Jump to content

Southampton FC Women

Dr Who?

By Dr Who?
in The Saints

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • 3 weeks later...
Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Posted
Posted

Not really the match to take anything away from other than a good experience for the youngsters. We have three games this week and this is the least important, so the team was basically the normal bench and u21s, the captain brown doesn't even usually start for us. Against a WSL team, that was just about experience more than anything

  • 3 weeks later...
Football Special

Football Special

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

Free tickets available for the Sunderland match on the 19th. There are just over 500 tickets remaining in the Northam/Itchen corner although maybe they will open up more blocks as they appeared to be doing before Xmas.

https://x.com/SaintsFCWomen/status/1867527000400994339

 

Would have been interested but it's the same time as we'll be at Nottingham Forest , shame couldn't play day before 

  • 2 weeks later...
Tommy Mulgrew

Tommy Mulgrew

Posted
Posted

She seems to have returned to the matchday squad several weeks ago and has spent her time since then on the bench or not even selected.  So perhaps this move has been a while in the offing.  If not, I reckon she has done the right thing by going to MU and trying for game time there.

The MU present no. 1 goalie is Phallon Tullis-Joyce; try saying that after several beers or ciders.

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

Posted
Posted
27 minutes ago, Tommy Mulgrew said:

 

The MU present no. 1 goalie is Phallon Tullis-Joyce; try saying that after several beers or ciders.

I wouldn't try it at the game now they're allowing beers in the stands, knowing my luck I'd end up shouting "phallus joy" and get put on the sex offenders register. 

  • Haha 1
Master Bates

Master Bates

Posted
Posted

😢

 

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

Posted
Posted
11 hours ago, Master Bates said:

😢

 

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

 

10 hours ago, SaintNewForest said:

Losing a top talent there; not a bad keeper either ... 

I'm gutted too lads. A dark day. 

  • 4 weeks later...
Football Special

Football Special

Posted
Posted

Was talking to another parent at my kids football training who has been a regular at Saints ladies games, interesting perception that ambitions for the side seem to have been downgraded and club not prepared to spend to keep better players and no realistic aim to reach top flight. 

This Echo article seems to back that up, although other sides like Durham and London City Lionnesses who aren't affiliated with men's teams (?) are still managing to compete. 

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/24905162.allen-admits-southampton-fc-cant-compete-top-championship-clubs/?ref=rss

Season basically over with no realistic chance of promotion or relegation, we play Pompey at St Mary's on March 22nd , might try and go to that, show them some support. 

  • Like 1
suewhistle

suewhistle

Posted
Posted

Just checked my diary and realised it's a Saturday so a definite possibility. I'll mention it to my Portsmouth supporting team mates and we could make an evening of it, down The Edge afterwards! Hmm, maybe not: we have a fixture the day after..

Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Fabrice Fernandes no.1 fan

Posted
Posted

There seems to have been an awful lot of player turnover the last year or two, looking at the squad list for the most recent match I'm not really sure who a lot of them are! Seems we've loaned out a few who were regulars in favour of WSL academy players, assumedly to help the books balance a little more.

suewhistle

suewhistle

Posted
Posted

Some of the turnover was due to losing some players who were reluctant to go full time: with having decent careers the pay on offer was not sufficient to cover the risk and what they'd lose.

Ted Bates Statue

Ted Bates Statue

Posted
Posted
5 hours ago, Football Special said:

This Echo article seems to back that up, although other sides like Durham and London City Lionnesses who aren't affiliated with men's teams (?) are still managing to compete. 

 

Interesting point. How exactly are those clubs competing then, considering crowds are tiny and TV money must be similar? When everyone else is being subsidised by men's football, I am not entirely surprised that Saints have decided to 'hold station' in the Championship if we can't get over 10,000 at St Marys even when the tickets are being given away.

Maybe give it a few years and the WSL will merge to create a 20-team division. Just a shame we aren't using these formative years to create a solid side that can compete in the top tier.

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

Interesting point. How exactly are those clubs competing then, considering crowds are tiny and TV money must be similar? When everyone else is being subsidised by men's football, I am not entirely surprised that Saints have decided to 'hold station' in the Championship if we can't get over 10,000 at St Marys even when the tickets are being given away.

