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macca/kirstie shippers giving stage 5 clinger vibes. actually her fans post wc have bene weird and cringey af
I don’t find them bad honestly, some people just are a bit over enthusiastic is all. Trying to guess when someone is going to propose and saying how the resort they are staying in would be a great place etc is a little invasive though I suppose, but harmless
It’s harmless until it becomes (cyber?) stalking, that’s my issue. Like yeah being like “omg that is such a nice hotel” is harmless, but you just have to look at other couples and see how it escalates. Those fans (?) are going to end up stalking family members, etc. That crosses a line.

People here have argued that you can stalk a family member’s social media account if it’s public but like … no? That’s invasive? It crosses a line but some would say it’s still “harmless” since the social media profile is public.

Now as far as I know those fans (?) haven’t stalked family members yet but … I also feel it’s only a matter of time before they do. And I really, really wish this thread would do more to condemn that kind of behavior instead of justifying it/defending it.
Omg where have you beeeeeeeen this has been my exact thought forever. There was an argument that a players mom had a “public figure” social media account or something and that it’s fair game because her posts are public and just…NOPE, not how being decent about privacy and personal lives of players works. By all means enjoy and discuss the content the players themselves post, that’s what they post it for ultimately. But do noooooooooot go digging around for content of anyone.

That photo of Kyra with the scarf on even, that was only found because invasive fans followed Charli’s boyfriend’s Instagram account. He’s not a public figure. His account is private. It’s just nasty and boundary violating

Yeah players family members/friends should be off limits whether their accounts are private or not. I think people have got this idea that it's fair game if their account is public and that isnt really the case. A players grandma having a public instagram account doesnt mean that thousands of their grandchildrens fans who has never ever met that person, should be viewing their content and posting it elsewhere for example. its weird. Only downside to that is likes of Caitlin's sister and Katies sister who love the attention and freely want people to follow them, that gives off the impression that all family members are wanting that and its not the case.

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macca/kirstie shippers giving stage 5 clinger vibes. actually her fans post wc have bene weird and cringey af
I don’t find them bad honestly, some people just are a bit over enthusiastic is all. Trying to guess when someone is going to propose and saying how the resort they are staying in would be a great place etc is a little invasive though I suppose, but harmless
It’s harmless until it becomes (cyber?) stalking, that’s my issue. Like yeah being like “omg that is such a nice hotel” is harmless, but you just have to look at other couples and see how it escalates. Those fans (?) are going to end up stalking family members, etc. That crosses a line.

People here have argued that you can stalk a family member’s social media account if it’s public but like … no? That’s invasive? It crosses a line but some would say it’s still “harmless” since the social media profile is public.

Now as far as I know those fans (?) haven’t stalked family members yet but … I also feel it’s only a matter of time before they do. And I really, really wish this thread would do more to condemn that kind of behavior instead of justifying it/defending it.

Omg where have you beeeeeeeen this has been my exact thought forever. There was an argument that a players mom had a “public figure” social media account or something and that it’s fair game because her posts are public and just…NOPE, not how being decent about privacy and personal lives of players works. By all means enjoy and discuss the content the players themselves post, that’s what they post it for ultimately. But do noooooooooot go digging around for content of anyone.

That photo of Kyra with the scarf on even, that was only found because invasive fans followed Charli’s boyfriend’s Instagram account. He’s not a public figure. His account is private. It’s just nasty and boundary violating

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macca/kirstie shippers giving stage 5 clinger vibes. actually her fans post wc have bene weird and cringey af
I don’t find them bad honestly, some people just are a bit over enthusiastic is all. Trying to guess when someone is going to propose and saying how the resort they are staying in would be a great place etc is a little invasive though I suppose, but harmless
It’s harmless until it becomes (cyber?) stalking, that’s my issue. Like yeah being like “omg that is such a nice hotel” is harmless, but you just have to look at other couples and see how it escalates. Those fans (?) are going to end up stalking family members, etc. That crosses a line.

People here have argued that you can stalk a family member’s social media account if it’s public but like … no? That’s invasive? It crosses a line but some would say it’s still “harmless” since the social media profile is public.

Now as far as I know those fans (?) haven’t stalked family members yet but … I also feel it’s only a matter of time before they do. And I really, really wish this thread would do more to condemn that kind of behavior instead of justifying it/defending it.

