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Red Devon

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Lost 2:1 at Wembley against Germany....seemed completely overwhelmed by the occasion in the opening 25 minute going behind to very poorly conceded goal (hope the EW goalkeeping expert didn’t see it)...then all of a sudden the confidence came flooding back playing some good attacking football and should have gone in at halftime in front having missed another penalty....pretty even second half in a game they could have won had it not been for that first 25 mins.....overall they look a very good team going forward but the defensive issues of the World Cup still remain!
 

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I can't say I've ever watched women's football but I saw the crowd figure at the game today and couldn't believe it! Amazing achievement.
 

ramone

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If i had to agree with you we would both be wrong
Looked like quite a few empty seats at Wembley earlier tbh.
 

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I'm not sure yet if Phil Neville is gonna make a good coach after he made a big tactical mistake in the WC semi - final but it's refreshing to read his honesty after last night's game :
"The 42-year-old, who has been in charge since January 2018, added: "I've got to take responsibility for those results. I'm the one that picks the team. I'm the one that sets the tactics, I train them, I talk to them, I communicate with them".
 

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Watched a little bit of the game,quite entertaining but I don’t think Neville is the right manager for them,nonetheless a lot of girls are taking up the game from a young age so all power to them !
 

Red Devon

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Watched a little bit of the game,quite entertaining but I don’t think Neville is the right manager for them,nonetheless a lot of girls are taking up the game from a young age so all power to them !
Think you may be right... get the feeling that Phil Neville May be a bit soft with them...Listening to Kelly Smith she seemed to have a better understanding of what’s needed to be done, and more importantly needs to be said...to move things forward.
 

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If they want the women's game to thrive then it has to keep winning as much as possible, A losing team will not draw in the crowds and will have a knock on affect to the domestic game. I know the men's international team haven't won jack but our domestic leagues are well established and supported
 

ramone

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If i had to agree with you we would both be wrong
Saw it reported on the tv the crowd was closer to 76K than the hyped 80K so not a sell out.
 

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Watched a little bit of the game,quite entertaining but I don’t think Neville is the right manager for them,nonetheless a lot of girls are taking up the game from a young age so all power to them !
He made the mistake of changing the system in the semi-final, bringing our right winger into the middle, even though she was good on the wing. Trying to be too clever. To make such a change in such an important march didn't make sense. Why change a winning formula?
 

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Only saw the second half of last nights 3:2 win over Czech Republic.

There only seemed to be a handful of people at the game.

You didn’t need to be a lip reading expert to understand what Jordan Nobbs said to the ref for her yellow! 😂
 
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