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Bright up front seemed sensible as a last ditch measure. Disrupting the whole team once 13 minutes stoppage time was indicated…. Surely a rethink?

Belter!

Barely anyone will notice - or perhaps ‘care’ is more accurate. She’ll be fine.

I think there are just too many people working around football nowadays that don’t actually ‘get’ or love the sport for what it is. They see VAR as part of the drama. Not far removed from all that ‘countdown to kick-off’ shit and Wembley’s DJ that they think is needed to make it a big event. The...

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I really hope they don’t introduce this ‘ref explaining it’ business in the PL. You still get the same bad decisions and it just makes the ref even more the centre of attention. Building up VAR’s part instead of making it less disruptive. The conversation it’d be good to hear is the one the ref...

Ahead on my TV. Logically, commentary is always behind the action. It’s fractional but noticeable on key moments. You don’t shout that the keeper’s made a great save, for instance, just as she touches it. *That Nigeria save sounded about right so it’s possible they’ve now addressed the problem.

The commentary is annoyingly out of sync, unless Robyn Cowen can see into the future. Calling shots and saves before they happen.

ITV"s pre-publicity included 3 men, none of them in front of camera. The BBC's included 2 men, both coaches of women's teams. It's good to see that, for the women's game unlike the men's, the pundits are required to have been involved in the competition they're covering.