

Well played by England, great defence, wish I could say the same for our girls but oh well a semi final exit is still a good result.

LETS GO SPAIN

having watched this for the first time today my only question is whether the rules about shin pads are different for the women

What an amazing result! So proud of the Lionesses and excited for Sunday morning 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pic.twitter.com/K0YYrEohWb

— Ed Davey (@EdwardJDavey) August 16, 2023

The game's on behind you.

I only roll my sleeves up when I'm doing the washing up, doing it in a pub would seem rather odd.

christ is that his fucking son next him - dad and lad in matching shirts 🤢

Meanwhile our own Queen can't be bothered. It's an absolute disgrace 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 https://t.co/LqesgLzIob

— Samplo Corvodina (@TreborRhurbarb) August 17, 2023

There hasn't been a King or Queen of England for over 300 years, of course.

perfect, no notes pic.twitter.com/c7XgLb45Ka

— campaign to seize Christian Calgie's hard drive (@wariotifo) August 19, 2023

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— milo edwards (@Milo_Edwards) August 19, 2023

I don't think this commentator's voice is going to last the 90 minutes.

It's OK though because the Spanish commentator in the background is almost as loud.

Did she acknowledge it? She kind of sounds actually ill and labouring to speak, shit luck either way

Final ball from the Spanish so far shockingly bad.

Don't try a pitch invasion in a country known for rugby.

Well worked goal.

That's the best goal of the tournament possibly

Nice finish

Got no idea why England aren't playing in white.

It was a great goal, but doesn't notch out Sam Kerr's for tournament goal

Caicedo vs Germany surely the man rival

Main

A few have said that Panama free kick but a direct free kick can never be goa of the tournament, I've said so

Interested by the implication that an indirect free kick could be. There's no better sight than a penalised backpass in the area resulting in a laid-off free kick being hoofed through a crowd of panicked, charging defenders and taking a few deflections on the way in

Well it wasn't a penalty, so fair enough.

England sensing vulnerability and just going mad kick and rush and squandering possession constantly

sorry this is the _womens's_ world cup thread

was that elbow or boot

How many times has the England men's team started a match well, then went one goal down and couldn't pull it back together for the rest of the game?

i find myself asking as a matter of protocol but what exactly am i allowed to call the ref

lol

Spain hanging on now, that's not a good idea against this England team.

Commentator kinda gloomy. 13 extra minutes!

yeah i was thinking she is pretty much wishing a second spanish goal tbh

Spain are playing much better tbh

id have james rb ahead of royal

Spain have played far better. More clear cut chances

bronze otoh playing very much for silver

Spain play nice football, England don't. Also Spain look fitter.

some very poor decisions made in possession but its the last few minutes of a long tournament tbf

This is basically a second string Spanish team too.

Shame I wanted them to win so we could troll our boys.

Holy crap.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/20/spain-world-cup-winning-goalscorer-father-died-after-final-england

Ugh at that Hermoso story, Spanish FA are such a bunch of pigs.

Really fucked.

Unbelievable. Luis Rubiales now on stage repeatedly shouting "I AM NOT RESIGNING." Despite the press conference being called and briefed as such with a replacement lined up.

— Colin Millar (@Millar_Colin) August 25, 2023

Rubiales said: "It was her (Hermoso) who lifted me up and brought me closer into her body. I asked her "a little bit" and she responded "that is ok".

Spanish team refusing to play until Rubiales resigns

BREAKING: The Spain women's football squad say in a joint statement they will not play any matches until Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales has resigned 🇪🇸 pic.twitter.com/Yp7jKdqf6I

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) August 25, 2023

when you think they couldn't get any lower the spanish federation says it will take legal action against jenni hermoso over her "lies". just absolute unrepentant scum from top to bottom. and the manager applauding that tantrum yesterday with a smile on his face was sickening as well.

Not surprising he was smiling since part of the tantrum concerned a new 500k a year contract for him. Absolutely unreal how shameless this lot are, even in the context of football administrators. Totally overshadowing the fact that their country just won a fucking World Cup.

it's beyond fucking insane to take the best moment of a woman's life and career, assault her on camera for everybody to see, and then sue her for not being happy about it https://t.co/9LY10Abl9X

— duke of gloom diandra (@diandrasdiandra) August 26, 2023

She's won the World Cup, what have these cunts ever done?

LOL Rubiales once played for Hamilton Accies! That's almost as good as winning a World Cup.

Shocking that FIFA decided not to be useless, for a change

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/aug/26/fifa-suspends-luis-rubiales-from-all-football-related-activity-over-hermoso-kiss