England v Aussies

[cambridgeshire canary 6,874]

Seeing as the womens world cup match thread seems to have vanished into thin air thought I would do us a favour. Anyways, should be a fun watch.. Or at least it would have been had it been aired on a day and time that most people were not at work but hey, not like Australia has the best time zones compared to the rest of us. Oh well, should be one to keep an eye on regardless. We thinking England might be able to make the final?

Edited August 16, 2023 by cambridgeshire canary

[Canary dwarf 221]

18 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Seeing as the womens world cup match thread seems to have vanished into thin air thought I would do us a favour. Anyways, should be a fun watch.. Or at least it would have been had it been aired on a day and time that most people were not at work. Oh well, should be one to keep an eye on regardless. We thinking England might be able to make the final?

I'm off today so I'll get too watch it the Aussie fans are loud and proud , we'll have to play better today than we did against Nigeria and Columbia, !

[NWC 248]

I will be "working from home", so I'll be watching.

Although the quality isn't there yet, I do find some of the attitudes and sportsmanship very refreshing.

[Canary dwarf 221]

1 minute ago, NWC said:

I will be "working from home", so I'll be watching.

Although the quality isn't there yet, I do find some of the attitudes and sportsmanship very refreshing.

Var has been good from what I've seen

[PurpleCanary 5,604]

28 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Seeing as the womens world cup match thread seems to have vanished into thin air thought I would do us a favour. Anyways, should be a fun watch.. Or at least it would have been had it been aired on a day and time that most people were not at work but hey, not like Australia has the best time zones compared to the rest of us. Oh well, should be one to keep an eye on regardless. We thinking England might be able to make the final?

Good time zones for the two most populous nations on the planet...😍

Go Matildas!!!

[Lord Horn (again) 133]

The joys of retirement - first a men's World Cup in Winter (far too cold to venture outdoors) and now this.

[Branston Pickle 3,742]

1 hour ago, NWC said:

I will be "working from home", so I'll be watching.

Although the quality isn't there yet, I do find some of the attitudes and sportsmanship very refreshing.

Is it ‘good sportsmanship’ and very refreshing when one of your main players gets sent off and a given two-match ban for stamping on an opponent?!  

[SwearyCanary 1,179]

1 minute ago, Branston Pickle said:

Is it ‘good sportsmanship’ and very refreshing when one of your main players gets sent off and a given two-match ban for stamping on an opponent?!  

I think in the whole you’ll find a lot less surrounding the referee and in general it’s played in a better manner. Lauren James action was really poor, she came out and apologised and has been given her ban. Using one example to suggest it’s not good sportsmanship is just silly

[Canary dwarf 221]

Here we go ,c'mon england 

[Satriales 710]

Not exactly the cauldron of noise they were promising. Just 70k school kids screaming.

[king canary 7,705]

Australia the better team so far but England had the best chance.

In all honesty we've not played very well in this world cup and are somewhat lucky to get this far. Oz have to be heavy favourites. 

[Capt. Pants 4,330]

Some nice moves from England. Need to make it count.

Back 4 a bit sloppy now and again.

Can see this going to pens.

[Canary dwarf 221]

Lauren hemp Is growing into this game and starting to give the Aussie's problems!

[Hank shoots Skyler 2,094]

Looking good so far, some nice combinations between Russo / Hemp / Stanway

[canarydan23 4,136]

You can't get any sporting behaviour when Aussies are involved. Sam Kerr trying to pretend her own club team mate kicked her in the face.

[canarydan23 4,136]

Already looking like a proper home ref.

[Capt. Pants 4,330]

1 hour ago, Lord Horn (again) said:

The joys of retirement - first a men's World Cup in Winter (far too cold to venture outdoors) and now this.

Absolutely.

Been an absolutely cracking summer of sport so far what with the Ashes, Cycling and now the World Cup. 

Not many jobs are being done.

[BroadstairsR 2,228]

This is one occasion when a lot of sh-ithousery could be justified.

Dampen the hostile atmosphere.

Silence that frantic partisan crowd

Frustrate the Aussie players. 

Win nasty England. Apparently they have been subject to some totally uncalled-for distractive behaviour prior to the game.

 

[Feedthewolf 4,945]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[BroadstairsR 2,228]

Gabriella Sara scores for England,

[Capt. Pants 4,330]

Certainly laced that b4rstard.

[king canary 7,705]

Wonderful finish that.

[canarydan23 4,136]

What. A. Hit.

[Canary dwarf 221]

What a strike , great goal.

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

We are much the better side, trying to play tournament football. Aussies relying long balls to Kerr. Poor oldLauren might need a new pair of calves. She has been buffeted all game long and the ref is ignoring it.

Keep the passing game and we will win. Our back three are spending most of the game on the half way line which shows the dominance.

[The Real Buh 3,493]

We look solid. England don’t play the occasion they just play the game which I love. Hemp is smashing it for Norfolk and I am loving it!

[Feedthewolf 4,945]

6 minutes ago, The Real Buh said:

We look solid. England don’t play the occasion they just play the game which I love. Hemp is smashing it for Norfolk and I am loving it!

Hemp playing out of her skin. Ref's doing her best to screw us over, somehow she's given 10 fouls against us and only one against Australia!

[Capt. Pants 4,330]

Aussies starting to look very nervous and making errors. There for the taking.

[Indy 3,344]

The officiating is definitely pro Aussies, but wouldn’t expect anything less!

[Feedthewolf 4,945]

1 minute ago, Capt. Pants said:

Aussies starting to look very nervous and making errors. There for the taking.

Agreed. Hope we don't go too defensive, there's definitely an opportunity to get a second here and put this to bed.