Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Forever.Fara Williams obviously been shouting
Women's World Cup 2023
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Steel Icarus
we move
Oh ffs, video montages usually give me the feels but I would never have imagined in 1988 that one day the banal lyrics to Kylie's first number one recited over footage of women playing football - brilliantly - would make me a blubbing wreck.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
The Locomotion??!!
Steel Icarus
we move
Remember that three years ago our manager was Philip Neville
kittyP
Pluviophile
Innit!
Jimmy Don't
Well-Known Member
Which one? You can tell me, Confide In Me.....
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
I dunno, it put me in mind of Peter Sellers doind A Hard Days, as Richard III.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Not sure the FA would get their head round that. Not all that long ago, historically, that they banned women's football.
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
In similar vein, i remember Hope Powell being tipped as a men's manager 20 years ago. Aside from the issue of would she want to, she's just got a job as Birmingham technical director. So far the men's game has been pretty resistant to appointing excellent women coaches.
Unless I've missed any?
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Hannah Dingley for about 2 minutes for FGR. (12 days I think it was)
Looks like we’re dangerously close to actually winning the World Cup. I don’t even like football but the women are doing what the men never manage to do. Fingers crossed!
mx wcfc
Well-Known Member
And I've got a lift from the festival to a pub with a telly sorted!
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
I watched Japan thrash them. Japan were irresistible on that night with excellent all-round team play coupled with deadly finishing. Bit like England today!
Spain are good going forward, and they're Spanish so they like possession and close control but sometimes it doesn't go anywhere.
I think England on their day are as good as anyone in this tournament. It feels wrong to say this, but I make England favourites. If both teams play to the standard they played in their respective semis, I think England win. But Spain have the individual talent to upset that, for sure.
savoloysam
Ready to move into the light
Personally not so much so. As I posted earlier if we can muster the same performance level that we did today we'll be good.
Spain maybe good in possession but if we play at our best we can match them and stifle their game.
AverageJoe
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Bookies have Spain as favourites.
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
Bookies also called Brexit wrong.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Four goal, five goal marathon
She’s moving like Parallelogram
savoloysam
Ready to move into the light
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Love Russo. No shit in her interview, humble without letting you know she was being humble, and she's responsible for my favourite ever goal in football. That back heel.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Latest bookie odds have it as a toss-up, England marginal favourites. Then again England's odds are usually not good value because lots of people bet on them for non-logical reasons.
This site says that 26% of all bets in the tournament have been on England and just 10% on Spain. Yet they're still a toss-up. Maybe someone can explain that? It seems that the bookies are set to lose a lot of money if England win. Shouldn't they be heavily odds-on?
https://www.oddschecker.com/insight...ds-england-lionesses-odds-on-to-win-world-cup
This site says that 26% of all bets in the tournament have been on England and just 10% on Spain. Yet they're still a toss-up. Maybe someone can explain that? It seems that the bookies are set to lose a lot of money if England win. Shouldn't they be heavily odds-on?
https://www.oddschecker.com/insight...ds-england-lionesses-odds-on-to-win-world-cup
planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
BIB - Means nothing. At least it's implying this is measured in numbers of bets, not size of wager (or take out). Which is crucial.
Spain were also offered at better odds earlier in the tournament. Some bookies may have a loss on this so don't want to take any more bets on Spain.
Umpire's call. Let's just guess.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Odds on Portuguese site BWIN are in decimal so I've put a conversion in second row, % probability 3rd row
Spain 2.45 29/20 40.82%
England 2.60 8/5 38.46%
Draw 2.80 9/5 35.7%
Spain 2.45 29/20 40.82%
England 2.60 8/5 38.46%
Draw 2.80 9/5 35.7%
AverageJoe
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Kind of.
Let's take Bet365 as an example. In the UK they will have Spain as favourites to encourage UK players to bet.
But Bet365 in Spain and Latin America will have England as favourites to encourage them to bet.
Once all the monetary bets are collated, the total sum will be placed on many exchanges (like what banks do with their overnight deposits but not quite, as they get a fixed return). The bookies are essentially hedging the deposits and will literally bet against themselves. That way they can't lose.
savoloysam
Ready to move into the light
After the recent games she's happy but doesn't get carried away. Clearly focusing on the next match already.
