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33 minutes ago, Erithacus said:

Set pieces do work. The skipper pops up for a corner and heads one in! Game on.

1-1

Salmon then smashes a 20-yard volley onto the post. Fraction away.

Tons of endeavour, precious little quality from our girls, but 1-1 a fair result. Couple of very good saves from our keeper 2nd half too.

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Great to see Salmon & Evans back after missing the Man City game. What a header from Evans!

At least we're off the bottom of the table now.

Next game is away to Birmingham next Sunday. But before then, I'm about to record the next episode of Vixencast...

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58 minutes ago, OddBallJim said:

Sorry totally new to this thread, so I imagine this has already been asked but... how/where can I watch the Womens' team matches?

Fa player website.On tablet,PS4 etc or smart telly.

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7 hours ago, old_eastender said:

Our front players look handy

The more I watch the more I'm convinced our front players can't play together. 

They always seem on completely different wavelengths and rarely pass to each other.

It's a shame because they are individually very decent 

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6 hours ago, OddBallJim said:

Sorry totally new to this thread, so I imagine this has already been asked but... how/where can I watch the Womens' team matches?

Welcome aboard!
You can download the app or visit this link. It's completely free
https://faplayer.thefa.com/home/all

Also, if you are a podcast fan, feel free to listen/subscribe to Bristol City Vixencast

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On 20/03/2021 at 23:05, Erithacus said:

An interesting decision. Just who made it and were they part of an independent government department or a football insider? It is a highly political move that has highlighted the uneven financial playing field we have at the top of the women's game. What do the excluded teams make of it?

I guess it works out to about £100,000 for City. Useful but not a game-changer.

I think it's disgracefully embarassing that the 998th richest man on the Planet accepts a £100,000 handout from the Govt, when people are using foodbanks.

If SL want's a Womens Team, then pay for it, not get Govt handouts.

 

SL earns more than that in interest a day.

Pretty sure that money could have been used in a better way, than propping up a Football club owned by a multi-billionaire

 

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2 hours ago, shahanshahan said:

Big move for the game! Sky Sports will replace BT as the main broadcaster, and there will be games on BBC One/Two as opposed to the red button/iPlayer.
Hopefully City will be able to take advantage of this from next season ?

The stakes have now got even higher to stay in the WSL

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  • 22 live matches on BBC TV, including a minimum of 18 on BBC One and BBC Two (remaining matches on the Red Button and online)
  • Up to 44 live matches, with a minimum of 35, shown on Sky Sports Football, Premier League and Main Event channels
  • Selected fixtures will also be simulcast on Sky One and Sky Sports Mix
  • All broadcasters will have rights to online coverage, in-play clips and highlights (WSL clubs also have rights to in-play clips and highlights)
  • Remaining matches not selected for broadcast shown live on FA Player
  • There will be one free-to-air game on BBC every weekend, with Sky having two other picks
  • Selected matches expected to be scheduled on Friday 18:30 GMT, Saturday 11:30 GMT, Sunday 12:30 GMT and Sunday 18:30 GMT
  • 75% of investment revenue to go to WSL clubs, 25% to the Women's Championship
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On 20/03/2021 at 12:05, Erithacus said:

An interesting decision. Just who made it and were they part of an independent government department or a football insider? It is a highly political move that has highlighted the uneven financial playing field we have at the top of the women's game. What do the excluded teams make of it?

I guess it works out to about £100,000 for City. Useful but not a game-changer.

Its not supposed to be a game changer, its just supposed to cover what would have normally been income to allow the club to run properly. You're probably not seeing womens teams of mens PL clubs getting hand outs as the govt would look at how the clubs of the mens PL teams receive hundreds of million each year from the PL while we get far, far less as a championship club.

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1 hour ago, phantom said:
  • 22 live matches on BBC TV, including a minimum of 18 on BBC One and BBC Two (remaining matches on the Red Button and online)
  • Up to 44 live matches, with a minimum of 35, shown on Sky Sports Football, Premier League and Main Event channels
  • Selected fixtures will also be simulcast on Sky One and Sky Sports Mix
  • All broadcasters will have rights to online coverage, in-play clips and highlights (WSL clubs also have rights to in-play clips and highlights)
  • Remaining matches not selected for broadcast shown live on FA Player
  • There will be one free-to-air game on BBC every weekend, with Sky having two other picks
  • Selected matches expected to be scheduled on Friday 18:30 GMT, Saturday 11:30 GMT, Sunday 12:30 GMT and Sunday 18:30 GMT
  • 75% of investment revenue to go to WSL clubs, 25% to the Women's Championship

Why do I have the feeling the bad decisions from the mens game won't have been learnt and all this will do is see a wider gap then already seen between the top clubs and the rest?

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1 hour ago, Lrrr said:

Why do I have the feeling the bad decisions from the mens game won't have been learnt and all this will do is see a wider gap then already seen between the top clubs and the rest?

