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...
Guest 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...
Decky Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Toni Duggan worth a punt? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 On 30/05/2024 at 13:23, 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 As horrible as this sounds, I think one of the major reasons for pushing to get the women's team in with the elite clubs is that it helps the mens team FFP wise. Top 6 wouldn't want that surely. Expecting rules to suddenly change haha. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 I'm expecting we get a real marquee signing or two this summer. Dropping down a league for a year (although I can't see us getting promoted again) isn't the worst sell for the long term project. Should be an interesting summer reshaping the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 1 hour ago, BonesJones said: As horrible as this sounds, I think one of the major reasons for pushing to get the women's team in with the elite clubs is that it helps the mens team FFP wise. Top 6 wouldn't want that surely. Expecting rules to suddenly change haha. We need to get well into the elite in the WSL before the cunts change the rules because you absolutely know they will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 13 minutes ago, Decky said: We need to get well into the elite in the WSL before the cunts change the rules because you absolutely know they will. Yeah, I think that is why they will be going all out to get into the WSL, and also towards the top as soon as possible, because you know it will come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Im surprised they haven't already but they're probably happy to see a bit of money being thrown around and more clubs pushing to improve their set ups at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggies Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 No way they will put in rules to prevent/reduce investment in the women’s game. The negative press the Premier League would get from limiting this would be huge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonBez comesock Posted June 21 Share Posted June 21 https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8cgOg8MMEX/?igsh=MWN3NHJoZjh3dGlodg== Daisy pre - pre season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted June 22 Share Posted June 22 Must be an amazing feeling man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cclay Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 (edited) Andy Cook has left to become head coach at Norwich City Women, continuing the need to rebuild. Good luck to him. He seemed like a positive influence. Edited June 25 by Cclay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpTheToon Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Surprised we haven't seen any signings yet considering the number of players they likely need to bring in. Season starts later than the men's so still plenty of time obviously. Less of a rumour mill too so we could have a few lined up already behind the scenes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenC Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 (edited) Aye, I would have expected them to have a few at least already lined up given how many have left / been unceremoniously booted out. Edited June 25 by OpenC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cclay Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 (edited) I'd guess it's more complicated signing players, probably, already on professional contracts, which we'll be after if our, previous, recruitment from the league we're in / above is anything to go by. More is to dot and ts to cross. Going by what we've done before, players were signed well before any anouncement so the process is, no doubt, under way. Who knows, though. Edited June 25 by Cclay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fezzle Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 On 21/06/2024 at 23:19, JonBez comesock said: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8cgOg8MMEX/?igsh=MWN3NHJoZjh3dGlodg== Daisy pre - pre season Aye but has she tried to swim to that island in magaluf on a stag do like her da? 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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