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trousers

trousers

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Just now, benjii said:

Terrible defending.

Piss weak from the left back and everyone ball watching in the middle.

Did you mean to post that on the Saints pre-season thread...? ;)

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whelk

whelk

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Just now, benjii said:

Why isn't there a token bloke commentator?

No one wants to listen to two shrill voices all match.

ITV has Seb Hutchinson 

Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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3 minutes ago, SW11_Saint said:

Lauren James putting in her usual half-hearted performance…

Half-hearted? I wouldn't even credit her with that. She's been awful and not providing any threat at all. 

Nice move for their goal but very poor marking to allow a free header.

benjii

benjii

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1 minute ago, John Boy Saint said:

Do you think @benjii has turned over 😁

I did. He has a nice commentator voice. Slightly worried he might be a motormouth though. Early days.

Dr Who?

Dr Who?

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James is not fully fit. Hemp runs and runs but has no end product. Our defence has been awful the whole tournament. Walsh is not great, carter has no pace, and Stanway is not as good as she was 4 years ago. I’m not really sure how we have got to the final. Good team spirit must take you a long way! 

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

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1 minute ago, benjii said:

I did. He has a nice commentator voice. Slightly worried he might be a motormouth though. Early days.

You can get the picture with 5live commentary on iPlayer as well but no idea who is doing that. 

whelk

whelk

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3 minutes ago, benjii said:

Don't know who that is but I'll give it a go.

He’s ok but loads were slagging him off last time. Regular Sky commentator 

Dr Who?

Dr Who?

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Just now, whelk said:

We look shit

To be fair, we looked good in the first 10/15. Better than we have all tournament. We have been pretty bad and somehow find ourselves in a final. All we can do is what we have done all through the knockouts hang in there and just hope we can nick a couple late on. I cannot see it against Spain though. 

benjii

benjii

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4 minutes ago, Saint_clark said:

You can get the picture with 5live commentary on iPlayer as well but no idea who is doing that. 

Just tried it. It's Stuart Hall and Big Ron. Cracking stuff.

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Dr Who?

Dr Who?

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1 minute ago, Saint_clark said:

Ridiculous decision to start her when she clearly wasn't fit. Played the first 40 minutes with 10 players. 

Yeah and the commentators going on about beginning worth risking a not 100% fit James. I do not agree. Kelly should have started in this case. 

trousers

trousers

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Where's our other goal scorer from the semi-final? (Sorry, not sure how to describe her appearance...)

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benjii

benjii

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OK, so first time I've properly watched a lady match.

Touch and passing is nice and decent quality, but the defending is so passive. No gets stuck in. There's hardly been a tackle all match. Fuck em up, get into em!

Spain are very neat and tidy, but they are just women, so it's still going to take them an age to get it into the goal so I don't see why we can't take formational risks. I'd get another striker on. Our striker, Russo, looks like a good player so I'd go for more of a an attacking 442 and sacrifice a CM for another forward.

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M271

M271

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3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Where's our other goal scorer from the semi-final? (Sorry, not sure how to describe her appearance...)

The not white, not short, not a man person. 

Dr Who?

Dr Who?

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3 minutes ago, trousers said:

Where's our other goal scorer from the semi-final? (Sorry, not sure how to describe her appearance...)

You can say the black player. Or I call her Michelle or the 19 year old. 

Sheaf Saint

Sheaf Saint

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4 minutes ago, Dr Who? said:

Yeah and the commentators going on about beginning worth risking a not 100% fit James. I do not agree. Kelly should have started in this case. 

Watching the replays of the Spain goal, James was just a spectator jogging about putting no pressure on the ball or the runner. She should have been hooked well before she decided to go down.

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whelk

whelk

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1 minute ago, Sheaf Saint said:

Watching the replays of the Spain goal, James was just a spectator jogging about putting no pressure on the ball or the runner. She should have been hooked well before she decided to go down.

People can praise Spain all they want but that was a gift with seemingly no desire to defend. Keep mentioning Bronze but literally there can see everything building up and then does fuck all but watch her player. Absolute basics 

Holmes_and_Watson

Holmes_and_Watson

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England's best chance was a strong start, to dictate the play and push Spain back. We got a couple of flashes of it. One where James might have got to a ball across, and a second with Hemp intercepting and forcing the save.

After that, it's been played to Spain's tempo. They have throttled the midfield. England haven't sussed out how to regain possession, but release Kelly, Hemp or Russo. Mainly because all 3 are doing defensive work. England haven't been in control long enough to build anything.

They've tried to use Carter to launch a few longer balls,but with no success.

James often plays within herself, but was clearly not firing on all cylinders today. That did contribute to England's early attacks fizzling.

A much tougher ask to break Spain down in the second half. But hopefully they'll drop back, allowing England a few direct chances.

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