Womens Euros

[Neilds]

Great game last from the Lionesses ?
Nice to see a full stadium and loads of kids. My club , Rotherham Utd have got 3 group games and a quarter final, as well so great news.

 

[Beezerk]

Be the first time it will be a full house then? ??

 

[pokerjoke]

Be the first time it will be a full house then? ??

It wasn’t at the Ethiad ?

 

[pokerjoke]

They played well,obviously could have been more,but a good solid start.

 

[Golfmmad]

Great game last from the Lionesses ?
Nice to see a full stadium and loads of kids. My club , Rotherham Utd have got 3 group games and a quarter final, as well so great news.

Going to see them at the Amex stadium Brighton on Monday. Looking forward to a decent game and more goals! ?

 

[Hobbit]

A good game, unlike the Norway ‘v’ Northern Ireland last night. Norway moved the ball around really well, and could have easily scored more. NI, oh dear. They were very poor.

 

[IanM]

There's going to be a few high scores in this. Some are professionals, some are not.

 

[IanM]

Having objected to the staging of games at Man City Academy and Rotherham, neither were full by any means. So decisions were correct.

Turned on 2nd half of France Italy. 5 nil at half time so the second half is a bit drab as France having a breather.

The knock out games will be better... turning back to the golf

 

[Foxholer]

Some v poor performances; some pretty good ones. But that's because the different countries are at different stages of development.
Stadium choices haven't been the best for display of 'crowds'.
Later rounds should provide greater entertainment and impression.
Early days in the sport's development, but it'll undoubtedly improve.

 

[Golfmmad]

Some v poor performances; some pretty good ones. But that's because the different countries are at different stages of development.
Stadium choices haven't been the best for display of 'crowds'.
Later rounds should provide greater entertainment and impression.
Early days in the sport's development, but it'll undoubtedly improve.

Was at the game last night at the Amex Stadium. What a game, great goals brilliant performance. Sat in the upper West stand so could see the whole pitch and England moved the ball really well.
Eight goals you might say, but it's reckoned that Norway have one
of the best defences but last night the girls were so good any defence would have struggled, such was their dominant display.
The atmosphere was fantastic too!
Looking forward to next Wednesdays performance and more goals!

 

[Crazyface]

I won't tell you what this was described to me as (as a whole) but I was crying laughing.

 

[pendodave]

This might be better in random irritations, but I find "Lionesses" grates with me. Why can't we just call them England? I can't decide whether I find it assanine, patronising, desperate or merely irritating. Our dear commentators seem able to refer to all the other teams perfectly normally without using infantile collective nouns. Les Poules? etc etc.

Despite this, I'm curious about how the semis will play out. It'll be interesting to see what the key differentiators turn out to be, now that we're at the pointy end (*).
(*) apologies for infantile noun.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

This might be better in random irritations, but I find "Lionesses" grates with me. Why can't we just call them England? I can't decide whether I find it assanine, patronising, desperate or merely irritating. Our dear commentators seem able to refer to all the other teams perfectly normally without using infantile collective nouns. Les Poules? etc etc.

Despite this, I'm curious about how the semis will play out. It'll be interesting to see what the key differentiators turn out to be, now that we're at the pointy end (*).
(*) apologies for infantile noun.

I agree with this. I can't quite put my finger on it either but it feels so forced, as well as being rubbish. From a chant point of view there are just too many syllables so it doesn't even work from that perspective.

 

[HomecountiesJohn]

I hope the women are successful and win the trophy, it would be extremely pivotal in growing the game.

It would be a great triumph for England.

 

[Orikoru]

Every team has to have a nickname apparently. Like in the Olympics we can't be Great Britain we have to be "Team Gee Bee". In rugby you have Springboks and All Blacks as well I guess. Lionesses obviously stems from the badge and the fact that they are females.

 

[GB72]

This might be better in random irritations, but I find "Lionesses" grates with me. Why can't we just call them England? I can't decide whether I find it assanine, patronising, desperate or merely irritating. Our dear commentators seem able to refer to all the other teams perfectly normally without using infantile collective nouns. Les Poules? etc etc.

Despite this, I'm curious about how the semis will play out. It'll be interesting to see what the key differentiators turn out to be, now that we're at the pointy end (*).
(*) apologies for infantile noun.

Not sure why it happens in womens' sport. The England rugby team are called the red roses and that jars a bit as well.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Every team has to have a nickname apparently. Like in the Olympics we can't be Great Britain we have to be "Team Gee Bee". In rugby you have Springboks and All Blacks as well I guess. Lionesses obviously stems from the badge and the fact that they are females.

The badge with the three leopards on you mean?



Lights blue paper [one for the old guys]

 

[ColchesterFC]

Does the men's team have male lions on the badge and the women's team have female lionesses on the badge?

 

[RichA]

The England men have been known as the three lions for a while.
England cricket development team are the Lions.
British Lions rugby.
In an era of sports franchises, a nickname is pretty normal and from their point of view it's better to choose your own positive one than wait for an idiot headline writer to make one up.
I'm guessing it's not middle-aged male golfers they're trying to appeal to.

 

[AmandaJR]

The Lionesses doesn't bother me - quite like it in fact. The awful pundits however...I've seen the play, it's been commentated on - don't give chapter and verse on who passed to who etc. If you have nothing to add just keep quiet!