The Women's Rolling Football Thread season 2024-25

[DuncinToffee]

All ready for a brand new season ⚽💪

Previous thread

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/sports/4879827-the-womens-rolling-football-thread-season-2023-24

The only thing I will say is when Reyes tragically died in a car accident the tabloids went mad-driving too fast etc and I think that a tyre had blown but the lie outlasted the truth...
I don't believe anything any more...

edited to say I think he was driving very fast but a tyre blew which caused the crash although speed certainly didn't help...

Great goal from Denmark after Germany had theirs disallowed by VAR.

This match is going to take forever

Dvided loyalties

Hup Holland!

Come on England!

Wow, what a stunner of a goal by Lauren James!

Another banger, this time by Georgia Stanway - fantastic! We really needed our midfield to show up today after the France debacle.

Good from England, disappointing from Holland

Lauren James is on fire!

She is!

I will put my Dutch shirt away for a bit

4-0 so far and England deserve that scoreline. They've been fluid, intense and very impressive.

and Holland have been bad

Hopefully this result will shut down the doomsayers who had England on the next plane home.

Yma O Hyd played before the teams came out.

Oh no, absolutely horrendous there by Safia Middleton-Patel - absolutely gifted France that goal 😞

And another mistake for France's 4th, shame as Wales are playing quite well.

Kelly Gago coming on for France

I love Jess Fishlock - she is such a warrior

A few tweaks for England in defence - moving Carter into the centre and Greenwood to the left made such a difference.
Passing was so much better and our goals were fantastic.

@DuncinToffeecould you please explain why ‘the Netherlands’ is always used by commentators but the fans seem to chant ‘Holland’?

I am not sure actually, probably because of the Hup Holland Hup chant.

Netherlands is the correct name, Holland is only a part of the Netherlands.

Well I can't believe that we have spent £1m on Olivia Smith.

It looks like we are determined to win the WSL. Fingers crossed that we do it.

I can't believe Liverpool sold her! Frustrating lack of ambition there, especially in contrast to the way the men's team are supported.

We just signed our 4th Japanese player

Sweden looked great tonight

I didn't watch last night. Germany or Sweden in the next round, which do we prefer?

Come second in the group and we avoid Spain.

(I am assuming my Dutch team is going home)

I watched the match. Both are going to be tough, but until the red card, I was thinking that I would rather avoid Germany.

But Sweden are brilliant as well, just different.

It looks like we will come second so hopefully we will avoid Spain if we manage to beat Sweden.

I get strange looks sometimes when saying the Netherlands if talking about my visits there.