[alisamaefawn394]

my starting XI for lionesses v spain

GK: Hannah Hampton

RB: Lucy Bronze

CB: Maya Le Tissier

CB: Lotte Wubben-Moy

LB: Alex Greenwood

MF: Keira Walsh

MF: Jess Park

MF: Georgia Stanway

RW: Lauren Hemp

S: Alessia Russo

LW: Chloe Kelly

Bench:

Anna Moorhouse

Jess Carter

Niamh Charles

Taylor Hinds

Esme Morgan

Laura Blindkilde-Brown

Lucia Kendall

Erica Meg Parkinson

Beth Mead

Keira Barry

Lauren James

Following Sarina Wiegman's typical 4-3-3 play structure!

I do really rate Ellie Roebuck but I think against Spain, on the off chance Hampton does have to sub off, Moorhouse is a safer bet.

Since Greenwood was benched during the last camp, I did ponder about starting her; however, I watched her play BCFC last week, where she was just a powerhouse, so I'll start her, but I fully trust Niamh Charles if anything happens. Again with Niamh Charles, missing the last camp from injury, Alex is probably the safest bet, but Charles is horrifically underrated.

Hinds also there as a backup, and I do enjoy seeing Hinds play for Arsenal, but I don't fully trust her on the international stage against Spain just yet. Time will tell.

I think Maya is such a strong choice for a starting centre-back. She's been incredible for Man United this season, so I trust her fully, but Jess Carter is also a good choice. I just don't see her play much since she's in the NWSL. Same goes for Esme Morgan; she's great, but she doesn't get much game time for England and with her now being in the NWSL, she's hard to judge.

Lucy Bronze is a choice I didn't debate for a second. She's a brick wall. And she knows the Spanish team a little too well... Jess Carter is also a strong bench choice for her if Jess were to go RB instead of CB.

I would typically start Leah Williamson over Lotte Wubben-Moy but Leah has been so injured recently, and I NEED her healthy for the Arsenal Champions League matches. Leah's injury has also allowed Lotte to shine, which has been brilliant to see.

Keira and Georgia are non-negotiables, but I'm not a fan of starting Jess Park in midfield. She's so natural on the wing. But, with Toone and Clinton out, we're buggered, and she's a stronger choice than Parkinson, Kendall, and Blindkilde-Brown in my opinion. Kendall and Blindkilde-Brown are strong options from what I've seen of them, but I haven't seen enough of Parkinson yet, and we need a strong midfield.

Beth Mead, too. She's also been injured recently, and I need her in full health for Arsenal again. Also, we have minimal choice provided Sarina does play a 4-4-3 for forwards so if Beth were to get injured on pitch, it would be riskier.

Lauren James feels like a secret weapon against Spain, so I was torn between starting her or Chloe Kelly since I feel like both of them are big moment players, but I think Kelly has been exceptional recently when given the chance.

I'm also tempted to bench Russo for the same reasons as above but she's just incredible. No idea what would happen without her. And as mentioned, we're short on forwards as with mids, so keeping Barry on the bench when she's so young feels like the best choice against Spain.

I totally appreciate Sarina bringing green players into the squad, especially with our abysmal midfield, but I don't trust them against Spain, not to start at least. Spain are tooooo strong.

I also have no qualifications and haven't played football for 13 years but hey! I also have opinions and an unhealthy obsession with watching the women's game!

[alisamaefawn394]

hello! i have not posted on this account for a very long time but i feel like woso tumblr is the safest place to express this considering how feral woso tiktok is right now.

Chelsea v Arsenal women @ Stamford Bridge last night for the UWCL quarter finals. I'm an Arsenal fan through and through, but all the discourse is headed in the wrong direction. I respect and appreciate a lot of Chelsea players: Bronze, Charles, Kerr, Walsh, Beever-Jones, Hampton. Yes, they're one of our biggest rivals, but even as an Arsenal fan I will admit that their first goal in the first leg last week shouldn't have been disallowed, so this isn't me trying to be shitty about Chelsea as a whole: this is about fairness, and that ref wasn't carding properly.

Did Katie McCabe foul Alyssa Thompson? Yes. Should she have been carded? Yes, even though it was towards the end of play and you can see Katie reaching for Alyssa's shirt, a yellow at the very least. Wouldn't even have minded a red.

However, Chelsea fans are being so fucking loud right now. How many times did Chelsea players foul Arsenal players and get away with it?

