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LCFC Women 2022-23 Thread

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Jimmy

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Now 3-0 Smith, Scoefield and Whelan scoring. 
 

Obviously a lower level of opposition but I hope Bedford sticks with 433

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https://www.lcfc.com/news/2835847/lcfc-women-start-with-a-win-in-the-league-cup/featured

 

LCFC Women Start With A Win In The League Cup

LCFC Women recorded their first victory of 2022/23 by beating Blackburn Rovers Ladies 3-0 at The Sir Tom Finney Stadium in the Continental Tyres League Cup group stage on Sunday afternoon.
BySam Jones At The Sir Tom Finney Stadium

Goals from Mackenzie Smith, Connie Scofield and Aileen Whelan secured three points in the Foxes' opening Group B fixture, with all three finding the net for the first time in a Leicester shirt. 

Manager Lydia Bedford shuffled the pack, making eight changes to the XI that narrowly lost to Everton three days earlier in the Barclays Women's Super League. Only Kirstie Levell, Ashleigh Plumptre and Sophie Howard, who captained the side, remained from Thursday. 

Full debuts were handed to Demi Vance, CJ Bott and Connie Scofield, while youngsters Monique Robinson, Ava Baker and Smith made their first starts of the season.

 

Shaping up in a 4-3-3 system, Missy Goodwin and Baker provided width for striker Natasha Flint, who had a hand in breaking the deadlock inside six minutes.

Driving at the defence, the forward cut the ball back from the byline for Smith to convert with a first-time finish, scoring her first senior goal in the process.

Leicester dominated possession while searching for a second and when the ball fell to Bott 25 yards out, her left-footed effort curled wide of the target, unable to trouble Shanell Salgado in the Rovers goal. 

 

Full-back Vance was the next to take aim, from a tight angle on the left, but could only fire over the top of the crossbar. Robinson then headed wide from Goodwin's corner, after Smith's effort was diverted into the side netting by Nicola Worthington.

Blackburn's best first-half chance fell to Farah Crompton five minutes before the break, as she used her pace to break away from City's defence but could not find the finish to match, sending the ball well wide of the far post.

The majority of the play was in the final third at the other end, though Goodwin's attempt to curl a strike over Salgado was unsuccessful, taking a deflection off Chloe Dixon which sent the strike into the 'keeper's arms.

The Foxes fashioned a chance within the opening minute of the second half, with Flint firing wide, and it did not take long for the away side to double their advantage. Goodwin slid the ball across the box for Scofield to side-foot into the roof of the net. 

The midfielder looked to turn provider on her maiden Leicester start, setting up Flint, before Jade Richards prevented the forward adding her name to the scoresheet.

City still had to be wary of Rovers on the counter and when substitute Megan Hornby broke from a Leicester corner, she was disappointed not to test Levell, while Goodwin forced a save from Salgado at the opposite end.

 

Four changes were made on the hour-mark and they made a quick impact. The third goal arrived on 65 minutes when Shannon O’Brien applied pressure, allowing Whelan to intercept a back pass, slotting the ball into the near corner. 

Another substitute came close to adding a third, via Molly Pike's powerful, first-time strike, though it did not have enough dip to test Salgado. 

A debutant was introduced with 20 minutes to play, as summer signing Ellen Jones came on for her first minutes in a Leicester shirt, shortly before Flint took the ball onto her left, curling a shot wide, quickly followed by Vance striking wide from distance.

There was still work to be done to preserve a first clean sheet of the campaign and Levell thwarted Crompton with a diving save, ahead of Natasha Fenton's driven free-kick being kept out by the shot-stopper. 

Further opportunities to increase the goal tally came and went in the closing stages. Flint's long-range effort was palmed away by Salgado, but Goodwin was unable to finish the rebound. Bott's strike was then collected by Rovers' 'keeper, but it was City claiming all three points.

 

Major moment…
Connie Scofield
The midfielder netted on her first start for the Club.

The opener in Lancashire, coming inside six minutes, was a confidence boost for the much-changed Foxes, allowing them to control proceedings from there on in and add two further goals in the second half. 

 

Who impressed?
Kirstie Levell
The 'keeper helped keep a first clean sheet of the season.

It was a solid team performance from the 16 players who featured across the 90 minutes, keeping a clean sheet at one end and converting three chances at the other. 

 

Where do we stand?
Mackenzie Smith
The youngster impressed alongside Monique Robinson in the midfield, scoring early on.

City top the Group B table on goal difference from Liverpool, who also claimed victory on matchday one by beating Sunderland 1-0. Leicester meet the Reds in their next League Cup fixture, at Pirelli Stadium, on Wednesday 26 October (7pm kick-off).

 

Coming up...
The Foxes now have three group games remaining.

Next up in the Women's Super League after the international break, LCFC Women visit Manchester City at Academy Stadium on Sunday 16 October (2pm kick-off).