The pyramid in womens football is much different to the mens game, if anything it is closer to Rugby Union in that there is essentially only one league

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4 minutes ago, phantom said:

The pyramid in womens football is much different to the mens game, if anything it is closer to Rugby Union in that there is essentially only one league

Was more talking about within the mens PL itself as one division, the gap created between the top 4 initially, it took a decade for that to turn into a big 5 and then a few more years for Tottenham to be included, its taken almost 20 years for the likes of Leicester to look like they may be able to consistently finish in that top 6. The womens game has a real opportunity here to create a more equal top division as theres already signs of the biggest few pulling away to uncatchable levels.

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2 hours ago, woodsy62 said:

The only problem for city is West Ham and villa have to play each other twice so one or both will definitely gain points

Villa's next few WSL games are against Chelsea & Everton, and West Ham's are against Man Utd & Reading.

Villa v West Ham games will be close, like Birmingham v West Ham last week was (2-2 draw).

Speaking of Birmingham, this Sunday's game with City will now be back at their home ground in Solihull...

https://bcfc.com/news/articles/2021/venue-confirmed-blues-women-v-bristol-city/

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to be honest its a nail biting end to the season for our girls and I am getting into it, far better to watch at the moment then our mens team and every match has something riding on it.

I think they will stay up just, but its not going to be easy.

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42 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

 

I have been really impressed in all the games that I have seen Sophie play in.I know results have not been good this season,but I think that would be a lot worse with a different keeper.

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9 hours ago, Slacker said:

I have been really impressed in all the games that I have seen Sophie play in.I know results have not been good this season,but I think that would be a lot worse with a different keeper.

Along with Ebony Salmon, the club will do well to hold onto both those players going forward

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On 23/03/2021 at 11:41, mozo said:

But weren't we told that female goalies are just awful...?

I’m sure relative size must be a big factor here. I wonder how competent male keepers would look if the goals were a foot higher and a yard wider?

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One change in line-up; Charlie Wellings (who was missing last week for unknown reasons (great communication from the club!?)) returns and replaces Flo Allen in the line-up.
 

Kick off 4pm; live on FA Player. I'll be watching this while trying to keep an eye out on the F1 at the same time and the England game kicking off at 5pm. COYR

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29 minutes ago, Leveller said:

I’m sure relative size must be a big factor here. I wonder how competent male keepers would look if the goals were a foot higher and a yard wider?

I have commented on this before. I saw a television programme about 15 years ago where they took into account the average height of a keeper when football first started compared to the goal size. Since then the average size of a keeper has increased tremendously. They then increased the size of goals pro rata to the height of the current average size of keepers. The goal sizes were tremendous.

They then played a game using semi pros and to start with the style of play was as is now until as half time approached the players cottoned onto how large the goals now we're and they started bombing in shots from all over the field realising the keepers now had higher and wider goals to defend. Can't remember the score but plenty of goals were scored and keepers left floundering.

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The Blues wear blue/white, we wear purple/lime? Seems an easy one to confuse over blue against red. But that's what the ref has called - let's hope there's no need to complain about it afterwards.

A repeat of the same fixture from thirteen months ago will do nicely.

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Just now, Matty Taylors a Red said:

Anyone know the legal situation around permanently replacing Oxtoby during/after her maternity leave? Beard has proved to be vastly superior, if he wants the job surely it’s got to be his?

Its a bit of a tricky one isn't it.

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Decent half that, enjoyed it.
 

Massive contrast from earlier in the season. We have a shape, decent control, sharp passing, strong in the tackle and belief. What a transformation! 
 

Need three points here desperately. Critical 45 minutes. 

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A decent result, but a win would have been better. Equaliser from ex-Vixen Murray.

 

Now third from bottom, a point ahead of Villa and two ahead of the Hammers. Both have two games in hand though and more importantly they play each other twice before the end of the season. It's going to be a close one.

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20 hours ago, Sarumred said:

Under employment law, I don't think you can sack anyone who is on maternity leave but I stand to be corrected. 

I'm pretty sure a position of equal value can be offered. 

The thing here is how early Tanya went on maternity leave, "normally" the pregnant lady would work closely up to her due date and take the maternity leave after the baby is born.

I don't know why, but I've always assumed Matt was only around until the end of this season, but guess he could be around for months yet. 

Of course Tanya wouldn't be the first to not to return full time, so wouldn't be surprised to see Matt in charge all next season too

18 hours ago, Erithacus said:

A decent result, but a win would have been better. Equaliser from ex-Vixen Murray.

 

Now third from bottom, a point ahead of Villa and two ahead of the Hammers. Both have two games in hand though and more importantly they play each other twice before the end of the season. It's going to be a close one.

Our run in is tough.

