Chelsea Women Thread

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20 hours ago, Mana said:

Fun? Not for me it ain't. We lost Aluko, Chapman and Rafferty (who's the 4th? Dunn? Who left months ago?) and these players brought huge experience to the team. They'll be missed badly.

If we going to win the CL next season, we have bring in players who are just as good as these (or better). And City Women won't sit around either, they'll spend as well.

Yes, it was definitely fun. The departing players were leaving anyway. It was a nice occasion to share the ending of their time at the club with them. Was an especially nice touch when Claire came on to the supporters coach to thank us for the silver salver we had presented to her, and to say a last goodbye. She definitely enjoyed the day.

If you count Crystal that would make five departures. The name you've missed out from the list of first team departures is Becky Spencer but others not quite in the top squad have also left. Worse, three players' contracts are running out. The club is certain to pull out all the stops to keep Maren and Gilly but there are fears that Gemma will move in search or more playing time. A busy summer ahead for the club.

To be more competitive in the CL we need to significantly upgrade the squad, not just replace the departing players like for like. Wolfsburg were a pleasure to watch at Kingsmeadow. Some of their fans were generous enough to recognise that we are now closer to them than we have been in previous seasons but the truth is we are still miles behind them. They are the standard for me. We have our work cut out to catch up with them.

P.S. Good luck to VFL in today's Champions League Final.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,077]

The women play their first league game of the 2018/19 season at home to Manchester City Sunday September 9th. That's the weekend the men won't be playing because of the international break. If you're going to be missing your football fix that week, why not get over to Kingsmeadow, in Kingston, to support the girls. There's a bus that stops right outside the ground and a train station nearby, plus free car parking at the stadium. If you're driving just slap KT1 3PB into your satnav. Tickets are £6 full price, £3 concessions and can be bought on the day or from the club in advance. Kick off is at 2:00pm.

City finished second behind Chelsea in last season's Women's Super League so this is a massive game to kick off the campaign. We attracted a record crowd of over 3,300 when City visited Kingsmeadow in last season's FA Cup. That's more than attended some league two games but there's room for about 1500 more to watch what could turn out to be a pivotal fixture in the title race. See you down there if you can make it.

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Karen Carney has been confirmed as the new captain of Chelsea Women ahead of the Blues’ opening fixture in the Women’s Super League at home to Manchester City on Sunday.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2018/9/7/captain-carney

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Is anyone heading up to Manchester for the game with City on 10th February 2019? If so, did you know that Chelsea Women are playing City's women at The Academy stadium on the same day? I'll be up there.

The women kick off at 1:00pm, followed by the men at 4:00pm. The club is running coaches for fans to get to both games so what some people are doing is booking a seat on a coach for the women's game as well as on one for the men's match. Their plan is to go up on the CFCW coach, watch the women, walk across the road for the men's match, then return south on the men's coach.

After a slow start our women, the current champions, have fought their way back into the title race with Arsenal and City. 

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Good on the girls for showing the lads how its done!!!

 

The Women’s FA Cup holders are into the last-eight of this season’s competition thanks to striker Bethany England’s 13th and 14th goals of the season and defender Jonna Andersson’s first – an extraordinary hit.

Chelsea: Berger, Blundell, Bright, Ingle, Carney, Ji, England, Eriksson, Andersson, Cuthbert, Spence

Subs: Lindahl, Cooper, Kirby, Carter, Asante, Riley, Bachmann

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/2/17/women-s-report--chelsea-v-arsenal-

Got the whole game here if the Facebook page is deleted!!

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.1790-29/10000000_169056717411170_7801935850723825030_n.mp4?_nc_cat=1&efg=eyJybHIiOjk1NywicmxhIjo0MDk2LCJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InNkIn0%3D&rl=957&vabr=532&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=f14828a85faedf8f87d255e609083589&oe=5C6A007B

 

 

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36 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

Good on the girls for showing the lads how its done!!!

 

The Women’s FA Cup holders are into the last-eight of this season’s competition thanks to striker Bethany England’s 13th and 14th goals of the season and defender Jonna Andersson’s first – an extraordinary hit.

Chelsea: Berger, Blundell, Bright, Ingle, Carney, Ji, England, Eriksson, Andersson, Cuthbert, Spence

Subs: Lindahl, Cooper, Kirby, Carter, Asante, Riley, Bachmann

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/2/17/women-s-report--chelsea-v-arsenal-

Got the whole game here if the Facebook page is deleted!!

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.1790-29/10000000_169056717411170_7801935850723825030_n.mp4?_nc_cat=1&efg=eyJybHIiOjk1NywicmxhIjo0MDk2LCJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InNkIn0%3D&rl=957&vabr=532&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=f14828a85faedf8f87d255e609083589&oe=5C6A007B

 

 

Swedish power shot

 

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3 hours ago, Vesper said:

Swedish power shot

 

The old girls got a hellova left foot on her eh!

[OhForAGreavsie 6,077]

On 18/02/2019 at 0:37 AM, Unionjack said:

The old girls got a hellova left foot on her eh!

I didn't take to Jonna when she first arrived. She replaced a popular player who is more technically gifted. On top of that, Jonna is very one footed. Once I began to recognise what she is, rather than worry about what she isn't, Jonna quickly became one of my favourite members of the squad. She's a tremendous fullback.

