Big ambitions and huge change underline this WSL season but how will it fare?
With Women’s Professional Leagues Limited taking ownership from the FA, we need to be open-minded about the progress of the WSL
New leadership, new players, new managers and big ambitions. The Women’s Super League kicks off on Fridaynight with expectations high, but should they be? What will this campaign look like and how do we judge its success?
The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw famously said: “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” In a season underpinned by huge change, with the ownership of the WSL and Championship transferring out of the hands of the Football Association and to Women’s Professional Leagues Limited (WPLL), being open-minded is key, but so is being analytical and, where necessary, critical.
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