City Women - Champions and Continental Cup Winners 2016.

[kaz7]

Re: City Ladies

Just a reminder this is on tonite BT 7pm

 

[mcfc1894]

Re: City Ladies

I'm right in saying we have had a "Manchester City ladies" team for years and years yes? One that played in the club shirts and was fully linked to the club. They may not have made it into the top flight but they were city's ladies team. Often wonder how they feel about being dumped and wiped from history with all the hype about "MCFC Womens" being newly formed and all the top players brought in, with no mention of the old team having even existed.

I don't think they feel too bad about it considering that the management/coaching team hasn't changed, most of the players haven't changed, and so on. Let's not kid ourselves that the MCWFC fans are anything other than MCFC fans with a bit of spare time and possibly a female member of the family who wants to attend. I honestly don't believe that this is a major thing. After all, it's not like they've done what Doncaster (formerly Lincoln City Ladies) did, which is have their links to the men's club severed and had to seek a new partner.

I find this interesting, from what I get from it only those 5 train full time.

Reading the Liverpool write up it's made out that the whole team train full time and the reason they won the title last season, or was in in relation to the ten players they signed last year?

It's hard for WSL teams to train full-time because the league has a rule (aimed at financial stability, not restricting potential) that clubs are only allowed to employ max. four players full-time. What a number of clubs seem to do is hire extra full-time players in community roles so that they don't technically count as professional players - I believe Toni Duggan has this job spec for us - but there aren't really any clubs willing to hire 20 people full-time just to get around the league's full-time rules. It looks like Liverpool hired 10 new players to train full-time last season, but I think to claim that their entire squad are pros is probably going too far. They are probably still majority semi-pro.

Doncaster have one of the most famous ladies team in the country. since when did they take over from Lincoln?

 

[xzbit04]

Re: City Ladies

I'm right in saying we have had a "Manchester City ladies" team for years and years yes? One that played in the club shirts and was fully linked to the club. They may not have made it into the top flight but they were city's ladies team. Often wonder how they feel about being dumped and wiped from history with all the hype about "MCFC Womens" being newly formed and all the top players brought in, with no mention of the old team having even existed.

you should watch today's CityToday episode if you think that's the case

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.mcfc.co.uk/citytv/City-Today/2014/April/City-Today-16-April-2014" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mcfc.co.uk/citytv/City-Today ... April-2014</a>

 

[SupermanUnderpants]

Re: City Ladies

Is it 7 or 10 League games and 3 continental games i seen for £48 on the ticket site?

Either way minimum of 10 games for fifty notes ain't that bad. In fact I'm probably going to take a punt on it considering its around the price of one league game now.

Does anyone know when the WPL league finishes? Might be decent Premier League close season football fix this.

 

[callumcity]

Re: City Ladies

However great I think the huge emphasis on women's football not just a city lately but nationally is great, I just can't watch the matches as I think I'm a better player than all of them. Maybe if I grow my hair I'll get in the team?

 

[nmc]

Re: City Ladies

One of last years women's team used to post some sensible stuff on here - does she still post and is she still in the City set up? Does anyone know?

 

[john blue]

Re: City Ladies

Half of those who played last night should be in the ladies team.

 

[moomba]

Re: City Ladies

Looking forward to this. Hoping for a good start to the season.

 

[Rascal]

Re: City Ladies

Looking forward to this. Hoping for a good start to the season.

Me too mate. I think its a real positive for the club as a whole.

Plus Tip Top Toni is a lot better allround than Dzeko :))

 

[carlos tevez is a blue]

Re: City Ladies

FUCKING SORT IT OUT CITY THIS IS FUCKING PISH!!!!!!!!!























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