Chloe Kelly

I do agree with that.

I think based on who started like Chloe Kelly started uh Kyra Cooney Cross started a lot of women always started it seems like she went in thinking oh this is an easy win I can play the people I usually bring off the bench which we saw how that worked for like Bob Hoster and Chelsea last week I think it same thing happened to us this week but also like in addition to that the way that she does make her substitutions is very predictable.

It seems like going from the games at the end of last season.

Um, and now these two where, you know, okay.

But for Arsenal women, on that right-hand side for the past decade, it's been right footers.

Beth Mead, Chloe Kelly, Olivia Smith as well last year.

So having something a little bit different, I know she hit the crossbar and had a few other efforts that were quite close.

I think could, you know, maybe benefit them as something a little bit different.

Does help when you have a striker like Bunny to aim for.

But yeah, no, I mean, I, it, I don't wanna, I really don't wanna upset everyone tod- [laughs] today but, like, you know, I think there's a, I think there's an interesting comparison to be made with, with Chloe Kelly, for example, who is obviously a huge moments player but I think throughout her career has kind of, you know, certainly the last few seasons, has sort of struggled to really hit that level of consistency, and it doesn't help that she doesn't tend to start many games for Arsenal or, you know, and obviously fell out the favorite at City.

But I just f- yeah, it's, it's easy to underestimate how hard it is to do what Hemp, you know, is, has been, and hopefully will continue to do.

Um, yeah, it's just, just unbelievable.

And, and we have, we, I think we saw that last season that the team selection was very consistent for the first few games and we were asking questions about players who weren't playing, who eventually, once the season does its thing, did start playing or whether, you know, she's made the squad bigger.

I asked her about that in the pre-match press, press conference and about having to leave players out, and she said, "Yep, we made a conscious decision to make it bigger and we understand we're gonna have to do that." But she did make some changes, so Chloe Kelly came in on the left wing.

Lotte Wubben-Moy came in for Steph Catley at left center back.

Um, I think there are reasons for those selections, tactical reasons that we can go into.

I know that there's the bit of mixed reviews off that.

I think if you're gonna make her that player, or you're gonna make Lisa Baum that player, she needs to get four or five starts in a row.

Like, y- we can't be expecting this team to be able to work with new fullbacks and playing young players in that position and, and changing it a lot because Chloe Kelly and Olivia Smith are, are very different footballers, and the way they play football is very different.

And last week, our biggest issue in that, like, narrow victory was the gelling issue.

Baum starts.

Chloe Kelly gets the start.

So there's a lot of tinkering with this team, and I'm not quite sure that needed to happen in this particular game.

Maybe, I'm not saying Rene Segers thought the game was going to be easy, but could we maybe think there was a bit of complacency there with the lineup? I'm not quite sure.