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The Cynic | A Celtic FC Podcast

Celtic FC Women - Launch of Professional Season

The Cynic | A Celtic FC Podcast

Christopher Gallagher

Sports, News, Soccer

4.9678 Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

We attended the official launch of the inaugural @CelticFCWomen professional season!

Clare Wilde spoke to the new man in charge Fran Alonso about his plans and expectations for the upcoming season.

She also spoke to Captain Kelly Clark and midfielder Lisa Robertson about their expectations for the season and what Fran has brought to the squad.

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0:00.0

The I'm I'm Hi Fran, nice to see you again. Thanks to sitting down with us for five minutes.

0:48.3

No problem.

0:49.3

It looked like everything was fantastic out in Spain with the training camp. Was that a really

0:53.3

good boost for the team to come together for you to work with the training camp. Was that a really good boost for the team

0:54.6

to kind of come together for you to work with the players and everything? How did that go?

0:59.5

I think in both aspects, in the tactical, technical aspect was great for us because I could

1:05.9

see the team getting used to the playing style and getting better at it, buying into it, feeling that it's their style, which is very, very important.

1:14.6

And then the other aspect was the gelling aspect of the team, the togetherness.

1:20.6

And that really, really helped because the girls were together all four, eight doing everything together and you could see really

1:28.7

not only a football team but a group of friends that have a reflection in all our performance

1:34.2

since then the first game our very first game together was against valiol leberkusen was a

1:39.9

tough game then in spain they were five months into competition obviously they played in the bundles

1:44.1

league a great team and it was 3-1. Obviously we wanted something better, but actually

1:50.0

we compete very well. So we were happy actually after the game. Since then, we haven't

1:55.1

conceived one single goal and we have scored a lot. So we have created many many chances in the

1:59.7

games. So I think, you know, I can see already the team growing. So we are scored a lot so we have created many chances in the games so I think you know

2:01.8

I can see already the team growing so we are in a much better place now so definitely this time

2:07.6

in Canaria was I will give a 10 out of 10 in terms of preparation and getting to know each other

2:12.5

and it sounds like you came in with quite a clear idea of how you were going to make the team happen

2:17.1

tactically and

2:18.5

it maybe was a bit different from what they'd been doing before?

2:22.1

Yeah, I'm obsessed about football.

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