Rep of Irl WNT

shakeyshamrock wrote:

ripbomb wrote:

Sure didn't goalkeeping errors probably cost the team a place at next year's Euros?

sure didn't goalkeeping errors cost us a place in the 1994 World Cup quarter final....

And don't forget the quarter final in 1990

Making progress under Vera? Really? Some of her selections are more then questionable

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Just went on to grab a ticket for the Sweden game and it says none available on Ticketmaster, hardly sold out already is it?

Only a matter of time before Sweden take the lead

fcukin cruel Disapprove

Ulster Champions 2020 our 40th Title. Take that all ye Moanaghan ***ts!

Too much standing off Swedish no.11

BrendanD88 wrote:

Good to see RTÉ blocking this match for those living in the North.

I believe it's over international TV rights - you cannot broadcast a UEFA or FIFA game live outside your own territory (even if you wanted to).

It's great to see increased media coverage of women's football. But I do think the coverage is completely disproportionate to current interest levels. Has anyone seen the Irish Times coverage this morning? The men's team would not generate this amount of print. It seems the level of coverage given to women's football is designed to raise interest, and not to reflect current interest. Is that the role of sports journalists? I see the same thing happening with GAA writers, where they give over the top coverage to every game between one never heard of parish and another never heard of parish. They are acting as promoters of the game as opposed to analysers of the game.

TooOldForThis wrote:

It's great to see increased media coverage of women's football. But I do think the coverage is completely disproportionate to current interest levels. Has anyone seen the Irish Times coverage this morning? The men's team would not generate this amount of print. It seems the level of coverage given to women's football is designed to raise interest, and not to reflect current interest. Is that the role of sports journalists? I see the same thing happening with GAA writers, where they give over the top coverage to every game between one never heard of parish and another never heard of parish. They are acting as promoters of the game as opposed to analysers of the game.

Any coverage is welcome.

The game was totally soldout with ticket touts operating outside. Now I hate touts but I did get a warped sense of pride that they were operating at a women's game.

In the past these games were "pay at the gate" and Sweden's last competitive visit was in the Carlisle Grounds in front of 1,450 (a surprisingly decent crowd for the time). There has been huge growth in the womens game. The crowd appeared to be mainly female last night which was great to see. The atmosphere was brilliant. It is clear Katie McCabe, Aine O'Gorman et al are real heroes to younger fans.

It is 8 defeats in 9 but of those only Ukraine was a letdown. Vera has taken a huge gamble in playing friendies against superior opposition to improve the standard. The lone win over Olympic semi finalists Australia last month shows what is possible. We lost 10-0 to Sweden in the early 90's. It reached a stage where we only played their under-21 side in friendlies and even took a couple of hammerings there.

Finland are still favourites to win on Tuesday. However we do have a real chance of getting a result. Of course it could go wrong, we could lose and fail to beat Slovakia next month but for now the signs are positive.