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Post by retro74 on Aug 20, 2023 14:41:44 GMT
Just once in my life I’d like to see a team I support go into a final and behave like they believe they’re going to win and boss the game. You should have supported Spain like the rest of us did! |
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Post by djronz on Aug 20, 2023 14:47:00 GMT
When England reach a final in a major sport it feels like we either win by the skin of our teeth or don't turn up at all. I totally get what Kal is saying. I've only seen Newcastle Utd get to 3 finals and they offered nothing and lost 2-0 in each of them. That's not unique to England, many finals can be like that your just looking from an English perspective. I don't think we were timid today, I think we were just outplayed. While we did carry a threat coming forward we didn't see enough ball to create enough, often gave it away cheaply too. But I think that's credit to Spain. |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 20, 2023 14:55:04 GMT
Yeah, I don't think they did the usual England thing of just collapsing when it gets to a big game.
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Post by kal on Aug 20, 2023 15:19:38 GMT
There’s a lot of middle ground between ‘just collapsing’ and behaving like Germany in a final.
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Post by rawshark on Aug 20, 2023 15:48:04 GMT
It’s not like we didn’t have chances. There were a couple of times we should have drawn even and we did get a few bad calls handed to us as well. They did give Spain a run for their money, even though it probably should have been a 2-0 defeat had Spain not been so limp with their spot kick.
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Post by Resident Knievel on Aug 20, 2023 18:01:46 GMT
The head of the Spanish FA groping and kissing the players when they received their medals was creepy as fuck.
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Post by askew on Aug 20, 2023 18:07:35 GMT
Besos
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Aug 20, 2023 20:58:43 GMT
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Post by rawshark on Aug 20, 2023 22:16:37 GMT
Think the Panama side steppy goal was my goal of the tourney.
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Post by Lizard on Aug 21, 2023 1:31:41 GMT
In coming second I get my $5 from the work sweepstake, so the team have that to console them at least.
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Post by simple on Aug 21, 2023 8:53:07 GMT
I didn’t realise Carmona’s dad had died two days before the final. Obviously tragic whenever it happened but that’s a long time to keep it from her. I’d thought it was on Sunday and she’d just been told after the match.
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Post by Resident Knievel on Aug 21, 2023 9:21:02 GMT
That's awful, I'm almost glad they won now.
And I know a lot of people piled on Lucy Bronze for the goal, me included, but a wing back in a back five bombing forward to get an attack going is a common occurrence and expected of her. It's not her fault that she was unsupported and no one moved across to cover. Team brain fart plus Spanish quick thinking.
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Post by simple on Aug 21, 2023 9:27:47 GMT
Yeah, the gap was because she’d gone forward but it was her job to go forward. The official best team in the world are obviously going to exploit anything they can and looked most likely to score all evening.
The local news here was at the leisure centre where her aunt and nan were both attending a public screening, so after all that we got to see an elderly woman weeping to end the day too.
Considering the reasons for the Spanish players strike I’m very uncomfortable that the FA appear to have so clearly chosen the World Cup over a player’s family life like this. Of course, for all I know it was her family who told the FA not to tell her but two days is a long time to withhold news like that. I know I’d be pissed off as well as floored by grief if someone kept it from me.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 21, 2023 10:12:43 GMT
I haven't read the details, but the short article I read implied it was the family's choice not to tell her, and they flew out on Saturday(or Sunday?) and told her after the game.
Though of course I don't know what pressure there was behind the scenes.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 21, 2023 12:10:47 GMT
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Post by simple on Aug 21, 2023 12:18:44 GMT
So can we look forward to him snogging the face off Jordi Alba if they do well next summer?
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Post by JonFE on Aug 21, 2023 13:43:00 GMT
simple Well, he'd better be, equality and all 
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 21, 2023 14:25:12 GMT
He's trying to apologise now: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66568226Too little, too late - either he has a similar "natural gesture of affection" with one of the male players ASAP, tongue and all, or he hands in his resignation. |
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 21, 2023 14:29:01 GMT
His family gatherings must be fun if that's a natural gesture of affection, "stop tonguing Nana, Luis!"
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 21, 2023 14:30:08 GMT
The Spanish FA don't seem to be the type to make someone resign over that kind of thing.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 21, 2023 14:33:58 GMT
The Spanish FA seem to be the type to promote someone over that kind of thing.
EDIT: Although he's presumably at the top of the ladder already. Gravity, do your thing!
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Post by cubby on Aug 21, 2023 14:45:44 GMT
That's what he does when the world is watching....
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Post by mrpon on Aug 21, 2023 14:52:24 GMT
He's got previous...  |
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Post by Syrette on Aug 23, 2023 19:22:48 GMT
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Post by Resident Knievel on Aug 25, 2023 10:51:20 GMT
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Post by damagedinc on Aug 25, 2023 11:23:43 GMT
"Social assassination" Jesus christ he's a moron |
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 25, 2023 11:48:30 GMT
But he has ideals!
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Post by Syrette on Aug 25, 2023 12:02:08 GMT
He has a lot of friends that are women and he loves his female family members very much
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Post by Whizzo on Aug 25, 2023 17:37:03 GMT
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Post by simple on Aug 25, 2023 19:24:25 GMT
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