We gave it our best shot and fell short - England boss Neville
"What it leaves us with is that we have another 15-20% to go. This is sport. We have to come back in four years and be better."Neville received some criticism for calling the match a"nonsense", with Manchester United keeper Siobhan Chamberlain - a member of the Lionesses squad which finished third in Canada four years ago - saying:"Try telling the 23 players who went to Canada that a bronze-medal match is a 'nonsense' game.
"I'm not disrespecting anyone. No-one remembers the losers, just the winners, and eventually we will be." Lucy Bronze saw a goalbound shot cleared off the line in the final minutes but ultimately England paid the price for their poor start. "Because I believe in this team, I believe in the manager and I believe in the staff, and we have to be hungry and disappointed, and use that disappointment to go on.
They often end up saying it was a bookies game!
Well done Neville with all the advances in the English women’s league you managed to get us to finish worse than 4 years ago, in his own words he is a Failure
Did we lose?
Hasn’t the team gone backwards with Neville in charge?
He might have been frustrated but; is a wrong choice of words and unfair to the effort put by englandwomen at this and past world cups.
Would Phil Neville say that if they won the game, I don’t think so
Worse game in any form of football. Don’t know one person who likes it.
Socccceeerrr!!!!! Football is coming home!!!!!
In a way he is right because they actually went there to win its called a winner's mentality. 3rd place is nowhere
I’m sure if they’d won he’d have a different perspective 🤦🏻♂️
Wonder if he’d say that if they had won.
No! It's a chance to prove if you are any good? Nothing at stake other than pride in your own competence maybe? Are you better than the team you are playing? In this case not!
TBF...its the same in the mens world cup..Englands game v Belgium is erased from history...Did you you know we used to have 3rd placed playoffs in the FA cup not that very long ago...they were soon binned off...Nobodys wants to be 2nd never mind 3rd..Once your out your out
Only if you come 4th
Alan Partridge
Bad attitude, and why England never win anything.
Could go a long way in explaining why his team lost
Nonesense comment. He wouldn’t have said this had they won.
Bad loser alert 🚨
The women did very well, but the coach he's pure negative tard.
Third place doesn't mean much to the big footballing nations but finishing third if you're a smaller footballing nation can mean alot.
True we did not win not good enough just like the men not good enough tell the truth like we do we still support them but we must be truthful
That’s because you lost.
English footballers need to stay home. The last time we won the world cup was the year I was born, I'm now over half a century old and a granddad Give up ffs and take up crochet
When you played Cameroon, it wasn't a game. When you played US, you and your girls gave your all,now you played Sweden, it has become 'A Nonsense game ' What exactly do you want as a coach?
He’s changed his tune since yesterday morning!
Wee bit of sour grapes there laddie. You lost, learn from it and move on.
It is a pointless game in the Men’s and Women’s tournament but just after losing probably isn’t the best time to point this out.
Benchwarmers deserved a run out.
⚽ I don't think having a match for 3rd place is nonsense but while the Tournament has many obvious positives there are negatives to learn from
Only if you lose.
I agree, it is a nonsense game, but he should have said it after the semi final defeat, unless he was trying to keep the players focused to win it, as it had to be played anyway.
Didn’t say that before the match
You have done consistently better than the overpaid men. Nuff said......
He would say that after his team had been beaten in the game he is slating
A pointless match
Sore loser, Mr Neville. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Soft comments by Neville. He didn’t call it a nonsense before the game. Disappointing as up to then he had been impressive.
Yes but both team failed to get to the final and allowed them to show their ability one more time ..
We’re getting used to them, though, Phil, and we go into these tournaments knowing they are part and parcel of them. Try to avoid them is my advice.
Correct. That’s EXACTLY what’s wrong with the sporting mentality in our country. We need to stop celebrating failure. 2nd place is top of the loser pile...
As they leave the world stage I hear Frank Sinatra singing to fade 'This time we almost made that long hard climb Didn't we almost make it? Didn't we almost make it? Didn't we almost make it this time?
As they leave the world I hear Frank Sinatra singing to fade 'This time we almost made that long hard climb Didn't we almost make it? Didn't we almost make it? Didn't we almost make it this time?
He will probably get an OBE for finishing 4
😂😂😂😂😂😂losers ideology
Get rid of this coach. We all agree that 1st place is best, 2nd is second best, 3rd is better than 4th and 4th is better than not having qualified in the knockout stage. But putting the English team down like that - and they went higher than the men's team in Russia - is bad form
I know, its just another game to get beat in again. already losers by that time anyway then have to get beat again. Kindo like getting told your not good enough twice in a row 😏. Doesnt matter if your England or not
Yeah 3rd best woman’s team in the world on line. Your team got beat, take it like a professional.
Did he even go to a WorldCup?🤣🙄
It wouldn’t have been nonsense if England won - right? England was supposed to showcase talent to compete with the world - I guess the 3rd place play-off proved it isn’t so.
But still Lionesses are in 4th Place than England Men's team at the world cup last year.
He didn't say that after the Semi Final defeat.
England do not have bad players or management. They DO have the worst so called supporters. Its all hero worship when they are winning games but as soon as they lose they are torn apart and ridiculed and the typical 'off with their heads' attitude.
So why don’t they get rid of it then
Absolute tool. If they had won, he would be giving interviews to anyone with a mike. They lost, one team had to, get over it.
Before the game he said the game was important. Make him PM.
He needs to lose his job
Neville was blaming the referee last match; now it’s all nonsense. He’s a prat. If England had made the final we’d never have heard the end of it. Instead this 2-1 defeat didn’t even warrant a mention on the BBC News App. England only reports wins: “land of hope and glory!” 🇬🇧
English can't play football there cheats.
He would say that bitter in defeat!
At least his wee waistcoat wasn’t embarrassing.. clown 🤡
Women’s FA should fine him for such bad sportswomanship, better still sack him.
I challenge anyone to remeber any 3rd place winners in the last 20 years before last summer, total nothing game. im sure google will do the job. but i stand by my comment.
Better off trying to beat the 14 year old boys they routinely lose to
Aye, should just be more like Scotland and stay at home not playing any tournaments whatsoever. Then you won't have the burden of playing in these 'nonsense' games.
Nobber. He’d still be doing laps of honour now if he’d won. Check the pre match près conference comments.
PhilNeville MUFC Legend ..THAT'S the attitude PaulPogba
Sweden was too strong
England as usual. Can't take defeat...smh
Neville changed his tune after his team lost!!
Agree but he also said he wants to go home with something to show for their efforts. Make your mind up.
Sour grapes
He’s right. In the end, there is one champion, and the rest is irrelevant except for stats.
why don't all of you just shut up and play... jesus enoughAlready
Well he's not wrong. Who wants to play for 3rd place
I’m guessing it wasn’t in 2015
Third place game is just a revenue maker.
They weren't good enough end of story.
Now who is disrespectful?
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