THERE was big news in the WSL this week.
The women’s game will now return to a winter league for the 2017/18 season.
This year there has been a number of complaints surrounding the summer league from teams, fans and my mother with the inconsistency of fixtures.
Even the weather hasn’t been great.
We have mid-season breaks consisting of six weeks, random two-week gaps with no fixtures and then three-game weeks. Quite frustrating as you can imagine.
I think this announcement will be welcomed by all people involved in the women’s game as a positive step in the right direction.
I personally think it’s great for the game. Going forward this will allow clubs to gather momentum in the season, something which has been lacking this year.
This change allows the league to mirror others in Europe which should result in aiding performances for English clubs in European competitions.
The summer league has also often been criticised as it has been described as affecting
English teams’ chances of competing in the Champions League.
Saturday wasn’t a good day for us, we suffered a 2-0 defeat away to Liverpool.
A sloppy first 20 minutes from us resulted in two Liverpool goals within quick succession.
Going into the second half we left ourselves a mountain to climb and while we fought back really well, creating some chances, unfortunately we couldn’t find the net.
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I’d like to just give a special mention to our fans for their support so far this season, second to none.
We really appreciate the effort you put in to make every game as we’ve been on the road more often than not this season.
However, we now move on and look for our first league win of the season. What better place to get it then in front of our home fans as we host Birmingham (finally a home game) on July 24 at Adams Park (2pm kick-off).
Last time we played Birmingham it was a very competitive open game, with both teams failing to unlock one another ending in a goalless draw.
So Portugal crowned champions of Europe, hate to say I told you so…
Within 20 minutes of his managerial career Ronaldo wins the Euros. Is there anything the man can’t do?
To be fair it was a pretty boring game until the moths got involved and livened up proceedings.
They were even giving it some on Twitter after the game.
Well, with the Euros finally coming to an end (me predicting the winner) and Love Island has now finished (predicted the winner on that as well), I now have my life back…
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