On the injury front, obviously the downside of that game was picking up another ACL injury with Sophie Roman Haug.
It’s a big, big blow for us because you never want to lose a player to those circumstances and that’s after it also recently happened to Herby [Marie Höbinger].
We will support the players as much as we possibly can, get their surgery done and get them back on the road to recovery.
It is a blow to the squad, there is no doubt about that, but hopefully with Sofie Lundgaard coming back into the reckoning – because she has been away with her national team and played a bit more – will help in that area.
Leanne Kiernan is another one as well, and we are hoping she can be back with the group soon because we are a little bit light at the top end of the pitch with Sophie out now.
Another positive for us is Lily Woodham and Alejandra Bernabe have been training with the players here at the AXA Melwood Training Centre. So we’ve been able to do some really solid stuff with them alongside the likes of Kappy [Cornelia Kapocs] and Beata [Olsson].
We go to meet Tottenham at Leyton Orient’s Brisbane Road on Sunday and that is always a tough challenge.
It always feels like a tough game and they have made quite a good start to the season. They strengthened in the summer with some key signings that have been really helpful for the team.
We will go there, as always, trying to do our very best and get something from the game. A win would be fantastic and that’s certainly what we will be trying to do.
We have taken a lot of heart from our recent performances, and certainly in most of our displays so far I think there is something we can take.
Hopefully we can start to see some positive signs now and a little bit of reward for the girls in terms of picking up those necessary points we need.
