While Iâve admired their progress, letâs not pretend that the quality has been anything but awful on occasions.
Bar perhaps two or three players, we have been technically poor, given the ball away a ridiculous number of times, lacked shape, made poor decisions, and reminded me of a Division Three side from 1973 that insists on going long ball at every opportunity.
This side looks to be on the same trajectory as the menâs side, getting left behind by superior coaching in other countries.
I had planned to watch it but forgot we were out tonight. Followed the match on my phone. Gutted we didnât make the final but hey ho, it is England after all.
But, really, were they really good, or are we not allowed to criticise?
Just get the feeling that because the media have started to get a sniff of a potential new money stream that the sport is being bigged up before it is fully formed.
Talking of womenâs sport, how unlucky was Laura Muir tonight?
She just missed out on a bronze medal and the photo finish showed that it was actually Caster Semenyaâs cock that just swung across the line to take third.
* Just in case we do have a womenâs world cup thread, I am partially sighted and you can bet your arse Iâll also be using this excuse when @KRG moans about me pilfering one of his thread ideas. Which I often unwittingly have.