Stina Blackstenius

... and then it became kind of like, "Okay, we'll throw on some subs," and then the subs weren't making an impact at all.

Um, you had, uh, Blackstenius coming in, uh, Frida Maanum coming in, uh, Caitlin Foord coming in, and none of them would...

I, I barely saw any of them really do anything.

Not because, you know, for want of trying, but they just weren't getting on the ball, and I, I don't think Arsenal could even game manage the, what was happening at that point.

So you feel like someone like Steph Catley or Eliza de Almeida could have maybe been one of the ones that missed out altogether in replacement for someone like a Selena Cherky who might offer something different.

You know, when we're talking about bringing Stina Blackstenius onto the pitch, you can do a lot of observations on Stina Blackstenius.

And I feel like Crystal Palace, you know, would have set up for that kind of, condition of Selina Blackstone is coming onto the pitch how do we contain her how do we stop her running behind Selina Churky's somebody a bit different you know she's a bit of an unknown so it might have been different had we have thrown somebody like her on for the final 10 to 15 minutes you know how do they cope with her because she's not somebody that they're familiar with someone that she they've played against before you know she's completely unknown so I feel like it could have been yeah that could have been something interesting to see and obviously we say that in hindsight now when the game's finished nil-nil and if we'd have won it three or four nil like we should have done we wouldn't have even been thinking about these things but I think going ahead across the season you know there are going to be other teams who come to the Emirates who set up in a similar way to Crystal Palace and it's food for thought for Renee Slagers and her coaching staff to think about who they're going to leave out in these games and who they're maybe going to put on the bench instead.

Predator Palace, of course, and Pauline Peyron-Magnon in goal was just outstanding.

You know, all the stats, we know what she's capable of.

And it looks like the viewer is more of a striker than a winger.

Yeah, I think it's difficult because it's that conversation of is Selena Cherky going to play ahead of Alessia Russo? If the answer is no to that, why have we really brought her into the squad? Okay, will she get ahead of Stina Blackstenius? And again, you come to the same conclusion.

Some people might say yes, she does.

There was passing ability, a lot of movement around the striker and different threats from the wings.

Annika Borber, Elisa De Almeida, Steph Catley, Smila Hölberg, Kim Little, Olivia Smith, Frida Maanum, Caitlin Foord, and Stina Blackstenius formed a very strong bench.

It was Elisa's first competitive Arsenal squad appearance, while Geraldine Reuteler, Celina Čurčić, and Taylor Hinds were left out again.

We still haven't been given a clear explanation for those omissions, so I'm not gonna invent one, but Reuteler and Čurčić were signed to offer something different, and their absence is always going to attract attention if Arsenal reach the second half of games without scoring a goal.

You know, they, in that situation, Goldie showed her one way and then assumed that the danger was completely gone.

Three minutes later, Olivia Smith replaces Chloe Kelly.

Stina Blackstenius came on for Kyra Cooney Cross.

Mariana moved a bit deeper alongside Georgia.

as well.

We had Chloe Kelly coming on, we had Black Stenius coming on, Freedom Marnham coming on.

You know, we are stacked.

So it's fine if they take a little bit longer to bed into WSL, both of them having interrupted pre-seasons.