Come On Ladies.....

[ToraToraTora]

Can the lionesses get to the world cup final? Without tempting fate too much, apparently Japan have never beaten England, maybe we are their bogey team! come on girls succeed where our useless millionaire mens team continue to fail.

[Old_Geezer]

Unfortunate but these things happen. Laura must be feeling devastated but it was simply bad luck. Need to shrug and look forward to next time.

[thesecondlaw]

Tragedy???? For Goodness Sake!!! They played six matches, beat the four countries that were ranked below them in the rankings, and lost to the two ranked above them. They did OK, but to hear some of the drivel being spouted out about hard luck stories and what heroes these girls are is a bit OTT in my opinion. Oh, and why is nobody mentioning the blatant five for England's penalty?

[thesecondlaw]

^^^^dive

[thesecondlaw]

And Talbot, expect to have your answer removed. Mine was for a similar comment on a previous post. And, I put one of those smiley, winky face things on mine, to imply I was joking.

[Maydup]

Other than yours, there's no spouting of drivel on this thread Secondlaw. I thought it was extremely disappointing for them and chose the word tragic, that's all.

Have a nice day and tread carefully in this world. Try not to upset people and pass it off as only joking.

[ichkeria]

An unfortunate way to go out, although had the Japanese lost I think they might have had something to say about the England penalty award!
And to be fair the Japanese penalty looked outside the box also (as did the USA pen v Germany)

[Ken4155]

Both penalty awards were a bit on the 'soft' side. The better team lost - and in cruel, cruel fashion. The girls' spirits will take some lifting after this body-blow if they are to give of their best in the 3rd/4th play off on Saturday v Germany.

[grumpy01]

As Jonathan Pearce said last night the refereeing standard is pretty poor.

[Pete65]

A pity for England women.
I am not English and I was hoping they would win the competition.
A breath of fresh air compared to men's professional football.
Hold your heads up, ladies!

[Canary42]

Very honourable of Laura to score for the Japanese, something they weren't likely to do themselves.

[ichkeria]

England were unlucky perhaps to lose, but I have to say that the women's game will only truly have arrived when people start calling blatant dives in the penalty area for what they are. Had that been an English male player who had gone down like that, no one would have been talking about anything else.
We're still at the "let's patronise them" level

[Ken4155]

You obviously saw something millions did not. True, those in the studio had to watch it on slow-mo a few times to see the very slight impediment. But all our lass did - and what all players do - was to take full advantage of that slight impediment. Just as the Japanese lass did as soon as she felt a hand on her back. As i said earlier, two soft penalties.

[New Judge]

Yes, football (played by either gender) has developed into a tedious and uninspiring game with an unusually high proportion of cheats among its participants.

I gave up watching it about a quarter of a century ago when it dawned on me that the draught created by an offender passing six or eight feet away could knock an attacker clean off his feet. Clearly a dangerous business. That was OK but then referees started awarding penalties against the draught.

[ichkeria]

"But all our lass did - and what all players do - was to take full advantage of that slight impediment"

Marvellous isn't it. "Our lasses" "take advantage of slight impediments."
Everyone else dives :-)
One can call a spade a spade, or a dive a dive, and still admire the performance of the team. That is all I am saying

[Ken4155]

ichkeria; i didn't see her, or the Japanese player dive. I saw BOTH players taking full advantage of the slightest of impediments. It is you who is saying, "everybody else dives", not me. I think the technical term for it is "going down too easy":-) I don't think the girls have been around long enough to perfect the art of diving just yet. And i am not being patronising to any of them.

[ToraToraTora]

"I'm glad it wasn't real football. " - quite right talbot no where near enough play acting!