Women's World Cup 07

[Lowerdeck]

I caught a little bit of the Women's World Cup today. Was kind of hard going back and forth between 2 games, that and the fact the first game starts at 5 am and the second at 8 am. (Thanks to being in China, and live)

Anyhoo... some pretty exciting games today. The United States fell behind North Korea (wtf?) and got a 2-2 draw. Nigeria came from behind with a goal to tie Sweden, so this group is all tied up.

Then we got Japan who tied up England on the very last play of the game... a free kick which sailed into the back corner at the end of stoppage time.

And oh yeah, Germany bitchslapped the Argies 11 nil. Ouch.

Anyone else watching this?

[Liam]

I saw some of the England vs Japan game, and England should have run away with it, realistically.

But, and I don't mean to be sexist, women's football is immensely poor, I'll only catch what I see at the bookies I work for.

[ACCBiggz]

Conditions were sloppy today, at least for the US game, and I think the reports I read called it the group of death so I'm assuming everyone is decent in that group. Was surprised by Japan scoring late to tie it up against England as well.

[naiwf]

The USA needs to win their group to avoid playing the defending champs Germany once they get out of group play. Sweden and Nigeria will be tough and they basically need two wins, and by a wide margin, to get the top seed.

[Lowerdeck]

But, and I don't mean to be sexist, women's football is immensely poor, I'll only catch what I see at the bookies I work for.

Meh, it's not that bad.

[Liam]

But, and I don't mean to be sexist, women's football is immensely poor, I'll only catch what I see at the bookies I work for.

Meh, it's not that bad.

The goalkeeping is atrocious, and the finishing on the whole is poor. Other than that, it isn't too bad, but admittedly, I've gone to see live women's football, and it is horrendously bad in comparison to the male game. Other sports, women can mix it up with the men, but football isn't one of them.

[naiwf]

But, and I don't mean to be sexist, women's football is immensely poor, I'll only catch what I see at the bookies I work for.

Meh, it's not that bad.

[Lowerdeck]

But, and I don't mean to be sexist, women's football is immensely poor, I'll only catch what I see at the bookies I work for.

Meh, it's not that bad.

The goalkeeping is atrocious, and the finishing on the whole is poor. Other than that, it isn't too bad, but admittedly, I've gone to see live women's football, and it is horrendously bad in comparison to the male game. Other sports, women can mix it up with the men, but football isn't one of them.

To be fair, they aren't as tall as male goalkeepers and not as agile. They do the best they can. Last Saturday I was at a game and there were several nice saves made.

Same game last Sat, pretty exciting at times. Two top 25 ranked colleges in Division 3, one being the place I graduated from. My school's side has shit midfielders now, or at least couldn't handle this other team's midfield constantly attacking them both sides the ball. But hell, that's any game or either gender... you can pick a weaker side and a stronger side and how well they play. Just got to mentally adjust accordingly.

[ACCBiggz]

I agree but you shouldn't compare them. Your not going to see the same kind of speed and athleticism from women than you are men, so they play different styles. I think the games are still entertaining on a whole for the world cup so far.

[fineintent]

I could field a team and beat a professional women's 11. The keepers are about 4 foot.

[Liam]

But, and I don't mean to be sexist, women's football is immensely poor, I'll only catch what I see at the bookies I work for.

Meh, it's not that bad.

The goalkeeping is atrocious, and the finishing on the whole is poor. Other than that, it isn't too bad, but admittedly, I've gone to see live women's football, and it is horrendously bad in comparison to the male game. Other sports, women can mix it up with the men, but football isn't one of them.

Like which one(s)? Women's sports are always lame in comparison to the men's version.

To be honest, I was just being nice about womens sports. I guess Women's Athletics can give the same thrills as men, and at a stretch, Tennis. But meh.

But, and I don't mean to be sexist, women's football is immensely poor, I'll only catch what I see at the bookies I work for.

Meh, it's not that bad.

The goalkeeping is atrocious, and the finishing on the whole is poor. Other than that, it isn't too bad, but admittedly, I've gone to see live women's football, and it is horrendously bad in comparison to the male game. Other sports, women can mix it up with the men, but football isn't one of them.

To be fair, they aren't as tall as male goalkeepers and not as agile. They do the best they can. Last Saturday I was at a game and there were several nice saves made.

I guess my problem with the keepers is that, with other players on the pitch, I can see the skills that, although relatively poor compared to the males, are good enough. With the keepers, there hasn't been a female keeper that I feel is decent skill wise, personally.

[maninblack]

Maybe it's the equipment? Do women goalkeepers guard the same sized goals as the men?

[Lowerdeck]

I believe so.

[Thrilla]

Women's football is bollocks, but at least its better than the bloody eggchasing tournament that is also going on at this time of the year.

[Zaz]

The keeper from Ghana has a huge kick on her.

[Chris the Human]

You know what else the Ghanian keeper has? Four goals past her

Good to see the Matildas get their first ever World Cup win in such emphatic style. A 4-1 win is a great start to their first World Cup campaign as an Asian qualifier.

[Lowerdeck]

Looks like North Korea is about to keep pace with the U.S. in the group. And England is about to tie Germany for only the second time (0-15-1) so far.

[destroyed]

Just finished watching the England match on BBC Two. Hadn't watched Women's football before, but I thought England did really well in defence, and the goalkeeper was excellent. Their attacking play, crosses, long passes, etc was awful though.

[Thrilla]

I watched England/Germany this afternoon as well. Well, the second half. Well, half of the second half, it was rubbish. The Germans had a freekick from about twenty yards out, it almost failed to reach the keeper, the control and passing game was Sunday League level at times. Atrocious. And the commentators were going on like they were playing a good game(!)

[Gazz]

But, and I don't mean to be sexist, women's football is immensely poor, I'll only catch what I see at the bookies I work for.

Meh, it's not that bad.

The goalkeeping is atrocious, and the finishing on the whole is poor. Other than that, it isn't too bad, but admittedly, I've gone to see live women's football, and it is horrendously bad in comparison to the male game. Other sports, women can mix it up with the men, but football isn't one of them.

Like which one(s)? Women's sports are always lame in comparison to the men's version.

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