Hayley Ladd - heads in from setpiece and we're 2-1 up
WSL 20/21 | Reading v United - 12:30 Sun 13 Dec
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HAYLEY LLLLLLAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDD YEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ladd heads in from a few yards, right place right time.
Don't know. It wasn't obvious how it happened and she looked bad coming off. Worrying that.
Happy for Haley, she quietly does a very good job in our midfield
Something happened when she tried to cross it to Galton i think. Does not look good, the tears indicate she knows it could be long term
Zelem has been on the bench for a while. I follow but don't watch the woman's team, has she just been surpassed by people like toone?
5 minutes added.
Casey doesn't like the ref 
You thinkCasey doesn't like the ref
Good result for us today, tough match and we weren't at our best but we win 2-1. The sort of match we would have drawn/lost last year.
Combination of things - we've more depth in midfield now and Ella Toone has been in excellent form, plus our attacking options are so good that we're playing 3 forwards more or less every match. Unfortunately Katie got covid a while back which basically knocked her out of the team for a month. We've not played enough matches since then for her to really get the chance to play herself back into the starting lineup.
Leah Galton played well. Most of the rest of the team seemed to struggle to get the ball under control and pass it to a red shirt. Kirsty Smith and Ella Toone were especially random in their play.
We didn't have an attempt on goal in the 2nd half until 80 mins when Tobin Heath and then Jane Ross tried to force the ball into the net after Galton's cross.
That Amy Turner minute was extraordinary; initial mistake, super recovery tackle inside our area, terrible pass, blocked the 2nd shot.
We didn't have an attempt on goal in the 2nd half until 80 mins when Tobin Heath and then Jane Ross tried to force the ball into the net after Galton's cross.
That Amy Turner minute was extraordinary; initial mistake, super recovery tackle inside our area, terrible pass, blocked the 2nd shot.
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Huge result for us! It looked like it was slipping out of our hands in the second half, but Ladd with a crucial goal for us. Their right back is very lucky she didn't get sent off. Again, still top of the league!
SWEET WIN! With all the missing players, I take this any day! Well done! But we need to get back players soon!
Leah Galton gets our first
Hayley gets our second
Hayley gets our second
Pleased with the win. Haven't watched this yet, will be watching on MUTV once it's up. Who played up front and through the middle in the first half?
Toone plays as an AM while Zelem is a CM. As a CM, Zelem doesn't offer enough defensively when compared to Ladd (who I think is the only one in the squad who can play that DM kind of role). The other CM slot is taken by Groenen, who is fantastic from a creativity perspective.
What I think might work is Zelem and Ladd at CM and Groenen as an AM. The issue with that is that Toone is better at pressing from the front than Groenen and is playing quite well at the moment and scoring some important goals.
So, on the whole, I guess it's a case of team balance more than anything else, but also a case of good performances from others.
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Galton's goals this season looks more and more fundamental for the title race, especially that steal of points from Chelsea at the beginning.
If she can raise her goalscoring rate just a bit more, then perhaps Casey was 100% right when saying 'She's the best left winger in England.'
If she can raise her goalscoring rate just a bit more, then perhaps Casey was 100% right when saying 'She's the best left winger in England.'
Cracking win against a very difficult side. Casey been doing a fantastic job since the beginning.
@ImmortalJoker66 and @SuperLJ were right with their prediction in the last matchday thread that it will be a tough match......i thought Reading wouldn't give us serious problems and we will get easily the 3 points.
I have said after our last match that "ugly wins" are important too to reach the next level but our performances must improve in 2021.
I have said after our last match that "ugly wins" are important too to reach the next level but our performances must improve in 2021.
Like I said to someone on one of the Women's Instagram posts, Reading have been our Bogey team since our reformation, they beat us in the League Cup at our first sold out home game of the season, then we had a poor game against them in the FA Cup where they scored instantly after we took the lead and won it in Extra time. We beat them on our turf last season thanks to goals from Hanson and Sigsworth but the return fixture was tarnished by the ref which cost us 3 points. They were never going to be an easy team to beat just like Chelsea, Arsenal and City.
Just a couple of things on Lucy Staniforth's injury. The collision:
The only injury update I've seen so far:
The only injury update I've seen so far:
Hope it isn't that serious in truth
Missed this one but delighted we got all 3 points. I swear we always struggle against Reading.. thank goodness we got over the line here.
Hope Lucy is okay!
Hope Lucy is okay!