useless Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Our U21s beat London City Lionesses 2-0 yesterday, FA website have stopped providing the information on their website as far as I can tell, so can't find team or scorer detatils, I think it was our sixth game of the season, we've apparently won five and lost one of those. We've drawn Chelsea in the Quarter-Finals of the FA Youth Cup, I think that's an U16 competition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 14, 2023 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Dali still not back for tomorrow or next week against Spurs, obviously Hanson going to miss both games as well, Ward said there are a few other illnesses too, so could be one or two others missing for tomorow. Milly Round training with the first team, she played for England U17s at the Euros, I think she's a midfielder or can play further forward, but the game I saw she was playing as a right-back and did very well there putting in blocks and tackles, as England were under extreme pressure whilst down to ten players, Sophia Poor incidentally saved a penalty in that game. Even scraping a tomorrow would be a great result just to end sequence of defeats, and any kind of result away to Arsenal is going to give a good confidence boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 We're doing the thing again of starting all four of our central defenders, and are doing so today even though Pacheco is back in the starting eleven, although today away to Arsenal can understand it a little more than against Liverpool. I think we must be playing three at the back, something like Turner, Corsie, and Patten as the back three, Pacheco and Maying as the wingbacks, Staniforth, Parker, and Blindkilde in central midfield, with Magill and Daly upfront. Strong attacking options on the bench with Salmon, Nobbs, Leon, and Lehmann, and then when we still have Dali and Hanson to come back. No academy players involved today as they're playing Burton's first team in the Birmingham FA Challenge Cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachboys1 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 18 minutes ago, useless said: We're doing the thing again of starting all four of our central defenders, and are doing so today even though Pacheco is back in the starting eleven, although today away to Arsenal can understand it a little more than against Liverpool. I think we must be playing three at the back, something like Turner, Corsie, and Patten as the back three, Pacheco and Maying as the wingbacks, Staniforth, Parker, and Blindkilde in central midfield, with Magill and Daly upfront. Strong attacking options on the bench with Salmon, Nobbs, Leon, and Lehmann, and then when we still have Dali and Hanson to come back. No academy players involved today as they're playing Burton's first team in the Birmingham FA Challenge Cup bit concerned about ward not knowing what best sideis without sali and hansen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachboys1 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 dropping nobbs is a mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Line-up is pretty much as I expcted, in the sense I thought we would go defensive and try catch them on the break, I also thought we might with two upfront, but was expecting Salmon instead of Magill, maybe Salmon was one of the players that was poorly with an illness in the week so can't start, same for Nobbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 1-0 What a header! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 COME ON! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Had a really difficult start with the fixtures but if we could hold on here or even take a point, I'd have snatched for that start of the season. Put it behind us, get Dali back fit and Hanson back from suspension and start getting some points and momentum. I've seen them talking about the Arsenal bench being good but Nobbs, Leon, Lehmann and Salmon is a great set of players to choose from. If anyone's starting to look shaky in the back 5 I'd think it would be best to throw one of them on and go more attacking, sneak a second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 This is just attack v defence now. We need to pose some counter attacking threat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 12 added minutes. Bloody hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan95 Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Dang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Fack sake. It had been coming though to put it mildly. 12 minutes left so Arsenal probably get a winner here as we're dead on our feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claretman Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 We are going to lose this. The second half has been awful really, we have offered no threat. It's women against girls. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted October 15, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted October 15, 2023 Aaaargh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Sitting back in the last few minutes again. Losing again..awful tactics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
switters Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 woeful in the last 20. sat back and waited to lose can't have 10 behind the ball and not expect to concede. that said, looked a clear foul in buildup to equaliser. got the ball but right through the player to do so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishywashy Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 (edited) Edited October 15, 2023 by wishywashy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 Sigh. Keeper should've saved that. Carla Ward is a good manager but she's gone a bit DS here, have we got no subs left? Surely just to break up the game or at least get more numbers in central midfield as it's just been too easy for Arsenal to get to edge of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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