shahanshahan Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) Back at Wembley for the first time since the Euros final. Friendly between European champions & world champions. We are representing City again. Hopefully can get the flag hung up somewhere (just after this photo was taken, it poured it down. Flag was already put away) KO 8pm, live on ITV Edited October 7, 2022 by shahanshahan 6 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahanshahan Posted October 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) Also, it seems they have cider now at Wembley. Magners Dark Fruit for £6.85... Edited October 11, 2022 by shahanshahan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahanshahan Posted October 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, shahanshahan said: Also, it seems they have cider now at Wembley. Magnets Dark Fruit for £6.85... Chicken tenders & chips for £11.50. Common sense said no but stomach said yes. Tasted great though 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahanshahan Posted October 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Teams for tonight. Ex-City players Mary Earps & Lauren Hemp start, while Ebony Salmon on the bench And the USA team... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Remarkably this game sold out faster than any previous England game, men or women. As Suzanne Wrack wrote in The Guardian the other day the USA are still the standard to aspire to. A good performance in this game will be a good sign for the World Cup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Looking forward to this 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, shahanshahan said: Teams for tonight. Ex-City players Mary Earps & Lauren Hemp start, while Ebony Salmon on the bench And the USA team... Leah Williamson is a big loss for this game though I maintain that Keira Walsh is the key player in our side. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shahanshahan Posted October 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 43 minutes ago, shahanshahan said: Back at Wembley for the first time since the Euros final. Friendly between European champions & world champions. We are representing City again. Hopefully can get the flag hung up somewhere (just after this photo was taken, it poured it down. Flag was already put away) KO 8pm, live on ITV Flag up inside Wembley! 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 55 minutes ago, shahanshahan said: Also, it seems they have cider now at Wembley. Magnets Dark Fruit for £6.85... 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 (edited) 1-0 lauren hemp Edited October 7, 2022 by Sleepy1968 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Stanway makes up for her error in the equaliser. 2-1. Good game 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slippin cider Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Really enjoying the game …. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 VAR is England's friend at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Good half of football that. USA unlucky not to be level. Firstly the England penalty is one of those not always given as Bronze did duck a little. But the offside that denied Rodman's 'goal' was incredibly tight and not clear on what we've seen so far. I don't think Smith was offside but possibly a player wider out, Rapinhoe or Rodman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
And Its Smith Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 England women much more enjoyable to watch than the men 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erithacus Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 And more likely to get the crowd going too. Despite the VAR breaks, this is a good performance from a starting XI missing some talent. It's good that the bench has lots of quality as well. OK, it's a friendly but worth the efforts put in and the USA are still the benchmark to measure the team against. Announced nearly 77,000 on hand - I bet the FA are rubbing their hands at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, And Its Smith said: England women much more enjoyable to watch than the men More enjoyable than watching the rugby too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Good game of football. England defended better second half although their playing of the ball across the back gives one palpitations, particularly when the go back again instead of turning into space in midfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUSSEL85 Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Where’s your tea drinking goal celebration now USA 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 I really enjoyed it. Some great stuff being played and since I was watching it in the USA was having fun listening to the punditry. The disallowed goal was as marginal as it could possibly be and then some, but hey England don’t typically get a lot of luck so take it where you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 2 hours ago, Erithacus said: Announced nearly 77,000 on hand - I bet the FA are rubbing their hands at that. What happened to the other 13,000? I was told that this was the fastest ever Wembley sell-out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted October 7, 2022 Admin Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 2 hours ago, RedRock said: More enjoyable than watching the rugby too! I suspect the women's rugby World Cup match Saturday morning will be better entertainment than the men's game too 24 minutes ago, Harry said: What happened to the other 13,000? I was told that this was the fastest ever Wembley sell-out? Just like all through the Euros games kept getting announced as sell outs but never were Something very odd happening especially as it was clear more seats could have been sold for this fixture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinMan's left peg Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Really enjoyed this match last night, England have become such a great team to watch. At times Kirby is like a female Gazza. USA perhaps a little unlucky but it sets the World Cup up nicely, England will have a ton of confidence now. The attendance was very strange though. All the media saying it was a sell out but there were loads of empty seats. Seems a shame as I’m sure people would have come if they could 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, TinMan's left peg said: Really enjoyed this match last night, England have become such a great team to watch. At times Kirby is like a female Gazza. USA perhaps a little unlucky but it sets the World Cup up nicely, England will have a ton of confidence now. The attendance was very strange though. All the media saying it was a sell out but there were loads of empty seats. Seems a shame as I’m sure people would have come if they could Rail strikes? A lot of tickets would have gone to schools/sports clubs who were perhaps going to go by train? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinMan's left peg Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 2 minutes ago, Lanterne Rouge said: Rail strikes? A lot of tickets would have gone to schools/sports clubs who were perhaps going to go by train? I wondered about that but the BBC said the strikes didn’t start until this morning. Might still be a factor though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 13 hours ago, chinapig said: Remarkably this game sold out faster than any previous England game, men or women. As Suzanne Wrack wrote in The Guardian the other day the USA are still the standard to aspire to. A good performance in this game will be a good sign for the World Cup. How is this true, it wasn’t a “sell out”? Less tickets available I’m guessing for some reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 1 minute ago, TinMan's left peg said: I wondered about that but the BBC said the strikes didn’t start until this morning. Might still be a factor though The problem might have been getting back afterwards - it all starts to wind down the night before. Imagine the outcry if a load of kids from York or somewhere were stuck in London late on a Friday night - I wouldn`t want to be the teacher in charge of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 Just now, Lanterne Rouge said: The problem might have been getting back afterwards - it all starts to wind down the night before. Imagine the outcry if a load of kids from York or somewhere were stuck in London late on a Friday night - I wouldn`t want to be the teacher in charge of them! To be fair, Wembley is hell to get out of with that sort of crowd. Could easily take you an hour to get to the tube, many would miss last trains home. Trains in this direction have been shit all week too, not necessarily strikes but cancellations and delays 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 I watched the team frequently passing the ball between two or three players in their own penalty area and would be horrified if City tried that tactic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 17 minutes ago, 22A said: I watched the team frequently passing the ball between two or three players in their own penalty area and would be horrified if City tried that tactic. I assumed that knowing the USA are famed for their pressing that they decided to draw them in and then exploit the space behind the press. It worked far more often than not too, and once they get the ball to Walsh it's like watching Iniesta in his prime. I think she is the one they need to keep fit for the World Cup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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