Yeah I get you, but I think unfortunately those people will cross lines irrespective of whether this thread condemns that behaviour or not though. Macca tagging the hotel and people saying "oh thats a really nice resort" is fine, but I wouldn't then go out of my way to do anything further with that info and anyone who does is either 12 years old or have issues that we wont be able to solve on this forum. I don't ever see Macca and Kirsty getting to the point where they have to deal with some of the shit that other couples unfortunately have to deal with because they don't play at big enough clubs to generate those crazy ass fans.
I wish everyone could respect boundaries on social media but we can't control everyone and they will do whatever they want regardless of what we say about it so I just leave them to it.

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macca/kirstie shippers giving stage 5 clinger vibes. actually her fans post wc have bene weird and cringey af
I don’t find them bad honestly, some people just are a bit over enthusiastic is all. Trying to guess when someone is going to propose and saying how the resort they are staying in would be a great place etc is a little invasive though I suppose, but harmless

It’s harmless until it becomes (cyber?) stalking, that’s my issue. Like yeah being like “omg that is such a nice hotel” is harmless, but you just have to look at other couples and see how it escalates. Those fans (?) are going to end up stalking family members, etc. That crosses a line.

People here have argued that you can stalk a family member’s social media account if it’s public but like … no? That’s invasive? It crosses a line but some would say it’s still “harmless” since the social media profile is public.

Now as far as I know those fans (?) haven’t stalked family members yet but … I also feel it’s only a matter of time before they do. And I really, really wish this thread would do more to condemn that kind of behavior instead of justifying it/defending it.

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macca/kirstie shippers giving stage 5 clinger vibes. actually her fans post wc have bene weird and cringey af

I don’t find them bad honestly, some people just are a bit over enthusiastic is all. Trying to guess when someone is going to propose and saying how the resort they are staying in would be a great place etc is a little invasive though I suppose, but harmless

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Macca and Kirsty holidaying in Greece. That resort looks amazing!
If Macca is thinking of proposing then that would be a pretty nice place to do it...the hotel looks amazing and definitely not cheap. Little proposal on the beach perhaps
Mac wont be proposing 1.5 years in when they are likely about to change clubs and be apart from each other + she has the olympics to focus on
Change clubs? Mac’s last WH posts didn’t make it sound like that at all

I actually thought the opposite. It was very non committal about next season. Her contract won’t run out until end of June so could be a case that she genuinely hasn’t sorted what’s happening next season yet, but nowhere in her post does she reference next season with West Ham. I know she said “moving the team forward” but that to me was a general thing about West Ham moving forward. She didn’t sign off with “see you next season” or anything like she has in the past.

Suppose when your contract is up and nothing has been decided either way it’s quite hard to comment on it from her end.

The fact that West Ham fans I’ve seen on social media are preparing for her to leave and haven’t heard that she’s even in talks about a new contract makes me think she atleast wants to leave, whether that ends up happening or not will depend on the options I guess.

I also saw a recent photo on imago (don’t know how to add it here) post game from Saturday where she looks a little upset. Could have been due to her error that cost first goal, could have just been end of season etc but she doesn’t normally react like that.

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Macca and Kirsty holidaying in Greece. That resort looks amazing!
If Macca is thinking of proposing then that would be a pretty nice place to do it...the hotel looks amazing and definitely not cheap. Little proposal on the beach perhaps
No. I love Mac and Kirsty but use some common sense, please. She’s not going to propose when she’s about to be gone for camp in Aus and they’ll be apart since Kirsty is on Scotland’s Euro qualifier squad.

Considering most of their off season / international breaks are spent apart with a lot of travelling, it doesn’t leave much time to propose if that’s the case. Unless she does it post Olympics on a quick getaway before the season starts.
I for one doubt she has even thought about a proposal at this point to be quite honest, it’s still very early in their relationship and I just can’t see it happening yet.

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Macca and Kirsty holidaying in Greece. That resort looks amazing!
If Macca is thinking of proposing then that would be a pretty nice place to do it...the hotel looks amazing and definitely not cheap. Little proposal on the beach perhaps
Mac wont be proposing 1.5 years in when they are likely about to change clubs and be apart from each other + she has the olympics to focus on

Change clubs? Mac’s last WH posts didn’t make it sound like that at all

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Macca and Kirsty holidaying in Greece. That resort looks amazing!
If Macca is thinking of proposing then that would be a pretty nice place to do it...the hotel looks amazing and definitely not cheap. Little proposal on the beach perhaps

No. I love Mac and Kirsty but use some common sense, please. She’s not going to propose when she’s about to be gone for camp in Aus and they’ll be apart since Kirsty is on Scotland’s Euro qualifier squad.

