Women's Team - 2019/2020

[bluesmith]

I thought she worked hard tonight, but she wanted out in the summer so maybe her heart isn't all in it ? While the FA continue to limit their pay the best will always want out.

She still wants out, the replacement is already lined up its a matter of if we can get her in this season or wait until summer.

 

[cleavers]

She still wants out, the replacement is already lined up its a matter of if we can get her in this season or wait until summer.

As Kev says its shame that a "blue" wants out at all, but I doubt its City that's the cause, more that she knows she can go elsewhere and earn a proper decent living.

 

[bluesmith]

As Kev says its shame that a "blue" wants out at all, but I doubt its City that's the cause, more that she knows she can go elsewhere and earn a proper decent living.

Yes, cant blame her at all she has to put herself first. The league want to improve yet teams like city have to downgrade players every season as we cant pay the wages to keep them.

It might be we are too quick to sign up England players to replace our better players who leave. But its fairly obvious if you bring an England squad player in to replace an England starter that you are going to go backwards.

 

[Gray]

Even before our better players started going abroad we had problems in the goal scoring department.

The team constantly created chances but the finishing was abysmal, they just could not find the female equivalent of Aguero.

Now with the loss of Bronze, Duggan, Christiansen and Parris the team are creating less chances and the finishing is still abysmal.

I hope we can get Ellen White fully fit and playing regularly.

 

[cleavers]

I thought it was a bit ridiculous that they had to play Sunday afternoon then Tuesday evening, both big games.

I fiddled unsuccessfully

You needed to change your IP address to a spanish one, this can be achieved if you search how online there are apps that run in your browser, I use it watch some lower league german games, it wasn't easy finding a spanish one though.

 

[George Hannah]

You needed to change your IP address to a spanish one, this can be achieved if you search how online there are apps that run in your browser, I use it watch some lower league german games, it wasn't easy finding a spanish one though.

I feel less inadequate now

 

[cleavers]

Back to winning ways, they've beaten Birmingham City 2-1, goals from Ellen White and Caroline Weir.

 

[kev20971]

Back to winning ways, they've beaten Birmingham City 2-1, goals from Ellen White and Caroline Weir.

Better today but still not as good as they can be . Lauren Hemp City's player of the match for me.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Better today but still not as good as they can be . Lauren Hemp City's player of the match for me.

I thought the first half was the most tedious 45mins of football I'd seen in a long time - misplaced passes, timid ineffective challenges (and this latter continued intot he second half!)and this never ending notion of possession being more important than driving forward with the ball. We must give our goalkeeper more backpasses than the rest of the competition put together. It picked up in the second half but another goal conceded with ne'er a City foot within touching distance of ball from out in no-woman's-land to our net. The women would be knackered, I suppose, at the end but we allowed Birmingham to stroke the ball about and get into some good positions which fortunately came to nowt. But in this competition the win is everything. The winner had a bit of Vinnie about it - Caroline Weir picked it up about thirty yards out and I thought Don't shoot but the ball reached the top of it's trajectory as it entered airspace over the edge of the penalty area and with the goalie a few steps off the goal line and a bit of a shortie to boot, it sailed nicely under the bar.

And I thought Lauren Hemp was the only one who seemed to realise which line got you to their penalty area quickest - my PotM, too. And why does Min only get the minutes she does. She's a right tricky player who seemed to open up their defence with some alacrity.

 

[kev20971]

I thought the first half was the most tedious 45mins of football I'd seen in a long time - misplaced passes, timid ineffective challenges (and this latter continued intot he second half!)and this never ending notion of possession being more important than driving forward with the ball. We must give our goalkeeper more backpasses than the rest of the competition put together. It picked up in the second half but another goal conceded with ne'er a City foot within touching distance of ball from out in no-woman's-land to our net. The women would be knackered, I suppose, at the end but we allowed Birmingham to stroke the ball about and get into some good positions which fortunately came to nowt. But in this competition the win is everything. The winner had a bit of Vinnie about it - Caroline Weir picked it up about thirty yards out and I thought Don't shoot but the ball reached the top of it's trajectory as it entered airspace over the edge of the penalty area and with the goalie a few steps off the goal line and a bit of a shortie to boot, it sailed nicely under the bar.

