MANCHESTER UNITED BOARD BOLSTER THE MANCHESTER UNITED WOMEN'S TEAM BEFORE THE SEASON STARTED -- WILL THE IMPROVEMENTS PAY OFF COME END OF THE SEASON? COULD THE MANCHESTER UNITED BOARD HAVE DONE A LITTLE MORE?

 For most people, there comes a point left when you encounter a bizarre situation where you -on the outside looking at the situation- stare right in front of a problem facing you but rather than address the problem, you simply turn away from the problem and ignore this situation. 

 

 

 

Sometimes, people are completely blind to a problem staring right in front of them, and instead of acknowledging the problem, people sometimes turn away and show signs that they don't even see the problem, to begin with. This appears to be what's happening between the Manchester United board of directors, current Manchester United women’s team manager Mark Skinner with the growth of this particular situation emerging from the start of the 2021 summer transfer window until this early stage in the new season of the Barclays women Super League competition. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From the early stages of the 2021 calendar year, Manchester United saw a total of five players walk away from the Manchester United women's team. A team that had already displayed itself to be lacking the right level of quality depth needed to succeed in the modern game. At the early start of the 2021 summer transfer window, the Red Devils agonizingly saw two talented players in Tobin Heath and Christine Press- who had been a major part of the original Manchester United women's team established back in late May 2018- walk away from this Manchester United women's team.  

 

 

 

 

This meant that the Red Devils would have to double any improvement plans which had been planned to be implemented into the Manchester United woman’s team over the course of the 2021 summer transfer window. Lest we forget, American duo Tobin Heath and Christen Press were not the only players who left the Manchester United women's team this summer. The Red Devils also recorded exits for defender Amy Turner, Lauren James, and a couple other players which resulted in a total of SEVEN first-team players leaving the Manchester United women's team this past summer.  

 

 

 

From a simple mathematical standpoint, seven players left the Manchester United women's team this past summer which meant that Manchester United needed to recruit more than seven players this summer to match the qualities of other top teams Chelsea, Manchester City, and Arsenal who had been firing on all cylinders since the Barclays FA women's Super League was established in March 2010.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Five players have been recruited into the Manchester United women's team this summer with none of those players showing any capability of operating in either the wide flanks and improve the current level of quality residing in both flanks in this Manchester United women's team. Fran Kirby, delphine Cascarino, Sam Kerr, Saki Kumagai, Lieke Martens, women's football had developed in the modern-day so much so that the creative outlets in a team which is required to hurt any opponent no longer resides squarely in the middle of the pitch but can also be found in both flanks in any team regarded as contenders no just for the Barclays women's super league trophy but also contenders for the UEFA women's league trophy. 

 

 

 

 

 Manchester United has most certainly done impressive work to improve the women's team over the course of the summer. However, the inability to spot the limited quality out on both flanks which is the current problem residing within the Manchester United Woman's team appears to be an oversight by the management in charge of the Red Devils. A flaw that could still play a role in determining the level of success that this Manchester United women's team can achieve this season. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fast-paced, quick flowing, interchangeable football. This seems to be the formula which Manchester United manager Marc Skinner plans to implement this season with his new Manchester United women's side as the Red Devils aim for their first major trophy or as the Red Devils aim to secure their first-ever UEFA Champions League qualification since the Red Devils established promotion from second division football to securing qualification into the Barclays Women's League two years ago. 

 

 

 

 

However, with the presence of players such as Jackie Groenen, Leah Galton, Ella Toone, Kirsty Hanson who have already shown signs of impressive versatility in their game enough to deliver some measure of quality down the flanks for Manchester United, manager Mark Skinner will carry a little optimism in the idea that he has a solution to the lack of multiple natural wingers within this Manchester United women's team as we head deeper into the current 2021 Barclays FA women's Super League season.  

 

 

 

 

The only problem is that in the face of a highly competitive league filled with quality players in various teams involved in the Barclays women’s Super League - players who can change the course of any game- which has become a regular feature In the Barclays FA women's Super League, “Decent” and “Make do” are simply words which are not synonymous with winning a major trophy.  

 

 

As time has passed, two years have proven to be enough to propel the Barclays women's Super League trophy as one of the major competitions not just in the English Women's game but in regards to the growing relevance of women's football across the globe.  

 

 

The Barclays women's league has been transformed into becoming one of the biggest competitions in regards to global women's football and with such impressive growth comes the inclusion of top players from various parts of the globe. The Barclays women's Super League is now one of the big leagues and Manchester United must quickly renovate and escalate its quality if the Red Devils intend to generate any success from their involvement in the Barclays women's Super League. 

 

 

Also, considering the fact the Manchester united women's team will not only want to qualify for their first-ever UEFA Champions League competition since the team was established about three years ago.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What Manchester United Channel understands is that Manchester United manager Mark Skinner is understood to have been presumably handed a decent transfer budget this past 2021 summer transfer window, it's yet to be known why the need to address and improve the flanks of the Manchester United women's team was not made a priority this past summer. Teams such as Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Everton, and Arsenal have made more improvements to their already impressive squads during the now concluded 2021 summer transfer window.  

 

 

This might mean that the situation around the Barclays Women's Super League this upcoming season paints a picture of an incredibly difficult road ahead for the Manchester United women's team to walk through if the Red Devils are to claim a place in next year's UEFA Champions League competition given the lack of balance in the level of quality found in all areas of the pitch in this Manchester United women's team. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nevertheless, Manchester United manager Mark Skinner continues to have full confidence that his Manchester United team can still pave a way for themselves to deliver some measure of success for themselves possibly in the form of being crowned Champions of Barclays women's Super League or securing qualification to next year’s UEFA Champions League competition.  

 

 

Some would say that the confidence within the Manchester United women's team from manager Marc Skinner all the way down to all 22 members of the current Manchester United women's team looks even stronger and more encouraging than the Manchester united women's team that was functional over the first two years of the Barclays FA women's competition.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

While Manchester United has set up their women’s side with some measure of ammunition this season, there is still little evidence to suggest that the lack of additional improvement in the flanks will not hinder the success rate of the Manchester United women's team this season.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only time will tell. However, this must not remove attention from the progress this Manchester united women side has generated for themselves in the current season and over the past two years.  

 

The sky is the limit for the Red Devils and the Manchester United fan base look poised to retain the high level of expectation that is now starting to make its way towards the Manchester United women's team.