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Macca and Kirsty holidaying in Greece. That resort looks amazing!
If Macca is thinking of proposing then that would be a pretty nice place to do it...the hotel looks amazing and definitely not cheap. Little proposal on the beach perhaps

Mac wont be proposing 1.5 years in when they are likely about to change clubs and be apart from each other + she has the olympics to focus on

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Macca and Kirsty holidaying in Greece. That resort looks amazing!

If Macca is thinking of proposing then that would be a pretty nice place to do it...the hotel looks amazing and definitely not cheap. Little proposal on the beach perhaps

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Macca and Kirsty holidaying in Greece. That resort looks amazing!

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I’m a little worried Mary will see even fewer minutes at City with the Shaw/Miedema combo.
Shaw is 9 and Miedema is 10 right? Mary can play RW or LW. I think Miedema will share minutes with Shaw rather than Mary
No, Miedema is a 9. She was played as a 10 with Arsenal because Jonas is stupid lol but she is not a 10. She’s a striker

Jonas is stupid

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I’m a little worried Mary will see even fewer minutes at City with the Shaw/Miedema combo.
Shaw is 9 and Miedema is 10 right? Mary can play RW or LW. I think Miedema will share minutes with Shaw rather than Mary
She’s not starting games at LW with Hemp there

What position has Mary been playing in the last few games she has started?

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I’m a little worried Mary will see even fewer minutes at City with the Shaw/Miedema combo.
Shaw is 9 and Miedema is 10 right? Mary can play RW or LW. I think Miedema will share minutes with Shaw rather than Mary

She’s not starting games at LW with Hemp there

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I’m a little worried Mary will see even fewer minutes at City with the Shaw/Miedema combo.
Shaw is 9 and Miedema is 10 right? Mary can play RW or LW. I think Miedema will share minutes with Shaw rather than Mary

No, Miedema is a 9. She was played as a 10 with Arsenal because Jonas is stupid lol but she is not a 10. She’s a striker

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I’m a little worried Mary will see even fewer minutes at City with the Shaw/Miedema combo.
Shaw is 9 and Miedema is 10 right? Mary can play RW or LW. I think Miedema will share minutes with Shaw rather than Mary

If Chloe Kelly leaves to PSG as has been rumoured a few times then that’ll leave a space for Mary in the team. Hopefully Gareth Taylor will learn the meaning of rotation and so even if she’s not a guaranteed starter she would still get good minutes.

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I’m a little worried Mary will see even fewer minutes at City with the Shaw/Miedema combo.

Shaw is 9 and Miedema is 10 right? Mary can play RW or LW. I think Miedema will share minutes with Shaw rather than Mary

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Caitlin worked her magic for Arsenal in the 22/23 season. Did they have her playing more centrally then? Because this season, she's been stuck on the sidelines playing wide, barely even on the screen during games.
Arsenal had a lot of injuries last season so Jonas couldn't stick to his stupid tactics he was hell bent on keeping to this season. Cait was able to roam around more and that's why she had such a great season.

Let's hope she regains her mojo and becomes a star at the Olympics! She so deserves it.

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Caitlin worked her magic for Arsenal in the 22/23 season. Did they have her playing more centrally then? Because this season, she's been stuck on the sidelines playing wide, barely even on the screen during games.

Arsenal had a lot of injuries last season so Jonas couldn't stick to his stupid tactics he was hell bent on keeping to this season. Cait was able to roam around more and that's why she had such a great season.

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I’m a little worried Mary will see even fewer minutes at City with the Shaw/Miedema combo.

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Caitlin worked her magic for Arsenal in the 22/23 season. Did they have her playing more centrally then? Because this season, she's been stuck on the sidelines playing wide, barely even on the screen during games.

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Yep, Cait and Ras are "distracted" or "out of form" but were the only two to score for us against Mexico, and they were both bangers. Okay troll, you can fuxk off now.

Not to mention Caitlin got the assist for Hayley's goal and she scored in both Uzbekistan games. That anon has been trying to troll in here for at least half the day. Da

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Yep, Cait and Ras are "distracted" or "out of form" but were the only two to score for us against Mexico, and they were both bangers. Okay troll, you can fuxk off now.

