England's girls

Most unlikely, I would have thought, Micky, but that'll be to the 'men's games' disadvantage

Why would anyone want a smaller goal?, it’s the goals that excite, the goals(winning) that the whole team strive for. I struggle with the smaller goal concept☹️

I don't know either but 'some' are suggesting it would be helpful for a variety of reasons. The notion underpinning this is that the male goal was determined using the average size of the male and the same should apply to the female goal. Their average size being significantly smaller. Well that's the science behind these 'arguments'.

It’d surprise me if the women are pushing for disparity, after centuries of being classed as lesser beings. From what I’ve seen then I’d suggest their games are better/more entertaining than the men’s games👍🏻. Don’t change a thing👏🏻👏🏻

The England Women did very well, and I strongly suspect that they might have beaten both Sweden and the Netherlands. But the USA team were and are a class apart. Excellent ball skills, remain cool and composed under pressure, and their fitness is top class. However, they have one or two prima donnas who like to go down at the slightest brush, Morgan in particular. (As an ex hockey player, she’d have got more than a mere brush from me😡) England gave them a good game, had bad luck with the disallowed goal. But if I was Phil Neville, I would get my old mate Gareth to talk to them about penalties.......woeful and obviously needs work. Gareth got the men sorted with penalty taking, some of the Women clearly have confidence issues.

I think USA will walk the Final, they are the current holders and will be happy to have seen off England. But fingers crossed for Netherlands, who are European Champions, and no push over.

Full credit to BBC for showing the whole tournament. For anyone interested, they are going to show World Netball Championships next, Phil Neville’s Sister is England coach......catch, land, step, shoot.......bring it on!😁

Rocky & Micky,

I think it's only 'some'  folk asking for smaller goals. Hoping against hope 'some' folk are soon relegated to history ( personal view )

I'm not a statistics bloke, but I reckon that when the game evolved as we know it, the men were a lot smaller than they are now. Probably no bigger / taller than the women are now I guess

Just think for a moment how, over the last fifty / sixty years, a breed of young giants has sprung up . I used to be of 'average height' at 5ft 11ish - now I've become a blooming dwarf in comparison . So rather than shrinking the women's goals perhaps they should be thinking of increasing the size of the goals for the men ??

Given the statistics you would think the Dutch would be advantaged.

Micky,

   I might appear to some on here as a comedian of sorts,  but as sure as hell I ain't daft enough to comment on that !! 

Oh, dearie me -==- 20 mins gone in the 3rd /4th place match and Lionesses  are shewing the strain -==- 2-0 down to Sweden

34 mins gone  -==-  2 - 2 

Darned  V A R    still  2-- 1 ( Handball so equaliser disallowed  )