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       Poland 21.02.2025
       By: Jonny Date: February 12, 2025, 11:27 am
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       Poland 21.02.2025
       Who all's goin till Poland Away?
       It's in a 44,000 seater stadium in Gdansk. No word from the IFA
       of course who still don't recognise it.
       Will sort a pre and post match pub and the tram loyal till the
       stadium for anyone coming.
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: EalingGreen Date: February 13, 2025, 9:20 am
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       Tanya Oxtoby has announced her squad for this month’s UEFA
       Women’s Nations League games against Poland and Bosnia and
       Herzegovina.
       The Northern Ireland senior women’s team manager has made just
       one change from the squad that faced Norway in the two-legged
       UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 play-off late last year.
       Nottingham Forest Women attacker Caragh Hamilton is back in the
       panel after recovering from injury. She replaces her Forest
       team-mate Casey Howe, who is still on the road to recovery after
       suffering an injury in the run-up to the play-off matches
       against the Norwegians.
       A handful of players have moved to new clubs since Oxtoby’s
       squad last met up.
       Midfielder Megan Bell has switched to Nottingham Forest Women
       from Rangers, while striker Kerry Beattie has gone to Aberdeen
       Women on loan from Hearts.
       Cliftonville Ladies duo Danielle Maxwell and Louise McDaniel
       have both moved to Burnley Women, while Connie Scofield has
       signed for Sheffield United Women on loan from London City
       Lionesses.
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: richboy Date: February 21, 2025, 12:45 pm
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       Unless I'm missing something, ours is the only home nations
       match not on iPlayer (or televised at all). All the matches are
       away matches so that can't be a factor...
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: davidbr Date: February 21, 2025, 2:11 pm
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       I found one poor quality feed on a streaming site, which lasted
       about 5 minutes. As it's already 2-0 to Poland, I think I'll
       give up the search.
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: RichardM Date: February 21, 2025, 2:32 pm
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       Sounds like they're having a mare but the manager will say
       they're still on a journey, maybe it's better it's not being
       shown.
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: Jonny Date: February 26, 2025, 5:25 am
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       I was there and we outsang them for 95 minutes. The match was
       live and free on the Polish YouTube stream. There's a bakebook
       group which had it too.
       We were done after 20 minutes with those two goals. GAWA loud at
       proud at Poland away. Shame only 7 of us went, in a mental
       44,000 seater.
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: Ernie Date: May 30, 2025, 4:16 pm
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       Outclassed in the home match against Poland tonight a Seaview.
       4-0 defeat. Poor performance by Jackie Burns.
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: RichardM Date: May 31, 2025, 1:28 am
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       A dreadful performance, seems to be a recurring theme with this
       team and manager, if they don't beat Bosnia on Tuesday then some
       serious questions need to be asked, I think they've stood still
       or gone backwards since Shiels left.
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: Tarabonga Date: May 31, 2025, 4:11 am
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       TBH, what passes for international weemin's football in this
       country is not unlike division 3E of the Amateur League. I don't
       understand why people seriously expect anything better when our
       amateurs (mostly) play professional / semi-professional outfits.
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       Re: Poland 21.02.2025
       By: EalingGreen Date: May 31, 2025, 11:27 am
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       [quote author=RichardM link=topic=1061.msg23568#msg23568
       date=1748672898]
       I think they've stood still or gone backwards since Shiels left.
       [/quote]Agree, but tbf, it's a bit like the Mens' team falling
       away after losing top players post-2016 i.e. since the Womens
       Euro's in 2022, we've lost the "spine" of the team - Hutton,
       Nelson, Callaghan, Furness (for a bit, at least), with Oxtoby
       not appearing to rate Demi Vance any more. Meaning we now have a
       predominantly new, young team to replace them
       And Poland are a "proper" team, unlike a few women's teams we've
       faced recently. But watching last night (til I turned off after
       the 4th goal went in), it seemed to me that this team seriously
       lacks conviction i.e. the minute something goes wrong, they fall
       apart.
       And that reflects a lack of Leadership which, in the absence of
       those previous senior players, has to come from Oxtoby.
       And for all that she talks a good game, the more I see of her,
       the more convinced I am that she just doesn't have it.
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