From WSL faves to afterthought: Arsenal's season already looks doomed after Chelsea loss
Arsenal were supposed to be frontunners for the WSL title, but their slow start to the season is raising alarms.
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Man City's 115 charges mean their transfer strategy over the last decade needs interrogating, not celebrating. • Ian Wright calling for unprecedented punishment is righteous noise until someone actually swings the hammer. • England could field a perfectly functional XI without Arsenal and City, which tells you something depressing about how concentrated quality has become. • England beating ten men at home is the bare minimum; the real test comes when they're not gifted a numerical advantage. • Arsenal's WSL season didn't implode because of one Chelsea loss—it imploded because they're not actually built to win it.
Man City's 115 charges mean their transfer strategy over the last decade needs interrogating, not celebrating. • Ian Wright calling for unprecedented punishment is righteous noise until someone actually swings the hammer. • England could field a perfectly functional XI without Arsenal and City, which tells you something depressing about how concentrated quality has become. • England beating ten men at home is the bare minimum; the real test comes when they're not gifted a numerical advantage. • Arsenal's WSL season didn't implode because of one Chelsea loss—it imploded because they're not actually built to win it.
