A least there will be a little orange in the final.
WWC23 | England v Spain - Spain win the World Cup - and Rubiales gets sacked
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
Good win for England. Final is going to be a hard match.
I was at last year's Euros QF and it really could have gone either way. Spain are a tough, tough opponent. Toone has done a great job since coming back into the team.
I was at last year's Euros QF and it really could have gone either way. Spain are a tough, tough opponent. Toone has done a great job since coming back into the team.
Absolutely fantastic to watch. Such a likeable team too.
England's experience is showing throughout the tournament. Not the most attractive team, and I prefer teams who play and create chances... England have a top coach, some excellent forwards, and are very clinical. They were pre-tournament joint favourites so this is good.
Spain will be a very tough match I think.
Spain will be a very tough match I think.
Agree. I can’t bring myself to cheer on the Liverpool/City players etc for the men’s team and I’m not really that bothered about how they do but I really enjoy watching this current group of women’s players.
Same. It's just so refreshing to see an England team not bottle it at the first sign of trouble too.
Should be a cracking final!
Oh, I didn't know that. I enjoy watching MLS (and my Whitecaps), but the refereeing isn't the best, so you have to be pretty bad to be the worst!
Fantastic from England, in a cracking game. And now I'm glad I got up at 3:00 a.m. to watch it.
So, Spain technical like the men? Will keep the ball for fun?
Please tell me that they lump it forward like wimbledon used to.
Please tell me that they lump it forward like wimbledon used to.
Matildas did well and shame it could not continue.
Never fun losing to England on Home soil
Never fun losing to England on Home soil
They will look forward to keep as much of the ball as possible. There is a way to break that approach, but it requires speed of execution on the counterattacks by England. If you remember the Japan/Spain match, you have a broad idea of how a team can beat Spain and it was done with perfectly timed passes on the ground. It doesn't have to be hoofball.
I know that's a thing for a lot of people, but I don't understand it. When England are playing, I'm Kane and Saka's biggest fans. I'm Rashford and Sancho's biggest fans. I leave club rivalries at he door.
Bad luck Zlatan won’t be able to play. He claims to be best with those.
I try to do that, but must admit Haaland makes it really hard for me.
I know what you mean though. I've never been on the bad end of a Kerr special until today. Must be rough to feel that several times a season every season.
Never been able to do it really don’t really think I want to either. International football has never really interested me that much.
It used to be a thing for me with the previous generation. I couldn't stand Rooney and Gerrard. But I think it was partly down the player's themselves not getting on and bringing club rivalries with them to England camps.
That's fair enough.
I remember it annoyed me that Scholes was played out of position to accomodate Gerrard/Lampard combo that never really worked. Bit of a tough one to solve, I’ll admit. Apart from that I’ve always found it easy to cheer for players in their NTs.
Ed. It does make a difference though when Russo scored as a United talent in the Euros, and when she acores after leaving United for a rival for no fee, though.
Great result and achievement by England, they have the experience and knowhow to get far. Really pleased Russo has come good at the right times.
Probably won't outplay Spain but they can beat them.
Probably won't outplay Spain but they can beat them.
Great game. Coming into the tournament just at the right time.
Russo goal in the last two games has hurt so much. How could we allow her to leave. She is ready to take a leap and is going to become so so good
Yes same here. The main thing I like about the womens game, at the moment anyway, is that it doesn't yet have the same level of cheating as the mens game. Yes there are fouls and appealing for decisions.
But certainly not the simulation and rolling over and over and over while screaming at the slightest touch. Or trying to get a player booked or sent off by waving an imaginary card.
It is a slightly purer form of football.
And in the event that England win this WC, what will be the future of the womens manager Weigman. She has already led England to the Euros and if the WC also, what else would she be able to achieve with England.
Could potentially be her last game in charge?
Spot on for me as well.
What about Sir Les Patterson Cultural Attaché. One of the funniest things ever. And Sadi the cleaning lady....
Don't make them like that anymore.
Me too. Only wish the games didn't clash with work so I could fully immerse myself in the tournament. I've missed far too many games.
Sooo..is it coming home ya English twats?
England just love beating Australia at Stadium Australia in Sydney Don’t forget this is where we won the 2003 Rugby World Cup too
Question for regular watchers- How deep is the talent pool in woman's international football? Before the WC started how many teams could have won it? I don't expect it to compare to the depth of the men's game, but England are not one of 5 good teams in the world are they? I hope not.
And if England win, I'm looking forward to people using it as a stick to beat the men's game with*
*I'm really not looking forward to that.
And if England win, I'm looking forward to people using it as a stick to beat the men's game with*
*I'm really not looking forward to that.
It’s actually quite deep. Plenty of big surprises in this World Cup.
I’d say Germany, England, France, Brazil, Spain and the Netherlands are the best countries in terms of talent and quality. But quite a few ”smaller” teams have world class players, even more than in the men’s game currently.
Luckily that doesn’t mean they all always go far or that other teams (Australia, Japan & Colombia for example in WC 2023) couldn’t break their way to the last eight or even final four in major tournaments. Teams like Sweden have good players but almost always do ”better” than their pure quality compared to other top teams suggests. Nigeria were brilliant too and deserved to go further.
Japan and Sweden are top drawer sides.
Not saying they aren’t but in terms of talent I’d rank them just below the best ones. They have some very good players but I’d say they are above all superbly coached sides.
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Freud would have a field day with this..
Damn it, stupid fat fingers.
It's rapidly improving, but I'd say any of these teams could have won it:
- USA +250
- Spain +350
- England +500
- Germany +700
- France +1000
- Australia +1100
- Netherlands +2500
- Sweden +2500
- Brazil +3300
- Japan +3300
- Canada +4000
Anyone else would have been a huge shock. Canada aren't great but they defend well typically and won the Olympics off that. Brazil probably a bit of a paper tiger too. The rest all would have been believable finalists or winners I think.
I think once we have a winner that will be 5 winners in 30 years whilst the men have had 8 winners in 100 years.
The talent pool is nowhere near as deep as the mens but the number of teams capable of winning is a nice long list as @NoPace has shown. To be honest before this WC started I thought only 4 or 5 teams could have won it so its been great to see more teams join that list.
Lionesses have exceeded my expectations, they have rode their luck and had an easier route to the final than predicted, but they are there and that's all that matters
Now they sit watching that Japan Spain match on repeat for the next few days ...
Now they sit watching that Japan Spain match on repeat for the next few days ...
Yea, even Norway have a few top class players in Hegerberg (Lyon), Graham Hansen and Syrstad Engen (Barca), Maanum (Arsenal), Reiten and Mjelde (Chelsea). If gelled and well drilled, they would also be a dark horse.
@RedDevilQuebecois, do you know where I can rewatch the final here in Canada after it's been played, with commentary in French? My daughter wants to see it, but I don't want to get up at 6 in the morning for that and anyway don't have a subscription to a sports channel - so I'm hoping we can just rewatch it afterwards at a more reasonable time.
I'm not looking for anything illegal btw and I'm happy to pay, I just have no idea where to look. (Cause I don't think RDS allows rewatching entire matches afterwards, and I'm anyway not sure if they do pay-per-view.)
I'm not looking for anything illegal btw and I'm happy to pay, I just have no idea where to look. (Cause I don't think RDS allows rewatching entire matches afterwards, and I'm anyway not sure if they do pay-per-view.)