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To me our chances will boil down to 3 main things:

1. Defence = can we keep clean sheets? we wont be high scoring by any means so keeping clean sheets will be vital. (a la Canada 2021 maybe)
2. injuries / rotation / tony's rotation/sub choices = can we get lucky with injuries, and can Tony make good line-up choices?
3. luck = we will need a lot of things to go our way in terms of results of others, the draw, injuries, ref decisions etc
With Sam Kerr out. We need Players like Foord and Rasso to step up. But at the moment unfortunately they both are out of the form
Caitlin always plays better for the Matildas because she's allowed to come into the middle and open up into space.

We played the majority of the World Cup without Sam and did just fine. The squad will be near identical to July last year. If we continue to hone in and fine tune a couple of little things we've been working on, we can set ourselves up for a really good chance of medalling. The girls also have the want and desire. It's all or nothing.
We yet to face a good opponent after the world cup. How did she do in the Canada game? Only time will tell about Foord's form. For me she looked distracted
What do you mean by she looks distracted?

Just a troll trying to start some Caitlin slander. They’ve been trying it all afternoon/evening in here but people won’t respond. Stupid as Caitlin has insane form for the Matilda’s, they’re going to allude she’s having relationship drama or something at Arsenal (hence the “she looks distracted”) lol.

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I don’t see it, but I’ll also say this: I saw it even less in 2021! And yet we almost made bronze. So who knows. I do think Spain are getting gold for sure. Just don’t see any team dispatching them right now. France usually choke but they do have home advantage and some of their key players back from injury. USWNT is a tossup these days. It’s one of those tournaments where we need a lot of luck on our side.
To me our chances will boil down to 3 main things:

1. Defence = can we keep clean sheets? we wont be high scoring by any means so keeping clean sheets will be vital. (a la Canada 2021 maybe)
2. injuries / rotation / tony's rotation/sub choices = can we get lucky with injuries, and can Tony make good line-up choices?
3. luck = we will need a lot of things to go our way in terms of results of others, the draw, injuries, ref decisions etc
With Sam Kerr out. We need Players like Foord and Rasso to step up. But at the moment unfortunately they both are out of the form
Caitlin always plays better for the Matildas because she's allowed to come into the middle and open up into space.

We played the majority of the World Cup without Sam and did just fine. The squad will be near identical to July last year. If we continue to hone in and fine tune a couple of little things we've been working on, we can set ourselves up for a really good chance of medalling. The girls also have the want and desire. It's all or nothing.
We yet to face a good opponent after the world cup. How did she do in the Canada game? Only time will tell about Foord's form. For me she looked distracted

What do you mean by she looks distracted?

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I just don’t think our bench is deep enough to do a quality run at the Olympics.

I'm afraid so. We just have to take what ever this Olympic brings and do things to generate some quality players for future.

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I just don’t think our bench is deep enough to do a quality run at the Olympics.

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Haha, love the ones saying Cait and Steph but Katie and Alessia are good responses too.

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Looking at this latest squad, with the addition of mini who will undoubtedly be included in the 18 with the understanding she could always be swapped out for an alternate if she’s not ready, do we think this group has enough in it to genuinely compete for a medal?

My personal opinion is that we would need to get incredibly lucky and have quite a few things go our way to be in with a genuine chance. I think we are lacking that proper top quality in certain areas that other teams have in abundance and our squad is also a lot thinner in quality than other teams, which in a shortened tournament where rotation will be key is quite important.

Can I envisage us getting a medal? Yes. Do I think it’s likely? Not really.
Without sounding incredibly negative and I hope I am so wrong here, I think it’s more likely we are out in the group than we are to get a medal.

(Also hoping this might work as reverse psychology and go the other way)
I don’t see it, but I’ll also say this: I saw it even less in 2021! And yet we almost made bronze. So who knows. I do think Spain are getting gold for sure. Just don’t see any team dispatching them right now. France usually choke but they do have home advantage and some of their key players back from injury. USWNT is a tossup these days. It’s one of those tournaments where we need a lot of luck on our side.
To me our chances will boil down to 3 main things:

1. Defence = can we keep clean sheets? we wont be high scoring by any means so keeping clean sheets will be vital. (a la Canada 2021 maybe)
2. injuries / rotation / tony's rotation/sub choices = can we get lucky with injuries, and can Tony make good line-up choices?
3. luck = we will need a lot of things to go our way in terms of results of others, the draw, injuries, ref decisions etc
With Sam Kerr out. We need Players like Foord and Rasso to step up. But at the moment unfortunately they both are out of the form
Caitlin always plays better for the Matildas because she's allowed to come into the middle and open up into space.

