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And I would say the majority are either Barcelona or WSL.

There's a couple of Lyon players in there.

So you can definitely see the, as you say, there may be a bit of location bias from the list, but... mckay if she wants to keep winning awards that is absolutely fine and i think it's good that people are becoming more aware of these lists and who's on them and the fact that more people are calling it out as being strange you know i was working yesterday um with an irish outlet whenever the list broke and even within that people were looking at it and saying no Why isn't this person there? Why isn't that person there? And I was like, you know what? This is progress.

The list might not be totally right, but at least people are spotting who shouldn't be there or who should be there.

But inevitably now they are going to have to look at the manager.

I think her position is starting to become a little bit... untenable things could get worse before it gets better they've got Liverpool away first but then it's Barcelona away then London City are coming to the Emirates the next visitors to the Emirates I mean that could be like a season defining changing of the sort of guard type thing going on there they must be licking their lips about the idea of going to the Emirates with the way Arsenal are defending and then it's Lyon in the Champions League as well I mean the run of the next few games is really difficult and I think So many things have to happen at once here, but the players need to really start to take more responsibility on the pitch.

And I think also, coaching-wise, Renee and her team have to realise that this is just the same thing happening over and over again.

And I'm amazed they haven't looked to more plan B, plan C, plan D to try and change things.

Still hit the heights.

Yeah, maybe with the...

Lyon away was impressive.

That was the

Somewhat fortuitously, City get somewhat part of the job done in that they get ahead, but then to concede so quickly after, it kind of just summed up where they're at in this comp, right? And you mentioned it already, Sam, like you look, and right now, three games in, three match days in, they're very much in the chasing pack.

You've got Barcelona, the only team with a perfect record on nine points, but then Lyon, Arsenal, Chelsea, the usual suspects, right, are on seven.

In that playoff, we know the top four go straight through the playoffs.

Everyone else is very much in a position where they've got to qualify.

But Harrow How important has Ellie Carpenter become to this Chelsea side? I mean, we just spoke about her goals there, but her impact, her energy, her runs, her moves into space, she's just reached another level, hasn't she?

She's been incredible, right? And we know that Sonia Bompastor would have targeted her.

She worked with her at Lyon.

She just fits in perfectly to the way she wants to play.

She's not been the preferred option.

She was on the bench against Spurs just over an hour, played against West Ham, on the bench against Lyon, played one minute of the Arsenal game.

Prior to that, I think only started their first opening Champions League game against Liverpool.

Austria-Vienna and you know just a few minutes here and there in some of the other games so it's not been the the best of starts for her she's not been preferred but she comes on and she she is hugely impactful and I think those half-time changes were the most critical part obviously Mallard will steal the headlines with the the two goals the first one particularly stunning but for me Baltimore is the player of the match and was the biggest impact in that game

we we could keep going we we kind of are going to keep going though because you guys have a very special guest coming up the player who won the first ball on door ever on the women's side out of hegeberg is joining us next stick with us Take a look at Ada Hegerberg's stats.

Six Champions League titles and 10 league titles for Lyon.

27 total trophies.

She holds the record for most goals all time with 69.

Well, we're excited to cover those those big games here on CBS.

But we were talking about the Ballon d'Or before you came in.

Obviously, you were the first player on the women's side to win this incredibly prestigious award, which is so, so deserved for everything that you've done with Lyon and in your career.

But when you look back at when you won that trophy, how much has changed for you? You know, how did you feel about winning it then? And then now when you look back at 2018, how do you feel about winning it now?

They're another good side.

They're joint top at the moment with Lyon in the French League.

So they're next.

But it's at home.

No surprise there.

Who's right underneath them? The champions of Champions League, Lyon.

They've got four points, a win and a draw.

But the very surprising, the most surprising, I would say, PSG.

PSG in third place.

But again, and then I got my Bayern fourth.

Who'd you pick to win? Lyon or Barcelona? Barcelona.

Okay.

And so the quote, uh, is that, um, uh, Johannes wouldn't be put there if she didn't consistently strike the back of the net.

Who? For who? What team? Does she score for Lyon? Does she score for the US? 'Cause she doesn't.

Emma Hayes, sorry, this is actually, we're try- we're gonna be positive about the Thorns, but we're gonna be fucking negative about the USA team this episode, so you guys better fucking buckle up.

Emma Hayes, get, get over this favoritism.

She falls.

And also, the world knows, like, they've scouted her.

She played at Lyon.

She played against Alexia Putellas.