And I thought Lauren Hemp was the only one who seemed to realise which line got you to their penalty area quickest - my PotM, too. And why does Min only get the minutes she does. She's a right tricky player who seemed to open up their defence with some alacrity.

I agree about Lee Geum Min, why sign her if you are going to keep her on the bench ? Also couldn't work out what percision Janine Beakie was playing, right back ? But why have a attacker playing there when you've got a right back on the bench ?

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

I agree about Lee Geum Min, why sign her if you are going to keep her on the bench ? Also couldn't work out what percision Janine Beakie was playing, right back ? But why have a attacker playing there when you've got a right back on the bench ?

That was an odd un! She's essentially a striker, but slotted into midfield but at some points this afternoon she was in the right back slot. I think we missed Keira today!

 

[kev20971]

That was an odd un! She's essentially a striker, but slotted into midfield but at some points this afternoon she was in the right back slot. I think we missed Keira today!

We have Matilde Fidalgo on the bench who is a right back , if Nick Cushing doesn't think she's good enough why sign her ? It seems Nick Cushing as a problem playing the foreign players . Why sign them if you think there not good enough to start regularly !

 

[cleavers]

We have Matilde Fidalgo on the bench who is a right back , if Nick Cushing doesn't think she's good enough why sign her ? It seems Nick Cushing as a problem playing the foreign players . Why sign them if you think there not good enough to start regularly !

Training, he sees them daily in training, maybe they don't do what he wants them to do.

Its the same argument for the men, why does Pep pick A and not B, because he sees them daily, and none of us do.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Training, he sees them daily in training, maybe they don't do what he wants them to do.

Its the same argument for the men, why does Pep pick A and not B, because he sees them daily, and none of us do.

Fair Comment.

 

[kev20971]

Training, he sees them daily in training, maybe they don't do what he wants them to do.

Its the same argument for the men, why does Pep pick A and not B, because he sees them daily, and none of us do.

Just fined it strange that when you have a proper right back in the squad you would play a forward in the precision !

 

[rm61]

Article today in the mail about Nikita parris. She didn't leave for money, it was ambition to win champions league.
Bs. If all the players that have left, stayed, city would be in with a good chance of winning it. Down to money.

 

[Mon Autre]

Article today in the mail about Nikita parris. She didn't leave for money, it was ambition to win champions league.
Bs. If all the players that have left, stayed, city would be in with a good chance of winning it. Down to money.

And understandably so. £35k a year isn't going to go very far for someone who has to retire in their early thirties.

 

[Newman Noggs]

And understandably so. £35k a year isn't going to go very far for someone who has to retire in their early thirties.

They could get another job like the rest of us.

 

[Mon Autre]

They could get another job like the rest of us.

That exactly my point though. The salaries that the female players earn is what makes them like the "rest of us". And I think if someone on an average UK salary was offered the opportunity to earn £100k instead of £30k for doing exactly the same job, we wouldn't call them greedy or cynical for doing so. Particularly when their own career path stops dead in their 30s and they have to looks to retrain. This really is the difference between being able to support themselves and their family for the next 20-30 years and not being able to.

 

[Newman Noggs]

That exactly my point though. The salaries that the female players earn is what makes them like the "rest of us". And I think if someone on an average UK salary was offered the opportunity to earn £100k instead of £30k for doing exactly the same job, we wouldn't call them greedy or cynical for doing so. Particularly when their own career path stops dead in their 30s and they have to looks to retrain. This really is the difference between being able to support themselves and their family for the next 20-30 years and not being able to.

Crikey, is that the salary differential ?