We played the majority of the World Cup without Sam and did just fine. The squad will be near identical to July last year. If we continue to hone in and fine tune a couple of little things we've been working on, we can set ourselves up for a really good chance of medalling. The girls also have the want and desire. It's all or nothing.

We yet to face a good opponent after the world cup. How did she do in the Canada game? Only time will tell about Foord's form. For me she looked distracted

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Looking at this latest squad, with the addition of mini who will undoubtedly be included in the 18 with the understanding she could always be swapped out for an alternate if she’s not ready, do we think this group has enough in it to genuinely compete for a medal?

My personal opinion is that we would need to get incredibly lucky and have quite a few things go our way to be in with a genuine chance. I think we are lacking that proper top quality in certain areas that other teams have in abundance and our squad is also a lot thinner in quality than other teams, which in a shortened tournament where rotation will be key is quite important.

Can I envisage us getting a medal? Yes. Do I think it’s likely? Not really.
Without sounding incredibly negative and I hope I am so wrong here, I think it’s more likely we are out in the group than we are to get a medal.

(Also hoping this might work as reverse psychology and go the other way)
I don’t see it, but I’ll also say this: I saw it even less in 2021! And yet we almost made bronze. So who knows. I do think Spain are getting gold for sure. Just don’t see any team dispatching them right now. France usually choke but they do have home advantage and some of their key players back from injury. USWNT is a tossup these days. It’s one of those tournaments where we need a lot of luck on our side.
To me our chances will boil down to 3 main things:

1. Defence = can we keep clean sheets? we wont be high scoring by any means so keeping clean sheets will be vital. (a la Canada 2021 maybe)
2. injuries / rotation / tony's rotation/sub choices = can we get lucky with injuries, and can Tony make good line-up choices?
3. luck = we will need a lot of things to go our way in terms of results of others, the draw, injuries, ref decisions etc
With Sam Kerr out. We need Players like Foord and Rasso to step up. But at the moment unfortunately they both are out of the form

Caitlin always plays better for the Matildas because she's allowed to come into the middle and open up into space.

We played the majority of the World Cup without Sam and did just fine. The squad will be near identical to July last year. If we continue to hone in and fine tune a couple of little things we've been working on, we can set ourselves up for a really good chance of medalling. The girls also have the want and desire. It's all or nothing.

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Looking at this latest squad, with the addition of mini who will undoubtedly be included in the 18 with the understanding she could always be swapped out for an alternate if she’s not ready, do we think this group has enough in it to genuinely compete for a medal?

My personal opinion is that we would need to get incredibly lucky and have quite a few things go our way to be in with a genuine chance. I think we are lacking that proper top quality in certain areas that other teams have in abundance and our squad is also a lot thinner in quality than other teams, which in a shortened tournament where rotation will be key is quite important.

Can I envisage us getting a medal? Yes. Do I think it’s likely? Not really.
Without sounding incredibly negative and I hope I am so wrong here, I think it’s more likely we are out in the group than we are to get a medal.

(Also hoping this might work as reverse psychology and go the other way)
I don’t see it, but I’ll also say this: I saw it even less in 2021! And yet we almost made bronze. So who knows. I do think Spain are getting gold for sure. Just don’t see any team dispatching them right now. France usually choke but they do have home advantage and some of their key players back from injury. USWNT is a tossup these days. It’s one of those tournaments where we need a lot of luck on our side.
To me our chances will boil down to 3 main things:

1. Defence = can we keep clean sheets? we wont be high scoring by any means so keeping clean sheets will be vital. (a la Canada 2021 maybe)
2. injuries / rotation / tony's rotation/sub choices = can we get lucky with injuries, and can Tony make good line-up choices?
3. luck = we will need a lot of things to go our way in terms of results of others, the draw, injuries, ref decisions etc

With Sam Kerr out. We need Players like Foord and Rasso to step up. But at the moment unfortunately they both are out of the form

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Looking at this latest squad, with the addition of mini who will undoubtedly be included in the 18 with the understanding she could always be swapped out for an alternate if she’s not ready, do we think this group has enough in it to genuinely compete for a medal?

