Chelsea Women Thread

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2 hours ago, OhForAGreavsie said:

Sonia Bompastor

Happy with her so far?

Massive shoes to fill.

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Bompastor reflects on a perfect start at Kingsmeadow

Chelsea Women head coach Sonia Bompastor was delighted to see her team share the goals around and entertain the home supporters in a 9-0 victory over Feyenoord.

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/bompastor-reflects-on-a-perfect-start-at-kingsmeadow

Bompastor couldn't have asked for much more in her first Chelsea match at Kingsmeadow, as her side raced into an early lead and never looked back, triumphing 9-0 at the final whistle.

Her joy was clear in a light-hearted start to her post-match analysis, when it was pointed out to her the Blues got one more goal than in previous head coach Emma Hayes' last home game, an 8-0 win over Brentford.

‘That’s not a competition, but I am going to text her to make sure she knows about the result! I am sure she will be happy for me and for the team especially,’ laughed Bompastor.

It was the Blues' performance which put the biggest smile on her face, though, especially the fact that a total of seven players got their name on the score sheet, as Sandy Baltimore, Mayra Ramirez, Sjoeke Nusken, Wieke Kaptein, Millie Bright and Maika Hamano all found the net, in addition to a hat-trick from Aggie Beever-Jones.

‘It was the same in my previous experience. I really like when the team is performing together, it’s not about only one or two players. So I always makes sure the team performs, and when the team is performing it’s more helpful for the players individually to perform as well.

'We have a framework and I’m really demanding on the framework, as well as for individuals to perform. Everyone has to make sure they work for the team. That’s the best thing to do to make sure the players feel confident enough and perform themselves.'

Bompastor was happy to give the supporters something to smile about in her first home game as head coach...

'It felt really good to be in that environment. It’s a really nice stadium to have the fans close to the pitch, especially when you win and you score a lot of goals.

'That’s our first game at home with the fans in the stadium and we needed to make sure we played the way we want to play, but make sure they enjoyed it as well. That is what it is about, trying to perform as hard as we can and making sure the fans really enjoy it.

'I just want them to say at the end of the game they want to come back for the next one.'

She also discussed the possibility of Ramirez and Beever-Jones featuring together as a striker partnership in the future...

'Everything is possible and both have so much talent, so to audition them together is something possible.

'As a manager I like to have different organisations in my team and at the moment maybe we have been working only with one organisation. We just brought in new players and with a new coach, so they need to get used to what I’m demanding in one organisation, but for sure during the season maybe we’ll switch.

'We will have many options, playing with a back four, back five, back three. A 4-4-2 with two strikers is something I really like but I just feel like at the moment it’s too soon to start to teach them about all these organisations.'

Sonia finished by providing an update on the two players who went off injured today and those who have been absent since earlier in pre-season...

'I think Niamh [Charles] dislocated her shoulder, so she will need to pass some tests to see how it goes, at the moment it’s too soon to give more information. Sophie [Ingle] it was her knee, she got kicked in the beginning of the second half, so we will have to see after some tests as well, but I hope it’s not too bad.

'Erin [Cuthbert] is supposed to start adaptive training on Monday and if everything goes well the plan is for her to get some minutes in a training game next Saturday.

'Cat’s [Macario] kind of the same, she’s already started some adaptive training sessions with the team, she’s supposed to progress this week and the plan is also for her to get some minutes next Saturday.

'Oriane [Jean-Francois], before she joined the club she had two seasons without playing a lot because she had injuries. So we are at the moment trying to build something with her with consistency and the plan is for her maybe to get some minutes in the beginning of the season. But we still need to work one or two more weeks with her.'

 

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It's more or less 121 years since the Wright brothers first-powered flight. Since then mankind has made such enormous progress that, nowadays, we can even fly helicopters on Mars. Achieving good sound in a football managers press conference is proving a bit more challenging however. Maybe in another 120 years? Here is Sonia doing her best after yesterday's game. A few interesting sections of this did not make it into the comments @vesper posted above.

 

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On 07/09/2024 at 17:57, Vesper said:

Happy with her so far?

Massive shoes to fill.

Delighted though this is mainly based on expectation still.

I've been supporting this club for 58 years and, barring Super Frank 1, I've never known a managerial appointment that was so emotionally acceptable to the supporters. Every CFC fan I've communicated with, if they have an opinion on Sonia at all, have a very, very positive one. The squad speak enthusiastically about Sonia personally, and about her training sessions too. Even allowing for the, 'what else would they say in public' factor, they seem genuinely excited by the new manager.

When news broke of Emma's departure the first name which came to mind was Casey Stoney but I immediately dismissed it on the ground that she had only just relocated her family to San Diego so it seemed unlikely that she'd drag them all back again so soon. Once the rumour started to break that Sonia was in the frame however, I was fully on board. Now there is another rumour that Stoney actually applied for the job, but the club had already decided to approach Bompastor.

Edited September 9, 2024 by OhForAGreavsie

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Sam Kerr on her rehab progress, Sonia Bompastor, CFCW targets for the season ahead, and more.

 

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Pitch side highlights of CFCW's preseason friendly victory of Feyenoord last Saturday.

 

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Welcome video for Maelys Mpome, CFCW's latest signing during a busy summer of multiple arrivals and departures.  The 21 year old is the latest Blues acquisition from France as Sonia Bompastor continues to put her stamp on the squad. Maelys is a highly rated CB who is rumoured to have had interest from Barca and Lyon. She joined last Wednesday, seemingly to have been signed as a backup but some smart money is predicting that she will be a starter long before the end of the season.  Watch her welcome video on chelseafc.com via the link below. 

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/video/maelys-mpome-or-behind-the-scenes-2024?fbclid=IwY2xjawFMQUlleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfkcq3KtlK0_yEFejcvy9Y7Hr_KoJiU3ACRKgcSCB76wXi-LKhxZPfHnKw_aem_NiIgU3iouGdvbncyfbfyXQ

Edited September 9, 2024 by OhForAGreavsie

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Reigning Champs

Chelsea v Villa tonight 

Live: on BBC 2 and iPlayer

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Brilliant goal

like ice cold Palmer

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Chelsea edge past Aston Villa to make winning start under Sonia Bompastor in the Women's Super League

https://www.eurosport.com/football/barclays-wsl/2024-2025/wsl-sonia-bompastor-womens-super-league-Chelsea-aston-villa_sto20038865/story.shtml

 

Match report: Chelsea 1-0 Aston Villa

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/match-report-Chelsea-1-0-aston-villa

Edited September 20, 2024 by Vesper

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Next up for CFCW:

Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, Friday 27th September, 19:30 BST.

Tickets:

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/tickets/buy-womens-tickets-

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Fans have reacted with anger and frustration after the sold-out Women’s Super League match between Chelsea and Manchester United next Sunday was postponed with just a week’s notice following the release of the Women’s Champions League group stage fixtures.

Fans of both clubs labelled the decision a “farce” and an “embarrassment”, while the Chelsea Women’s Supporters Group said on X: “Absolute failure by the league. The club had to protect the players. We feel for all the supporters who have lost money on transport and hotels. As we said yesterday, it shouldn’t ever have got to this situation.”