billybluehat
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Well done ladies, putting down a marker against your rivals. Well played.
I'm hoping they will still be ahead and finish the job v sellik munters on Monday 6th May (hopefully the game will be played at Ibrox).Ah my apologies. Looked at the SWPL website and didn’t realise they played each other twice in the post-split games - unlike the Men’s Team. I didn’t see the tab for May’s fixtures at the top of the page. Good bit to go yet then.
Best I edit my posts.
Hopefully it won't be played at Ibrox, do not need the pantomime distraction that will be caused by them like happened last time.I'm hoping they will still be ahead and finish the job v sellik munters on Monday 6th May (hopefully the game will be played at Ibrox).
Always a blow not to see young Mia starting, but I believe she is actually still at school part time, so needs her minutes managed still.
For whatever reason, she comes across as not too keen on us.She was spot on about one thing, can't be long before Mia is in the senior Scotland squad and team.From what I've seen of them they badly need someone dynamic like her.Hope we can keep a hold of her for another couple of years before she heads down south or a top European side.Being one of us gives me a little hope of this happening.Julie Fleeting is horrendous as a co-commentator
It's strange she hasn't been bumped up to the main squad given that both Kirsty McClean and Emma Watson both played for the senior team at a similar age as Mia. She has done well in the under 19s scoring three goals in the last international break.For whatever reason, she comes across as not too keen on us.She was spot on about one thing, can't be long before Mia is in the senior Scotland squad and team.From what I've seen of them they badly need someone dynamic like her.Hope we can keep a hold of her for another couple of years before she heads down south or a top European side.Being one of us gives me a little hope of this happening.
She just has that mentality doesn’t she . It’s so obvious so well done to her and her family plus the coaches for putting that and her athletic and skills together into one terrific footballer .For whatever reason, she comes across as not too keen on us.She was spot on about one thing, can't be long before Mia is in the senior Scotland squad and team.From what I've seen of them they badly need someone dynamic like her.Hope we can keep a hold of her for another couple of years before she heads down south or a top European side.Being one of us gives me a little hope of this happening.
You can’t hold talent back though that wouldn’t be right imo . MacLean and McAulay should move on at the right time and be the players they can be Scotland is not a progressive countryIt's strange she hasn't been bumped up to the main squad given that both Kirsty McClean and Emma Watson both played for the senior team at a similar age as Mia. She has done well in the under 19s scoring three goals in the last international break.
I think it's Important for the league as well as Rangers that we keep a hold of her . I'm sure the reason she was given a new contract months after signing her first professional contract was to try and stop her head being turned .
You can’t hold talent back though that wouldn’t be right imo . MacLean and McAulay should move on at the right time and be the players they can be Scotland is not a progressive country
You can’t hold talent back though that wouldn’t be right imo . MacLean and McAulay should move on at the right time and be the players they can be Scotland is not a progressive country
If you want the Scottish league to grow then you have to try and keep the best players here as long as you can. Mia will move at some point but she is only Seventeen and has plenty of time to move.You can’t hold talent back though that wouldn’t be right imo . MacLean and McAulay should move on at the right time and be the players they can be Scotland is not a progressive country
Never saw that Rio had been linked with Manchester United before coming here.If you want the Scottish league to grow then you have to try and keep the best players here as long as you can. Mia will move at some point but she is only Seventeen and has plenty of time to move.
Jo Potter has said the same herself about Mia and other young players.Scotland lacks funding but the League has progressed quite a bit in the last five years. 2019 we became Semi Professional ,2020 we became the first club to become full time.
Sky got involved last season but other than sponsoring a cup and showing a handful of games live they don't promote it well. Yesterday's game one of the big games in our league no studio host and no interviews before or after the game.
At least BBC Alba try to give it more coverage though it's ridiculous having it on that channel with commentary in Gaelic.
Should also say Rio Hardy was linked with Manchester United prior to coming to Rangers Jo Potter played a big part in her coming here same with Rachel Rowe.
