The Women's Rolling Football Thread season 2025-26

[DuncinToffee]

"You cannot win a game of football on your own"

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It was awful how they treated Viv IMO.

@Scoobydoobydoo19
I agree-it was terrible-I hated Jonas at that point-wished we would have dumped him faster and kept her!!!
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Hear, hear. I think Renee would have loved working with her.

Anyway, she's probably going to get her second WSL winner's medal.

We were great today - like when we played against Barcelona in the CL final. Little, Wubben-Moy, Catley were all exceptional today but this is RS coaching win. It's such a bittersweet victory, though - if only we could have turned some of our draws earlier in the season into wins, a result like this would have meant we would be in a proper title race.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c23zkemn5xmo

Now that I have seen what she said in context, I agree with Aluko.

I was a bit disappointed in Laura Woods for her remarks - it reminded me of women writers who are adamant that they would be being sexist not to write equal numbers of male and female parts in original drama, ignoring the fact that existing plays and screenplays already have far more parts for men than for women. Over football as a whole, there are fewer opportunities for women than for men. Women should be prioritised in women's football, because men are prioritised in men's football - we just don't actually say that. Back to the acting analogy to illustrate my point - we talk about a "female-dominated cast" (a woman in the leading role or 35% female parts) and a cast (a man in the leading role and 65% male parts).

Perhaps there should be more opportunities for female pundits or Black pundits. However, Eni Aluko doesn't get these jobs because she is an absolutely awful pundit. She comes across as ridiculously entitled, she's a really unlikeable person and she must be a nightmare to work with. To blame Ian Wright for her lack of opportunities is ridiculous - he does more than most men to progress the women's game. It's not realistic or fair to ask him to give up work that he has been offered and in no other walk of life would this be reasonable.

Its funny that when I called out in a previous post not long ago my woes over Arsenal not scoring they went onto do brilliantly, i'm thinking about doing the same with some England teams now :-)

She was and is wrong to make it about Ian Wright specifically for all the reasons you mention. (Although I don't think she is that bad a pundit. Mainly really, really unlikeable!)

But I was trying to amplify her fundamental point which I think is valid - women's football should primarily give opportunities to women - referees, pundits, managers, etc - wherever possible, and not pretend that there is a level playing field across football generally. I think she's right to stick to her guns on that score.

Even in women's football, men have more jobs than women. There are initiatives afoot to equalise this situation and encourage women to train and put themselves forward for jobs in football. And there are things women can do to make themselves more employable - thinking about Carla Ward wanting to be the primary carer for her child as well as head coach of a WSL club. Can't be done. Be realistic. Let your partner do it.

Thanks for the reverse jinx! Worked out a treat. 😁Please keep at it, we desperately need it to continue.

Yay, third win in a row! Should have been more comfortable than 1-0 but a win is a win.

That Villa v Spurs score 3-7

Congratulations!
And The Women's Football Show will be worth a watch tonight for that Aston Villa game alone.

So miffed about our game being cancelled but at least Spurs haven't actually overtaken us in the table.

@Snowypeaks do you know if the Bristol City match will be on tv tomorrow? Thanks

Just jumping on to give a shout out to Chatham Town Ladies, Chatham is my home town and I always keep an eye on both the ladies and men's teams. Bloody brilliant first half going in at just 1-0 down. Shame the dream has ended but what an amazing cup run they had 🔴⚫

We were second best today, just not good enough and frustrating to watch.

Their second goal was handball though.

How are Chatham doing in their league @TheSleepingGiant ?

@DuncinToffee currently 4th in Division 1 South East. 18 points from the top but they do have 4 games in hand due to games needing rescheduling due to either the cup games or bad weather. They are also in the Kent FA Cup Final taking place in April, so all in all a decent season for them.

Sorry for Everton's defeat yesterday and good luck for the rest of the season

Chloe Kelly is doing really well. She has scored 2 goals according to the caption writer and she isn't even on the pitch.

Well done to Ukraine in the first half at least. Having this sort of thing to look forward to must be really helpful with mental health etc.

Ireland were leading France at half time - our own Katie McCabe scored!

And I see Mariona got an assist for Spain.

They said Roebuck had been brought on at one point. I wasn't paying proper attention and was mightily confused!

Ukraine defended really well in the first half. The game turned out rather better than it looked like it might at one point! Pleased for the players that got the goals - all well deserved and I'm especially glad Jess Park is showing what she can do.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70kyn581r8o

This is such a shame - why don't the WSL just adopt and adapt this instead of starting from scratch with their own fantasy wsl game? I never play myself but it's everywhere on the socials, so it must be successful and the organisers will have gained a lot of expertise. I just don't understand some of the decisions that WSL are taking.

I use it and it's enjoyable to play but the app is quite slow and clunky. I definitely think it would be worth the WSL working with them to improve the app as I think it would otherwise be quite successful. They've obviously had a lot of success but can only take it so far with limited resources so it's disappointing they've not had that backing.

Also, to my mind, a fantasy league app developed initially by fans would be so on-brand for the WSL. Fan engagement and buy-in is what women's football is about. Hope that doesn't sound icky! Perhaps now that people know about it, the WSL might have a change of heart? At least have a go at making it work.

Absolutely, I understand what you mean.

I think someone once mentioned the fantasy wsl but I had completely forgotten about it.

Katja Snoeijs on endometriosis

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVqKEmzjPck/

Australia v N Korea in the Asian Cup QF

Guardian is doing a live blog

Four wins on the bounce 👏💪

Happy Mother's day