Maybe give it a few years and the WSL will merge to create a 20-team division. Just a shame we aren't using these formative years to create a solid side that can compete in the top tier.

I don't think any WSL side gets over 10,000 regularly so there's no way Saints would be expecting that for us.

Ted Bates Statue

Ted Bates Statue

Posted
Posted
6 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

I don't think any WSL side gets over 10,000 regularly so there's no way Saints would be expecting that for us.

I wasn't talking about regular attendance, I was referring to the recent match at which all tickets were offered for free. To be fair I think the club did a piss-poor job with marketing it.

Streaky

Streaky

Posted
Posted

Don't get why they keep playing home games at st marys. The atmosphere is so poor. Should play at totton or eastleigh.

I think the push for wsl is over before it started, shame really. Guess Solak didn't want to keep funding it.

  • Like 1
Miltonaggro

Miltonaggro

Posted
Posted
14 hours ago, Streaky said:

Don't get why they keep playing home games at st marys. The atmosphere is so poor. Should play at totton or eastleigh.

I think the push for wsl is over before it started, shame really. Guess Solak didn't want to keep funding it.

Start at the Veracity Ground, build some proper Sotonian character. 

  • 3 weeks later...
VectisSaint

VectisSaint

Posted
Posted
16 hours ago, Barsiem said:

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/remi-allen-departs-womens-first-team-by-mutual-agreement

Our manager departs (now we wait for comments about people wishing it was the men's team manager)

Spacey-Cale back in charge for now.  It will be interesting to see if that sparks any uplift

No great surprise. No wins since November, 8th in an 11-team league, can't score goals. There is a real problem with the Women's game now, outside the WSL, not much prospect of ever achieving promotion in the current structure. 

Football Special

Football Special

Posted
Posted
9 hours ago, Saint_clark said:

I get the sense the club are considering dropping the womens team. 

Feels that way to me, initial boost in interest after lionesses won the Euros, England ladies got good crowds at St Mary's giving them something to build on but it's never really taken off. 

Main thing is beating the skates later this month 

Football Special

Football Special

Posted
Posted
9 hours ago, VectisSaint said:

No great surprise. No wins since November, 8th in an 11-team league, can't score goals. There is a real problem with the Women's game now, outside the WSL, not much prospect of ever achieving promotion in the current structure. 

Agree, top flight pretty much a closed shop , makes championship lack competitiveness 

Ted Bates Statue

Ted Bates Statue

Posted
Posted
15 hours ago, Football Special said:

Agree, top flight pretty much a closed shop , makes championship lack competitiveness 

Funny you should mention that. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/27/womens-super-league-to-consider-scrapping-relegation-in-major-revamp

There needs to be some kind of shake-up to improve competitiveness across both divisions. The best idea being touted here seems to be gradual expansion by adding teams from the WSL2. Would still mean we need promotion ASAP as it would take a long time to settle in the WSL given the level we're currently at.

Saint_clark

Saint_clark

Posted
Posted
5 hours ago, Ted Bates Statue said:

Funny you should mention that. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/feb/27/womens-super-league-to-consider-scrapping-relegation-in-major-revamp

There needs to be some kind of shake-up to improve competitiveness across both divisions. The best idea being touted here seems to be gradual expansion by adding teams from the WSL2. Would still mean we need promotion ASAP as it would take a long time to settle in the WSL given the level we're currently at.

Misleading title I think, they're not doing away with relegation altogether it's just a way to increase the number of teams in the top flight, no relegated teams for a few years. 

washsaint

washsaint

Posted
Posted

As unplatable as it may seem, there just isn't enough interest in womens football to make it a money spinner or to maintain interest.  I believe the crowds in the top flight are very low so there isn't going to be the money sloshing around to support it.

bpsaint

bpsaint

Posted
Posted
On 01/03/2025 at 10:59, Saint_clark said:

I get the sense the club are considering dropping the womens team. 

Wouldn’t surprise me from a business point of view, I imagine we’re one of many clubs that prop up the women’s team with the funds from the men’s side. Has to come a time when you have to say what’s the point, as disappointing as it’ll be for those associated with the team.

Ted Bates Statue

Ted Bates Statue

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Saint_clark said:

Misleading title I think, they're not doing away with relegation altogether it's just a way to increase the number of teams in the top flight, no relegated teams for a few years. 

that's what i said in the post

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...