Chelsea can be That Team, who you expect to play smooth and technical, but they're really just a 'win at any costs' team which means they play aggressive and scrappy, especially in a match like this where they have something to prove.

Allow me to remind you of a couple of incidents last night which were either carded too lightly or not carded at all:

Lauren James decked Katie McCabe and then stood on her back like she was in an ancient war. Yellow card, should've been a red.

Lucy Bronze shoved Taylor Hinds down. Twice. No card either time.

Thompson and Carpenter together pushed and shoved both Russo and Hinds with considerable aggression. No card.

Sonia Bompastor tried to steal a ball from out of Hinds' feet.

I get that Chelsea wanted to win, but if they're so intent on carding Katie McCabe, their players should've been booked as well.

Anyway, pissed myself laughing when Sonia got given a red, and found it truly hysterical when she started playing the video on her phone in a post-match interview x

[wholeheartedsuggestions]

it’s okay to mourn lives you will never get to live even if you’re grateful for the life you are living now

[crunchygranoladyke]

at the end of the day the winners of every women's sporting event are lesbians

[prentiits]

i have never been quite so devastated by a ship like i was by kaimelia.

[blondepw]

the sluttiest thing a man can do is be good at performing shakespeare

[alisamaefawn394]

Who actually got wasia project tickets??? I was signed up for presale, on the page the Second it hit 10am, and didn’t get any. Same with general sale. Who managed to get tickets in Seconds wtf???

[alisamaefawn394]

thanks to hstwt for actually tagging their spoilers on release day!!

oh wait.

[alisamaefawn394]

Really pisses me off when people go to 2 shows on 1 tour. Like my guy you’re already seeing that person live, let someone else get tickets goddamn smh

[alisamaefawn394]

No violining for me in the near future. Can barely move my left shoulder without crying, no way can I hike a violon on that thing and actually play it in that weird angle. So sad. Just as I was getting good again.

[sevdoesnotexist]

The amount of times I have told people I have a genetic condition that makes my body produce faulty collagen and they’re like “Have you tried taking supplements?” like……? Yes, stupid? I have? My body just produces more faulty collagen, but thanks for playing. 

[wearingmystripes]

one of my toxic traits is experiencing immense pain and just not telling anyone at all

[richardjager-deactivated2023072]

I honestly think people should talk about the UK the same way they talk about North Korea.

Like, remember back when Kim Jong Un first became General Secretary, and our media just became flooded with mountains and mountains of absolute bullshit about how North Koreans believe that Kim Jong Un doesn’t poop and can speak to dolphins and stuff? Just a whole bunch of bullshit that was obviously not true?

Yeah, that’s how we should talk about the UK.

Today, in that isolated, barbarian island nation, Charles Windsor road down the streets of London in a carriage made from pure gold, passing throngs of cheering urban peasants, many of whom could not even afford to pay their heating bills this past winter. Some of them even died because of this. From there, he went into a church filled with the moth wealthy and powerful people in the country, so that a man in ornate robes could put not just one, but two crowns on his head. Then, without skipping a beat, Charles Windsor turned to the camera and commanded all of his subjects to stand before their television sets and recite an oath of loyalty to him. Those who dared to protest this backwards, uncivilized display have been arrested, and are being held indefinitely and without charges by Charles Windsor’s personal private army.

Tell me just how in the world this fetid country belongs anywhere outside of a Renaissance Festival.

[melancholia-ennui]

Fun fact!

The coronation celebrations today were in part paid for by money that would otherwise have been spent on foodbanks.

Fuck the royals, fuck the lords, and fuck the capitalist state that preserves their power. How long, how long, until the people can be free?

[lesbiansandgayssupporttheminers]

Arrests today in London.

By the sounds of it, none of these people had actually *done* anything.

Britain, the police state.

PS Green and black cross are putting out urgent calls for post arrest support, contact them on twitter if you can help.

[silverfox66]

[jetrocks]

Non-Britons! Instead of being distracted by the pomp and fanfare of the coronation, here’s a reminder that:

The coronation was funded by tax-payer money. This same tax could have gone towards the cost of living crisis. People are starving and freezing to death as this is going on.

Protests (peaceful or otherwise) are illegal now. A lot of anti-monarchists are being arrested for simply holding signs.

Our government is currently trying to push through a revision to the Equality Act that will exclude trans and non-binary individuals.

Oil companies have made a record profit in the past couple of years. Oil and gas prices aren’t rising because of an inflation issue.

Our NHS is crumbling because funding is going to stupid projects like this coronation.