Jonna gets up and down the line all game and her partnership with Kaz Carney down the left is a key part of our attacking play. She netted five times last season, playing wingback, but Sunday's strike was her first of the season after Emma Hayes switched to a 4-4-2.

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2 minutes ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

I didn't take to Jonna when she first arrived. She replaced a popular player who is more technically gifted. On top of that, Jonna is very one footed. Once I began to recognise what she is, rather than worry about what she isn't, Jonna quickly became one of my favourite members of the squad. She's a tremendous fullback.

Jonna gets up and down the line all game and her partnership with Kaz Carney down the left is a key part of our attacking play. She netted five times last season, playing wingback, but Sunday's strike was her first of the season after Emma Hayes switched to a 4-4-2.

I've been reading some of the pre/post game interviews and not sure if they are all BS ing or not but they all say they get on great together and feels like a family.

And the same goes for the yoofs.

I don't see the lads playing like a team.

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22 minutes ago, Unionjack said:

I've been reading some of the pre/post game interviews and not sure if they are all BS ing or not but they all say they get on great together and feels like a family.

And the same goes for the yoofs.

I don't see the lads playing like a team.

It is all bullshit.

Either that or we TRULY have the worst pack of cuntish frauds in football you really dont give a fuck about the club or us punters.

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On ‎17‎/‎02‎/‎2019 at 8:40 PM, Unionjack said:

Good on the girls for showing the lads how its done!!!

 

The Women’s FA Cup holders are into the last-eight of this season’s competition thanks to striker Bethany England’s 13th and 14th goals of the season and defender Jonna Andersson’s first – an extraordinary hit.

Chelsea: Berger, Blundell, Bright, Ingle, Carney, Ji, England, Eriksson, Andersson, Cuthbert, Spence

Subs: Lindahl, Cooper, Kirby, Carter, Asante, Riley, Bachmann

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/2/17/women-s-report--chelsea-v-arsenal-

Got the whole game here if the Facebook page is deleted!!

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.1790-29/10000000_169056717411170_7801935850723825030_n.mp4?_nc_cat=1&efg=eyJybHIiOjk1NywicmxhIjo0MDk2LCJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InNkIn0%3D&rl=957&vabr=532&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=f14828a85faedf8f87d255e609083589&oe=5C6A007B

 

 

The club coach for the quarter-final trip to Durham, on Sunday 17th March, leaves Stanford Bridge at 4:30am! Guess I'm the only one here who'll be on it. Still room for more the last time I checked.

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PSG hooligans barred from Champions League clash at Chelsea Women's ground after police find knives and drugs on coach

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/03/21/psg-hooligans-barred-champions-league-clash-chelsea-womens-ground/

Paris St Germain hooligans were barred from entering the women’s side’s Champions League quarter-final against Chelsea at Kingsmeadow after a police search revealed knives and drugs on board their coach.

Telegraph Sport understands that PSG supporters arrived at Kingsmeadow, the home of both Chelsea Women and League One side AFC Wimbledon, at 7am, asking to be let into the ground. They began to plaster the ground in stickers before damaging parts of the ground with graffiti.

Due to the lack of security at the ground compared to Stamford Bridge, the police were called and 45 of the 50 PSG fans scattered. The remaining five waited by the bus, a search of which revealed drugs and knives. It is not thought there were knuckledusters on board. No tickets were found on the bus, leading to the conclusion that these were unofficial fans.

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Chelsea Women 2-0 PSG Women: Emma Hayes' side earn Champions League quarter-final lead

https://www.skysports.com/football/chelsea-women-vs-paris-saint-germain-fminines/report/402912

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Chelsea FC Women

Hayes urges fans to still go to Paris for return leg of Champions League despite PSG fans having knives and knuckle dusters in their coach

https://www.capitalfootball.co.uk/single-post/2019/03/22/Hayes-urges-fans-to-still-go-to-Paris-for-return-leg-of-Champions-League-despite-PSG-fans-having-knives-and-knuckle-dusters-in-their-coach

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A large  and loud home crowd, and a PSG side who were far better than the had been in the first leg, made it a tough night for Chelsea women. The girls were on the backfoot for long spells of the game and trailed 2-0 entering added time at the end of the ninety. Paris were good for that lead, but had managed to do no more than erase the two goal advantage we brought into the game from last week's first leg at Kingsmeadow. A goal from Norwegian international Maren Mjelde with less than two minutes of added time remaining sealed the tie.

Next up for CFCW is a semi-final with defending European Champions Lyon. The French outfit is the best funded club in women's football who will be looking for their fourth straight European crown. They are a hell of a side and are the toughest opponent possible. They'll be heavy favourites but we're still there.

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The winning goal https://streamable.com/ycjxs

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On 27/03/2019 at 9:51 PM, OhForAGreavsie said:

The winning goal https://streamable.com/ycjxs

NICE winner, what a pass!

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I have tickets to the final so I really hope I can support our girls. Should be fun anyway.

[OhForAGreavsie 6,077]

7 hours ago, Vesper said:

NICE winner, what a pass!

Magical and I'm told Kaz says she absolutely meant it. I had my doubts.