Women's Football

[robertlouis]

What a brilliant game of football - US brawn and skill against Japanese skill and organisation. Shame that either team had to lose. I only hope that the momentum this excellent tournament has generated will be maintained.

[russtafa]

i bet they have a great time in the shower afterwards

[SammiValentine]

The Goalies are usually really , really, really, wank. Any improvement this tourney ?

[robertlouis]

The Goalies are usually really , really, really, wank. Any improvement this tourney ?

The US keeper was really good, but the little Japanese lass was brilliant in the penalty shootout in the final. One or two outfield players who could possibly make it in the men's game too. The Japanese captain was brilliant - golden boot from midfield, the US striker Abby Wambach was unbeatable in the air, and I've always liked England's Kelly Smith, great engine, a proper football brain and a killer left foot.

Looking forward to the women's olympic footie more than the men's!

[SammiValentine]

Just been watching little luis in the copa.

cant wait for august.

[robertlouis]

Just been watching little luis in the copa.

cant wait for august.

Has Kenny signed you yet?

He rang me just the other day..... seems to be signing up half the world.

Top four this season, top two next?

[SammiValentine]

no expectations, each game as it comes - and surprise everyone. hopefully.

[robertlouis]

no expectations, each game as it comes - and surprise everyone. hopefully.

Agreed. English football without the real big three - Liverpool, Arsenal and Man U - challenging each other for honours just isn't right.

[robertlouis]

I can only get a clear picture on BBC1, the other three channels are a bit cloudy; all those other ones, threes and fours are out of the range of my obscure building....I expected the USA to win, but it was penalties although I think when the US won this in the 1990s it was an heroic performance by their goalie in a penalty shootout that won it for them.

Blimey Stavros - you must live halfway up a mountain or in the middle of a moor. As a lover of the visual and musical arts you have to get Freeview access so that you can watch BBC4.

[Stavros]

In fact the opposite -my building is 'in a dip' at the bottom of a hill which means the surrounding buildings shut me out of the signal -I bought a Freeview box for the World Cup last year and had to take it back to the shop to get my money back as I couldn't get a thing out of it. SKY is apparently the only solution, but it means sticking a UFO on the outside of the building, and paying Murdoch's outfit £25 a month -no thanks.