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100% this. Deluded if they think many folk will want to pay to watch them train. Maybe it's more of a tick box for fan engagement?

The 21s were beaten 10-0 by Rugby Borough in the cup tonight…

1-1 draw today against Man Utd in a behind closed doors friendly.

Playing at Notts County for the cup games.. https://www.lcfc.com/media-article/lcfc-women-leicester-city-wsl-subway-players-cup-fixtures-confirmed Edited to take out the copied text from the news item on the LCFC website that seemed to offend some!

17 currently showing in the squad on the website (including 2 keepers). Looks like they'll be struggling with defenders.....

Neville on her way out now too. To Charlton.

Kees has confirmed she’s leaving on her Instagram…

I'm in two minds about them staying at the KP tbh as pros and cons. Quite surprised though.

I'd imagine Las will end up on loan somewhere from Chelsea too. Wouldn't have thought she'd get much game time in the first team and at her age that's what is needed. Sammy Kaczmar has gone to the US. As one of the highest scorers in the U21 PGA last season she would have been a good shout for coming in and pushing for a place. Maybe they are hoping Draper will stay fit? Unless she's also off, which wouldn't be a surprise.

Janina Leitzig off to Man Utd confirmed just now...

Saw a post on Rantala’s Instagram yesterday about her leaving. But looks like it has been deleted now. Maybe club not happy she’s posting it before them?

So Cain gone and rumours of Rantala going soon too. Should be a good opportunity for some of the academy girls to step up, but it seems some of the most promising are off to the US on scholarships

Genuinely don't understand the use of King Power going forward, unless as above it's for other reasons. They must have lost money week in week out last season with the low crowd numbers. And totally agree that there really isn't going to be any more appetite to watch them play WSL2 sides, with no 'star' players. I can't imagine it's great for the players too playing in a big stadium that's 5% full with no atmosphere whatsoever. Seagrave would be the more cost effective option, but then i guess public transport to there is non-existent unless they provided a shuttle bus from city centre or king power. Does anyone know if kick-off times are staying the same this season? As that had a massive impact on numbers with clash with grassroots Sunday football.

Absolutely not denying the facilities are great and a big pull to get girls in there. Parking, and logistics of getting in and out of the site on a day with multiple games across age groups is a mess though, and can only imagine what it must be like living on Belvoir Drive at those times. And yes, giving the girls the chance to play at King Power was a nice touch. Although in reality it wasn't the best with one of the age groups who were playing 9 a side having to play with two small 5 a side goals pushed together . They were focused on the younger age groups playing Man City and anyone else was a bit of an after thought from what i heard. And i'm also not sure that 'numbers of games played' is a mark of a successful club, when some of these games were hastily thrown together with some teams turning up to play with no proper kit and random mix of ages (in the ETC anyway). I presume you either work for the club or know someone who works there as the girls have not had confirmation about training days/hours yet, but good to hear that these are not being reduced. Our experience there was mixed. Some good, some bad. But communication between ETC and academy needs a massive shake up as really not fit for purpose as it is. I still stand by my opinion that there is much better coaching and feedback elsewhere, and i would say if you have a child there you need to be supplementing the training with other external sessions or 1 to 1s to make sure they reach their potential.

I think it is likely to have some impact yes, but to what extent is unknown. Possibly less training hours/reduced kit. Even this season none of the girls (U14 down at least) got given winter coats, and the match kit for the ETC girls was hand me downs from the boys academy from the season before. The ETC is funded by the FA i believe (So U12 and below) however i know that the club were topping this funding up quite considerably to provide all the kit. The U16 and U21 get some PGA funding. The only age group solely funded via the club is the U14s.