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Key occasions
13 min: Toone goes for purpose from the sting of the field, however her effort floats over the crossbar.
9 min: Leicester ahead Chossenotte is okay to proceed taking part in for now.
8 min: Some concern for Leicester now as Chossenotte goes down with what seems to be an ankle harm following a problem from George.
4 min: It’s been all Manchester United up to now at Leigh Sports activities Village. The hosts are dominating possession and threatening round Leicester’s field. Janssen takes the primary shot of the conflict, however her effort flies over the crossbar.
Kick-off: Manchester United vs Leicester
The primary match of the day is beneath method at Leigh Sports activities Village!
Rick has emailed in together with his view on the proposed change to the WSL format…
“The proposal to develop the WSL by including groups every season by eliminating relegation to reach at maybe an 18 workforce high division by 2030 and the same sized WSL 2 is all very nicely, however the primary downside is the large funding hole that has already opened up with Chelsea already having turned the WSL right into a one workforce league.
“I’m afraid that girls’s soccer is now primarily cash pushed and with that can come the professionalism aka dishonest that has spoiled the lads’s recreation.
“Except a extra radical restructuring is launched to cease a small variety of high golf equipment dominating the WSL financially then wishful considering this may be prevented by lowering threat to buyers is delusional.
“Has anybody had a take a look at what safeguards are in place to cease the flawed folks shopping for in to girls’s soccer?”
A reminder of right this moment’s WSL fixtures…
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Manchester United vs Leicester
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Aston Villa vs Everton
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Tottenham vs Manchester Metropolis
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Crystal Palace vs Liverpool
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Brighton vs Chelsea
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Arsenal vs West Ham
Here’s what some WSL managers needed to say concerning the proposed scrapping of relegation…
Robert Vilahamn: “I undoubtedly wish to have a relegation battle. You want competitors up and down within the desk. If it’s for one or two years to verify we are able to have an enormous funding in these groups, present me the case, what they give it some thought after which we are able to pay attention. I feel the followers wish to see video games the place you compete up and down within the leagues.”
Gareth Taylor: “I’ve at all times had this factor of doubtless making the league larger, extra groups, 14, 16 groups I feel it could change loads, would create extra competitors inside it. On first visible of taking a look at that piece this morning round no relegation, I can utterly perceive the the explanation why, as a result of it permits stability slightly bit for these golf equipment to take a position and create extra competitors. There’s constructive and unfavorable to each issues. I feel generally I’ve at all times been about retaining it easy. I feel promotion and relegation are at all times going to be what supporters and groups play for and crave. I feel that actually goes to be tough to maneuver away from that.”
Renee Slegers: “I feel there’s a purpose why most competitions work like that in numerous international locations, since you wish to have that aggressive ingredient. However on the similar time, the choice makers on this have extra element and extra information. I perceive that there must be a basis and ranges of professionalism to have the ability to present the standard that we want in girls’s soccer.”
The Guardian solely revealed this week that the WSL is contemplating the potential of abolishing relegation as a part of a radical proposal to develop the game. The 23 WSL and Championship golf equipment had been known as to a gathering by Ladies’s Skilled Leagues Ltd on Friday whereby they had been requested to discover a spread of choices to extend the profile, sustainability and profitability of girls’s soccer. The result of that assembly is but to be revealed.
What are your ideas on the proposal? Be at liberty to get in contact this afternoon. I wish to hear from you!
Manchester United are lacking Jayde Riviere, Elisabeth Terland and Simi Awujo right this moment. Lisa Naalsund and Anna Sandberg are additionally unavailable for the hosts.
As for Leicester, Deanne Rose is again within the matchday squad, whereas Lena Petermann Noemie Mouchon and Jutta Rantala stay absent. Karla Torres has dropped out of the squad.
Manchester United vs Leicester workforce information
Manchester United beginning line-up: Phallon Tullis-Joyce; Gabby George, Maya Le Tissier (C), Millie Turner, Aoife Mannion; Grace Clinton, Dominique Janssen, Ella Toone; Celin Bizet, Melvine Malard, Leah Galton. Substitutes: Safia Middleton-Patel, Kayla Rendell, Scarlett Hill, Tamira Livingston, Mared Griffiths, Hinata Miyazawa, Geyse, Rachel Williams.
Leicester beginning line-up: Janina Leitzig; Asmita Ale, Sophie Howard, Julie Thibaud, C.J. Bott; Sam Tierney, Ruby Mace; Shana Chossenotte, Missy Goodwin, Janice Cayman (C), Hlín Eiríksdóttir. Substitutes: Olivia Clark, Courtney Nevin, Chantelle Swaby, Saori Takarada, Yuka Momiki, Hannah Cain, Nelly Las, Deanne Rose, Shannon O’Brien.
Preamble
What per week it’s been in girls’s soccer.
From managerial incomings and outgoings to proposed format modifications that will alter the pyramid utterly, it seems like we’ve seen all of it. We’ll discuss these issues a bit later, however for now the main target is on right this moment’s six Ladies’s Tremendous League fixtures.
To kick issues off, Manchester United host Leicester Metropolis at Leigh Sports activities Village. Then, Aston Villa tackle Everton whereas Tottenham face Manchester Metropolis. Brighton go head-to-head with league leaders Chelsea earlier than Arsenal meet West Ham for a London Derby this night.
Maybe essentially the most fascinating fixture of the day, nevertheless, is Crystal Palace vs Liverpool. Each golf equipment sacked their respective managers earlier this week, which got here as an enormous shock to followers. Whereas Liverpool are but to discover a everlasting successor to Matt Beard, Norwegian coach Leif Smerud has changed Laura Kaminski at Palace. The query is – will the London aspect get that ‘new supervisor bounce’ this afternoon?
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