WSL Aston Villa (A) 18/05/24:

Clearly everything Chelsea hit is going in, all our shots (bar one) goes over the bar.vour build up play is slow at times, Jess at the end there has a chance to break and go forward. She got to just over the half way line, turned and passed back.
 
Where Hasegawa , one of our star players , not heard her name once that first half ?
 
United are awful - whilst Villa have been working hard and throwing themselves in to create blocks etc. However, we also could have been more composed, more ruthless in front of goal - just like Chelsea have been,

Essentially these are not the games the title has swung on - that collapse against Arsenal has put us in this situation of needing United to turn up - it was in our hands and dropped.
 
The women generally look like they are just trying to get through the game without injury, resigned to the fact that they have already lost the league.

Low energy, from both sides. Really disappointing to see, to be honest.

I am sure Taylor apologists will say that the team improved over last season, and losing Shaw for the run-in had a huge impact, therefore bottling the league can be forgiven.

But I am not sure Taylor is really the cause of the relative improvement, a better manager would have figured out a way to better cover Bunny’s absence (and motivate the team), and I think Taylor’s lack of in-game nous will hold the team back generally over the next few seasons.

I also can’t see a Pep-managed team finishing the season so timidly, which for me, should be the standard to which all City teams aspire. For me, Taylor has been far too happy (or just indifferent) with how the title challenge went off the rails. In my mind, it shows he doesn’t have the natural mindset needed to be successful at the top level.

It may be harsh, but I am quite disappointed in how the latter stages of the season were managed.
 
Damage was done in the Arsenal game and nobody else but ourselves to blame,
90 minutes 1.0 up 9 points clear and we wobbled and let 2 goals in and lost and Chelsea was Champions,
Yes, losing Bunny was a big blow, But those 2 late goals were the real killer in the title race.
 
Congrats to Chelsea on winning the WSL.

Our finishing today has matched what we've done all season. Other than Bunny it's just not been clinical enough. But as other posters have said, it's not today's result that has cost us but games like the draw with Spurs and defeat to Arsenal in our last outing.
 

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