Unnamed Trialist Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 7 hours ago, Ally McCoist said: This would be as if Davies went to Toronto FC to join Oso. This is an odd move. Portland and Chelsea are similar level teams. Pretty well all of the US teams have the level of a strong top flight in Europe, and Thorn is consistently one of the better clubs. So movement from Chelsea to Thorn could only be viewed as a slight shift down. She was not getting starter minutes, and to be honest, Chelsea does not play very nice football (I've seen them a few times vs. Barça, I've already stated how little I liked how they were coached). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkomar Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 I believe that Hayes is leaving to run the USWNT. I wonder if the system changes significantly at Chelsea after that? Maybe Fleming knows something we don't? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 (edited) 3 hours ago, rkomar said: I believe that Hayes is leaving to run the USWNT. I wonder if the system changes significantly at Chelsea after that? Maybe Fleming knows something we don't? Hayes plays over the heads of the mids, she wasted Fleming terribly at Chelsea. They play 1970s style British football, direct, long ball, plenty of kick and run. Not ideal for Jessie. What happens is that, like the old days of women's football, say up to when Norway won the World Cup and we bought into that with Pellerud, they look for players to play that way. Wolfsberg plays like that too. Only a few teams are breaking out of that mentality, first Lyon and PSG, then Barça, historically and most importantly a few national teams like Japan, now Colombia. I think she'll squander a lot of the US virtues, which are dynamic attacking mids, with technique and pace, and goals coming from many places, in many ways. I've posted this in more detail elsewhere here, I was shocked by how backward they were in the warmups, her tactical instructions. For me she's a dinosaur. I think she'll hurt their programme, not promote the kind of player who can challenge the new paradigms in world women's football, and they'll slip as a world power. Which is fine by me. Edited January 24 by Unnamed Trialist rkomar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Green Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 17 hours ago, Ally McCoist said: This would be as if Davies went to Toronto FC to join Oso. This is an odd move. No? First, the NWSL is much more comparable to the top European women’s leagues. Second, and most importantly, Fleming needs to be a regular starter, which she isn’t at Chelsea. She’s doing the same thing Huitema did. Ivan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39376208/jessie-fleming-set-join-nwsl-side-portland-thorns-sources This article suggests that the revenue from this transfer might go towards getting the Colombian Mayra Ramirez from Levante as a replacement for Kerr. rkomar and Unnamed Trialist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) 6 hours ago, BearcatSA said: https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/39376208/jessie-fleming-set-join-nwsl-side-portland-thorns-sources This article suggests that the revenue from this transfer might go towards getting the Colombian Mayra Ramirez from Levante as a replacement for Kerr. Total aside but Levante is chock full of great players who are undervalued, underpaid most likely, and could thrive elsewhere. A bit of an anomaly, one of the historically great female clubs in Spain, actually tied for second in the league. I feel better about NWSL now there are more teams, it means a bit more depth and variation. What is interesting about the US league is that it looks to be growing still, we'll likely see more clubs in the upcoming years. I also see that average attendance is pushing 10,000, which is the best in the world. Thorn average about 19,000, basically a full stadium. That is a great environment to be in. NWSL is also far ahead of the WNBA for example. While some clubs are a bit weak, others have a powerful connection with the fans. Edited January 25 by Unnamed Trialist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 I honestly would have preferred to see her play elsewhere with a top side in Europe. I think the Americans only had one starter from their WC team playing in Europe (the captain Horan at Lyon) but I see a few more starting to move away from NWSL and head across the Atlantic and I think that is a good thing for their NT program. Despite significant international presence in NWSL, I think there is a level of insularity which hinders that league in comparison to the tactical and technical sophistication from the top teams at the last WWC with large numbers of European-based players Onelessstar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Green Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 This will surely not come as a surprise to many, if any. Unnamed Trialist and cornerkick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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