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It's been another hugely significant week for the WSL,

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both on and off the pitch, but rest assured, we've got it

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all covered on tonight's Women's Football Show.

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Could Chelsea climb to the summit of WSL1 with a win

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Victory over Sunderland would boost Birmingham's hopes of securing

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And we focus on the future, as the FA points the WSL

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And with us on the sofa this evening two guests who have seen plenty

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of positive change during their time in the game, Alex Scott

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It's on the pitch we begin, though, with Chelsea

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The Blues were unbeaten against the Gunners in their last

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five WSL1 meetings, including April's 2-0 win at Meadow Park.

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COMMENTATOR: Arsenal against Chelsea: always heated. Oh, that's

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so close. It's awkward. The Arsenal defence horribly hesitant and in she

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nipped at the Chelsea ahead. She has perhaps kept Arsenal in the game.

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She scores for the second time this evening. This will be a mighty blow

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to Arsenal's title hopes already. Let's have a look at the teams,

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Chelsea are without captain Katie Chapman, suspended in the last

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match. Aluko, who scored from the bench last time out, rewarded with a

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start this time. Danielle Carter has not played since going to win

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against Chelsea but she is back and in from the start.

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Davison, a chance for her to stretch her legs. Look at this run from

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Rafferty on the left, instead goes right for Blondel. Davison is on the

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edge of the area, she goes down. The referee had a really long look at

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that. Loud appeals from Chelsea but no penalty. The crowd are rarely are

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not happy about this decision. She stuck her foot out, that's a

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penalty. Forward here. Scott. Not the greatest of pass backs and it is

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an own goal! And in such a crucial game, a London derby, so important

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for both of these sides, it is quite simply an awful way for Arsenal to

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go a goal behind. I just think it was lack of concentration really.

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She fed the ball out, got it back, a disappointing concede for Arsenal.

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What a wonderful ball. Spence can make it two! Great save by the

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keeper, needed to show a response to the way that Arsenal conceded the

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opener, and there is one. Mitchell forward from left back,

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darting run by Carter. It comes off Blondel, and to Carter. Corner kick

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to Arsenal. Williams will take it now. It is an

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equalising goal for Arsenal! Really well work set piece routine. The

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movement, she just manages to get in front of the player a little bit

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bigger than her. Just that little movement, gets her head on it,

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terrific ball. Almost got to that, stretching for

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it. Spence. Rafferty strikes one. Bright

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is in there, and Flaherty, the stand-in captain is as well.

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Dangerous moments, these for Arsenal. Sliced shot by Farhi. It is

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brilliant, and saved by the keeper. The way she can move the ball. As a

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defender you don't want to lunge in because you just take her out. You

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would give away a penalty. Chelsea trying to keep the gunners tend in

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here. Bailey. She has Spence in support. The is true Spence. Tries

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to disguise the passport Aluko! What a hit. Arsenal are hanging on here.

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Two excellent pieces of play in. Aluko was stretching. Just the frame

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of the goal. Blondel. Full of running. She has got that as well,

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Aluko worked in the middle, what a chance. Glorious opportunity for

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Chelsea to take the lead. Instant impact from

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Now Arsenal at the other end of threatening. Great chance, tight

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angle, it didn't matter! Hit is an absolutely sensational finish! From

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the talented Dutch, Daniela Vanderpool. Brilliantly taken. A

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great goal to win any game. Can they hold onto it, Arsenal? Jie, it is

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true to Aluko! Saved by the keeper and behind for a corner. She might

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have made the mistake that C's coral, but since then she has made

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two or three games save in saves. To be cruelly undone with an

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opportunity where we get the opportunity to go to- one up, and

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they go down the opposite end and score in transition. I did thing I

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have been involved in a cooler game. We were the better team, our game

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plan was effective, we created the most clear-cut chances. In all

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fairness, our goalkeeper hasn't had a save to make any we are on the

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losing side. We had a blatant penalty in the first time but he

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wasn't brave enough to make the difference. At this level it is a

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clear problem. MSAs felt that Chelsea were the better side, how do

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you feel about that? It goes back to when you talk about possessions that

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and how money shot should have had on goal, but we were clinical, we

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had the chances and finish them. But you did not get off to the best

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start. I wanted to give the guy is a talking point! As soon as the ball

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came to me, I was getting close down, by Rafferty and Aluko, for my

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eyeliner, I knew where the goalkeeper was, but she had moved.

