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I reckon they're the only ones who can threaten the USA. They've got quite a lot of squad depth too!!

Literally 1 team has 'demanded' equal pay, amd its the USA women who just wanted the same as the men get. Given they have won the last 2 World cups, are the favorites to win this one, and have dominated women's football for years, they had a pretty good argument! Assuming all players think they should get equal wages is just lazy and false

Williamson doing her acl has ruined any chance we had of doing well in this tournament. Obviously she was the captain, but she was also the organiser of the defence, and the ball player centre half! Millie Bright is the twice the player when Williamson is next to her

But the pen that was given wouldn't have been obvious in the stadium. No way you would spot in Real time that it was handball, so it give that's context

To be fair I think it helps in the ground more than those watching on TV! There has been a pen in every single game so far!!

I Wondered how she managed to save that!! Just slightly off her line......

This one stands!!!

England just about to kick off, should be a fairly easy win but you never know! We havnt scored in the last 3 games so a few early goals would be nice!!

Glad I didn't get up for the Canada game, suprised to see Sinclair missed a pen as she's normally clinical! If england get to the quarters we'll probably face Canada! This Spain game looks like it's going to be first of the big lopsided scorelines!

Sam Kerr out for the first 2 games after getting injured in training yesterday! She's the poster girl for Australia and 1 of the best attacking players in the world, so a huge miss! They should still get through the group though

Missed it!!!

Pen to New Zealand!! First VAR call of the tournament. Weird hearing the ref literally announce the decision to the crowd!! Will be great for the country if they win this, they've never won a world cup game in their history!

Yea their attacking line up is unbelievable, some of the best players in the world, but there is clearly an issue somewhere. Last uear on the Euro's they were supposed to be England's toughest opponent in the group stage, and we beat them 8-0!!

Woa!! That was not expected!!! On paper Norway should be walking this!!

Next one is ITV

France could be a little sneaky outside bet too, but they usually always underperform when it comes to tournaments! Anyone wanting to put some bets on the 11am kick off, Katie McCabe to get booked is almost certainly going happen, alongside Sam Kerr scoring! Odds will be rubbish though

Yea there will definitely be some ridiculous scorelines in the group stages, but like you say, the alternative is don't let the rubbish teams play! Even the opening games on paper should be very easy wins for Norway and Australia This all starts early tomorrow morning with the first game in New Zealand. Not the best preparation though, as there has just been an active shooter situation in the city and at least a couple of people have been killed!

Contracts tend to be very small, most likely only 1 year. Even in the WSL most players are on 1 year contracts, although that definitely seems to be changing. That's also why transfers fees are a fairly new thing in the women's game. There is such a huge step up to the WSL even from the championship, so you don't want to be stuck with a load of players who aren't good enough, and no room in the squad for newer and better players

That is huge!! For context there are probably around 3 or 4 teams (don't quote me on that) that are professional in the 2nd tier, and we're in the 3rd tier!! Only issue is when clubs do this, they'll often pay a salary of less than 20k, so players who are earning more than that in their current jobs can't really take the hit, and also can't commit to training full time! Still it's a huge step forward and we should be able to attract a lot of talent to drop down a league to come and play for us!

I thought it was something to do with the weather, but don't know enough about Australian weather to know If a few weeks would make that much difference

I don't think there has even been a deal signed to broadcast it in Europe yet! I'm sure BBC/ITV will come to some sort of agreement but at the moment, it's a standoff and there are only 50 days to go! On the footballing side, I think injuries mean England will struggle to get past the quarters. USA will be huge favourites as always, with Germany probably the strongest European side by some distance!

What are the newcastle fans singing??

They never take things like this into account, not even in the top league. Like you say it's such a simple thing to do to boost crowds!!

Arsenal Women are about to kick off in a sold out Emirates stadium for their champions league semi- final. That's the dream for our team, but feels like a lifetime away!!

It's going to go right down to the wire this, literally can't afford to drop a point! Hopefully win it on GD!!