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    @Machpants said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

    @JK said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

    @mariner4life And they still call it soccer there too? Sounds fucked alright

    History lesson the term ‘soccer’ from aSOCCiation football was used at the same time as rugger, to distinguish two forms of football. It is of British origin. The idea that ‘football’ just applied to Association Football and not other forms of Football came later, soccer is the earlier name. Ergo, keep calling it soccer, or Association Football - don’t let them hijack the term football just to apply to one sort. Soccer wasn’t the ‘first’ sort of football, just one branch of a family that has been around since they used to be the crap out of each other, village vs village over the fields in between - with some sort of leather thing somewhere there too.

    The collective intelligence of the Fern never ceases to amaze

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    It's just great to piss off soccer types 😉

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    @KiwiPie said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

    NZ import as captain - Ali Riley is at her 5th World Cup for NZ, imagine the dedication to do that when she has always played her club football away from NZ. Top player and has played for top European clubs. Legendary Fern status

    Ferns playing Philippines now.

    Riley in acres of space on the left - could have taken it to the line and crossed it unchallenged, but instead she stopped and passed it back to someone on the edge of the box, who lost it. I didn't understand that at all!

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    And while I'm typing that we've conceded.

    1-0 Philippines.

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    Roles reversed. We are trying to break the Philippines down, they are defending tightly. I'm not convinced we have the quality to unlock them

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    Ferns look sloppy .. lazy passing and giving away a lot of possession. They look a little clueless in the box too.... maybe they've played their "big game" already Loooooong way back

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    @canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

    Roles reversed. We are trying to break the Philippines down, they are defending tightly. I'm not convinced we have the quality to unlock them

    Need to use height in the box

    Play Wimbledon style for a bit

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    If we can't make chances I hope the coach has more attacking options available. We made one cross that Wilkinson couldn't catch up with. I think we need to drive down the wings and make the early cross. It's very hard to try and score against a static D

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    A nervy 1st half by NZ, none more so than the hometown girl CJ Bott.

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    Putting the ball in the back of the net is a significant weakness from what I've seen of the Ferns. I was thinking 1-0 was a likely scoreline for this game, so it's not good that we're down.

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    I hope Milly Clegg is on the bench. Scored several goals for the Nix. Really young, but it's the time to be brave and bold right now

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    No need to panic. Keep possession, wait for the mistakes and the chances.

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    Two changes at HT. I'd bring Jale on for Wilkinson at some stage too.

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    Come on girls. Have to keep upping the tempo. Boss midfield

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    Wilkinson had a free header but couldn’t keep it down. NZ the better side, keep going!

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    Won’t get a better chance than that

    She is some athlete mind

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    @MiketheSnow said in FIFA Women's World Cup:

    Won’t get a better chance than that

    She is some athlete mind

    Similar to the Filipino girl's goal chance. A bit higher

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    That was cheap as fuck

    YC

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    We aren't good enough for Tika taka. Have to go full steam ahead

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    We are on top, but these girls have no idea where the goal is. I predict we lose 1-0, or 2-0 as they capitalise on our mistakes

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