See tbh you have a bare canvas so it if were you deciding would you copy the crap formats and style of the current coverage because I wouldn’t .If you want the Scottish league to grow then you have to try and keep the best players here as long as you can. Mia will move at some point but she is only Seventeen and has plenty of time to move.
Jo Potter has said the same herself about Mia and other young players.Scotland lacks funding but the League has progressed quite a bit in the last five years. 2019 we became Semi Professional ,2020 we became the first club to become full time.
Sky got involved last season but other than sponsoring a cup and showing a handful of games live they don't promote it well. Yesterday's game one of the big games in our league no studio host and no interviews before or after the game.
At least BBC Alba try to give it more coverage though it's ridiculous having it on that channel with commentary in Gaelic.
Should also say Rio Hardy was linked with Manchester United prior to coming to Rangers Jo Potter played a big part in her coming here same with Rachel Rowe.
I've watched all of both matches and it doesn't look as if many of them are prepared to battle for a title win.Sickener.This club has a cultural problem but the looks of it ….
I thought after the win on Sunday against Glasgow City and scoring 4, we were going to finish the season with decent wins but alas my thoughts were wide of the mark!Recorded the Women and watched after the Dundee game.
Started really well, on the front foot, high press and created some very decent chances. Not taking them proved costly as it meant Hearts slowly worked themselves into the game and gained confidence.
Hearts goal was a shocker for the defence. A long straight punt into the box that we didn’t deal with and a Hearts player first to react to the ball.
No disrespect to Hearts but we had enough of the ball and chances to easily win the game. Howat and Hardy had off nights unfortunately. Rowe can be excellent or as she was tonight frustratingly poor holding onto the ball too long and trying to dribble past one too many Hearts players.
We need to find our shooting boots quickly or it’s going to be another very disappointing finish to the season.
We really should have recorded a comfortable win last night but the chances tossed away in the 1st half-half came back to haunt us, Two normal quite reliable strikers, Howat and Hardy, had clear cut opportunities with only the keeper to beat but directed several half-hearted strikes straight at the centre of the goal that didn't trouble their keeper in the slightest. In fact, I struggle to recall her being required to make any saves other than the routine during the entire match.I thought after the win on Sunday against Glasgow City and scoring 4, we were going to finish the season with decent wins but alas my thoughts were wide of the mark!
The first three games in May will settle the league for me,Hearts at home, Celtic at home followed by Glasgow City away. I think Rachel McLauchlan will be back for those games which will help .We really should have recorded a comfortable win last night but the chances tossed away in the 1st half-half came back to haunt us, Two normal quite reliable strikers, Howat and Hardy, had clear cut opportunities with only the keeper to beat but directed several half-hearted strikes straight at the centre of the goal that didn't trouble their keeper in the slightest. In fact, I struggle to recall her being required to make any saves other than the routine during the entire match.
We were unlucky with the Brogan Hay shot that came back off the upright and she was our brightest spark by some distance. Mia Macaulay's injury removed the threat she normally provides but I was surprised Jo didn't start her on the left, or switch her when it was obvious she wasn't really getting the better of the Hearts left back [unlike Brogan who roasted her when she moved to the right].
Sadly, despite the occasional "worldy", Lizzie Arnot is a shadow of the player she's been and I rather think Mia would have been much more productive on that left attacking side had she been able to continue.
The League's not lost but we need our better players to remain fit and/or return from injury if we're to regain the title.
Me tooI thought after the win on Sunday against Glasgow City and scoring 4, we were going to finish the season with decent wins but alas my thoughts were wide of the mark!
Jo herself was as much to blame as anyone last night for us "struggling", as she put it.Fair play to Jo Potter. I’ve just watched her post match interview and she called it as it was…without throwing anyone under the bus as such. She stated the game should have been out of sight by half time if we had taken our chances and started to struggle as a consequence.
Could Clement not have been more honest in his post match interview without throwing the players under the bus in a similar vain?
I think we’ll all give that one a miss, Al.