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It is my mistake. I know as a defender, and Rachel will back me

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up, you don't play the ball back to the goal. It is my fault. Rachel,

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you are wincing watching that. You play the ball, you give a supporting

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angle, and the goalkeeper did that, and as Alex said, the ball should be

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played to the outside of the post. It is a misplaced pass but you did

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not expected to end up in the goal, and it shouldn't have done. Moving

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on, Chelsea have conceded more goals so far than they did the rest of

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last season, was there anything particular you are targeting? If

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it's interesting MSAs talking about the game and -- their game plan,

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because -- it interesting that MS holies was talking about it. We knew

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there would be vulnerable down the channels. From our second goal that

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is where you see that. You got your equaliser from a set piece, letters

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take a look. It was beautiful, the flight of the ball from Pharrell

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Williams. It is that that Jade Bailey should be covering, the

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chances and a half. But it is the timing of her run, she takes away

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from true Spence, who was marking her. The speed of that ball whipped

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in from Williams. All she has to do is change the direction of the ball

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and it goes in. Just her energy and movement, she is pointing to where

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she wants the ball. You have to say, Natalia as well, the weight of that

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pass and to finish at that acute angle. It is beautiful. From the

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goalie's out of you, she comes out but doesn't go smashing down at the

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player. If you decide to go, you have got to wipe out the ball and

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the player and take one or the other. It is the last minute of the

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game and ultimately that is what cost Chelsea. Going into this game

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as well, we were worried about Chelsea in the transition phase. So

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if we attack, them coming straight back at Assen it is funny that we

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did that to them for the second goal. Emma Hayes was quoted as

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saying that women's football deserves a better standard of

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officials after seeing her side denied a penalty. What do you think?

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Definitely a penalty. Gemma Davison is clever, makes the players commit

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and Emma Mitchell does leave a foot out. Whether it makes football with

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Gemma Davison, whether she is playing for it, doesn't matter. The

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assistant referee is in a great position to help them out and it is

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a penalty. I suppose Chelsea feel hard done by, losses and they were

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getting those goals but they are not now, but that is football. We

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complain during the Cisma should have had penalty calls but in the

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game it went away. The referees are National League standard. Is that

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the right level in the WSL? I didn't think so, the game has moved on.

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Maybe two or three years ago it was, but now teams are fully professional

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teams and it should be reflected in the standard of referees. They

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should be at least football league standard. Going into these big games

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as well, it could go either way from a poor decision and that is not fair

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on the way the women's game is going. Emma Hayes was heated but it

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was also pretty hot of the Arsenal dressing at half-time. Over to you,

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Alex, what was going on? I'm not going to name no names, but as we

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were walking into the changing room at half-time, one of our players

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heard their staff saying make sure the heating is turned up. So we

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thought if you are doing that, we will do the team talk outside.

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Whether they were going to do that or not, we don't know.

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We head to the Midlands next, where Birmingham were aiming

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to extend their eight match unbeaten run, when they faced Sunderland.

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In the commentary box for us was Nigel Adderley.

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Commentary macro aside from the title race Birmingham's resurgence

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is one of the talks of the season. Carlton Fairweather has switched to

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three at the back. Stephanie Roche drops to the bench to allow Stefanie

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Banner to return. Sunderland would have been mightily relieved to

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finally get their first league win of the season against Doncaster last

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week. It will be tough here today. Birmingham don't score many, they

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concede even fewer, and here is Wellings. Strong enough to ride the

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initial challenge, and she then goes beyond Haley Sharp. A fine save from

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ritual laws. Charlie Wellings, one of the youngsters who has really

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shone this season for Birmingham. Allen stands firm, then Stringer

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becomes involved. It just threatens to get a wee bit nasty before the

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referee gives the free kick. That is a decent delivery! And their

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header from havoc is kept out again by Laws. Birmingham to make the most

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of set pieces. Brown's throw in. It falls to

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Staniforth. Now Chaplain, possibilities here for Sunderland.

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Furness with the shot, which was a trundle in the end. And routine for

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the keeper. One of a number of new players, which have transformed this

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Birmingham team. Once again, Birmingham are a very junior ball

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unit but they do have some quality and here is Lawley, and she has

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played in the Heather Berg. An excellent block to deny the

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Norwegian international. Sunderland finally smuggle the ball clear.

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Looking for her first league goal. Terrific defending from Hayley

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Sharp. Birmingham's leading goal scorer

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this season, even though she only has three. And now Lawley, who has

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really shone so far today. And a deflection, close to an own goal,

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and it was Stefanie Bannen at the near post. She will be great for

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ritual laws was alert to the danger. Carter. -- Rachael Burrows. The

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initial ball was caught out. Here is Lyndon. Appeals for handball as it

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strikes Bannen, but nothing given by the referee. The German

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international quickly into the action and the arms were raised.