My personal opinion is that we would need to get incredibly lucky and have quite a few things go our way to be in with a genuine chance. I think we are lacking that proper top quality in certain areas that other teams have in abundance and our squad is also a lot thinner in quality than other teams, which in a shortened tournament where rotation will be key is quite important.

Can I envisage us getting a medal? Yes. Do I think it’s likely? Not really.
Without sounding incredibly negative and I hope I am so wrong here, I think it’s more likely we are out in the group than we are to get a medal.

(Also hoping this might work as reverse psychology and go the other way)
I don’t see it, but I’ll also say this: I saw it even less in 2021! And yet we almost made bronze. So who knows. I do think Spain are getting gold for sure. Just don’t see any team dispatching them right now. France usually choke but they do have home advantage and some of their key players back from injury. USWNT is a tossup these days. It’s one of those tournaments where we need a lot of luck on our side.

To me our chances will boil down to 3 main things:

1. Defence = can we keep clean sheets? we wont be high scoring by any means so keeping clean sheets will be vital. (a la Canada 2021 maybe)
2. injuries / rotation / tony's rotation/sub choices = can we get lucky with injuries, and can Tony make good line-up choices?
3. luck = we will need a lot of things to go our way in terms of results of others, the draw, injuries, ref decisions etc

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Looking at this latest squad, with the addition of mini who will undoubtedly be included in the 18 with the understanding she could always be swapped out for an alternate if she’s not ready, do we think this group has enough in it to genuinely compete for a medal?

My personal opinion is that we would need to get incredibly lucky and have quite a few things go our way to be in with a genuine chance. I think we are lacking that proper top quality in certain areas that other teams have in abundance and our squad is also a lot thinner in quality than other teams, which in a shortened tournament where rotation will be key is quite important.

Can I envisage us getting a medal? Yes. Do I think it’s likely? Not really.
Without sounding incredibly negative and I hope I am so wrong here, I think it’s more likely we are out in the group than we are to get a medal.

(Also hoping this might work as reverse psychology and go the other way)

I don’t see it, but I’ll also say this: I saw it even less in 2021! And yet we almost made bronze. So who knows. I do think Spain are getting gold for sure. Just don’t see any team dispatching them right now. France usually choke but they do have home advantage and some of their key players back from injury. USWNT is a tossup these days. It’s one of those tournaments where we need a lot of luck on our side.

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Looking at this latest squad, with the addition of mini who will undoubtedly be included in the 18 with the understanding she could always be swapped out for an alternate if she’s not ready, do we think this group has enough in it to genuinely compete for a medal?

My personal opinion is that we would need to get incredibly lucky and have quite a few things go our way to be in with a genuine chance. I think we are lacking that proper top quality in certain areas that other teams have in abundance and our squad is also a lot thinner in quality than other teams, which in a shortened tournament where rotation will be key is quite important.

Can I envisage us getting a medal? Yes. Do I think it’s likely? Not really.
Without sounding incredibly negative and I hope I am so wrong here, I think it’s more likely we are out in the group than we are to get a medal.

(Also hoping this might work as reverse psychology and go the other way)

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Anyone know when the girls will land in Melbourne??

Nope I wish
How fun if they went walking around melbourne before the game I would die to meet Foord or Catley

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Scouser here I thought about posting this a couple of times but I really have no idea how true it is so didn’t want to give false info, but here goes heard a couple of fans on Saturday say they heard she might have tweaked the same calf that kept her out earlier in the season, not badly but enough to bother her kicking in particular, and it was a precautionary thing to keep her out given she has international football to be fit for this summer.
Again, I have no idea how these people would know that if it’s true or not. But yeah, if that’s the case then it doesn’t sound too bad!

This makes quite a bit of sense. No need to risk a greater injury for the last game of the season, particularly when you have the Olympics coming up.

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Scouser here

I thought about posting this a couple of times but I really have no idea how true it is so didn’t want to give false info, but here goes

heard a couple of fans on Saturday say they heard she might have tweaked the same calf that kept her out earlier in the season, not badly but enough to bother her kicking in particular, and it was a precautionary thing to keep her out given she has international football to be fit for this summer.
Again, I have no idea how these people would know that if it’s true or not. But yeah, if that’s the case then it doesn’t sound too bad!

