WHAT. A. SAVE.
Earps saved the day again for England.
Earps saved the day again for England.
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Should have been a deserved equaliser
They've been playing like this since the Euros. No cutting edge.
Earps with a good save there.
Millie Bright is not very agile right? 
Lucky they have PURE UNITED in goal!
Lucky they have PURE UNITED in goal!Mary channelling her inner De gea foot save there.
Good save from Earps.
Can’t say I watch women’s football, though watched the Euro’s. Aren’t England meant to be one of the favourites? This is shockingly poor
Earps straight out of the De Gea school there.
Also... Rachel Daly > Alessia Russo.
Also... Rachel Daly > Alessia Russo.
Maybe the euros is where the team peaked. The injuries don’t help either but England are very flat
Injuries and they’ve possibly peaked. Or maybe they’ve having an Argentina v Saudi moment but actually winning
Germany had 7 or 8 of their regular starting 11 missing in the EUROs final vs England. So ENG should be able to handle this fine with only a few lasses out.
Haiti are nowhere near the level that people would expect. Haiti aren’t the typical minnows, majority of their side is French based and are very good players. They’ve improved loads over the last couple of years. Mondesir and Dumornay are both world class and would probably get in Englands squad. It was never going to be very one sided (but could have been a big score with how Haiti defence can collapse)
England been poor but it’s still a better performance than USA v Vietnam earlier.
England been poor but it’s still a better performance than USA v Vietnam earlier.
The good news for England is that every team in their group is shite, so England will win the group regardless how poor they play.
Bright hasn't played since early March, so there's a bit of a gamble there, but she's never very agile. Paired up with Leah Williamson it worked, so maybe once she's got the rust off the combination with Carter will work.Millie Bright is not very agile right?
I don’t get this logic. That’s exactly the point - England are struggling to replace the missing stars while Germany weren’t.
They could get a medal but I would not rate them as one of the favourites with Williamson & Mead missing.
Pretty much this.
They've been poor since the Euros and they'll be relieved if they get out of this with the three points. That said, the first match of the Euros was England worst match there, so they can get better.
England just seem to be trying the same low whipped crosses with every attack, which Haiti are dealing with pretty easily. They need a plan B because it clearly isn’t working.
Fran Kirby a big miss as well.
I reckon England will struggle to win their next two games. There’s no creativity and hasn’t been for some time now
Last minute corner when you’re 0-1 down. Only 4-5 players in the box.
Of course, forgot her!
I don’t think they scored in any of the warm up games, even the closed door ones.
Daly is the the best striker in the squad.
Should be starting for England, and we should be trying to sign her.
Should be starting for England, and we should be trying to sign her.
The argument would be that nobody in England gave Germany an excuse for the loss even though they missed all those players. While the same English people would excuse this England team for missing alot fewer players. I dont agree with that. I think the squad quility of England and Germany are about the same, therefore I reckon England should have no problems dealing with the current injuries :-)
Has Toone even touched the ball yet?
WTF is that referee doing? I thought the game was finished.
Wtf was that by the ref 
Haiti were brilliant.
England not good enough at the back, Millie Bright is way off the pace, Maguire like so that will be exposed at some stage in the knock outs.
England not good enough at the back, Millie Bright is way off the pace, Maguire like so that will be exposed at some stage in the knock outs.
Where are the MARY EARPS goalkeeper shirts NIKE? She is the true STAR of this england squad!
A Maguire reference.Maguire has made his way into womens soccer
Earpsy is that damn good... the best goalkeeper in the women's game, but she won't survive if the Ds leave her to dry repeatedly like today.
That might be very true. The coverage in Finland was very pro-England as well. And I agree to an extent that with the player production England should be able to handle that but I just think they can’t. They could had they called up Le Tissier, Blunder & Galton
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England were better in the second half, especially when James came on. Still lacking the finish though. Based on this game, Bright shouldn’t be starting at CB, that was poor from her. And Russo was desperate to score but not good enough particularly in the first half.
I hope Wiegman does make changes for this tournament. Daly for Russo being the obvious one. I think they’ll struggle later on with this starting XI.
I hope Wiegman does make changes for this tournament. Daly for Russo being the obvious one. I think they’ll struggle later on with this starting XI.
Yes, I hadn't realised how many of their players were playing in France or in the US - they're anothet team whose FIFA ranking doesn't tell the full story. It still takes a good manager to bring it together and they seem to have found someone who knows the players well enough to make it work.
Mmmmm. Argentina were shockingly poor in their first match in the men's world cup against Saudi Arabia, and lost, only goal was a Messi penalty, but yes, England looked disjointed, slow and were succeptable to counter attacks, but the biggest problem will be scoring goals, which, unless one of the strikers can hit a rich vein of form, will be the reason we don't win the whole thing.
Denmark and China the next match up. This could turn out to be a tough group.
England can be thankful they have Earps in goal.
Hopefully the strikers and attacks can improve and a team selection can be found that's sharper.
Hopefully the strikers and attacks can improve and a team selection can be found that's sharper.
Their improvement defensively over the last year is remarkable really. I watched them against Portugal last year when Haiti were the better side but lost 5-0. They gave USA a good game in the 3-0 loss recently too.
Jamaica are a similar side. Pretty much all their side is US/France/England based. They can cause France issues similar to Haiti and obviously have Shaw up front. There's the potential for an upset if their defence can avoid making too many errors.
China starting fast. Denmark are going to have to work hard here
It was, they played some lovely stuff. I’m a bit gutted I missed the England game, justified it myself by saying it would be a roll over and sleep was more important.
Least there’s plenty more going on atm.