Renée Slegers
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Sep 17, 2026
Flo Lloyd-HughesHOST
say, managing those... results that then impact the team is it's quite impressive that Arsenal kind of rode through that, Renee Slaggers is still here and they made it as far as they did in the competition last season.
Flo Lloyd-HughesHOST
I think it's interesting like not every team like you say can manage that and I don't think if they lose to Lyon and Barca, I don't think that will make that much difference to Rene Slegers.
Flo Lloyd-HughesHOST
But I think with a team like Arsenal, those things can be really amplified.
Flo Lloyd-HughesHOST
And we've seen it under Eidevold.
Lucy MonkmanHOST
We're trying to stay positive, Jay.
Lucy MonkmanHOST
Uh, Renee Slegers spoke last week about making a conscious decision to expand the squad, but it means that three senior players had to miss out, including Circe and Reuteler who surely could have added a goal threat as well.
Lucy MonkmanHOST
I mean, this is the issue when you have squad depth.
Rory EvansHOST
Yeah, this is weird.
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
[laughs]
Chloe MorganHOST
And it was weird because you kind of see Renée Slegers on the bench, and then you see, obviously, prolific goal scorer Kelly Smith sitting behind her, and you think-
Rachel O'SullivanHOST
"Why is this not translating?"
Chloe MorganHOST
"How? What? Who's the..." Get her on.
Tim StillmanHOST
Mm-hmm
Jamie SpangherHOST
... were, were definitely options for Renée Slegers that she knew were gonna be able to just go out there and grind out a result, and maybe there was a bit of pre-planning to that.
Jamie SpangherHOST
So yeah, I'm not surprised, but I'm also not worried about it.
Jamie SpangherHOST
I think we've got a million games coming up.
Tim StillmanHOST
This is a, a really tough game, a tough WSL game.
Tim StillmanHOST
But Lisa Baum got the start.
Tim StillmanHOST
Um, I'll read what Renée Slegers said about that afterwards, but, um, what, any, any surprises, pleasant or otherwise there for you?
Jamie SpangherHOST
No, I was stoked.
Flo Lloyd-HughesHOST
I think starting the season at Brighton, obviously their managerial change kind of changed the dynamic of this game.
Flo Lloyd-HughesHOST
But everything going into this season, Rene Slegers has been so vocal about the WSL title is their main focus for this season.
Flo Lloyd-HughesHOST
They want to be challenging.
Flo Lloyd-HughesHOST
They want to be winning that title.
Tom CantonHOST
Chelsea, of course, 1-1 draw with Villa has already opened the door, maybe.
Tom CantonHOST
There's big pressure on Arsenal and Rene Slegers this season to try and win the WSL.
Tom CantonHOST
So fingers crossed for a big result.
Tom CantonHOST
Jake says, I love Timber and think defensively he's the best right back in the league, but all round Hakimi is just ahead.
Tom CantonHOST
Another really, really impressive signing.
Tom CantonHOST
Selena Cersei and Issa Dam as well joining two talented players to add to René Slegers' squad.
Tom CantonHOST
So, some really impressive deals by Arsenal over the course of this transfer window.
Tom CantonHOST
Claire Wheatley, who is the director of women's football at the club, said that we're delighted to have brought Eliza to the club.
Jessy Parker HumphreysGUEST
I think this feels like a very win-now approach this summer, you know, to go out and get Batier, Stamway, players who have played in the WSL, who kind of are going to be able to, they would hope, immediately hit the ground.
Jessy Parker HumphreysGUEST
running the Baccio one is interesting to me because like I know she can play left back but it feels like she's always been at her best at right back and it seems a little strange to me a little bit shonky to get a player like that to to put her out of position because I think we are predominantly going to see her at left back you know At points, Rene Slegers has also shown more faith in Taylor Hines than I would maybe have expected.
Jessy Parker HumphreysGUEST
So I guess we'll see exactly how that plays out.
Jessy Parker HumphreysGUEST
And they have really, for a long time, needed someone who could take some of the minutes load off Emily Fox.
Ben HainesHOST
Now, this is another one that's got a lot more narrative involved in it, thanks to a lot of news over the last week or so.
Ben HainesHOST
We spoke to Renee Slegers this summer and she said the aim for Arsenal... very much to go out and win the WSL.
Ben HainesHOST
And that was the priority for them this season.
Ben HainesHOST
Equally on the flip side for Brighton, a club that we've spent the last couple of seasons really lording and talking about the way that they were building with Dario Vidicic a week before the start of the season.
Jamie SpangherHOST
I think when you look at Arsenal over the last two, three seasons, it's been this kinda evolution of how do they play against a low block.
Jamie SpangherHOST
And last season in the WSL I think was a, I think was an interesting one because although Renee was scoring a lot more goals at the Emirates, teams were playing more fluid football.
Jamie SpangherHOST
There were less low blocks.
Jamie SpangherHOST
Even teams like Leicester City and West Ham, they were counter-attacking teams.
Jamie SpangherHOST
So the biggest thing I took away from these games was Charlton was a low block.
Jamie SpangherHOST
This is an Arsenal team that the ball movement is smarter, and I think that that is definitely personnel-based, Tim, and I am a little bit worried about that, and I think we have a question about that in the second half in terms of center halves and how much of the pitch is opened up.
Jamie SpangherHOST
But I do think there's been an improvement on, okay, Renee's brought this kind of total football.
Jamie SpangherHOST
Like whether it's Mariona playing on a wing and dropping into the pockets, we'll come onto that later.