Women's Team 2020/21

[better dead than red]

Lavelle & Mewis signed for this season only but Dahlkemper joined in a two-and-a-half year deal.

As for chances of being here next year, Mewis hinted yesterday that she's heading home when her contract expires. In an interview with ESPN she said how excited she is about the next NWSL season. Could be that I've inferred to much but it definitely sounds like she is planning to head home.

It is too bad if she leaves. Week to week the quality in the two leagues may be similar. I don't know much about the NWSL. That said, she won't get the opportunity to play against the quality teams in Champions League matches like she would with City.

 

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Tbh I haven't been that impressed with Lavelle when she has featured, of the two I'd rather keep Mewis if we could.

Lavelle is a superstar in women’s football, nobody who knows the game can understand how she’s not getting a look in at City. Taylor is only getting away with it because women’s football has such a low profile.

 

[better dead than red]

Tbh I haven't been that impressed with Lavelle when she has featured, of the two I'd rather keep Mewis if we could.

Rose's natural position is a number 10. It doesn't exist in the 4-3-3. When she plays, she is not playing where she is most effective.

It would be like playing Sergio on the wing in his prime. Could he do it? Probably. Would he look world class great? Likely he would not.

 

[kev20971]

It is too bad if she leaves. Week to week the quality in the two leagues may be similar. I don't know much about the NWSL. That said, she won't get the opportunity to play against the quality teams in Champions League matches like she would with City.

Personally I think we've only seen glimpses of quality from Mewis , some game she's outstanding then next game she missing . Rose Lavelle just hasn't been given a chance to show what she can do , can't thing of a full game she been given. Maybe its time City (like Chelsea Arsenal and even Utd) started looking for quality European players, if they are willing to go to places like Chelsea & Arsenal , surely they will come City too !

 

[cleavers]

Only saw the last 30 minutes, we looked tired and overawed by them.

No chance we'll turn that round, the 3rd goal was a complete killer without an away goal..

 

[kev20971]

Rose's natural position is a number 10. It doesn't exist in the 4-3-3. When she plays, she is not playing where she is most effective.

It would be like playing Sergio on the wing in his prime. Could he do it? Probably. Would he look world class great? Likely he would not.

I also think the build up these players get from the press and media don't help , when you call someone a superstar you expect more . If Sergio did play on the wing you know he would still cause problems for the defending team . How i also think Lavelle hasn't been given a fair go, to show what she can do .

 

[better dead than red]

Worth a read, even if only to watch the goal and listen to the announcer call it in Spanish. :)

Manchester City Needs to Play Rose Lavelle in Her Actual Position - Just Women's Sports

To say that Rose Lavelle shone in 2019 would be an understatement. The breakout star of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup not only won the tournament along with the rest of U.S. women’s national team, but she scored a scintillating goal in the final to seal the USWNT’s win against the Netherlands...

justwomenssports.com

 

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Beat Chelsea win the WSL, that should be the aim now

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

I also think the build up these players get from the press and media don't help , when you call someone a superstar you expect more . If Sergio did play on the wing you know he would still cause problems for the defending team . How i also think Lavelle hasn't been given a fair go, to show what she can do .

We obviously don't know all the reasons behind Lavelle's lack of playing time , and I believe she has had injuries, but to have had so little time in the team is a waste of her abilities , and that has to be down to management .

She is crucial to the energy of the US team, but only had bit parts at City .

 

[Bridgejunky]

Needed the score the pen and to have kept Barca to two. Tie's well and truely buried at 3-0. Second leg will be a formality. But why do men play a German team in Hungary for the home game and the women play Barca in Beswick. Is German Covid worse than Spanish Covid?

Germany's covid rules bar travel to the UK. Chelsea's women are playing German opposition in the home leg of their quarter-final tie this afternoon. The game takes place in Bucharest.