England's Women - what an achievement!

Lauren Hemp was brilliant!

It's a great achievement, no denying that.

But why does everybody (not just here) always start comparing it to the mens team?

They've beaten Haiti, Denmark, China, Nigeria, Columbia and Australia in a tournament that contained the likes of Zambia and Vietnam.

Well done to them, but in my view its incomparable.

Whichever way you look at it, this is the World Cup. To be in the World Cup final is an huge achievement and to be World Champions would be amazing.

To be fair, it looks like power is shifting in the women's game. Australia beat France and murdered Canada. Colombia beat Germany. USA knocked out early.

my local pub is still charging a fiver to get in to watch the final 
the landlord is certainly comparing it to the mens game 
yes its not quite the same and if we win, we wont hear the last of it,bit like when they won the european cup 
but its got a higher profile now i cant remember the last womens world cup being televised on mainstream telly and watched in full staduims 
but i can remember a few of weeks ago watching a womens man u game in a virtually empty stadium 
so its still got a long way to go to be as high profile as the mens game especailly league games 

Obviously being in Australia has magnified the World Cup - I have to say I have watched some of the most entertaining football in my life. The Japanese have been electric. Nigeria were brilliant. The Spanish England game will be incredible.
The Australia England match was by no means the highlight as England were so clinical. Some of the passing made a mockery of Australia - who had played so well for the majority of the tournament. But that's finals football I guess.
I am very much on board with watching more games in the future. I have enjoyed the World Cup. Will love supporting the Lionesses in the final. As you all should be!

I went to England 8-0 Norway at the last Euro’s and must admit it was a lot better than I expected. Once you get over the fact that inside it sounds like a Harry Styles concert, and the game kicks-off you don’t even realise you’re watching women. You’re just watching football. It’s worth going to see England if you can. If you can’t go and see Arsenal because the standard remains the same quality.

I actually think England have been poor this tournament and haven’t really clicked. They’ve got to the final by consistency and holding their nerve whilst everyone else around them caved in. On your point, Ghost Europe is now definitely the centre of the women’s game and that’ll stay the same for a while. America will rise again and Australia owe a lot of their superiority to this excellent group of players, but I expect European teams to dominate going forward. I think Germany and Brazil are better teams than they showed at this tournament.

One thing I will add is that women’s sport may be seen as an inferior product but as this tournament as shown it’s a lot more competitive than the men’s. Men’s sport is predictable, you often know who’s going to win before you kick-off. But as the results have shown the women’s game is unpredictable. And I think a lot of that is to do with the fact that largely speaking the physical level is pretty equal across the board. The same thing happens at Wimbledon, you go into the women’s singles and any one from the top 50 has a chance to win it, whereas the men it’s always the same handful of players.

It’ll be a tough game tomorrow, Spain are excellent and have caused England problems over the last couple of years. But if she uses James properly, by bringing her off the bench with 30-35 left, then I expect England to win the game 2-1

We believe!
The side is unchanged and James is on the bench alongside other talents such as Kelly and England. We have the right side, coached properly peaking at the right time in this competition. If we do not win then we know we did our best, but I am aiming for a 2-0 win. I just hope Spain got the memo!