Diamonds are Forever Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: 'Bronze's 30 yard thunderbolt' It was about a yard outside the box. On a related note, from the little women's football I have watched, it does seem a disproportionate amount if goals are scored straight over the goalie's head like this one. There have been quite a few in this world cup alone. Scotland lost one against Japan I think and also the 2nd one against Argentina was purely down to the goalie not being able to reach the ball. The goalies do get criticised quite a lot but in fairness the average female goalie is probably about 5-6 inches smaller than the average male goalie, yet have the same size net to defend. You could have the best handling in the world but if you can't reach the crossbar then it doesn't matter. It's the only position on the park where their smaller stature compared to men does put them at a disadvantage, with the outfielders the difference in size is relative because your opposition will be the same. If you made men play in goal posts that were 6 inches taller and 12 inches wider we'd see lots more of the same types of goals. In short, although it sounds (and is) incredibly simple, guess I'm saying that hitting the ball high from around the edge if the area seems a pretty good tactic as opposed to trying to work it into perfect scoring situations. Edited June 28, 2019 by Diamonds are Forever 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAVIDB69 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Do they only have this sue smith as the co commentator for all the games 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DAVIDB69 Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Was that worth a booking 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Just now, DAVIDB69 said: Do they only have this sue smith as the co commentator for all the games Compared to the other monotone one she sounds like Pavarotti doing Nessun Dorma. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Awful goal to concede. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Oh my! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Where has this myth come from that the women don't dive? Absolute nonsense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Are there really people out there who like Jonathon Pierce? There must be, otherwise the BBC would get someone else. Who are these people? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptie Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 U.S of A off to a great start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 Just now, Mr. Brightside said: Where has this myth come from that the women don't dive? Absolute nonsense. It's notable because it's so rare. Domestically, I've never seen any challenge result in what looked like a dive. I genuinely didn't realise how much the men dive until I watched women's football. As the stakes increase I'm sure it'll become more common though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 There's definitely a muff dive joke in here somewhere, but I'll leave it to Mozza @Melanius Mullarkey. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Brightside Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Again America with the foul throws 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, Diamonds are Forever said: On a related note, from the little women's football I have watched, it does seem a disproportionate amount if goals are scored straight over the goalie's head like this one. There have been quite a few in this world cup alone. Scotland lost one against Japan I think and also the 2nd one against Argentina was purely down to the goalie not being able to reach the ball. The goalies do get criticised quite a lot but in fairness the average female goalie is probably about 5-6 inches smaller than the average male goalie, yet have the same size net to defend. You could have the best handling in the world but if you can't reach the crossbar then it doesn't matter. It's the only position on the park where their smaller stature compared to men does put them at a disadvantage, with the outfielders the difference in size is relative because your opposition will be the same. If you made men play in goal posts that were 6 inches taller and 12 inches wider we'd see lots more of the same types of goals. In short, although it sounds (and is) incredibly simple, guess I'm saying that hitting the ball high from around the edge if the area seems a pretty good tactic as opposed to trying to work it into perfect scoring situations. It's been mentioned before but the average woman is now around the same height as a man was when the football goal dimensions were defined. So if anything women's football is more representative of what the game should look like.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
resk Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Pretty sure Pearce gets a wee stauner every time his co-commentator calls him "JP". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy Snake Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 8 minutes ago, GordonS said: Are there really people out there who like Jonathon Pierce? There must be, otherwise the BBC would get someone else. Who are these people? He's just living off past glories. Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Cheating wee boot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 9 minutes ago, GordonS said: It's notable because it's so rare. Domestically, I've never seen any challenge result in what looked like a dive. I genuinely didn't realise how much the men dive until I watched women's football. As the stakes increase I'm sure it'll become more common though. And immediately there's a really shocking dive. Ah well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, Mr. Brightside said: Where has this myth come from that the women don't dive? Absolute nonsense. Exhibit B there... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 There seems to be a lot of early goals in the Women's WC. They're probably still getting ready. #amiritefellas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 1 minute ago, Zen Archer said: Cheating wee boot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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