UpTheVilla26 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Good job they got that won otherwise they'd be Lauren James effigies all over the gaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 10 minutes ago, PaulC said: Always get one game you shouldn't win but you find a way. Great resilience and bottle in the penalty shootout You've reminded me of the world cup 1990 when we somehow beat Cameroon 3-2 with two penalties from Lineker. Cameroon were the better team in that match, they were great. And unlucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) Daly or England have to start up front next match. And even if James is available again at any point this tournament I don't think she should be involved after that petulance. Edited August 7, 2023 by villan95 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 A couple of those penalties were unsaveable by anyone. Lucky, but we held our nerve well in the shootout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fightoffyour Posted August 7, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2023 13 minutes ago, PaulC said: The knockout stages. Quakification was never an issue We almost ducked out of the competition there 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 7, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, fightoffyour said: We almost ducked out of the competition there That old canard? The spirit of Sir Francis Drake saw us through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 46 minutes ago, mjmooney said: That old canard? The spirit of Sir Francis Drake saw us through. That game was driving me quackers ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete101 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 BBC try to justify a stamp by acting like it was playful, one of them actually said " we do this type of thing in training". It was shocking, you don't need a big exaggerated stamp to hurt someone, she put all her weight completely on the girl for a split second 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 This was all shaping up to be Lauren James’s world cup and she does something like that. Unbelievable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, pete101 said: BBC try to justify a stamp by acting like it was playful, one of them actually said " we do this type of thing in training". It was shocking, you don't need a big exaggerated stamp to hurt someone, she put all her weight completely on the girl for a split second I agree with you. And it's not like she couldn't easily have put her foot to the side of the player instead. It was obviously out of frustration and petulance, having been marked out of the game and losing possesion at that moment. She could have actually injured the player, it was near her lower back. :s She's very lucky that we won anyway, phew ! It was a "red card for violent conduct" and I don't want to see deliberately treading on an opponent from an England player (or from any player, of course!) I don't think she should play again in this tournament. It was significantly worse than what Beckham did to that Argenitine player. However, if she's feeling distraught after letting herself, her team and her country down like that then i can feel a bit sorry for her. : < Sounds like it was maybe a moment of madness and out of character, from what Sarina Wiegman has said post-match. But it was weird how she was kind of smirking as she walked off. :s Well hopefully she's learnt a big lesson from this and I think she'll have a 2nd chance in the next tournament if not this one. Edited August 7, 2023 by robby b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Is it a 3 match ban for straight red? If so is that her tournament done now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted August 7, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted August 7, 2023 5 minutes ago, Genie said: Is it a 3 match ban for straight red? If so is that her tournament done now? Nope, 1 match ban in a tournament. Weird rule to be honest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 20 minutes ago, pete101 said: BBC try to justify a stamp by acting like it was playful, one of them actually said " we do this type of thing in training". It was shocking, you don't need a big exaggerated stamp to hurt someone, she put all her weight completely on the girl for a split second BBC were also encouraging the England players to dive in Extra Time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Well that was more enjoyable than 0-0 and penalties. Australia look very good, and with Kerr getting 15 off the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 I am torn, between on the one hand thinking the secrecy of VAR and ref decision making in the men's game is problematic, and what I've just witnessed in the women's game of the ref having a mic and striding back onto the pitch to dramatically announce their decision to the crowd. It's like something out of **** Gladiators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chrisvilla4 Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 My message to James would be don't believe the hype. Getting marked tightly is something she will have to get used to now. Thankfully the player on the receiving end didn't make a big deal of it and make it look worse than it was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Just saw the Lauren James stomp, such a stupid thing to do and really nasty. She was almost smirking as she left the pitch. How strange! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 One of the comments in the live BBC thread was that we looked far better when Walsh wasn't playing. She's come back today and we've been poor again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 4 hours ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Just saw the Lauren James stomp, such a stupid thing to do and really nasty. She was almost smirking as she left the pitch. How strange! I think it was quite nasty, sadly. : < And yeah she was kind of smirking as she left the pitch, I agree that was strange, as opposed to looking upset, ashamed, sad, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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