So no marquee signings, and an emphasis on youth and playing philosophy. Unfortunately, also no mention of them moving their training base to Carrington or the Cliff.The next step is to break into the WSL's top three, which means overcoming giants Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal.
But Stoney says the club need to "grow our budgets at a realistic expectation" and they are "aiming towards sustainability," as well as looking to compete.
Yep. It's a designated men's international weekend - Iceland v England at 5pm on the Saturday for example.Tough start second year running, isn’t it? Publicity?
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SnapWatching Chelsea be Man City now and the finishing has been terrible so far. Kerr for Chelsea has had about 5-6 great chances and has wasted them all.
City just had someone sent off.
Think it was that 6th miss. Something needed to be said on it Some of them were really bad. I really like Cuthbert who just came on. She wasn’t at Chelsea last season was she?Snap
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And Cuthbert makes it 2-0. She was with Chelsea last year - just a disrupted season due to injuries, and a slow recovery, I think.Think it was that 6th miss. Something needed to be said on it Some of them were really bad. I really like Cuthbert who just came on. She wasn’t at Chelsea last season was she?
The opinion of lots of the fans is that Casey probably didn't want her back.Just read Alex Greenwood is joining City. Why wouldn´t she come back here? Will she play ahead of Demi Stokes at City?
Why would not Casey want her back? Is she upset about something with regards to Alex departure?The opinion of lots of the fans is that Casey probably didn't want her back.
City is a risk for her. She may go from squad player at Lyon to squad player at City. That said, City may need a strong squad if they are going to do much in the Women's Champions League. There's been a pattern in the women's game recently that the WSL champions are a team that aren't playing in Europe that year.
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Yes, that's certainly one of the down sides of them removing seeding from the group stage of the WSLCup. The groups should be more competitive, but the opportunities for the U21s and squad players will be less. The 5 subs rule might help though.She's aparently scored 4 in 3 so far. She was in the squad last year but was on the young side so played less. I think the under 21s are mainly playing friendlies so far, against the first teams of lower league teams. Good to see. Hornby (a winger) was on the bench last game for the first team. It would be good to see some move 'in house' players come through this year. I've heard good things about Maria Edwards. It's a real pity that the group for the Conti cup doesn't contain a real lesser team (Liverpool are still a Derby and full time), would have been good to see some of the youngsters against Lewes etc. Maybe the FA Cup will give a better draw.
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Only the 1st place team advances. And then the two best 2nd place teams of all groups. So lose against City and it could be over. Very tough. Goal differential could be key. And we got 2 road games of course.What's the format here, two top teams go through? Could get exciting, City obviously the favorites and Liverpool struggling, and then United and Everton finished pretty close in the league last season.
There's been a bit of discussion on it in the match thread https://www.redcafe.net/threads/wsl-20-21-united-v-brighton-12-noon-on-sunday-4th-october.457778/Are heath and press match ready and available for next game?