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I would agree there are some very good girl players out there. I refereed a couple of girls tournaments in June U13s and U10s and there were three or four seriously good players there in both age groups. it was also a much nicer experience as a ref with girls much more polite than the boys and parents not so aggressive but that’s another story. A couple of girls still play in U12s boys football for other teams in my sons league both of them are very good technically and have recently been picked up by academies in the area. Finally the futsal club my son is in the U11s-U12s train together and there are a couple of girls at that who technically are very good and up there with best boys. Older than that it gets hard for them to compete with the boys at U12s and below they physically as strong but once puberty hits it’s a game changer. We sometimes have a couple of Leeds U14s girls train with us and despite being two years older are not even at the level of some of the better grassroots players now. but there are so much more girls football now than even 5 years ago, our club has a team at all age groups now playing in leagues plus a women’s adult team and you see more and more girls wanting to play which is great for them. It’s helped by the fact a former England international women player who was part of the euros team played for the club when she was younger and the pavilion is named after her. it’s definitely going to improve but the women’s game will always struggle to even be at the level of decent standard youth football, simple biology tells you that, the women might good technically but the boys and men do everything and more that they do but with much more pace and power and as anyone will know operating at a higher speed is going to naturally make everything else better too, first touch, reactions etc so let’s just enjoy it for what it is and stop all the comparisons. Last night’s penalty shootout was shocking so no idea why people are getting upset people are saying that to make out it wasn’t is just embarrassing, lying and kind of proves that those are getting angry are more interested in being seen to be saying the right things.

Amen to that. Cannot stand it, walking around in slippers, dressing gowns and/or pyjamas really is just incredibly lazy

Women’s football!

Funny isn’t it. No one commenting during the game, ignoring the few in match posts from some of us. Now people coming on here to have a pop at people saying the penalties were awful 😂😂😂😂 proof that people are more interested in appearing right on than actually showing any interest in the game

Read the thread dickhead And apart from anything else if you can’t see that was one of the worst penalty shootouts ever then you’re obviously just trying to be politically correct it was awful. Game was alright though

Not top level ones it wouldn’t. It was a good penalty in the context of the game against a female keeper but I reckon 8 out 10 times a decent male keeper saves it.

Shades of 1994 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/19cm3PQWGJ/?mibextid=UalRPS

Some of those penalties barely reached the goal 😂😂😂

Absolutely dreadful penalties. Got away that Sweden the better team during the game.

Heard Sue Whistle is out there leading the England mob who took it to Sweden earlier today, pelted them with apples from her garden and cider bottles, Sweden birds on their toes and hiding behind old bill

Was a brilliant save actually, she wouldn’t have known that, did well to push it wide

She can send me for an early bath

Dunno but she can give me a booking

i think you’ll find much of the posts have been serious or so you just mean everyone’s on about how great it is?

Superb subs, get clicking!!

weird how such a big game going on and barely anyone posting about it 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

I suspect a few discussions took place over breakfast in the shade of the apple trees about that

Seems a long time ago people were suggesting her for manager of the men’s team

Women’s football is amazing mate you don’t know what you’re on about

I took Harrogate town from the conference north to champions league winners within 10 seasons, 5 back to back promotions, also won the league, FA cup, league cup and world club cup didn’t even expand the stadium beyond 3,500. Im not joking either I am a genius or it’s not as realistic as some might think, (that said I have won a champions league and Europa league this season with my u12s team so maybe I am a genius)

Is all correct but when you’re used to playing computers games and you get a bid out of the blue and then you can do a quick search on a few stats and make a bid yourself within minutes understanding how things work in the real world is more than a little tricky

2-0 🤦 too easy

Sweden better team so far but ref has given England nothing. Every 50/50 gone to Sweden so far which is giving them quite an advantage so far

no, its to win with no mercy. Why do you think its behind closed doors? It's because the police feared for your fans safety due to the reputation of the DEF our notorious hooligan element. No such thing as a friendly with those nutcases.

cheers, buzzing for this.