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I've revised my opinion. Kelly Smith is the only woman on this pitch that can actually play football to a decent level.

Compared to what though?

 

I reckon you'd decided that before you started watching.

 

England are doing alright in general. They Need to be more composed in front of goal mind.

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I've revised my opinion. Kelly Smith is the only woman on this pitch that can actually play football to a decent level.

Compared to what though?

 

I reckon you'd decided that before you started watching.

 

England are doing alright in general. They Need to be more composed in front of goal mind.

 

I dunno. I don't want to knock it, really. Most of the general play was fine, but anywhere around the goal is just pathetic, tbh. Crossing, shooting, throughballs, defending are all of a very poor standard.

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I've revised my opinion. Kelly Smith is the only woman on this pitch that can actually play football to a decent level.

Compared to what though?

 

I reckon you'd decided that before you started watching.

 

England are doing alright in general. They Need to be more composed in front of goal mind.

 

I dunno. I don't want to knock it, really. Most of the general play was fine, but anywhere around the goal is just pathetic, tbh. Crossing, shooting, throughballs, defending are all of a very poor standard.

Some of it has been especially from England. I think they have been getting nosebleeds in the Japanese final third. They are capable of better though.

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I'm only going off this one match. I think it's the only one I've ever bothered watching. I'll be thinking 'This is OK', there's a nice build-up and then a cross will come in that's just woeful or someone will have a touch that's absolutely horrendous. And what was that Japan free-kick all about where they knelt down?

 

Got a bit better now.

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Bit unlucky there. I think it's a concentration thing, as they all look decent enough but then fuck up inexplicably. Smith is a class above, tbh, the only player in this match that looks totally comfortable and composed on the ball.

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There's definitely something slower about women's football. Not just the actual pace of the match but also the anticipation and decision-making. Some of these loose touches would have been punished in a men's game as the opposing player would be on it in a flash.

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