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1. 2019-2020 2. Everton 3. 1-0

I'd be interested to know what people think of the decision to play all of CFCW's WSL games at Stamford Bridge from next season onward? It seems clear to me that the squad have been in favour of this for a long time but, I must say, that this decision is not popular with a large majority of the Kingsmeadow faithful I know. A significant percentage of them have said that they will give up their season tickets and either not go at all or pick and choose their games. That said I have always felt, and argued, that if we are to grow the match going supporter base it will be Stamford Bridge which drives the growth, not KM.

Quiz: In which season of the last thirteen did we fail to reach the FA Cup semi-final? By which club were we eliminated in that season? What was the scoreline in that game?

Great Goal but I thought Russo's was top quality also.

I feel Pedro gets more stick than he deserves. Not the final answer but a stepping stone until we find one.

I thought Hato had some nice moments.

Can Denner play further forward? With Cucurella and Hato established for LB it doesn't seem likely that there will be enough opportunities in that position to make it sensible to keep him at Cobham. Unless it's thought he could get minutes elsewhere on the pitch. All in all, he is surely set for a loan to Strasbourg or elsewhere isn't he?

I'd rather they stay up too because of how much the Tottenham games mean to me every season, I'd really miss those two games if they didn't happen. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy watching them struggle though. Lot of fun.

Commonnn City!!!

You're 40-50 seconds ahead of me. Let's hope you can keep the good news coming. 🙂

I was thinking specifically of the left footers who like to play on the right flank

What does the jigsaw look like with Estevao, Neto, Palmer & Quenda competing for minutes?

I was at the under 18s FA Youth Cup tie against Man City last night. A friend sent me the story of Paul Green's departure from the club. As soon as I saw it, I began discussing it with a bunch of other CFCW regulars. One of the theories we discussed was that Sonia wanted more autonomy because, notionally at least, she reported to Paul who then reported to the sporting directors and the CEO. Sonia has spoken a number of times about how closely she works with the sporting directors on various topics. Regardless of how she might personally have felt about her relationship with Paul, and I don't know either way, you can see how the manager would prefer not to have a third voice potentially diluting or gainsaying her own thoughts. I'm not fully convinced that Paul Green was that impactful around the team. He had the administrative role to manage the Team during the Emma Hayes era but she made all of the team decisions, including transfers. Right at the end Emma's time the club created the post of CEO for the women's team to manage the budget, business side, and player contracts. This limited Paul's function still further. I think these factors have more or less squeezed his role out of existence. I don't foresee anything changing other than everyone will have stopped pretending that Paul's job continued to exist in any meaningful way. Naturally Sonia would want to make all footballing decisions herself but, understanding that the club structure means she can't, she would want to work directly with the people who do. Whether it's right or it's wrong, Wintstanley and Stewart are those people. I also watched the women's under 21s v ManU last week so my personal score in academy games this month is Chelsea 2, Manchester 11.

Aka Wirtz is starting to click.

According to the comment above which describes the settlement, Chelsea are entitled to 20% of Liverpool's profit from a future transfer, not 20% of the total transfer fee the reds might receive. So the calculation would be based on the fee Liverpool receive (f), the basic £2.8m Liverpool initially paid Chelsea, and any bonuses (b) they may have paid to Chelsea before the player is sold on. So:- Chelsea's eventual sell on fee = (f - b - 2.8) x 0.2