Manchester City is currently sitting eight points with Chelsea on the Super League (WSL) Women’s Razent, despite many fans named them as favorites to raise the headlines in the 2024/25 season.
After falling into the final title of the title in the 2023/24 season, a lively summer in the transfer window was welcomed by Vivianne Miedema, Aoba Fujino, Ayaka Yamashita and Naomi Layzell into his ranks. Many fans were sure that this would mark the revival of the national dominance of Man City, and now there were many offensive threats in their composition.
With the departure of the ex Chelsea chief Emma Hayes on the horizon, it felt like it was now time for City to take the opportunity to finally detrovered the blues. The door left open and the club must have talent through it.
Fast forward until 2025, and things did not appear as the city fans hoped. The side is currently eight points with Chelsea on the league summit, taking third place on the list behind Man United.
Since the trouble of injuries is gathering and constant defensive worries, it seems that the city may be ready to write off another season of WSL halfway.
90min examines whether the city has dropped out of WSL The title of race once again …
The competition in the top end WSL is a farce, and Chelsea was an immovable object at the site of the pyramid of five consecutive seasons. The rebuttal of this Blues Super-Tim is definitely a difficult task, but City is repeatedly in the frying driver.
It was all that they won last season, with a clear guidance that started in the final weekly 2023/24 WSL campaign. Emma Hayes said goodbye to Chelsea’s title, after a sharp loss of Liverpool, all before the race returned the race of 8-0 demolition of Bristol City.
As for the city, the club threw the ball on the penultimate weekend, when an additional bracelet from Stine Blackstenius saw that Arsenal stole a 2-1 victory in Manchester. Since then, Chelsea won until the last day, which Chelsea in comfort beat United 6-0 on Old Trafford.
Gareth Taylor has repeatedly shown the cracks of mentality, which came the strongest example when the team failed to secure top three positions in the 2022/23 campaign. Injury Arsenal They managed to walk to third place, which means that the city side of the city side has once again failed to qualify for Europe.
It seems as if the foreign side has no belief whenever the pressure begins to mount, and history repeats itself once more.
The January transmission has seen The city executes three acquisitions In the Rebecca Knaak defender, midfielder Aem Oyama and attacker Kerolin. The club also said goodbye to goalkeeper Sandy Maciver and Central Bek Alanna Kennedy.
Although Kerolin may be signing the ceiling, the city does not fight for the depth forward. In order to paint the picture, even in the lack of Khadi ‘Bunny’ Shaw and Lauren Hemp, Chloe Kelly still struggled to open in the initial eleven. With these players who come back and Vivianne Miedema at its best, the last thing the team needs is another attacker in the mix.
Mary Fowler and Aoba Fujino have both done their trade so far, so that it is decided to pay for the demands with the high salary of Kerolina, it seems a naive decision for a club that fights so much in the heart of defense.
Knaak’s signing was suffocated by Kennedy’s departure, which means that the club is incredibly thin on the back. City struggled in the absence of Alex Greenwood, which is shown on the statue. Foreign scored 14 goals this season, far from Chelsea and Arsenal’s six, and United’s five.
Investment should be switched to strengthening defense areas if the club wants to promise for the title.
The old saying says that when it rains, and that was certainly the case for the growing list of injuries before Christmas.
Captain Alex Greenwood And forward Lauren hemp is subjected to surgery on the eve of the winter break, and Vivianne Miedema and Khadi ‘Bunny’ Shaw each fights with hassle. Naomi Layzell also stood aside nearly three months after damaging the ankle in the club 2-0 over Barcelona in early October.
Taylor praised the ability of her part that “Adjust the circumstances” In the midst of trouble injury, but a 2-1 defeat of Everton can suggest differently before Christmas. Injuries can be used as justification, but when you are still playing a team with like Vivianne Miedema, Mary Fowler, Jill Roord and Jess Park, you can’t really use them as an excuse.
City has depth to replace these stars and too often Taylor relies on an individual talent to get the team out of a difficult situation. When Shaw stepped aside at the final stages last season, City collapsed and proved minimal resistance despite having talent for it.
With all the things considered, the return of Greenwood and hemp should give Cityzens much more hope that it will bridge the gap on top of the WSL ladder.
It is unnecessary, the city does not have little control over the fate of WSL. Even if the club will beat each of their remaining WSL nodes, they still rely on Chelsea to fall at least 8 points.
With a united single point, and Arsenal hot on tails, Taylor may need to transfer his primary focus to CUP competitions. Side is still ready and run in UEFA Champions League for WomenWomen’s League Cup Underground Railways and Adobe Women’s Fa Cup. If the league does not consider once again, the club must ensure that at least in the fight for silver dishes elsewhere.
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