#and literally no player comparable to caro (if there even is one) is coming to the shit hole nelly has us in right now

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if caro leaves ch*vas they need to put me on s*icide watch

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i’m just curious on your thoughts regarding girma to chelsea? on one hand, i’m happy that she’s getting recognized as such a great player and getting her bag, as well as that she’s finally playing in europe. but on the other hand i’m slightly annoyed because chelsea seems to be pulling way ahead of almost all the other teams in the wsl. they’re already so dominant it just seems like they don’t need her, so part of me wishes she went somewhere else where she would make more of an impact rather than a team that is already on track to win multiple trophies. again im very happy for her and that chelsea seems to be doing good for their women’s team but i just wish it didn’t seem like this is going to make the wsl less competitive. also sorry this is so long lol i’ve just been thinking about this a lot.

hi anon - i'm going to play devil's advocate here. so your criticism is something that i see being thrown at barça a lot too, and so i want to ask you: do you think barcelona is ruining women's football in spain?

remember that barça also pays high transfer fees (we started the trend for mapi in spain, continued breaking records for keira in 2022 and paid a significant transfer fee for ewa pajor this year). so i think solely to criticise chelsea for this seems a bit hypocritical coming from a barça fan. yes, we also use a good portion of players from our b team but not as much as we used to. remember we brought in ellie, esmee, kika, vicky, salma, and sydney from outside our system. and that's not counting keira, frido, caro, and ingrid, who are foreign players too. 🤔

so i want to change your thinking. can we flip it as a spotlight on what investing in your team means instead? other teams should see teams like barça and chelsea that are pumping in money into their teams and act accordingly.

it's all about proper investment. this is the first year that barcelona is bringing in a profit for the women's but they were willing to spend money in order to make money and now the club is seeing the results of more than 5 years of consistent investment and spending.

the teams at the top of the league are easy targets, but when arsenal was going to pay 1.1 million (even more than chelsea is paying for girma), i didn't see nearly that same criticism leveled at them. so shouldn't we encourage these super rich premier league teams to be investing way more at all levels of the women's game?

because let's say for argument that girma went to arsenal. that's not going to make the wsl any more competitive than it already is. there's a huge gap between the top teams and the bottom. so for wsl to be competitive, then each team, including the crystal palaces, leicester cities, and liverpools of the world need to keep putting in the time and money and investment.

this 100%. and i just took a look at the operating expenses and profit for some of the big premier league and la liga teams and it's really shameful really. even if they reported a "loss," take a look at the expense sheet and compare the amount spend on not just the first team for the men, but the lower teams and academies, and then compare to the women. it's a drop in the bucket. so these "high" transfer fees for the women are literally nothing in the grand scheme of what these teams are already spending...

hi anon - so i don't know that much about chelsea's academy to answer this in detail, but academies seem like such an obvious place for clubs to invest. you can use a lot of the same core principles and the recruitment gets a boost when you see both a big name club and the backing of the first team.

but that doesn't mean that you can't also bring in new players. a lot of our stars are not barça academy/la masia projects (like caroline graham hansen and vicky). but rather, it's a good mix that can lead to success.