[Albion] Brighton Women vs West Ham in Conti Cup - Wednesday 22nd Nov @ 7pm at Crawley

[zeetha]

After the disappointing but expected loss to Arsenal this afternoon, next up for the Women is a group game in the Continental Tyres Cup against West Ham. Kick off is 7pm on Wednesday 22nd November at Crawley. West Hams recent record is 4 losses and a draw, though they did win their last Conti Cup group game match against Championship side Charlton. If we play as we have done in the last three games we should have enough to beat them, but you can take nothing for granted in football! Will be interesting to see if Megan Walsh plays against us having left the Albion in the summer.

As its midweek and the conti cup first stage, only part of the ground has been opened and it looks like all seating has now sold out so only standing available from the Albion at £10 for adults, £5 concessions. Season ticket holders can claim their ticket for free.

Free travel is currently still available via Seagulls Travel.

UTA!

 

[Official Old Man]

Am I the only person who thought that the Continental Cup was a European tournament? And yes, I'm being serious.
First glance I was dissappointed at getting West Ham when I've seen other ladies teams playing in Europe. Chelsea at Real Madrid recently.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

Am I the only person who thought that the Continental Cup was a European tournament? And yes, I'm being serious.
First glance I was dissappointed at getting West Ham when I've seen other ladies teams playing in Europe. Chelsea at Real Madrid recently.

They had to call it that, as you have to mention the sponsors!
It's the womens league cup and whilst I don't think we'll win it, we have a good chance of a cup run.
I also think that when a permanent site closer to home is announced for the girls, we'll see an even bigger upturn in our fortunes. Mel Phillips has us playing some good stuff but it could be better

 

[schmunk]

They had to call it that, as you have to mention the sponsors!

At least it's not the TenaLady Incontinental Cup...

 

[Paddington Gal]

At least it's not the TenaLady Incontinental Cup...

What about the TenaLady Incontinence cup?

 

[zeetha]

For those interested in going but don't want to stand, it looks like they've opened up a couple of extra sections and there are a few individual seats there still.

 

[halbpro]

While I think the actual group stage format is a bit rubbish, looking forwards to this for some reason!

 

[zeetha]

Match preview here : https://www.brightonandhovealbion.com/news/3791130/conti-cup-preview-albion-host-the-hammers

As per usual with most Conti Cup group games it is not being broadcast, and doesn't look like the club is going to do a feed either.

 

[Badger Boy]

Couple of former Albion players in the West Ham ranks, including the comically overrated goalkeeper Megan Walsh.

 

[jackalbion]

Couple of former Albion players in the West Ham ranks, including the comically overrated goalkeeper Megan Walsh.

Slightly harsh I think based on previous seasons, but last season she was abysmal, a lot of the reason we did so badly.

 

[Badger Boy]

Slightly harsh I think based on previous seasons, but last season she was abysmal, a lot of the reason we did so badly.

I think she was dreadful her entire career with us and it took a new manager (or two) to come in and immediately look to sign a new goalkeeper. Unfortunately, the standard of goalkeeping in the women's game hasn't kept up with the rest of the positions across the pitch. The quality gap between good and bad players is enormous.

 

[jackalbion]

I think she was dreadful her entire career with us and it took a new manager (or two) to come in and immediately look to sign a new goalkeeper. Unfortunately, the standard of goalkeeping in the women's game hasn't kept up with the rest of the positions across the pitch. The quality gap between good and bad players is enormous.

I think we've made a clear upgrade this season, its always gonna be a hard position to recruit for in the women's game, but baggeley is a massive improvement.

 

[Badger Boy]

I think we've made a clear upgrade this season, its always gonna be a hard position to recruit for in the women's game, but baggeley is a massive improvement.

It's a shame that Hannah Hampton (allegedly) decided she'd rather be 3rd choice goalie for Chelsea than come here on loan, so we got the other Chelsea goalie instead. Hampton seems like a better standard generally and did well for Villa last season but he's effectively taken a season off and is presumably hoping that Chelsea will have a cull of goalies next summer which will see her promoted to number 1.

 

[jackalbion]

It's a shame that Hannah Hampton (allegedly) decided she'd rather be 3rd choice goalie for Chelsea than come here on loan, so we got the other Chelsea goalie instead. Hampton seems like a better standard generally and did well for Villa last season but he's effectively taken a season off and is presumably hoping that Chelsea will have a cull of goalies next summer which will see her promoted to number 1.

Something strange happened with her last season where she got dropped from Villa and England for seemingly attitude reason, all a bit off.

 

[schmunk]

It's a shame that Hannah Hampton (allegedly) decided she'd rather be 3rd choice goalie for Chelsea than come here on loan, so we got the other Chelsea goalie instead. Hampton seems like a better standard generally and did well for Villa last season but he's effectively taken a season off and is presumably hoping that Chelsea will have a cull of goalies next summer which will see her promoted to number 1.

Yes, but does Hannah Hampton run a bouncy castle rental business on the side...?

Goalkeeper Evrard giving Belgium their bounce | UEFA Women's EURO

Nicky Evrard has a sideline renting out bouncy castles, but on the pitch the goalkeeper has proved an immovable object in Belgium's run.

www.uefa.com

 

[zeetha]

1-0 up at halftime and deservedly so as we've had the better chances. Passing needs to be a bit better, and we need to stop overcomplicating things in the final third but so far so good

 

[Coldeanseagull]

3-0 now with two penalties, live text on BBC website

 

[Taybha]

Finished 3-1

 

[zeetha]

An easy win in the end with only a few scares and we top our group.

 

[The Hermit Kingdom]

Guessing we couldn’t potentially be drawn against Palace? Not sure how the groups work.