OverThere Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 4 minutes ago, Jack27 said: So the club currently has no strikers? Looks that way. Towards the end of the season Galloway really seemed to tail off. I am assuming they didn't think either were up to Championship standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) They’ll be looking to push for promotion again this season so no surprise to see big changes. It’ll be the same again every year until they get to the top I’d have thought. Edited May 30 by Decky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sushimonster85 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Yeah, this is the reality of a huge money takeover of a side in the equivilant of League 2. Was always going to be massive turnover each Summer in order to ensure the best chances of consistent back to back promotions. With there being no FFP to worry about in the womans game I imagine if you fast forward 3/4 years we will consistently challenging at the top with Chelsea, Man City etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 There's also the possibility (or probability?) that the WSL equivalent of the "Big 6" are going to want to prevent us from doing just that. The quicker we get ourselves a seat at the top table the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 34 minutes ago, Keegans Export said: There's also the possibility (or probability?) that the WSL equivalent of the "Big 6" are going to want to prevent us from doing just that. The quicker we get ourselves a seat at the top table the better. Quite the opposite They want us to be in the WSL/ top 6 as we have a great following and can push the womens game to another level - increase tv audiences / attendances / etc Lots of positive comments from a lot of the bigger teams in regards to Newcastle women / supporters / ownership Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cclay Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jack27 said: So the club currently has no strikers? We have players still on the books listed as 'forwards' but none that have reagularly played as striker. The only one, really, is Nicki Gears, who was injured as far as I recall. I agree with others, we have probably judged, correctly, that we'll need to recruit to compete at the next level. To be honest, we have got in with multiple guilt edged chances and not scored. That was o.k. at the previous level, as we usually scored enough to win. In the championsip (and, especially, the WSL), chances are more at a premium and you have to score a bigger percentage of those chances ... as the opponents will. Edit As for the goals, we lose Galloway's (17) but keep Barker's (14), Gibson's (14) and Mcquade's (12). Bailey-Gayle scored 7. As said elsewhere, Galloway seemed to tail off and Bailey-Gayle missed some sitters. Looks like they've taken notice, reckoned their returns will be less in the championship and decided to act (assuming it was purely the club's decision). Sad but that's where the woman's game is at the present time. Edited May 30 by Cclay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 The Instagram post attracted a lot of negative comments and appears to have been deleted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 15 minutes ago, JonBez comesock said: Quite the opposite They want us to be in the WSL/ top 6 as we have a great following and can push the womens game to another level - increase tv audiences / attendances / etc Lots of positive comments from a lot of the bigger teams in regards to Newcastle women / supporters / ownership We'll see. Easy to make positive comments about us when we're two (now one) leagues apart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 2 minutes ago, OpenC said: The Instagram post attracted a lot of negative comments and appears to have been deleted Still there for me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 I couldn't see it when I went back to look for it but the signal here is terrible today so it might have been just an old cached page I got Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted May 30 Share Posted May 30 Big surprised to see Gayle off so quick. It's sad to see so many leave but I don't appose the ruthless nature. I'm excited for who comes in. I think they will go for it this year again and being a league apart we can't start attracting a top league player or two now with our project. The turnover was unfortunately necessary. Another tough ask to yet essentially a new team to gel. I can't believe we will get promoted this year again but not getting relegated will be key! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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