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A penalty really is too harsh a punishment for some offences in the box imo. 

Need more indirect free kicks for accidental offences and/or situations that almost certainly would not have prevented a goal.

Obviously England deserved to win the game though. Defended much better than we did on the night, and were sharp up front

If we'd won the cup, it would have been celebrated with the same amount of joy as if we'd won the men's one. And I think that would've been great for the world to see. 

Frustrating.

It's gonna be a long day defending these set pieces and corners.

Amazing turn of events

Spain vs Sweden kicking off now

I've stopped paying attention to football transfers, but tuning back in now I'm just absolutely lost on what's happened.

This Saudi takeover of all the world's players seems about as joyous as if Elon Musk bought all 20 premier league teams, switched all jerseys to plain white and renamed all the clubs alpha, beta, gamma etc

1 hour ago, Tommy said:

YES MATILDAS! 

Australia are through after a dramatic penalty shootout vs. France! 

This might not be visible outside Australia but the level of excitement here about this team has now eclipsed the Socceroos qualifying and progressing through the group at the Germany world cup in 2006.

Honestly don't think democrats should bother with a Bernie candidate until they can win enough senate seats to kill the filibuster, add a couple more states and abolish the electoral college.

On 05/08/2023 at 00:46, Cicero said:

Are there really no suitable democratic candidates that appeals to the moderates?

Josh Shapiro and Jared Polis would be decent picks.

Klobuchar and Buttigieg also high profile moderates that would be worth mentioning.

but that said I've been happy with Biden's policies and would be enthusiastic in voting for him in 2024. He's delivered a huge amount for a president with a very precarious congressional balance, with Manchin the deciding senator.

4 hours ago, Redcanuck said:

No Rapinoe and some of the others on the American team put their own political agenda ahead of representing their country and playing football.  They were unfocused , and partial pre occupied with matters of the pitch and it showed in their play.  They were lucky to get out of the group stage and only played well in their last game after the criticism back home grew to be too much to ignore.  

This sounds like confirmation bias. If they won you sure wouldn't be saying they rode to victory due to being fired up about a woke agenda would you?

Also in terms of the equal pay discussion...

This is shaping up to be a very interesting world cup. Still lots of teams capable of winning it.

Sam Kerr is probably the biggest name in Australian sport these days. 

So good to see her finally getting some game time

Yes!

5 hours ago, Spike said:

If it is escapism, where is the escapism for the men that have to hide their sexuality because football isn’t ready to accept them for who they are? Where is the escapism for the players that suffer through racial abuse from fans? You say that sports isn’t the place for this but some people’s lives can’t be separated from politics, religion or social problems. The Iranian national team have to suffer exactly through this during the World Cup as @Dr. Gonzo explained. Marcus Rashford has used football to support children his country won’t, children can’t escape being hungry watching football.

Probably because society is more important than winning games, 

I'm sympathetic to this argument, but I do think sport is one thing that can help unite a divided society, and the value of that should not be taken lightly....

I don't like rapinoe but I have no issues at all with her campaigning for better pay. The men's team are a 25th seeded team that are shit to watch. The women's team are the first seed and world leaders in the sport and hugely important in popularising women's football around the world. 

Right now if I could vote for a revenue share between the Socceroos and the Matilda's I would go beyond equal pay, because the Matilda's are undisputedly the most marketable national team in Australian sport right now of any code or gender...

But do we really want a scale that says "hey team X you're a bit shit at the moment relative to the other team so we're cutting your pay"? For me, no. So equal pay seems fair.

What a crazy penalty shootout!

Absolutely insane ending too.

13 hours ago, Viva la FCB said:

The fact that hes still neck and neck with Biden is hilarious. The dem's just fucking suck if Biden is the best candidate they can do again for the coming election. Hes too old at this point let alone another 4 years but what is the alternative to vote for you say? A criminal, life long grifter that staged a coux attempt? oh solid options. 

The challenge for democrats is finding a candidate that will win Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona, all of which are about 6 points more conservative than the median voter and constantly on a knife edge.

5 hours ago, Stan said:

I've not really kept up to date with all this Trump stuff - mainly because I'm bored of it and I can't stand seeing the orange fucker - but are any of these charges likely to stick? And what is his likely punishment?

Yes they are all pretty undeniable. But the process moves slowly. I don't want would reach the point of sentencing before the next election.

2 hours ago, Stan said:

Panama lead France  

Unreal free-kick. About 30+ yards out. 

That goal was seriously one of the most perfect free kicks, man or woman, that I've seen. How many world cup free kick goals top that one?

Matilda's!!! 2-0 up!

6 hours ago, OrangeKhrush said:

he ruined Twitter by making it more well used.  i think what you mean is, he ruined Twitter for establishment shills and people with extreme mental disorders.

All 112 million of them.