Chelsea Women Thread

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Chelsea Women win FA Cup to seal domestic Treble as Sandy Baltimore sinks Man Utd

Chelsea 3-0 MANCHESTER UNITED: Sandy Baltimore scored first and last, either side of a header from Catarina Macario, as Sonia Bompastor's Blues won their third trophy of the season

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/breaking-Chelsea-women-win-fa-35246090

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We started the final really poorly. It was one of those performances where you're still fuming about how sloppy our play is, when it dawns on you that actually we've been in control for a good few minutes. We suffered a shaky first 10 to 15 minutes but after that became more and more dominant for the rest of the match. A fully deserved win which could easily have seen a wider margin of victory despite not really carving out all that many clear cut chances.

Erin Cuthbert was a fully deserved player of the match.

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Laura James missed a penalty for England v Sweden

Penalty shootout has to be the worst batch of spot kicks for a while. So many spooned over and missed the target. England finally beat Sweden on last kick

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6 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Laura James missed a penalty for England v Sweden

Penalty shootout has to be the worst batch of spot kicks for a while. So many spooned over and missed the target. England finally beat Sweden on last kick

We have to admit that this shootout was a gift for people who like to sneer at women's football.

Unless she's playing for somebody other than Chelsea or England, I never want to see Lauren James take another penalty. There's a lot to like about her play but there is also a consistent weakness in my opinion. She's over committed to the notion that she is the languid superstar who can operate at her own pace. This is frequently effective but LJ does sometimes fail to recognise when a different mode is the right answer. She brings this attitude to penalty taking;; strolls to the ball, doesn't really disguise her aiming point, and doesn't hit the corners.

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The Barclays WSL returns this Friday night at 7:30pm, kicking off with one of the biggest rivalries in women’s football.

Chelsea FC Women take on Manchester City Women under the lights at Stamford Bridge in the season opener.

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1 hour ago, Fulham Broadway said:

The Barclays WSL returns this Friday night at 7:30pm, kicking off with one of the biggest rivalries in women’s football.

Chelsea FC Women take on Manchester City Women under the lights at Stamford Bridge in the season opener.

Can't wait. We want seven. 🙂

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Live on SkySports Main event 

Coverage begins at 6.30pm BST for a 7.30pm BST kick off at Stamford Bridge.

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2-0 playing well

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There's no better way to start the season than with a victory against presumed title rivals. Doing so completely deservedly, and without several injured starters, is a nice confidence boost. 

Edited September 6, 2025 by OhForAGreavsie

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1 hour ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

There's no better way to start the season than with a victory against presumed title rivals. Doing so completely deservedly, and without several injured starters, is a nice confidence boost. 

that first goal we scored was absolutely cracking

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The comments further his post.

 

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11 hours ago, mkh said:

 

 

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.

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