Eric_the_Red99
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Debut for Millie Turner. Well deserved.
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Nice to see. She got very close to the England team before the injury that took her out of football for a big chunk of 21/22. Good to see her finally make her debut.Debut for Millie Turner. Well deserved.
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It's a hell of a group. According to FIFA rankings the 3rd, 4th, 5th best teams in the world. Ireland have definitely not had the luck of the draw hereGroup of Death for The Lionesses in Euro 2025 qualifying - France just reached the Nation's League Final and Sweden were World Cup semifinalists last year, Irish ladies in there too
Top 2 qualify and there is still even a chance for 3rd placed teams in play offs so the Lionesses will surely be there to defend their trophy
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It's a crazy qualifying system with too many games - going through a whole set of group games but not actually knocking any teams out seems pointlessIt's a hell of a group. According to FIFA rankings the 3rd, 4th, 5th best teams in the world. Ireland have definitely not had the luck of the draw here
Just for completeness:
Group A1: Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Finland
Group A2: Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Czech Rep
Group A3: France, England, Sweden, Rep of Ireland
Group A4: Germany, Austria, Iceland, Poland
Top two in each A group qualify. The other Group A teams go to the playoffs.
They're joined in the playoffs by 12 teams from the Group B leagues (Wales, Scotland, NI are in the B groups) and 8 from Group Cs. It's a seeded playoff system. A total of 7 teams go through from the playoffs.
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Toone not had a great season TBF and Zelem has always been on the fringes of the teamYeah, not sure about why that is.
Mood in the ground is pretty good, plenty of Swedish fans knocking around being pleasant.
Let’s hope so. Depending on who the manager is.Toone not had a great season TBF and Zelem has always been on the fringes of the team
Disappointing for our Lionesses at the moment with Le Tissier also left out
Clinton will get her chance at United next season I assume
United Women overall have had a hugely disappointing season but Toone has actually been one of the better performers in our last few matches.Toone not had a great season TBF and Zelem has always been on the fringes of the team
Disappointing for our Lionesses at the moment with Le Tissier also left out
Clinton will get her chance at United next season I assume
All fair. The Mrs has been watching Clinton closely and thinks the same.Toone not had a great season TBF and Zelem has always been on the fringes of the team
Disappointing for our Lionesses at the moment with Le Tissier also left out
Clinton will get her chance at United next season I assume
Sweden easily have a better shape and composure.Very lucky not to be behind here - really have to win the home games as qualification is far from a cert in this group
It is a ridiculously difficult group and a convoluted qualification system, but in fact even the 3rd & 4th place teams in this group will go into the playoffs for 7 more Euros spotsJust had a look at England’s qualifying group and it seems utterly bizarre that you’d have the second, third and sixth best teams in the world in the same group, with only two able to go through. The whole qualifying system makes no sense at all. That seems to be a running theme with women’s football tournaments.
Shame it's clashing with the City and Arsenal matchesNext match up for England is against Ireland at the Aviva stadium on Dublin. Over 30k tickets sold according to the FAI. Tickets are priced at £25.
https://www.ticketmaster.ie/euro-20...land-dublin-09-04-2024/event/18006069AA720D9B
Match is live on ITV1 in UK and RTE1 in Ireland.
England drew 1-1 with Sweden at Wembley in the first match of the group stage.
Ireland lost 1-0 away to France in their opener.
Fairly good alright. What weight ball is it?Holy feck, those Campbell throw-in are ridiculous. Very few male players can do that.
It’s the same weight ball as the men’s game.Fairly good alright. What weight ball is it?
Was in the Aviva, like Delap they are a ridiculous weapon to have. We were right behind the goal for the penalty call, shocking decision in my book, player had no time to get out of the way of the shot. England play good football and for the most part Ireland couldn't get anywhere near them. Both penalties were shocking decisions.Holy feck, those Campbell throw-ins are ridiculous. Very few male players can do that.
She played right back in 2019 then left back in the Euros. Until then I thought she was a defender and not a forward (which she has always been at club level).Rachel Daly retires, think it's a bit early but she's not getting picked anymore.
Was a strange call to continue to play her at fullback when she was WSL top scorer last season
Rachel Daly: England's underappreciated Lioness leaves her mark as she retires https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68777794
Interesting but obviously a false comparison when one is free to air, seems to have triggered a few on Twitter though !