pendodave
Tour Rookie
Just look to have a little more pace and urgency.
Mind you, I've felt like that about every major tournament that the men have played for the last 20 years, so maybe it's just that watching a home team skews perceptions?
Mind you, I've felt like that about every major tournament that the men have played for the last 20 years, so maybe it's just that watching a home team skews perceptions?
Captainron
Big Hitting, South African Sweary Person
It hasn’t though as the Premier League is football is it not?That was the men's game. As men's league football has restarted so it might make a column or two
Will be interested to see what happens from this - will more players speak out… let’s see.
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Maybe have a look at the European leagues and make them knockouts again? Ditch the dropping from Champions League to Europa Cup etc?
Oh, hang on, clubs are too greedy for that
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
Ad stamping on a player on the ground to that as well.
I remember the abuse Beckham got for a very similar thing.
Ref has given us nothing I agree.
larmen
Head Pro
Well, pace yourselves. You don’t see Kipchoge running like Bolt and then complaining that his race is too long.
Play football at an intensity you can sustain a season, that’s a skill as well.
pendodave
Tour Rookie
Hmmm...
That definitely looked like a foul by the English defender.
That’s not easy to do when they’ve spent the last 15 or so years training for very specific targets.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
She has let the game flow I give her that.
That suits Nigeria as they look physically stronger.
But some very obvious fouls just ignored I agree.
Pin-seeker
Well-known member
Swango1980
Well-known member
What a terrible anaology. Kipchoge runs an endurance event, Bolt runs an anaerobic event. Completely different.
Sure, the players can just pace themselves, and then get battered by the opposition that run their hearts out. Great plan that.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I recall not so long ago a change in number of subs from 3 to 5 for this exact reason.Or managers use their squads/subs better?
Don’t play as many pre season games
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Does the whole 'England lose on penalties' hoodoo extend to the women as well?? 
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
Not necessarily. Take Spanish Tiki-Taka or the Dutch total Football where the object is to play the game using as little energy as possible. Move the ball not the players.
If these tactics are deployed well, then it's usually the team that does have to run their hearts out that get battered.
Like anything, there's a middle ground of better tactics and team management to balance the pace of play.
There are just too many games for the top clubs these days and the addition of a third tier European competition just added to that. Then add in pre-season and Internationals, it's no wonder these discussions arise.
Swango1980
Well-known member
So, a team of players still have to run their hearts out then? Very few teams have the players to pass the ball around the opposition without having to chase the ball themselves. And, even if they did, when they came to face each other, at least one team (if not both) are going to have to do a lot of running to get the ball back.
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
Often the teams running are the ones that have the fewest games to cope with...
not hitting the target is criminal
Swango1980
Well-known member
If avoiding fatigue related injuries was a simple as you suggest, I wonder why all the (top) teams just don't do it?
That second Nigerian penalty was the stuff of nightmares. Lots to learn for England here.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
What a winning from Kelly. From the Shearer school of penalty-taking.
A red card for a stamp and a penalty exit would have felt horribly familiar... fair play to them!
A red card for a stamp and a penalty exit would have felt horribly familiar... fair play to them!
