Women's Team - 2019/2020

[LWashington]

Arsenal 0-3 Chelsea after 20 mins.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Good to see Kiera in goal scoring form. When she plays more like Pirlo than Ray Wilkins, City are a much better team

 

[kippax4ever]

This does sum up the FA’s attitude.
City already playing away at Rags women on Sunday 26th at 1pm in the FA Cup and bound to be drawn to play on 29th when the men are playing Carabao Cup semi.
If they want the game to grow that can’t keep putting big games on at the same times as the men’s

Did it the òther yr women's fa cup final v whu
Mens team playing the same day
Think the women London 1/2hr after the mans finished, fa saying 60+thousand
But gave thousands to kids clubs and schools fa don't give a shit

 

[waspish]

Top of the league but Chelsea have a game in hand.

 

[mccity]

You wouldn't believe City are in the title race, the way Chelsea and Arsenal have been bigged up this season.

 

[Chris Holmes]

Remaining fixtures of the leading sides... City, Chelsea and Arsenal
City have home fixtures with Arsenal and Chelsea to come.


SUNDAY 2ND FEBRUARY
Chelsea Women 14:00 West Ham United Women
Manchester City Women 14:00 Arsenal Women

SUNDAY 9TH FEBRUARY
Arsenal Women 14:00 Tottenham Hotspur Women
West Ham United Women 15:00 Manchester City Women
Manchester United Women 16:30 Chelsea Women

WEDNESDAY 12TH FEBRUARY
Chelsea Women 19:00 Birmingham City Women
Manchester City Women 19:00 Bristol City Women

THURSDAY 13TH FEBRUARY
Liverpool Women 19:00 Arsenal Women

SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY
Arsenal Women 14:00 Reading Women
Manchester City Women 14:00 Chelsea Women

SUNDAY 22ND MARCH
Chelsea Women 14:00 Everton Women
Bristol City Women 15:00 Arsenal Women
Liverpool Women 14:00 Manchester City Women

SUNDAY 29TH MARCH
Tottenham Hotspur Women 14:00 Chelsea Women
Manchester United Women 12:00 Manchester City Women
West Ham United Women 15:00 Arsenal Women

SUNDAY 5TH APRIL
Arsenal Women 14:00 Manchester United Women
Manchester City Women14:00 Reading Women
Chelsea Women 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion Women

SUNDAY 26TH APRIL
Birmingham City Women 14:00 Arsenal Women
Manchester City Women 14:00 Tottenham Hotspur Women
Reading Women 14:00 Chelsea Women

SUNDAY 3RD MAY
Everton Women 12:30 Chelsea Women

SATURDAY 16TH MAY
Arsenal Women 15:00 Everton Women
Brighton 15:00 Manchester City Women
Chelsea Women 15:00 Liverpool Women

 

[Manc Born & Bred]

Last game away at Brighton, maybe an omen?

 

[EdenBlue]

Both semifinals of Conti Cup confirmed for 7:30 on 29th #ycmiu!
FA Cup v Ragettes moved to Saturday 25th.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Last game away at Brighton, maybe an omen?

Don't think rat boy will be there, to have a beer chucked over him

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Arsenal v City, Chelsea v Ragettes.

If CFC don't muller the Ragettes then summat will be up! We could turn over The Arse but CFC will be a bigger nut than we can crack, I'd think!

 

[EdenBlue]

Good post.

is it too much to ask of Manchester City FC that they put more effort (In fact some effort) into promoting the women’s team. For Wednesday night’s match I could have hoped that somewhere they could have related live scores as the game progressed. As it where I had to rely on colleagues on Bluemoon to update me. So - No live tv, no live commentary, and now no video. We can have short videos of training sessions or comments about certain players but no real effort from City to promote one of it’s senior teams.i did try to look at YouTube, Twitter and Facebook but. I don’t really engage with social media so I may have missed an opportunity. I did try City Tv but as I have a Panasonic smart tv it would not couple with the App (yet another badly thought out and badly managed scheme)

I have come to the conclusion that City are just playing at supporting the Women’s team. There is a chance that with a new experienced manager a new era might commence. City have to put their money where their mouth (and posters at the Etihad) are.

I actually signed up to City TV for the women’s games but don’t even bother now.
The FA Player shows most WSL games live anyway and will hopefully do the same for the Conti Cup although we’ll all be at the Etihad anyway.

I was surprised to see one of the pundits on tv (might have been Rachel Brown-Finnis) state that part of the reason forCushing’s departure was his frustration with City’s lack of ambition so it will be interesting to see how the new coach fares.

 

[Ric]

CFG prioritising advancement of the women’s team, apparently:

 

[domalino]

CFG prioritising advancement of the women’s team, apparently:

I've long thought it's a bit weird we don't dominate the women's game because it seems so (comparatively) easy and such a good way of differentiating yourself and appearing progressive - especially back in the days before United had a women's team (ie before 2018). There's not that much competition, we already have the facilities and name to attract any player and the amount of money needed to get the best in the world is almost embarrassingly small, <1m/year.

I was listening to one of the major podcasts who had a journalist who covers WSL say that basically we were top of the WSL but had a really weak squad and had very little chance of winning even before the manager left. Chelsea and Arsenal much better squads with world class players, apparently. I suppose they do have London as an attraction, but then again Wolfsburg and Lyon aren't the best cities in the world and they dominate Europe.

The Premier League audience is still something like 70% Male and I would imagine it would be pretty profitable to bring younger female audiences to the club as women's football grows in the UK off the back of the Lionesses doing well and the TV coverage push.

 

[nmc]

CFG prioritising advancement of the women’s team, apparently:

I wonder if we are targeting a relatively big name to manage us Jill Ellis maybe?

 

[petrusha]

CFG prioritising advancement of the women’s team, apparently:

Over the last few months, I've seen a few claims in the media, including from Jack Gaughan himself, that Arsenal and Chelsea have increased their investments in their women's set-ups but City haven't followed suit. The Athletic even claimed recently that this was a factor in Nick Cushing's decision to move on. If this latest report is true, the powers that be within MCFC have obviously decided that if we have a women's team, it needs to be resourced to compete at the highest level it can. That's an approach I agree with.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Over the last few months, I've seen a few claims in the media, including from Jack Gaughan himself, that Arsenal and Chelsea have increased their investments in their women's set-ups but City haven't followed suit. The Athletic even claimed recently that this was a factor in Nick Cushing's decision to move on. If this latest report is true, the powers that be within MCFC have obviously decided that if we have a women's team, it needs to be resourced to compete at the highest level it can. That's an approach I agree with.

It’s good news that Steph Houghton has signed a new 2 year contract. Hopefully, there will be further investment like you say but Nick Cushing couldn’t get a performance out of the team in the Champs League for a few years. If he’s been bleating that’s City was underresourced then it’s a bit poor IMHO. We’ve had a team full of internationals even if a few of the very best players moved abroad.

 

[bluekeith]

City ladies on the BBC red button now
Smash them ladies

 

[nmc]

Women’s equivalent of Peter Walton seems to be officiating. Giving all measure of mystery free kicks to the Rags.

 

[nmc]

City need to turn around and face the opposition. Obsessed with playing it across the back 4. The whole midfield have their back to the opposition. Dunno what’s happened to Walsh but gone from the star of the team to a liability. Always been a Cushing supporter but I think it’s time for a change watching the way we are set up today. Creating our own problems against a very poor side today.

 

[NeilYoungIsBack]

Ladyrags 0 - City 1