Leicester go a goal up against Chelsea. Twenty minutes in and Leicester had scarcely touched the ball until then. Great work on the counter though - Chelsea defence must have fallen asleep. Leicester 1-0 Chelsea
WSL 2024/25 | MD 12 - 25/26 Jan
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Jamie (@Vault Dweller) are here to celebrate rare back-to-back victories for Manchester United! They analyse the late win in the Europa League vs. Rangers and then try and find things to analyse in a pretty dour game vs. Fulham. They also chat about the latest Marcus Rashford news, and look at the latest transfer news.
Leicester apparently the better team overall in the first half?
The stats are a fair description of the game but I guess what's missing from the raw numbers is that Chelsea look very flat.
Chelsea aren't missing sitters, Leicester's keeper hasn't turned into a magician. Real goalscoring opportunities or even serious action inside the box have been rarities - quite a few of Chelsea's shots have been hit and hopes from anywhere.
As I say that, Chelsea get a "shot on target" but it's a tame header straight into the keeper's hands.
Equaliser - Great shot (or hit and hope!) from the edge of the box by Kaptein.
Should’ve made her my kaptein.
Traditional WSL break with ten minutes to play Leicester keeper sits down, physios pretend to work on her. 7 minutes + stoppage time.
I'm not getting a lot of FF points out of my Chelsea players this week, that's for sure.
Doh
I'm not getting a lot of FF points out of my Chelsea players this week, that's for sure.
And today was the day I went all in with my Chelsea FF players by captaining and vice-captaining 2 of the 3.
Dammit.
Dammit.
Feck you man. Keep your grubby FF hands off Chelsea players next time, alright?
1-1 Leicester slide out of the relegation places and Chelsea's winning run comes to an end.
Lots of Chelsea chances in the last 15 minutes but no winning goal.
On the other hand - wow Chelsea dropped some points. Shame it wasn't to us.
Lots of Chelsea chances in the last 15 minutes but no winning goal.
Same here. To make matters worse I had Bright down as a safe bet for clean sheet points as well.
On the other hand - wow Chelsea dropped some points. Shame it wasn't to us.
That's the spirit of Christmas, right there
Maybe I should stack my team with Arsenal, City, and Chelsea players so that my all-powerful FF curse gives United a chance of top 3
That's the spirit of Christmas, right there
I’m very protective of my Chelsea ladies. Can’t have @Scanny bad vibes bringing us down
I’m here for itI’m very protective of my Chelsea ladies. Can’t have @Scanny bad vibes bringing us down
A weekend of surprise results? Hope we continue it by beating Palace by a few goals
It's just getting weird now. Everton 2-0 at halftime? Against City who looked so good against Barca a couple of months back.
Ok, their injury list isn't great, but still - Everton. Wow.
Ok, their injury list isn't great, but still - Everton. Wow.
City surprisingly poor even if they are missing Greenwood, Shaw, and Hemp.
Probably jinxing it now, but I started wondering about Gareth Taylor’s job security…
Soon five years in the job and one league cup is the only trophy he’s won. Even that was almost three years ago. He’s got the same amount of trophies as Marc fecking Skinner.
I know they finished on level points with Chelsea last season and how difficult it is to win anything in England when Chelsea are competing with you, but still…
One would think City had higher standards. They won plenty before Taylor got the job.
Soon five years in the job and one league cup is the only trophy he’s won. Even that was almost three years ago. He’s got the same amount of trophies as Marc fecking Skinner.
I know they finished on level points with Chelsea last season and how difficult it is to win anything in England when Chelsea are competing with you, but still…
One would think City had higher standards. They won plenty before Taylor got the job.
This is a big let off for us. Drop points for the first time this season and then City go one better.
Agree. Especially mentally, in terms of momentum.
C’mon Everton, well done!
Not WSL news but kind of related. Jonas Eidevall seems to have been chosen to replace Casey Stoney at San Diego Wave.
Lucky them
MD11 | 17-19 January - Manchester derby
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After a mid-winter break and a couple of rounds of WFA Cup matches the Women's Super League is back in action.
Big match of the weekend is City v United at the Etihad on Sunday evening.
Table prior to this weekend:
Liverpool beat Brighton 2-1 last night to open the weekend matches.
Big match of the weekend is City v United at the Etihad on Sunday evening.
Table prior to this weekend:
Liverpool beat Brighton 2-1 last night to open the weekend matches.
Weekend ends with wins for Chelsea, Arsenal, United, Liverpool and Spurs. Everton v Villa was a draw.
Chelsea and Arsenal both won 5-0 and consolidate both their positions as top two and their goal difference. United's 4-2 away win against City was not just the match of the weekend in principle, it was a cracker in practice.
Big win for us that means United are now level on points with Arsenal but behind them on GD.
Chelsea and Arsenal both won 5-0 and consolidate both their positions as top two and their goal difference. United's 4-2 away win against City was not just the match of the weekend in principle, it was a cracker in practice.
Big win for us that means United are now level on points with Arsenal but behind them on GD.
$1.1m is just under £900k. This would be a world record fee.
This weekend's matches are already underway. City beat Villa 4-2 yesterday.
Chelsea v Arsenal are underway - live on BBC2 and YouTube - just coming up to halftime and it's still goalless. Chances either way, though the better ones seem to have gone to Arsenal. No one converting them at the moment.
Chelsea v Arsenal are underway - live on BBC2 and YouTube - just coming up to halftime and it's still goalless. Chances either way, though the better ones seem to have gone to Arsenal. No one converting them at the moment.
I'll take this result all day long. Chelsea will cruise themselves to another title, but CL is the next realistic step for us and this result will help us get there. Now let's do our job and beat Brighton.
Clumsy defending and Chelsea score from the penalty. Katie McCabe manages to pick up a red card in the process, presumably for something she said.
5 minutes of normal time left and it's hard to see Arsenal getting anything out of this now.
5 minutes of normal time left and it's hard to see Arsenal getting anything out of this now.
Yep. As annoying as it is seeing Chelsea winning again - Arsenal dropping points is good news for us.
There's not much we can do regarding Chelsea. It would take one of those 2022/23 seasons with W after W after W to stand a chance. We're not there at this moment, we've already lost too many easy points. So I'm fine with this.
How to get a red card easily:
The weekend's matches mean United are up to second and the battle between the top 4 for next year's WCL places (three of them) is on.
