Sylvain Jamet Archives: 12/2017

When the FA WSL was formed in 2011, Arsenal Ladies were a dominant force in women’s football and now they’re a shadow of their former selves – what happened?

The hunt for the new England Women manager is still on, and there seems to be a shortage of candidates interested.

The new Arsenal Women manager started his reign with a 3-1 win against Sunderland, and will have a lot of things to work on before the big WSL clash with Chelsea.

After a shakeup of the WSL Tier 1 and Tier 2 structure, the January transfer window could be a busy affair with many clubs already making movements in the market.

Arsenal have been drawn away to Reading who beat us recently during the group stage and will be looking for revenge against new manager Joe Montemurro.

The FA disclosed the winning bids for the WSL Tier 1 and 2, and now we will see the second phase, with an external bid from the FA WSL coming in.

There will be competition for places in the England u20 World Cup squad, as the Young Lionesses won the Nike International u20 tournament in Florida.

Development team captain Anna Filbey was named in the Arsenal squad to face Liverpool, but the game was unfortunately postponed due to the weather.

This weekend was the first proper winter league weekend where adverse weather was likely to affect the fixture list – and affect it it did.

The FA WSL Conti Cup quarter finals draw has been made, and the Gunners will be playing Sunderland at home.

There was no first-team game this weekend following the international break, but the Development Team thrashed Bristol City 5-1.