2025 European Championships * *womens

[Fauxstralian]

Starts on Wednesday , holders England kick off against France on Saturday
Hosts Switzerland prepared by losing 7-1 to an u15 Lucerne boys team

[El Scorchio]

No start for CHLOE
Come on the lovely girls 

This should be more straightforward than the quarter final, but you never know.

[honky cat]

No start for CHLOE
Come on the lovely girls 

[honky cat]

You noticed that Jess Carter, first 11 England CB has been getting abused over social media?
Why do people do that? I cannot get my head round it?
We all do plenty of social abuse in our abusive little community. But would or have you abused West Ham players or England players over social media. Do you understand why people do that?
The only possibility is that It can have negative effects on the person. And they play worse. Does not make any sense to me.

No I don't understand it at all. But look at how some people behave on here. Unfortunately anonymity and social media has given mentally ill people an outlet for unacceptable behaviour.

[goose]

People are mean to other people every day and in all kinds of ways. Most people don’t feel the need to go crying to everyone else about some mean words.

 

[Mex Martillo]

You noticed that Jess Carter, first 11 England CB has been getting abused over social media?
Why do people do that? I cannot get my head round it?
We all do plenty of social abuse in our abusive little community. But would or have you abused West Ham players or England players over social media. Do you understand why people do that?
The only possibility is that It can have negative effects on the person. And they play worse. Does not make any sense to me.

[El Scorchio]

I saw some of them on the news this morning
England were poor but luckily for them Sweden were worse
Quite a few launched miles over
Has any men’s penalty shootout ever been won by scoring 3 from 7?

Hard to directly compare which was maybe 'worse' but 1986 European Cup final Steaua beat Barcelona 2-0 in a shoot out with Barca missing all four of their kicks. 25% conversion rate across both teams. Last night actually had 35% conversion rate so it was statistically somewhat better.

BUT, you can also argue good goalkeeping as a counter argument poor spot kicks because just saying poor shootout is a bit of an insult to keepers saving a lot. Either way, last night was certainly very dramatic and entertaining to watch in real time, so all good with me.

Scorch, what a sad cսnt you are.

And?

[Any Old Iron]

I saw some of them on the news this morning
England were poor but luckily for them Sweden were worse
Quite a few launched miles over
Has any men’s penalty shootout ever been won by scoring 3 from 7?

Hard to directly compare which was maybe 'worse' but 1986 European Cup final Steaua beat Barcelona 2-0 in a shoot out with Barca missing all four of their kicks. 25% conversion rate across both teams. Last night actually had 35% conversion rate so it was statistically somewhat better.

BUT, you can also argue good goalkeeping as a counter argument poor spot kicks because just saying poor shootout is a bit of an insult to keepers saving a lot. Either way, last night was certainly very dramatic and entertaining to watch in real time, so all good with me.

Scorch, what a sad cսnt you are.

[Vexed]

What is it with the slags football and penalties? First french bird went for a day's hike before scuffing a weak penalty into the keepers arms. Then every other penalty the keeper dived about half hour early. Entertaining, I'll give them that but the standard of pens is abysmal. 

[honky cat]

a sending off for hair pulling
minge
more penalties

great stuff

[zico]

When a keeper has your name and where you usually put your penalty written on her bottle why do you stick it in the same place?!

[goose]

MINGE!

[El Scorchio]

The German keeper has just made a hell of a save. 

[Far Cough UKunt]

After the penalty shootout, the girls relaxed with a game of darts: 

[aldgate]

Women's football seems to play the wrong tactics by aping the men's game.
The press doesn't really exist due to fitness levels but they still haven't got the technical ability to play out from the back.
All this might come in time but at the moment it's just a bit "emperors new clothes" as people fawn over a game we can all see is very average at best
 

[Keep dreaming]

Yeah, because its a whole different situation in the mens EC...

[twoleftfeet]

It’s a crap competition, the only 3 teams that can win it are us, Spain or Germany. No one else.

England have had an easy passage in so I expect them to reach the final and for all the players to be made Dames.

[zico]

Three of the first four penalties for England had a very short run up. The shot was too soft and the trajectory too pronounced. The goalie could guess easily and they shot straight into her path. Easy for me to say sitting at home, but as professionals they should be doing better than that.

Also a couple of the "good" penalties, because they were placed in an area that the lady goalkeepers can't reach, in the mens game would have probably been declared by the commentator as the perfect height for the goalkeeper!

[goose]

Has that Algerian boxer got a job managing the Spanish ladies team?

[Eerie Decent]

The mincers who are all over this shit on here, have openly admitted that the game and penalty shootout was so shit and comical that it made it enjoyable. 

Ringing endorsements all round...

[Lee Trundle]

Chloe Kelly can take a good penalty, even if her run up is a bit razzmatazz.

There's always the bonus she might take off her top as well.

[Iron Duke]

Three of the first four penalties for England had a very short run up. The shot was too soft and the trajectory too pronounced. The goalie could guess easily and they shot straight into her path. Easy for me to say sitting at home, but as professionals they should be doing better than that.

[RootsRadical]

Watched the shootout out on YouTube. Made me giggle, it was like a comedy sketch.
They can"t kick a dead ball, don't have the strength and they all had weird body shapes as they took the pens, not sure if this is body type issue or if they just don't have the technique?
A couple looked like bad Sunday League players running up to take their kicks too.

[goose]

its like they cant kick it hard enough to get it into a corner before the keeper gets there.
couple of the saved pens the keeper almost dived past it.

[Lee Trundle]

It was the best worst penalty shootout I've seen.

[El Scorchio]

I saw some of them on the news this morning
England were poor but luckily for them Sweden were worse
Quite a few launched miles over
Has any men’s penalty shootout ever been won by scoring 3 from 7?

Hard to directly compare which was maybe 'worse' but 1986 European Cup final Steaua beat Barcelona 2-0 in a shoot out with Barca missing all four of their kicks. 25% conversion rate across both teams. Last night actually had 35% conversion rate so it was statistically somewhat better.

BUT, you can also argue good goalkeeping as a counter argument poor spot kicks because just saying poor shootout is a bit of an insult to keepers saving a lot. Either way, last night was certainly very dramatic and entertaining to watch in real time, so all good with me.