Above: Arsenal’s Australian trio of Caitlin Foord (left), Steph Catley (centre), and Kyra Cooney-Cross (right) celebrate the club’s Conti Cup Final win this season. Photo: Arsenal Women. 15/6/24 Impetus sought the views of WSL club fan groups and supporters of the clubs among our team of writers about the performance of their Australian stars. FindContinue reading “Aussies in the WSL: The fans’ perspective”
Tag Archives: Rachel Lara Cohen
Predicting Spurs’ FA Cup Final Team. Part 3: Attacking Options
by Rachel Cohen (11/05/24) In the final part of a series looking at how Spurs might line up in Sunday’s FA Cup Final, this blog looks at Robert Vilahamn’s options in attack. Previous parts looked at nailed-on starters and central defensive options. Despite having a deeper bench this season, there are just five players who are likely toContinue reading “Predicting Spurs’ FA Cup Final Team. Part 3: Attacking Options”
Predicting Spurs’ FA Cup Final Team. Part 2: Vilahamn’s Options in Central Defence
by Rachel Lara Cohen (11/5/24) Following on from Part 1 which looked at players who were nailed-on starters for Spurs’ FA Cup Final on Sunday, Rachel Cohen zooms in on manager, Robert Vilahamn’s, options in Central Defence. The final part will focus on attacking options Essentially, Spurs have three central defenders, all of whom haveContinue reading “Predicting Spurs’ FA Cup Final Team. Part 2: Vilahamn’s Options in Central Defence”
Spurs Women: Review of 2023
by Rachel Lara Cohen (3/1/24). Above: Spurs fans celebrate their WSL North London derby win over Arsenal before Christmas. Photo: Mariella Prew for Impetus ’71. This time last year Spurs were coming off the back of a hellish run of four consecutive defeats. In all of these, the team failed to score, culminating in mid-DecemberContinue reading “Spurs Women: Review of 2023”
WSL Media Conferences
Impetus had writers in five WSL media conferences this week ahead of another vital weekend of action. Their club-by-club reports of who said what is below (24/11/23) Arsenal by Rebecca Hall After a Thursday night Continental Cup clash against Southampton, Arsenal already looked to their Sunday WSL preparations against London rivals West Ham. Gunners bossContinue reading “WSL Media Conferences”
WSL Media Conferences: Kirk & Vilahamn on this weekend’s challenges
(10/11/23) Leicester City by Beth McCowen Leicester City are confident heading into their WSL fixture against Arsenal this weekend. Ahead of Sunday’s match, head coach Willie Kirk confirmed that Shannon O’Brien will be out for “a couple of months” after a scan has revealed a calf injury. Kirk praised O’Brien’s “mental resilience” and emphasised thatContinue reading “WSL Media Conferences: Kirk & Vilahamn on this weekend’s challenges”
Tottenham Hotspur’s rebirth
By Rachel Cohen, with Hannah Chadwick (4/11/2023) Above: There has been plenty to celebrate for Tottenham Hotspur this season. Photo: Tottenham Hotspur Women. Tottenham Hotspur are looking like a team reborn this season. They have now won three on the trot and are on nine points from the first four WSL games. Compare this toContinue reading “Tottenham Hotspur’s rebirth”
Spurs record impressive win at Villa
Aston Villa 2-4 Tottenham Hotspur by Rachel Cohen at Bescot Stadium for Impetus (22/10/23). Above: Tottenham celebrate as Martha Thomas hit a hat-trick at Bescot Stadium yesterday. Photo: Barclays WSL. This was a game in which two things were confirmed: Spurs score goals and Aston Villa really miss Kirsty Hanson and Kenza Dali. Or maybeContinue reading “Spurs record impressive win at Villa”
WSL Media Conferences
Impetus had writers in five WSL media conferences this week ahead of another vital weekend of action. Their club-by-club reports of who said what below (21/10/23). Above: Arsenal head coach Jonas Eidevall. Photo: Morganna King for Impetus. Arsenal by Arwen Moses After a shaky start to the season, Jonas Eidevall’s Arsenal have regained their momentumContinue reading “WSL Media Conferences”
WSL Media Conferences
Five WSL clubs, five Impetus writers attended their media conferences today. They report below (13/10/23). Above: Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall, who spoke to the media, including Impetus’ Morganna King, today. Photo: Arsenal. Arsenal by Morganna King Arsenal preparations are in full swing ahead of Sunday’s home game with Aston Villa with over 33,500 tickets soldContinue reading “WSL Media Conferences”
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