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Here is Lawley once again. She is too quick. It is another terrific

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cross. The final touch was gratefully dropped on.

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The girls have worked as hard as they have. Given the way that a goal

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from a set piece, we had opportunities to clear it and we

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didn't. Against a team like Birmingham, you will get punished.

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Everyone knows we are good at the back and organised but I want to see

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more goals, more attacking play from us, get in more advanced options and

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be more expressive and Nepal. We are starting to do that on the break

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now, moving forward. We have different dynamics in the group and

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I want people to start recognising the quality we have here and what we

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are building as a couple club. Birmingham got the win but they have

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to be patient. Sunderland will be disappointed, having stood firm to

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88 minutes. They will, because that has been Sunderland's problem, not

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only not scoring but licking a lot of goals. To hold firm for the

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majority of the game, to leak it from a set piece they will be

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disappointed. A long throw from Jess Carter into the box. This should go

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forward. It should go out of the box, high and wide header. It ends

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up causing the Sunderland goalkeeper a problem, backpedalling, tips it

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onto the bar and who react? Young Charlie Wellings. She must be so

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excited. She reacts and the defenders don't. When you know the

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team has a long throw, sometimes you turn to over concentrate on the

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first phase of the set play when it is really the second of it that you

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can be undone by and that is what happened with Sunderland.

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We heard David Parker wanting Birmingham to be more progressive on

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the ball. Birmingham have done well the first part of the season. She's

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come in and she's been in the league for years because she's so direct

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when she gets the ball, she uses it so effectively. She looks, her first

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ball is forward. Sometimes players can play side ways or backwards.

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That can put you under pressure. She's got everything in the armoury,

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she can spray the ball out wide. She plays one and two touches. She moves

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off the ball really well. We've seen her in other games organising the

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team around her. A lovely little dip of the shoulder and a switch of

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play. She's pretty much everywhere and central to everything that

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Birmingham are doing. She's also, you know, creating chances for

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herself and those goals will come. We talked about officiating earlier

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in the show. It wasn't as costly for Birmingham, but should they have had

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a penalty? No, definitely not. It would have been harsh. When we see

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the clip, the Sunderland defender, as the ball strikes her hand is in

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front of her chest. It wouldn't make any difference to the direction of

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the ball. For me, completely no penalty at all. I agree with Rachel

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there. I would have felt hard done by. The right decision there.

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Notts County faced a tricky trip to in-form Liverpool

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They had, however, beaten the Reds in their previous four encounters.

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Notts count yay rived at the stadium searching for their first away win

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this season. They came close to taking the lead early on. This

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glancing header cleared off the line by Alex Greenwood. The reds required

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more last ditch defending later. Potter picking out Clark. Her cross

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turned behind with both White and Williams ready to pounce. Liverpool

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were unbeat anyone their previous four WSL 1 games and began to grow

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into the match. Last week's goal scorers against Reading combined.

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But unable to test the keeper with this effort. The goal was under

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threat again. The home continued to create chances after the break. A

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superb delivery into the box. Unable to make the most of an excellent

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opportunity. Notts County will be without their first-choice

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goalkeeper following surgery for an ankle injury.

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Liverpool then just about in touch with the chasing pack.

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Despite not playing for two weeks, Manchester City still

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And the inconsistency of fixtures was on the agenda

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at Wembley last week, as the FA made a huge announcement

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April 2011 provided a watershed moment for women's

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In a move to professionalise the game, the Football Association

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launched the WSL, its first ever semi-professional league,

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which would be played between April and October.

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After five years of significant growth, both on and off the pitch,

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the FA reconvened at the national stadium last week to unveil

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its latest blueprint for the future of the women's game.

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Following the euros in 2017, we'll go into a winter season, which will

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start in September and end in May. It will mirror the men's season.

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You've got to remember that the rest of the women's football period is in

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the winter. I don't just mean the senior pyramid, grass-roots. When

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you look at aligning competitions and moving young players through the

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levels, it's a bit more easy when they play at the same time. We hope

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this can be a game changer. It gives a chance to kick off.

