2023 FIFA Women's World Cup

**Razors left peg** · 16/07/2023, 6:36 PM

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

I am ashamed that we have this woman in charge of the women's team.

Why? Cos she expected professional athletes to be in shape and someone got offended that she was called out for being fat? Do better

**Colbert Report** · 16/07/2023, 6:42 PM

Is she the best we can do? She's banned from managing in the USA due to her well-documented abusive behavior, followed by her refusal to cooperate with the subsequent investigation.

We all know we're going to get hammered by Australia and Canada. What's the point in keeping Vera Pauw around when Alex Ferguson wouldn't get us out of the group?

**Razors left peg** · 16/07/2023, 6:51 PM

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

Is she the best we can do? She's banned from managing in the USA due to her well-documented abusive behavior, followed by her refusal to cooperate with the subsequent investigation.

We all know we're going to get hammered by Australia and Canada. What's the point in keeping Vera Pauw around when Alex Ferguson wouldn't get us out of the group?

Yet she was able to manage against the USA in 2 games recently. She has managed to get us to the WC for 1st time in our history and yet you want to dismiss that achievement?

Her "well documented abusive behavior" sounded like just tough coaching in all the stories in The Athletic that I've read and it very much comes across that a few players who were out of team had a grudge. Let's end a person's career cos she said a professional athlete wasn't being professional enough to not be fat! Alex Ferguson who you mention said much worse to players.

The Irish players repect her and there has been zero allegations of any abusive behavior.

**pineapple stu** · 17/07/2023, 7:20 AM

Originally Posted by Razors left peg

Jesus, just because there was a similar incident over 20 years ago doesn't mean anything.

Course it does. Why on earth wouldn't it?

In not trying to infer anything - you're the one doing that - I'm just trying to reject LoIfan66's point. The McAteer incident explicitly does that

**osarusan** · 17/07/2023, 9:13 AM

That tackle in isolation doesn't look like much, but who knows if it was in isolation.

We've all been at games where it looks like one team came out to rough the other up - I've no idea, but that may have been the case here, or at least, how the Irish management team viewed things.

A bit of a non-story tbh...apart from Irish people discussing it (understandably) nobody else really seems to care.

**Yard of Pace** · 17/07/2023, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

That tackle in isolation doesn't look like much, but who knows if it was in isolation.

We've all been at games where it looks like one team came out to rough the other up - I've no idea, but that may have been the case here, or at least, how the Irish management team viewed things.

A bit of a non-story tbh...apart from Irish people discussing it (understandably) nobody else really seems to care.

Two yellows in the first 20 minutes is the key aspect to this story, not the video. I imagine that was the last straw. If Colombia kept it up and one of them broke McCabe's leg, Pauw would be getting slaughtered for not ending it sooner.

If Colombia came to kick the Irish players around, what would you learn? Better off having an 11 v 11 on the training ground.

**Yard of Pace** · 17/07/2023, 12:58 PM

To change the topic, poor Megan Campbell's column on RTE Sport is absolutely gut-wrenching. Personally, I would have brought her. If we need a point in the final game you'd love to have her throw-in at your disposal. Hopefully, we get to the Euros next so she can make for the disappointment.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/fifa-womens...f-missing-out/

**Razors left peg** · 17/07/2023, 2:00 PM

Originally Posted by Yard of Pace

To change the topic, poor Megan Campbell's column on RTE Sport is absolutely gut-wrenching. Personally, I would have brought her. If we need a point in the final game you'd love to have her throw-in at your disposal. Hopefully, we get to the Euros next so she can make for the disappointment.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/fifa-womens...f-missing-out/

To be fair it is probably the right decision. Even if she was physically for the final group game she wouldn't be match fit and chances are we are not going any further. Horrible timing for her but right decision

**Colbert Report** · 17/07/2023, 2:07 PM

Originally Posted by osarusan

That tackle in isolation doesn't look like much, but who knows if it was in isolation.

We've all been at games where it looks like one team came out to rough the other up - I've no idea, but that may have been the case here, or at least, how the Irish management team viewed things.

A bit of a non-story tbh...apart from Irish people discussing it (understandably) nobody else really seems to care.

This has been on the front page of CNN for the last three days. It is the biggest story in world football. Not a peep on there about Messi signing with Inter Miami. This is a huge, huge news story.

**tetsujin1979** · 17/07/2023, 2:37 PM

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

This has been on the front page of CNN for the last three days. It is the biggest story in world football. Not a peep on there about Messi signing with Inter Miami. This is a huge, huge news story.

Maybe in the US version, when I opened cnn.com there's nothing about it, the sports page - https://edition.cnn.com/sport - has Wimbledon, some golf, even the football only has the French viral video and an apology from the Spanish for the Haka, and Messi

**Razors left peg** · 17/07/2023, 2:41 PM

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

This has been on the front page of CNN for the last three days. It is the biggest story in world football. Not a peep on there about Messi signing with Inter Miami. This is a huge, huge news story.

This is 100% false. There's been absolutely nothing about it on CNN or any other media outlet. Seems like Colbert here is trying to take up with Mr Biesla left off.

**pineapple stu** · 17/07/2023, 2:46 PM

I suspect that was sarcasm...

**Razors left peg** · 17/07/2023, 3:25 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

I suspect that was sarcasm...

Poor attempt at it

**Razors left peg** · 17/07/2023, 5:07 PM

Ya know what, I apologize to Colbert. It is on CNN. I couldnt see it on the app this morning but its on the website, buried deep down but it is there.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/15/sport...ntl/index.html

**Colbert Report** · 17/07/2023, 11:48 PM

It was on the front page all weekend here in the USA, no sarcasm.

**seanfhear** · 18/07/2023, 8:37 AM

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

It was on the front page all weekend here in the USA, no sarcasm.

Was that Hunter Biden's front page ? !

**tetsujin1979** · 18/07/2023, 9:43 AM

Quick question - should there be match threads for each game Ireland play in the World Cup, or just continue with the single thread for the competition?

**weldoninhio** · 18/07/2023, 9:47 AM

Originally Posted by osarusan

That tackle in isolation doesn't look like much, but who knows if it was in isolation.

We've all been at games where it looks like one team came out to rough the other up - I've no idea, but that may have been the case here, or at least, how the Irish management team viewed things.

A bit of a non-story tbh...apart from Irish people discussing it (understandably) nobody else really seems to care.

Been at seriously physical games, and played in them. Not once have I seen, or been on a team, that walked off.

**nigel-harps1954** · 18/07/2023, 9:50 AM

Originally Posted by weldoninhio

Been at seriously physical games, and played in them. Not once have I seen, or been on a team, that walked off.

Were they all friendlies a week out from a world cup?

**JR89** · 18/07/2023, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

Were they all friendlies a week out from a world cup?

Not even just a friendly but a glorified training session more or less. England and Canada had similar in which they used roll on roll off subs like it was an u10s game.

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

Quick question - should there be match threads for each game Ireland play in the World Cup, or just continue with the single thread for the competition?

Probably be easier to keep all the chat in one thread but I'd say individual threads for Ireland matches.