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Jesus. I’m 30 years older than a Premier League keeper. He looks like a guy I used to play with at school. Exactly the same.

Fuck me how old is this keeper?

Burnley shitting it slightly at the back.

Yeah really good decision. Could argue a yellow for the Burnley player tbh.

What happened to Walker’s proposed transfer?

FFS.

Really looking forward to this. Genuinely not all that fussed what happens this year. Obviously I’d like to win the league and for Arsenal to implode, but since that’s not going to happen I’ll just enjoy it. As long as Arsenal don’t win the league and we’re OK I’m not all that fussed.

It’s not a new thought, but that Man City bench is fairly incredible.

Amazing is it legit?

It’s almost worth it just for that tbh.

And here’s the thing. It’s understandable that people say this stuff. It’s just…it sounds a bit hollow coming from you guys after Shearer turned down Man U to go to Newcastle. I think it’s great he did. I love when players stay with teams their whole career, or choose their boyhood club over trophies or money or whatever. Doesn’t happen often enough. Just feels a bit rich to hear people complain about the top teams creaming off the best players and then complain that Kane/Shearer/Totti/whoever doesn’t have ambition.

Yeah that makes some sense. He might go, he might not. We’ll see. He’s settled with family and kids, clearly loves the club, it’s a tough decision. Anyone pretending it’s not is a bit daft.

Classy as fuck finish by Ndidi.

Weren’t they all free-kicks? Not so much an environment as his specific job.

Dunno, I’m split on this one.

Was gonna say. He just scored 4. He’s Harry Kane. Wherever he plays this year he’ll be fine.

Oi oi!

Lovely to get outplayed and win on penalties Defended well in the end. Bright was terrific.

Fair to say the goalkeeping has been the best ever. Luckily we have one of them.

Looks like the most likely way for England to score. Christ, she was absolutely wide open.

Considered changing it

Nigeria getting stronger at just the right time and could go all the way. Just…it’s still 0-0 and anything could happen. Alozie one of the players of the tournament.

Feels like speed and fitness is the big difference between the teams. Nigeria are so much faster getting back than England are getting forward. They also have a couple of standout players, while James has been man-marked and it’s largely taken her out of the game. She looks leggy, as do many of the England team.

England looking very tired. About time the ref started calling these cynical little Nigeria fouls though.

Title IX was massive for the US game. Women’s football benefitted enormously in a country where school and college sports underpin almost all major sports. A huge population, the ability to pick up talent at an early age and the professionalism of the coaching trumped the rest of the world that was relying on individuals and a handful of independent clubs. It’s great that that’s turning round with so much investment from professional clubs (especially in Europe) but the US should come again. The resources (both financial and human) are just too great.