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Just a note on Teagan = not sure what the injury is or how bad it is but Rachael Laws played the game v Leicester with a fractured finger and torn ligament. She had it numbed in the lead-up to the game and at half time. So I imagine she was never meant to play that last game but they had no choice as something clearly came up with Teagan. If putting someone in with a fractured finger was your better option, then I unfortunately assume Teagan definitely was not fit enough to play.

Hopefully it isn't bad and maybe they were just being extra cautious given she has international football whereas Laws doesnt.

I know she was named in the squad today but as we have seen before, up until they actually arrive in camp changes can quite often occur due to injury so lets wait and see.
Laws is also likely leaving in the summer so this was probably a just in case send off game. She has been vocal about not wanting to be the second choice behind Teagan. They would not have named Teagan to the Matildas squad this window if she weren’t at the very least fit to train due to the fact that they are calling in Lydia for this camp and have a surplus of GKs as a result. She’s a lock for the Olympics when fit so there is no need to call her to this camp if she’s seriously hurt.
DA. im literally a Liverpool fan and have physically seen and read the interviews. Beard tried to sign an emergency loan keeper, and no club would part with anyone. Their 3rd keeper did her acl months ago, and the other options were kids who he wouldn't put in to a wsl game like that. So laws (who was originally ruled out for the rest of the season) had to have injections to play. so whatever reason teagan was ruled out must have been something she genuinely could not play with - she wasn't in any of the training videos or images either and during the end of season awards she wasn't even in kit unlike every other player (even other injured ones). thats all the info I have..

I am very aware she did not play and also did not dress. I watched that game. I am saying that if she is hurt to the point she cannot at least lightly train, however minimally, they would likely have left her off the roster entirely due to the fact that this is Lydia’s goodbye window. They don’t need four keepers.

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Just a note on Teagan = not sure what the injury is or how bad it is but Rachael Laws played the game v Leicester with a fractured finger and torn ligament. She had it numbed in the lead-up to the game and at half time. So I imagine she was never meant to play that last game but they had no choice as something clearly came up with Teagan. If putting someone in with a fractured finger was your better option, then I unfortunately assume Teagan definitely was not fit enough to play.

Hopefully it isn't bad and maybe they were just being extra cautious given she has international football whereas Laws doesnt.

I know she was named in the squad today but as we have seen before, up until they actually arrive in camp changes can quite often occur due to injury so lets wait and see.
Laws is also likely leaving in the summer so this was probably a just in case send off game. She has been vocal about not wanting to be the second choice behind Teagan. They would not have named Teagan to the Matildas squad this window if she weren’t at the very least fit to train due to the fact that they are calling in Lydia for this camp and have a surplus of GKs as a result. She’s a lock for the Olympics when fit so there is no need to call her to this camp if she’s seriously hurt.

DA. im literally a Liverpool fan and have physically seen and read the interviews. Beard tried to sign an emergency loan keeper, and no club would part with anyone. Their 3rd keeper did her acl months ago, and the other options were kids who he wouldn't put in to a wsl game like that. So laws (who was originally ruled out for the rest of the season) had to have injections to play. so whatever reason teagan was ruled out must have been something she genuinely could not play with - she wasn't in any of the training videos or images either and during the end of season awards she wasn't even in kit unlike every other player (even other injured ones). thats all the info I have..

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Just a note on Teagan = not sure what the injury is or how bad it is but Rachael Laws played the game v Leicester with a fractured finger and torn ligament. She had it numbed in the lead-up to the game and at half time. So I imagine she was never meant to play that last game but they had no choice as something clearly came up with Teagan. If putting someone in with a fractured finger was your better option, then I unfortunately assume Teagan definitely was not fit enough to play.

Hopefully it isn't bad and maybe they were just being extra cautious given she has international football whereas Laws doesnt.

I know she was named in the squad today but as we have seen before, up until they actually arrive in camp changes can quite often occur due to injury so lets wait and see.

Laws is also likely leaving in the summer so this was probably a just in case send off game. She has been vocal about not wanting to be the second choice behind Teagan. They would not have named Teagan to the Matildas squad this window if she weren’t at the very least fit to train due to the fact that they are calling in Lydia for this camp and have a surplus of GKs as a result. She’s a lock for the Olympics when fit so there is no need to call her to this camp if she’s seriously hurt.

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Just a note on Teagan = not sure what the injury is or how bad it is but Rachael Laws played the game v Leicester with a fractured finger and torn ligament. She had it numbed in the lead-up to the game and at half time. So I imagine she was never meant to play that last game but they had no choice as something clearly came up with Teagan. If putting someone in with a fractured finger was your better option, then I unfortunately assume Teagan definitely was not fit enough to play.