Arsenal (4th) Home

Villa (11th) Away 

Man United (3rd) Home

Brighton (6th) Away

Can't see us getting anything from Arsenal or Manchester United game. 

Realistically going to have to win at Villa and take at least a point at Brighton.

We've also got Brighton Away in the FA Cup 

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21 hours ago, Erithacus said:

The Blues wear blue/white, we wear purple/lime? Seems an easy one to confuse over blue against red. But that's what the ref has called 

When our first team played recently. 

Thought the shirt choice was odd

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On 22/03/2021 at 12:47, Lrrr said:

Why do I have the feeling the bad decisions from the mens game won't have been learnt and all this will do is see a wider gap then already seen between the top clubs and the rest?

Media all over Man Utd this weekend - first time womens football played at "The theatre of dreams"! Neglected to say that three seasons ago womens football at Man utd was a dream - full stop!

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6 hours ago, Midred said:

Media all over Man Utd this weekend - first time womens football played at "The theatre of dreams"! Neglected to say that three seasons ago womens football at Man utd was a dream - full stop!

My thoughts exactly when Stoney was moaning about lack of TV coverage 

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I wonder if the Villa and Hammers do a BCFC/Coventry of many years ago and fix it.

 

They could arrange for each one to win one of the games they play against each other, if the points are similar to now, they would both leap frog our girls.... (assuming 3 points a win?)

Stranger things have happened. Villa winning home and away I assume would be best for us?

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10 hours ago, phantom said:

Does anyone know if the womens team are also moving from SGS to the new training ground?

I hope so. Especially if the men's academy team, who were also at Stoke Gifford, are moving there.

In a recent episode of The Ladies League, an Australian fan podcast which featured Ella Mastrantonio, she confirmed that the women were due to train in Failand where the men are, but because of Covid, teams still had to stay seperate

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3 minutes ago, shahanshahan said:

I hope so. Especially if the men's academy team, who were also at Stoke Gifford, are moving there.

In a recent episode of The Ladies League, an Australian fan podcast which featured Ella Mastrantonio, she confirmed that the women were due to train in Failand where the men are, but because of Covid, teams still had to stay seperate

So, no bath sharing for a bit ,then..........shame !?

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https://www.arsenal.com/news/thank-you-joe-and-good-luck

Big news today from City's next opponents this Sunday, Arsenal, confirming that their head coach Joe Montemurro is due to leave at the end of the season.
Don't know if this may have a positive or negative influence on them, but they are pushing to get the final Champions League spot this season, and haven't been WSL title contenders for a couple of seasons now, ever since they won it back in 2018/19.

Hopefully this could be a huge upset at Twerton Park on Sunday. COYR

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25 minutes ago, Jdbeanie said:

Reading not doing us any favours today!

They seem to be the team to beat if you want to maintain WSL survival ?

As it stands, this would drop City down to 11th and Villa in bottom.
Villa playing Everton tomorrow, and also Birmingham playing Chelsea. If both Midlands teams were to lose, and City win against Arsenal, we'd move up to 9th - but this is all being optimistic for all results to go our way

 

P.S. This is also ex-Vixen Jess Fishlock's last game for Reading before she heads back to OL Reign in the States. Probably not the send-off she was expecting!

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FT 0-4. Arsenal got goals at both ends of the first half, and then a two minute fest in the second half.
From what I could see, City were better in the first half, and it was disappointing to concede so early as well as right before half time.

However, with Chelsea beating Birmingham 6-0, Villa losing 3-1 to Everton, and of course West Ham's result yesterday, there's no change at the bottom of the table, with City still 11th and Villa 12th.

Would have posted earlier but just recorded the latest episode of Vixencast, due to be edited & out soon.
Similar to other Bristol City fan podcasts; the worse the result, the funnier the episode (usually)!
 

 

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16 hours ago, steveybadger said:

I guess today was one of those bonus if we get anything matches. Sadly there was no bonus.

City tired in the last 15-20 minutes and if it wasn't for Sophie Baggaley, it could have been eight or nine. Every now & again, she pulls out an inspired performance and at times, not being disrespectful, it seemed like she was fighting the Gunners on her own.

FA Cup next up but I think Aston Villa v City on the 24th could be the biggest game in many years for the girls; with the new TV deal now confirmed, this really isn't the season to find yourself relegated.

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Episode 22 of Bristol City Vixencast is now out! We cover yet another 4-0 defeat at Twerton Park, Baggers stopping Miedema's hat-trick, relegation run-ins & say #VoteFlo, loud & proud in regards to the PFA Players Board election. Also contains some references to Taylor Swift.

Listen here!

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Concerning report about the state of things at Birmingham. Seems the women's side is being given second rate treatment by the club and the squad is making it official. Also concerning is the note about the FA helping them to complete their fixtures. Does this make the picture more cloudy?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56642488

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