 

The details…

City: Levell; Bott, Howard (c) (Tierney 60'), Plumptre, Vance; Smith (Whelan 60'), Robinson (Pike 60'), Scofield; Baker (O'Brien 60'), Flint, Goodwin. 

Subs not used: Poor, Simon, Purfield. 

Goals: Smith 6', Scofield 48', Whelan 65'. 

All times BST.

Photo Credit: Blackburn Rovers Ladies.

LCFCJoe96

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A few might have seen it but the NWSL/US Soccer report into abuse came out in the last few days and includes the case of now LCFC player Erin Simon and what she went through at Racing Louisville (excerpt below but it's obviously not nice reading)

 

 

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5 minutes ago, LCWFCJ said:

A few might have seen it but the NWSL/US Soccer report into abuse came out in the last few days and includes the case of now LCFC player Erin Simon and what she went through at Racing Louisville (excerpt below but it's obviously not nice reading)

 

 

...just reading that it is really worrying how easy it is for people in power to abuse their position!!!

A significant part of that post was "she knew what to expect", did she?  Is that his take on the situation or did she tell him that? We all feel in an ideal world things like that would not happen, a woman walking home alone at night would not feel apprehensive about a man walking in her direction.

  This is not the first or last we are going to see this abuse of authority play out, the American gymnast endured the abuse as no one would believe them, any anger that I have is as much directed to the person who puts themselves into a position of danger. I have sisters and would be livid if they chose to put themselves in a situation where they are left in a compromising situation.

  No excuse for what Holly did, but we need to take some responsibility for our own actions.

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On 04/10/2022 at 21:15, sacreblueits442 said:

...just reading that it is really worrying how easy it is for people in power to abuse their position!!!

A significant part of that post was "she knew what to expect", did she?  Is that his take on the situation or did she tell him that? We all feel in an ideal world things like that would not happen, a woman walking home alone at night would not feel apprehensive about a man walking in her direction.

  This is not the first or last we are going to see this abuse of authority play out, the American gymnast endured the abuse as no one would believe them, any anger that I have is as much directed to the person who puts themselves into a position of danger. I have sisters and would be livid if they chose to put themselves in a situation where they are left in a compromising situation.

  No excuse for what Holly did, but we need to take some responsibility for our own actions.

Perhaps you're under estimating the 'power' position of these people, from the outside it might seem easy for the person being abused to avoid it but when the whole hierarchy has a see, hear and say no to evil closed shop attitude then where and who do they turn to? 

 

The abused are often powerless to do anything either because they are  too young or because their career is dependant on their situation. If this girl chose to leave assuming that reporting it was a lost cause what was there to stop this coach from preventing her getting a position at another club?

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2 hours ago, davieG said:

Perhaps you're under estimating the 'power' position of these people, from the outside it might seem easy for the person being abused to avoid it but when the whole hierarchy has a see, hear and say no to evil closed shop attitude then where and who do they turn to? 

 

The abused are often powerless to do anything either because they are  too young or because their career is dependant on their situation. If this girl chose to leave assuming that reporting it was a lost cause what was there to stop this coach from preventing her getting a position at another club?

And that was very much a part of this, reading more of the report, Christy Holly had told Erin she'd be better off back in the States if she wanted a chance with the National team and then down the line made it known to Erin that he was the one that put a word in/helped get her move to Houston Dash without her knowing at the time (this is after making previous advances on her - inviting her to his room repeatedly when he was an assistant coach, that he'd convinced her were just friend/mentorship based), she said in the report that once she knew she struggled with the fact he could tear her career down/have so much control over livelihood.

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sacreblueits442

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3 hours ago, davieG said:

Perhaps you're under estimating the 'power' position of these people, from the outside it might seem easy for the person being abused to avoid it but when the whole hierarchy has a see, hear and say no to evil closed shop attitude then where and who do they turn to? 

 

The abused are often powerless to do anything either because they are  too young or because their career is dependant on their situation. If this girl chose to leave assuming that reporting it was a lost cause what was there to stop this coach from preventing her getting a position at another club?

....pretty much an illustration of the casting couch!!!

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On 09/10/2022 at 10:01, LCWFCJ said:

Tickets for the WSL home game against Arsenal (Sun 6th Nov 2:00pm) and the League Cup "Home" game vs. Liverpool at the Pirelli Stadium in Burton (Wed 26th Oct 7:00pm) are on sale tomorrow morning - Tuesday for general sale

 

Buy Tickets: Leicester City Ticketing

Extra block opened for Man United at home on the 23rd, only the 3rd time that's happened (Spurs this season and Man U last season)

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Jimmy

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7 minutes ago, Brenfox said:

There is no TV coverage of the ladies is there?

all league games not on TV are streamed on the FA player for free but you do need to register a free account

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Well if you thought it could not get any worse for our great club, simply sit, relax and watch the apocalyptic car crash that is LCFC Ladies. Its only Man City, so expect at least 7 goals to be conceded. 

 

 

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