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Don’t get me wrong, amazing skill. ‘Fluke’ as in it pretty much nut megged two players. No one moaning about the defender who was actually on her. Wonderful, but as a goalie I would still be thinking ‘Jammy sod’.

To add...I would be more disappointed with that one, where you do have a clear view of it.

‘Tis 4

As part, many years ago, of the goalkeepers Union, it’s almost a fluke but very little you can do. No reason to expect it at all.

Think we have been much better going forward than defensively, but how good to see a team playing to that and pushing for more.

As it happens, I bought three yesterday. Literally 5 min drive for me. Not been to an international semi final since ‘96… £15 x 3 a bargain. Main challenge is with no real underdog who to support!

Good result, although in itself does not mean a lot. What is more encouraging is that we seem to be becoming content with a shape we are comfortable with, which seems at the very least means we do not get played through. Random aside, but our strip would make a decent Bournemouth away strip!

No…but we could lose to them on pens in the final…

Dipping in and out, that’s pretty good considering I thought we were 3-0 down a few posts back!

FT. Finished pretty strongly and Idehen crashed one off the crossbar. Minutes in legs, in fairness a fair few looked they needed it.

Yep. Mark Ashton is claiming the assist.

Is this just the 90, or 90 plus 30?

O, I know this one! Get in!

Third match of the season, and as it stands the table still shows us on zero points. Pearson out. The table also shows us in 4th. Pearson in?

Gareth essentially said after our last match “that’s what happens when we throw too many forward” in a match in which we hardly if ever threw any one forward.

Have you considered they were not talking about the kit...

Pretty soft ball questions in truth, but nice enough for all that.

And for those sensitive about proper use of the Queens English, most recently the Platy Joobs holibobs.

I mean, getting dicked 4-0 at home is not great is it. I am never sure if GS is just a really negative coach who is safety first, or he has looked at the assets he has got, and gone 'we re going to play this way as its the best way of maximising our chances. He has got some great cup finishes. The runs were relatively easy. How do you judge that. Its really difficult to look at the Italy final and not see it as summing up GS. Took a final to a penalty shoot out, huge plus. Like Croatia before, when the game started to turn...just a complete absence of tweaking anything. Save all our subs against an obviously tiring defence for the penalty shoot out? Really? Our tactic is keep it really tight, and hope Kane or Sterling can nick something. When under pressure against good teams we concede midfield and have to do far to much work without the ball. If its a case of actually we are a bit pants and GS is doing the best with what he has, there may both be some truth in that, and its pretty sad.

Just very occasionally...thank god for cricket.

Worst home defeat sine 1928.

Hahahahahahaha. O dear.

Crowd starting to have a real go. Not our finest 90.

3-0 down, Stones sent off. Complete joke of a second yellow mind.

Poor poor goal to concede.