Hopefully it isn't bad and maybe they were just being extra cautious given she has international football whereas Laws doesnt.

I know she was named in the squad today but as we have seen before, up until they actually arrive in camp changes can quite often occur due to injury so lets wait and see.

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All the earlier discourse about Lani and she's just on holidays with Mary and Leila
Think the discourse was more surrounding her constant list of failed situationships and how many times she seems to get into on/off again friendships/situationships, following/unfollowing and stuff. In the past people have assumed she was always the hard done by party in these situations but when you find yourself in those situations enough times, can it really always not be your fault? she herself admits she doesn't find it easy to like people and the jokes made on that trio video about how she wouldn't step forward for anyone on love island etc, but if shes had a fall out with those Londoners then maybe it filters into her friendships as well? never known someone to unfollow so many 'acquaintances' as alanna!

Having a relationship with influencers as a famous can be tricky. They can be genuine or they may be after your fame.

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All the earlier discourse about Lani and she's just on holidays with Mary and Leila

Think the discourse was more surrounding her constant list of failed situationships and how many times she seems to get into on/off again friendships/situationships, following/unfollowing and stuff. In the past people have assumed she was always the hard done by party in these situations but when you find yourself in those situations enough times, can it really always not be your fault? she herself admits she doesn't find it easy to like people and the jokes made on that trio video about how she wouldn't step forward for anyone on love island etc, but if shes had a fall out with those Londoners then maybe it filters into her friendships as well? never known someone to unfollow so many 'acquaintances' as alanna!

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Australia need talented forwards and defenders mainly.

Mary, Kyra, and Ellie are our top young players. The others have yet to prove themselves.
We have a few good options as fullbacks now with charli or Torpey both able to play leftback and rightback and Nevin is a good set piece taker even though I think she’s a bit overrated as a defender. Given that Ellie will be around for many years even if Steph retires we have some reliable young replacements that have been and round the squad now. So it’s mainly just centrebacks we desperately need to develop as far as defence. But I agree we seriously need to identify and develop some young forwards too. Hopefully Sayer recovers well.
Compared to the young talents in countries like England and Spain, Australia seems below par and unlikely to win anything in the coming years.
Yeah unfortunate but not surprising given that football is the main sport in those countries and it definitely isn’t in Aus. At least the World Cup has gotten a lot more young girls here interested in playing football so we will only get better in future generations. But yeah I think expecting us to have as much young talent available as Spain, England or even Sweden and the Netherlands is asking a bit much.
Hoping to see new talents spark up. Such a big gap compared to other countries

After the WC, there will be more investment in the girls and hopefully the next 5-10 years we will be a lot more competitive against the European countries.

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Anyone know when the girls will land in Melbourne??

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She’s been decent for Victory this season. In no way do I think she’s ready to be a starter or playing huge minutes for the Tillies yet but given that the NT is lacking in depth for young centre backs, I’m surprised they didn’t at least bring her in for some camps to get familiar with the system and develop her. If she was good enough to start at 17 surely she could at least get a look in. The Canada game where they had a bunch of newbies would’ve been a good opportunity. Nash has played more as a fullback recently though so that might be why. Either way we need to develop centre backs so hopefully she’ll get a shot after the olympics.
Australia need talented forwards and defenders mainly.

Mary, Kyra, and Ellie are our top young players. The others have yet to prove themselves.
We have a few good options as fullbacks now with charli or Torpey both able to play leftback and rightback and Nevin is a good set piece taker even though I think she’s a bit overrated as a defender. Given that Ellie will be around for many years even if Steph retires we have some reliable young replacements that have been and round the squad now. So it’s mainly just centrebacks we desperately need to develop as far as defence. But I agree we seriously need to identify and develop some young forwards too. Hopefully Sayer recovers well.
Compared to the young talents in countries like England and Spain, Australia seems below par and unlikely to win anything in the coming years.
Yeah unfortunate but not surprising given that football is the main sport in those countries and it definitely isn’t in Aus. At least the World Cup has gotten a lot more young girls here interested in playing football so we will only get better in future generations. But yeah I think expecting us to have as much young talent available as Spain, England or even Sweden and the Netherlands is asking a bit much.

Hoping to see new talents spark up. Such a big gap compared to other countries

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