Our much vaunted scouting, recruitment and succession planning has fallen asunder in the women’s game.
How many managers have we had running our WSL team in the last five years?
Four shots on goal., three goals.
Igor/ Estupian was a shambles at Sheffield and it’s worse tonight.
Not convinced by Igor who is a massive downgrade on Colvil.
The side is more comfortable with a back four
Still prefer him to Bart as first choice as he makes less mistakes.
If he had pushed out the cross to gift Sheffield United’s first goal yesterday we wouldn’t have heard the end of it!
Probably the best referee I have seen this season... Let the game flow and was calm under pressure.
Hope he is promoted to Premier League referee shortly.
The real concern is that we are not winning nearly enough matches at home. Draws against sides lower than us. Wolves didn’t park the bus and looked more likely to score.
Positive two clean sheets in a row but also no goals scored in these games
Was Alex Scott, at Bristol City, now joined Bournemouth, the last English player of much promise, the last English player we were linked with as a signing?
On diversity it’s well worth noting that Sussex is doing a massive amount with the cricket community in the Crawley area, many from South Asian heritage. This is involving time and investment.
Looking at this article on 10 Rising Stars made me think which Ennglish Players have we signed since Adam Webster?
The great success of Joao Pedro shows there is value in the EFL
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/dec/28/from-jobe-bellingham-to-adam-wharton-10-rising-efl-stars-2024