@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Roles reversed. We are trying to break the Philippines down, they are defending tightly. I'm not convinced we have the quality to unlock them
Need to use height in the box
Play Wimbledon style for a bit
If we can't make chances I hope the coach has more attacking options available. We made one cross that Wilkinson couldn't catch up with. I think we need to drive down the wings and make the early cross. It's very hard to try and score against a static D
Putting the ball in the back of the net is a significant weakness from what I've seen of the Ferns. I was thinking 1-0 was a likely scoreline for this game, so it's not good that we're down.
I hope Milly Clegg is on the bench. Scored several goals for the Nix. Really young, but it's the time to be brave and bold right now
@MiketheSnow said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Won’t get a better chance than that
She is some athlete mind
Similar to the Filipino girl's goal chance. A bit higher
We are on top, but these girls have no idea where the goal is. I predict we lose 1-0, or 2-0 as they capitalise on our mistakes
Let's not fuck spiders. Go on the attack and take the win, or at least take the Filipinos out of the running
@Machpants said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Well, at least they won one game!
I'll wait a bit until I drop another line like this, beautiful set up by myself 
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Let's not fuck spiders.
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean haha but great saying
Two decent efforts so far in this half- but, neither troubles the scorers. And now we put one in the back of the net, but millimetres offside in the build-up.
Fuck it!!!! 
@Machpants said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Let's not fuck spiders.
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean haha but great saying
Let's not muck about
We need a goal so the coach brings on a player who hasn't scored for NZ since 2018. Meanwhile she has a goal scoring wunderkind sitting on the bench. Jesus wept
@MiketheSnow said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Should have done better with that chance
Good save
Jale has not scored for NZ since 2018.
Pretty disappointing - four or five decent chances for us to score and we weren't able to.
Philippines took their one good chance.
A draw in this game might have been enough to get us into the play-offs - a loss makes it pretty difficult.
@Chris-B said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
Pretty disappointing - four or five decent chances for us to score and we weren't able to.
Philippines took their one good chance.
A draw in this game might have been enough to get us into the play-offs - a loss makes it pretty difficult.
I think we want Switzerland to beat Norway and we need to beat Switzerland. And hope the Philippines don't win. So out in the group stage it is
Vagaries of soccer huh?
Sneak a goal and defend luck hell.
Poos
P.S. I assume as much couldn't watch here. But first half stats were dominant.
Well that’s a downer.
And will kill the average Kiwi’s interest in soccer for a couple of decades.
It is harder to break down a team who get bodies behind the ball, than to counter a team who try to play football against you. We didn't have the strength, the skill or the quality to break them down. And when chances fell to us, we couldn't take them
@canefan said in FIFA Women's World Cup:
It is harder to break down a team who get bodies behind the ball, than to counter a team who try to play football against you. We didn't have the strength, the skill or the quality to break them down. And when chances fell to us, we couldn't take them
Broke them down many times, didn't finish them off