25-06-2019, 13:53
I know this will be an unpopular thing to say but ......... Womens' Football reminds me a Youth Football. They play the game properly, please the coaches, pass nicely, work openings ........ do stuff right. Cameroon approached the game like men. They knew they were less experienced and certainly had received less coaching, but they had talent and some physical ability. They approached the game like a mid-table team from Division One playing Arsenal. They conceded a VERY unusual first goal to their disappointment, then when they conceded a second were shown a huge screen of a player in an "offside" position. Bill Nicholson would have asked, "if you're not interfering with play what are you doing on the pitch?" They felt aggrieved.
Then they scored and that same VAR which they thought had earlier portrayed injustice, ruled against them.
Do we really think a mens' team would have behaved better? What is everyone saying, Cameroon were unladylike? Isn't that sexist? Would commentators have said the same if Cameroon perhaps looked like Norway?
The whole thing was a clash of styles and approaches to the game. The best team won, but Cameroon don't deserve all the crap being handed out because they wouldn't lie down and die. Like the ref' they lack experience. They did things wrong. But before Saint Neville puts in his two-pennyworth he should perhaps look at some of his behaviour when on the field. He was nobody's Gary Lineker.
Then they scored and that same VAR which they thought had earlier portrayed injustice, ruled against them.
Do we really think a mens' team would have behaved better? What is everyone saying, Cameroon were unladylike? Isn't that sexist? Would commentators have said the same if Cameroon perhaps looked like Norway?
The whole thing was a clash of styles and approaches to the game. The best team won, but Cameroon don't deserve all the crap being handed out because they wouldn't lie down and die. Like the ref' they lack experience. They did things wrong. But before Saint Neville puts in his two-pennyworth he should perhaps look at some of his behaviour when on the field. He was nobody's Gary Lineker.