Women’s Super League relegation: WPLL ‘considering all options’ in the middle of a removal report, says Nikki Doucet | Football news

Nikki Doucet says that the Women’s Professional League is a limited (WPLL) “Considering all the possibilities” in the middle of a report on the removal plans in the women’s super league.

Doucet added that WPLL – which runs the best two women’s League League of English football – “basically” agrees that the procedure is an important part of the game.

However, she would not confirm that the relegation would remain, adding that the decisions were not made on how the league format could look forward.

Guard He reported last week that WPLL is considering fall out of relegation as part of a proposal for women’s football growth.

The report added that one area discussed was the expansion of the WSL championship, which at first would not see the relegation from the top flight, with the idea of ​​maintaining the promotion from the championship, which means that WSL will expand.

The idea encouraged the controversy and a divided opinion among women’s football media and fans, but Doucet would not be attracted to any potential plans.

She said, “We believe that promotion and relegation are a great thing. European football makes it characteristic of other leagues.

“It adds danger and excitement. It is something we all love in the football game and it has never been at stake.

“We basically believe that promotion and relegation are an important differentiator, and also a really important competitive advantage for us in relation to other women’s sports leagues globally.

“We also want to be sure that our league works for club investors to allow more investment in the game, but one that does not change our basic principles.

“It is really important for us to ensure that we are considering all the possibilities of accelerating growth and growth in the right way. We are considering numerous opportunities, including spread if this is a possibility for us.

“No decisions, no approval that were made at this stage that would be different or changes in the future competitive structure or format.”

WSL and the championship previously led FA and was taken over by the newly formed WPLL in the summer. Doucet says that all plans or ideas will not be one -sided and that they will work with stakeholders.

“We need to ensure that all the decisions we make are considering the whole pyramid and that we work with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that they make these decisions. These include all our clubs and Fa. Includes fans and all relevant stakeholders.

“We deeply understand the impact of decisions and the impact of everything that has been done at the top, which cascara down the pyramid.

“We have to make sure we all go on a journey together and bring with us all the right stakeholders.”

‘Difficult decisions to be made’

Analysis from Sky Sports News’ Anton Toloui:

“To hear universal support for promotion and relegation in the women’s game will be a welcome sound for many fans, but questions still remain questions about the future composition of the league.

“The WSL chiefs are rightly emphasized that the nature of the clubs and down makes the league stand out of rivals, including NWSL in the US and a fast developing MX league in Mexico.

“But Wpll also wants to push the quality of WSL on the field and finance it.

“Many claim that a top 12 team flight is simply too small given the number of clubs that are willing to invest in a professional game and a talent that goes through the English system that fights during the game.

“So, if the leagues will spread, the decrease in relegation is one option, while the other part is brought. In addition, does investors fall into investors in developing teams given the financial risks of rejection of divisions?

“Until now, no option is ready to vote, but making the WSL” Best League in the World “will not come without making difficult sports and commercial decisions.”

What did WSL managers say?

City man Main coach Gareth Taylor: “I always had this thing that could make the league bigger, more teams, 14 teams or 16 teams would change a lot, they created more competition in it.

“I can fully understand the reasons why [relegation would be scrapped]because it allows stability for these clubs to invest and create more competition.

“But I think it’s always difficult when you play in the league below, knowing that you will never have the opportunity to appear realistically because it is the ring.

“It is good that relevant people discuss this and talks about how we can improve the product and make it more competitive at both ends. I think the promotion and relegation will always be what fans and teams play for and crave. I think it will be really hard to reject.”

Tottenham Main coach Robert Vilahamn: “Twelve teams are too little. I’m a very big fan to add more teams to the league as long as the clubs actually invest in those teams, make sure they want to invest in women’s football.

“I definitely want to keep a battle for relegation because you need competition in the table and down in the table. If it takes one or two years to ensure a big investment in these teams, show me the case and what they think about it, then we can listen.”

Western ham Main coach Rehanne Skinner: “There is potentially a phase of growth that we would go through where we would have to ensure that all clubs are investing in order to be competitive.

“If the league was closed, given the number of teams in it at the moment, I don’t think that’s appropriate. The league must be bigger.

“There should be a mandatory investment and maintenance of this, otherwise it could discredit the quality of the league -” to be in it because it is in itself. “

“I don’t see it as bad. The game develops, things need to be inspected what happens next, but it comes with the criteria.”

“Lack of relegation could be questioned by sports integrity”

Courtney Sweetman-Kirk to Sky Sports: “They try to encourage the improvement of the product by saying that there is no relegation, you may be more expansive, you don’t have to sit in games and hang yourself just to stay in the league.

“But if the clubs want, you wouldn’t. You don’t have to encourage Chelsea, Arsenal and Man City to do what they did – they wanted to do it.

“I understand the thought process, but it doesn’t work for me. You have to think further, because you can’t have a drop for several years and then introduce it again, but for sports integrity, the club that is closest to the promotion has not got that time without relegation. It’s a long way.”

Izzy Christensen to Sky Sports: “The incentive must be there in terms of elite sport and danger. If this will happen and it will be a closed league, then the danger must return in the near future.

“Elite sport is not comfortable. I would be afraid that if the infrastructure and professionalization of the league do not improve – almost as a minimal request – how will the teams act against the appeal then? I don’t want to see it.”