zeetha
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- Apr 11, 2011
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Didn't expect anything from yesterdays game, but the Women played one of their best games this season and thoroughly deserved the win. Baggaley was definitely player of the match making a number of important saves and interceptions to keep us in it, and even more so having done so with only a few minutes to prepare as she was a late starter given Loecks injury in the warmup.
Our form has been inconsistent this season, and we still showed signs of that yesterday giving the ball away in our half under pressure but we were much better defensively and for a change took our chances with some good goals. Kirby has been the lynchpin of most of our good performances, so it was good to see us go on and win yesterday after she went off at halftime.
As usual with the short contracts in the womens game there will be probably more changes than the 5 announced yesterday who are definitely going. Not sure why it was announced before the game without telling the manager they were going to do so (presume he did know they were going though) but there we go! With 3 of the 5 confirmed leavers being in defense (4 if you include Bremner who sometimes played there), including our centre back partnership we will need to do some decent recruitment in the summer if we want to look to replicate this seasons great position. Not entirely surprised on any of the leavers though as Pattinson has looked unsettled and inconsistent for awhile, Bremner and Stefanovic hardly play (the latter through injury) and Thorisdottir and Bergsvand sometimes look a bit slow.
Well done to the team for finishing (more than likely) 5th - our highest WSL finish
Breaking into the top 4 is not going to be easy even though that is the plan. Hope we hear some more about the new stadium soon, and recruitment so we can look forward to next season with optimism!
Our form has been inconsistent this season, and we still showed signs of that yesterday giving the ball away in our half under pressure but we were much better defensively and for a change took our chances with some good goals. Kirby has been the lynchpin of most of our good performances, so it was good to see us go on and win yesterday after she went off at halftime.
As usual with the short contracts in the womens game there will be probably more changes than the 5 announced yesterday who are definitely going. Not sure why it was announced before the game without telling the manager they were going to do so (presume he did know they were going though) but there we go! With 3 of the 5 confirmed leavers being in defense (4 if you include Bremner who sometimes played there), including our centre back partnership we will need to do some decent recruitment in the summer if we want to look to replicate this seasons great position. Not entirely surprised on any of the leavers though as Pattinson has looked unsettled and inconsistent for awhile, Bremner and Stefanovic hardly play (the latter through injury) and Thorisdottir and Bergsvand sometimes look a bit slow.
Well done to the team for finishing (more than likely) 5th - our highest WSL finish
Breaking into the top 4 is not going to be easy even though that is the plan. Hope we hear some more about the new stadium soon, and recruitment so we can look forward to next season with optimism!