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To remove the prospect of a ten-month period

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without competitive football ahead of the European Championships,

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a one-off transitional competition will be played,

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Each side will play each other once in a league format with no

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relegation between February and June 2017, before the new format

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begins in September, which will also include

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We think it will be easier to get a more consistent fixture programme

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that will get better and more regular access to grounds and that

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we hope to build a high performance system for players to achieve

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wearing their England shirt. I look at it as an international manager. I

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look at player welfare, making sure we give our players every possible

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chance with the best athlete and player they can be and give the

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teams to be better teams and players. As a natural result the

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national team will improve as well. We've made a courageous call. It

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might not work out for us, but we have to make the decisions we feel

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are right to give this team every possible chance of winning European

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Championships and winning world cups on a consistent basis. To do that we

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need a strong, vibrant, successful women's Super League. We want it to

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be an iconic competition for women so that we see women athletes at

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their very best, you know, competitive, fit, healthy,

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technically, tactically good, so that young girls look at that and

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say, you know, crikey, I want to be one of those. That's what we want,

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we want an iconic league. Lots of factors have been taken into

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account. Player welfare is a key priority, do you understand why the

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change has been made? I do. From a players' perspective, it has been

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frustrating with the fixtures. Can you go for periods without having a

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game for two, three weeks. Then you are playing three off the back.

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That's been the main thing. We'd like to see more consistency. I know

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the winter league will help. I know what Mark's meaning when he touches

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on player welfare. When you're playing so many fixtures

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back-to-back and catching up, you don't get the quality time to do

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your gym work or time on the pitch to develop as a player. So I think

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with more consistency in the fixtures that will help players.

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Mark Samson has said he will have more time with the players and

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they'll be match tough. Why? Yeah, to clarify that. Some of the

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fixtures, the domestic fixtures won't be butted together with the

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international fixtures. After an Arsenal game, for instance, there'll

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be a couple of days where they get a chance to recover. They will go into

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camp fresh and can have good, efficient and quality time together

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as a squad preparing for a game. Hopefully that will look after

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players and they will avoid injury. Will that make a difference when it

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comes to winning major tournaments? Definitely. If you're making the

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league stronger, that improves your national players. That makes the

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England team better. Like I just said, I think it goes back to the

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point, the regular training, the regular work, you have time to do

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that. If you're playing constant fixtures you haven't because it's

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about recovery. They should make teams more competitive when it comes

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to the Champions League, which has a winter schedule. It aligns the

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league with the likes of the German and French league, who are all

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perennial challengers for the Champions League trophy. Hopefully

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it will give our Champions League teams the best chance of peaking at

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the right time to start winning silverware in that department. So

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this is all good. But what are the challenges? What needs to happen for

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this to be a success? My only concern is with the summer league

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you have families coming to the gale and switching to the winter league

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will they continue to come when it's freezing cold. It's English weather

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for you - that could be happening right now! You hope for women's

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football it's such a brave decision, I hope it pushes women's football to

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the next level. We want the women's game to keep moving to new levels.

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Compared to five years ago, when the summer league was launched, one of

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the reasons was because of better availability of pitches. Because the

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standards have improved, we have better facilities, the pitches won't

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be an issue. Having them in the winter, yes the weather will be

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poor, but the standard of the surface is better. Look at

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Borehamwood, it's a wonderful surface. Look the Manchester City,

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brand new stadium, great pitch. Hopefully, pitches will not be an

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issue. Overall, what would your assessment be? I love the fact that

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it's aligned with the men's league, so they can use the commercial value

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of men's clubs to really enhance the spotlight of women's football. So

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it's not going to be overshadowed bit men's playing. It will be

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enhanced. The resources at the disposal of the women's clubs go

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hand in hand with the men's. Any promotional material, the women's

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teams can be jump on the back of the men's teams. It remains to be seen

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which sides from WSL 2 will start the new winter calendar in the top

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flight. Just enough time for a bit

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of action from WSL2. Leaders Yeovil travelled

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to Everton on Sunday, but they come unstuck,

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as the Toffees bounced back from successive defeats

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with a commanding performance. Chloe Kelly setting her side

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on the way to a 3-0 win That moves Everton to win six points

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of Yeovil. Andy Spence's side also still have

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two games in hand on the Glovers. Just enough time to reveal that

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England's next home game, where they will look to secure top

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spot in Euro Qualifying Group 7 against Estonia, will be played

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at Notts County's Meadow Lane You'll be able to see that game live

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on the BBC TWO at 7.05pm. Before that, we're back next

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Monday with highlights from Manchester City's trip

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to Notts County - 23.15 on BBC Two So plenty of change ahead

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for the Women's Super League, but one thing is sure to remain

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the same: the race to become champions of WSL1 is going to be

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just as thrilling as ever.

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