Women's Team Thread - 2022/23

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better dead than red said:
Fair enough. You watch a lot of NWSL then?

Yes, Rose plays as a 10. She was rarely used there. That's Taylor's fault. He may have had in form players but "in form" rarely lasts all season. You have a potential "nuclear weapon" sitting on your bench or playing our of position why not see what she can do? Give her a run of games.

And after all that, I've said in this forum on more than one occasion, Lavelle was never brought to City to play. She was used to get Mewis to sign or to keep her from signing for a rival team. Taylor had a game changer dumped in his lap and he stepped all over his dick mismanageing it.
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Far less NWSL than WSL no doubt, I try to keep up but I'm only human.

I agree it's Taylor's fault that she wasn't played as a 10, it was his name on the teamsheet after all, but the point is that any coach's main responsibility is to get the best out of the team not the best out of any particular player. She had the potential to be the best player in the team, maybe even the country, but how many games and how many dropped points would it take to make it work? That's why the signing itself was the biggest issue, it was set-up to fail.

I can't imagine Taylor figuring it out even if he had the time tbh, but for once he did the right just by doing the simple thing. It would have been irresponsible to up-end the team mid-season to re-build around her when she wasn't even a long-term signing. It'd be a different matter if we were miles off but we only finished 2pts off Chelsea in the end.

That Mewis factor is an interesting one. God, I wish she'd stayed - what a player. I'd love to know the story behind those two and then Dahlkemper coming in, there must have been some stuff going on in the background.
 
The US players only ever came in because of Covid which had shut down their league completely. They needed game time for the next tournament that was scheduled at the end of that season iirc. Only exception to that was Dahlkemper which was a really strange move all round. She'd just got married but signed for us on a 3 year deal.
 
Taylor is the luckiest man in football. To have been given another season is frankly bobbins. The womens team has consistently been the weakest part at City and especially under Taylor. I expect nothing from them next season and he’ll be sacked…..total waste of a year.
 
Russo's gone to Arsenal on a free transfer as she's out of contract. So it isn't just City who struggle to hold on to players. Which is nice.

Chelsea have signed some, but lost Harder amongst others.

Would like to think we can get back in the top 3 next season despite no managerial change, though we do need to make signings still. Make none and I'll be worried about Villa catching us. Sign a top midfielder as a minimum and I'll be hopeful we can get back above united.
 
mattcity5 said:
Russo's gone to Arsenal on a free transfer as she's out of contract. So it isn't just City who struggle to hold on to players. Which is nice.

Chelsea have signed some, but lost Harder amongst others.

Would like to think we can get back in the top 3 next season despite no managerial change, though we do need to make signings still. Make none and I'll be worried about Villa catching us. Sign a top midfielder as a minimum and I'll be hopeful we can get back above united.
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They are also losing Batlle, who's on her way to Barcelona. Huge losses both of them, hopefully we can keep our players coming into next season this time, and with a better player management we might be able to up our game
 
nmc said:
www.bbc.co.uk

WSL takeover: What are key decisions before next year's takeover completion?

A takeover of the Women's Super League looks set to finally be completed by August 2024. BBC Sport looks at what changes could happen.
www.bbc.co.uk

Another quango controlled by Man United and Arsenal.
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Surely City, as an important, successful women's team over the last decade, should be involved in this ?
How the hell have the Stretford Soccerettes (the original gatecrashers) got a representative, Patrick Stewart, on this advisory body ?
If City really want to be a top female club, get within the decision making process...
 
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