Women's World Cup 2023 - Girls in Green on Tour

This game is a belter. Far more entertaining than most of the mens matches.

I think the COYGIG pod had said long before the finals started,that Nigeria are the best African Nation, ranked lower than they should be and that on their day they can very good.

We'd need our best team out against them. Looking forward to it anyway. It's not a dead rubber for them.

Some match between Colombia and Germany

Its right though.

McCabe wouldnt say Pauw was right to set up the team the way she has.

McCabe said she'd love to be more attacking. ...

Sometimes whats not said, says more....

Decent first half performance with the midfield doing very well, still lacking a bit upfront and Lucy Quinn has been surprisingly shaky. Nigeria look like they'd be very happy with a draw.

Nigeria look on top now. We'd do well to hold out.

Excellent result. Would have been easy for them to have gone through the motions, great attitude and commitment

Yep. We'll take that.

Good draw, took a while to settle in the second half and Brosnan had to make a fantastic save to keep it at 0-0. But they did get more control of the game after 70 minutes or so and deserved the draw. Just very blunt up front and there wasn't a huge amount on the bench in the forwards.

With regards to Pauw's future I'd be in two minds tbh. Great job to qualify for the tournament and we've been competitive in the three matches in a tough group. On the other hand, we're very defensively set up which makes us a not very enjoyable side to watch and you'd question whether we're making the best out of McCabe and O'Sullivan. The allegations from the US are a shadow hanging over her and she didn't help herself with her press conference after the Canada match. Players lack of support was also intriguing. To conclude I'd have no issues if she stays but I also wouldn't be disappointed if she's let go.

Did everyone in the squad get to play? I don't think so.

For a nothing game she should have made sure every player was able to say they played at a World Cup.

I'd agree with that. Result is paramount.

Why? It's not some local underage tournament. Very few squads give every player a run out for WC or Euros

If the manager leaves, which I think would be a terrible idea as its all about qualifying for finals, the proof in the pudding will be whether we qualify for the next Euros or not.

Katie McCabe is not the manager. She could do with having some respect for hers.

She was very petulant for a period in the 2nd half, kicking people and arguing with the bench. Then when they get a corner having created nothing for the whole 2nd half, she goes for goal from it. Now I know she scored from one against Canada but that’s a very low percentage play.

She thinks she is but its to the detriment of everyone else on the team.

Shes not far ahead of O'Sullivan in actual ability. Ego shes is far ahead of the rest of the team combined.

We have this notion in Ireland that our national football teams are top class players in waiting who are simply not allowed to play football by their manager

This is bang on. Look at their results, lost to hosts due to a sloppy penalty but had a good last 30 minutes and missed two great chances.Good first half against Canada and unlucky to concede that own goal in the last minute of the half. For a first world cup they put in a decent shift.

I blame this idea we could be world beaters on Keane in 2002 trying to convince people that if you just have enough self belief you can beat anyone, eventually you just have to admit you came up against a better team.

Whether Pauw gets another contract will probably depend on off field matters, maybe the players don't like her or the US business is a nuisance the FAI don't need.

Katie McCabe is an absolute warrior who turned in gargantuan McGrath in Giants Stadium type performances against Australia and Canada. The team as a whole were agonisingly close to two results driven on by McCabe. She will have been bitterly disappointed.

We didn’t manage the second half versus Canada well, the subs were poor and we weren’t pushing up to chase the game as a unit. The sideline struggled imo.

The FAI shouldn’t have allowed us to go into the tournament with the manager not having a contract beyond our exit. That pressurises the situation, and magnifies problems. As always is the case with Irish football, the administrators never fail to make things as awkward as possible on the athletes in the arena. It now turns out that incompetence wasn’t just a Delaney issue.