Women's Team Thread - 2022/23

[Cotontoquinn]

We played our best football with Christiansen making the midfield tick. Yes Duggan and Ross did well but they had plenty of support from midfield and wingers too. It was the time before we stagnated for a few years with passing the ball back to our defenders too often.

Agree that Izzy Christiansen was excellent for City. Also one of the few pundits that actually talks some sense.
Looking forward to the new look City Womens team this season. Major doubt for me remains Gareth Taylor’s ability to get the best out of this squad.

 

[ElleBla]

Pre-Season Friendly (Behind Closed Doors) 11th August 14.00 Academy Stadium City v Brighton:

Aleixandri nets first City goal in pre-season win over Brighton

Laia Aleixandri scored on her first start for Manchester City as we extended our unbeaten record in pre-season with a 3-1 win over Brighton and Hove Albion.

www.mancity.com

 

[mattcity5]

We played our best football with Christiansen making the midfield tick. Yes Duggan and Ross did well but they had plenty of support from midfield and wingers too. It was the time before we stagnated for a few years with passing the ball back to our defenders too often.

When you watch the men are you desperate for them to get the ball forward? Or do you accept that we play a possession game and that sometimes involves going backwards?

Ps. Stanway is a class above Parris and can still improve. Parris is getting worse if anything. I compared her to Sterling earlier, but she's more like Darius Vassell. I appreciated her at the time but she'd do well to be on our bench now.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

When you watch the men are you desperate for them to get the ball forward? Or do you accept that we play a possession game and that sometimes involves going backwards?

Ps. Stanway is a class above Parris and can still improve. Parris is getting worse if anything. I compared her to Sterling earlier, but she's more like Darius Vassell. I appreciated her at the time but she'd do well to be on our bench now.

Agree and I could never uinderstand why Lyon signed her considering the standard of player they usually sign.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

When you watch the men are you desperate for them to get the ball forward? Or do you accept that we play a possession game and that sometimes involves going backwards?

Ps. Stanway is a class above Parris and can still improve. Parris is getting worse if anything. I compared her to Sterling earlier, but she's more like Darius Vassell. I appreciated her at the time but she'd do well to be on our bench now.

I don’t know any men’s team who regularly pass back to their central defenders, when their wingers have the ball and are level with their opponents 18 yard box. I’m surprised you think that’s good football.

I was referring to Paris’ time with City and she was very good for us. I agree she seems to have gone backwards compared with her best years.

 

[mattcity5]

I don’t know any men’s team who regularly pass back to their central defenders, when their wingers have the ball and are level with their opponents 18 yard box. I’m surprised you think that’s good football.

I was referring to Paris’ time with City and she was very good for us. I agree she seems to have gone backwards compared with her best years.

I can't think of any times where we've had the ball level with the edge of the box out wide and pass it to our centre backs.

I mean, I'm sure it may have happened once or twice when under pressure facing away from goal and with no other options on, but if that's the case, is it the wrong choice? Or should they sling an aimless ball into the box?

I probably sounded a bit twattish originally (apologies), but I didn't mean to. Sometimes though we keep possession, we move the opposition around, it happens. But I certainly don't think there's a distinct plan to play it way back when we're in good positions or anything like that.

Ps. Additionally, keeping the ball like this doesn't always reap instant dividends, but if we've knackered the opposition out we'll often kill them off in the 2nd half, or the last 10 mins.

 

[mattcity5]

I don’t know any men’s team who regularly pass back to their central defenders, when their wingers have the ball and are level with their opponents 18 yard box. I’m surprised you think that’s good football.

I was referring to Paris’ time with City and she was very good for us. I agree she seems to have gone backwards compared with her best years.

One more thing actually.

We play in a similar style to the men, but there are intrinsic differences, there have to be. However, we still want to stretch defences and isolate players 1v1 or preferably create an overload out wide.

The men often switch play with 40/50 yard crossfield passes. However the women don't have that passing range, so maybe their method is to go back and then across. If it works, then fine. Second half of last season everything pretty much worked great - some changes in personnel this season, but hopefully it continues the same way.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

I can't think of any times where we've had the ball level with the edge of the box out wide and pass it to our centre backs.

I mean, I'm sure it may have happened once or twice when under pressure facing away from goal and with no other options on, but if that's the case, is it the wrong choice? Or should they sling an aimless ball into the box?

I probably sounded a bit twattish originally (apologies), but I didn't mean to. Sometimes though we keep possession, we move the opposition around, it happens. But I certainly don't think there's a distinct plan to play it way back when we're in good positions or anything like that.

We can agree to differ. It has seemed at times that Steph Houghton (City legend) was too powerful a personality and the team would pass back to her when in far better positions. I’m thinking about the couple of seasons after Christiansen left / stopped being selected when we didn’t seem to have much of a shoe of play.

We were a lot more progressive in the 2nd half of last season (and that was also the case for most of the season we had San Mewis in the side).

I just think Paris was a good servant. The lower money in the women’s game, compared to the men’s, means players will swap clubs fairly regularly to get a better financial deal.

 

[mattcity5]

We can agree to differ. It has seemed at times that Steph Houghton (City legend) was too powerful a personality and the team would pass back to her when in far better positions. I’m thinking about the couple of seasons after Christiansen left / stopped being selected when we didn’t seem to have much of a shoe of play.

We were a lot more progressive in the 2nd half of last season (and that was also the case for most of the season we had San Mewis in the side).

I just think Paris was a good servant. The lower money in the women’s game, compared to the men’s, means players will swap clubs fairly regularly to get a better financial deal.

Yeah Parris definitely was a top forward for us at the time. Pace, effort, threat - just not clinical really. I thought it was a disaster when she left, but it didn't really turn out that way. She could work well alongside Russo for United in a front 2, but in a more modern 4-3-3 type formation she isn't quite good enough as either a forward or a wide player.

 

[This and only this]

Don't remember seeing this posted. Decent little video on the Girl's Academy