Be interested to know thoughts on the refereeing. When does the same referee get the semi-final and the final in a world cup? We are pretty clear who the best referee in the world and she wasn't refereeing today! Irrespective of the outcome the booking of Hemp was result of simulation by the Spanish defender and I think we all saw her reach for the yellow card over the time wasting incident late on which could have had an impact.
As for England, beaten by the better side on the day. No question.
I know England had a couple of good results and reached the final, but you'll never convinced me 352 gets the best out of this squad. We had to go 2 up top to help our Russo, who can't really play that 9 by herself, and from that point of view it worked, but at what cost.
If you're going to bring Russo off at half time and switch back to 433 why not put Daly up front. I was quite surprised Daly came off. Leaving her on, even at left back, gives you an option to stick another forward up front for the last 20 minutes without having to make a substitution or get desperate by pushing Bright forward.
Sarina's had a lot of deserved praise this past 12 months, but I think some of her decisions in this tournament are open to questioning.
At least we'll always have Arnold Clark Cup supremacy.
Too many players are now not playing at the very highest level domestically.
Hemp, Kelly, Daly, Park, Greenwood, England, Morgan, Nobbs, Coombs, Hampton (how many games will she get at Chelsea??) Roebuck, and Robinson are all missing out on playing in the Champions League, and are all at clubs where Champions League is very unlikely any time soon.....
For their respective development as players, and for the national side in particular, this is a major issue.
They should all be looking to play for a Champions League club, to push themselves, to test themselves, otherwise they could stagnant and go backwards.
Be interested to know thoughts on the refereeing. When does the same referee get the semi-final and the final in a world cup? We are pretty clear who the best referee in the world and she wasn't refereeing today! Irrespective of the outcome the booking of Hemp was result of simulation by the Spanish defender and I think we all saw her reach for the yellow card over the time wasting incident late on which could have had an impact.
As for England, beaten by the better side on the day. No question.
I know England had a couple of good results and reached the final, but you'll never convinced me 352 gets the best out of this squad. We had to go 2 up top to help our Russo, who can't really play that 9 by herself, and from that point of view it worked, but at what cost.
If you're going to bring Russo off at half time and switch back to 433 why not put Daly up front. I was quite surprised Daly came off. Leaving her on, even at left back, gives you an option to stick another forward up front for the last 20 minutes without having to make a substitution or get desperate by pushing Bright forward.
Sarina's had a lot of deserved praise this past 12 months, but I think some of her decisions in this tournament are open to questioning.
At least we'll always have Arnold Clark Cup supremacy.
We were awful apart from Carter and Earps.
There is a huge issue with this squad now.
Too many players are now not playing at the very highest level domestically.
Hemp, Kelly, Daly, Park, Greenwood, England, Morgan, Nobbs, Coombs, Hampton (how many games will she get at Chelsea??) Roebuck, and Robinson are all missing out on playing in the Champions League, and are all at clubs where Champions League is very unlikely any time soon.....
For their respective development as players, and for the national side in particular, this is a major issue.
They should all be looking to play for a Champions League club, to push themselves, to test themselves, otherwise they could stagnant and go backwards.