gancanny Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 49 minutes ago, twowrights said: The regular England team that for the past 15 years have donated their match fees to charity, benefitting charities to the tune of several million pounds? should it not be an honour to play for your country rather than a payed chore, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Don't think for one minute a payed chore. Yes they are very well paid,but sports men and women will always want to play and succeed for there country. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Chelsea14Ian said: Don't think for one minute a payed chore. Yes they are very well paid,but sports men and women will always want to play and succeed for there country. As much as the overpaid great big kids that are professional footballers deserve a lot of the stick they receive, I think it is important that, like in your post, we also acknowledge the good things that they do too. A very few of the players at the very top level are actually a very very positive role model, it just gets lost because of the massive amount of absolute tools there are alongside them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Many footballers,donate,give there time to charity's. Think we could all argue day and night about money in sport and still no agreement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Good to see the Lionesses in the final though. Let's just hope they can go one better than the men. Then the men Go one better in the heat of the desert in November. I believe both are possible. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twowrights Posted July 28, 2022 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 hours ago, gancanny said: should it not be an honour to play for your country rather than a payed chore, Yes if you're a amateur, there's clue in their job title, professional footballer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gancanny Posted July 29, 2022 Share Posted July 29, 2022 8 hours ago, twowrights said: Yes if you're a amateur, there's clue in their job title, professional footballer. their day job is professional, playing for your country should be an honour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Well done England.A great result .The girls put up with lots of pressure. And did the country proud. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YnysMon Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 I think I just committed a cardinal sin…I served up dinner just after England scored their second goal, but before the end of the match. Graham and Harry currently watching the end on catch up. Its a good thing they aren’t normally mad about football…otherwise…ouch! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Well done Lionesses on that Epic win Ladies - you have done the country proud Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 1 hour ago, BroadAmbition said: Well done Lionesses on that Epic win Ladies - you have done the country proud Griff Just what he said ∆∆∆∆∆∆∆ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I normally only watch football when England men or Leicester are involved, and it's free to air TV, but I won't be doing anything different for women's football in the future. After what we were saying about how the women's game was better, they immediately became guilty of the same faults as the men. Within the first few minutes they were arguing with the ref then surprise surprise, a yellow for dissent. Waiting on the ground for the ref's whistle after a fair collision. It was all there. They were on thin ice and another yellow and a red would have been a different story. They said the Germans were trying to provoke, to break down dicipline, well the ref is only human too and that could have helped her have a bad game. Refs are expected to be above all that, but not the players who get the big money. I remember Beckham letting us all down with his famous trip. Anyway, that said, great result for England, great result for women's sport, and women. Shame they aren't the role models they could have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingFortress Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Floyd I think you needed to watch more of the Germany games. It is obviously a part of their game plan and has led to them being one of the top team. They were just as cynical in the semi against France and where did that get them. Oh yeah the final. I watched all the England games and didn't see any of this sort of behaviour. Well done the girls for winning against such tactics and let's face it a hopeless referee. Let's also give some credit to the manager for trusting Georgia Stanway to stay on when she was on thin ice after the early yellow. I felt she would have been subbed at half time. Well done girls 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Sorry completely disagree. The Germans did provoke England.Often not even trying to get the ball.Instead just trying to get the player.Our girls fully deserved the win.And As I've said before this should give the women's game a boost. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 On 28/07/2022 at 21:48, BroadsExplorer said: As much as the overpaid great big kids that are professional footballers deserve a lot of the stick they receive, I think it is important that, like in your post, we also acknowledge the good things that they do too. I always have a slight chuckle to myself when people start to go on about overpaid footballers, I wonder if the same person would make similar comments about Andy Murray, Tiger Woods, and Tyson Fury, all of who have earned far more from their sport than the vast majority of footballers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadAmbition Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 F1 drivers earn a decent coin too BUT, their lives are on the line Griff 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewcook Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 As to the Lioness winning their First Trophy on Sunday. I hope they will get more in the near future. I expect they all will be on the Queens New Year Honours List for their services to the Football Nation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floydraser Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 I don't need to watch any german football thank you. I just wonder what would anyone prefer: Your daughter/grandaughter - the most experienced player in the team - to be seen telling another player to f-off on live television causing the commentator to apologise, or would you prefer the Raheem Sterling approach, to turn away and put themselves above provocation. The Germans DID get at the English girls, it just didn't quite work this time. Let's celebrate, but keep our feet on the ground too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewcook Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 Griff, I do like that Caption you have done and the words were brilliantly put. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewcook Posted August 1, 2022 Author Share Posted August 1, 2022 Hi, Floydraser as I'm Deaf and a very good Lip Reader Griff would Vouch for me on that. As for that F word was out of line I would have given her the Red Card for bad Language tut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouldy Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Wonder if Sarina Wiegman fancies managing the England Man’s team? Two things were immediately apparent watching the ladies (not that I know a fat lot about football): The general direction the England ladies were heading was towards their opponent’s goal and not continually passing back to their goalkeeper. Not play acting, falling over and rolling about on the ground after a challenge. Get up and get on with it - as Chloe Kelly, the scorer of the ladies second goal, proved. Whilst a lot of folk are fans of Southgate, his pedigree as a manager prior to taking over the England team was questionable. He’s clearly a politically correct yes man. He’s tried all sorts of combinations of players and still doesn’t seem to have found the right one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea14Ian Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Sorry if someone kicked me round the ankles. Think I would tell them where to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 28 minutes ago, Mouldy said: Whilst a lot of folk are fans of Southgate, his pedigree as a manager prior to taking over the England team was questionable. He’s clearly a politically correct yes man. He’s tried all sorts of combinations of players and still doesn’t seem to have found the right one! True, however remember where the mens team was back then and nobody wanted to be the Englands manager as it was a poisoned chalice thanks to the papers and TV pundits. All this talk of the womens game now turning the corner, that happened around 2009 with the professional contracts being awarded so ending doing a days work then travelling to training afterwards or asking for days off work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldBerkshireBoy Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 21 minutes ago, Chelsea14Ian said: Sorry if someone kicked me round the ankles. Think I would tell them where to go. All players were warned that any signs of disent would be a yellow card prior to the first match kicking off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaters Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Unfortunately I was around for the World Cup win against Germany and enjoyed this match,made better for us Laura Hemp was a local girl and was coached and played at our Town football club Well done on all of you on your win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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