Marc Skinner: Man United Women boss makes defiant promise to fans
Manchester United Women rounded off their season with a familiar 0-1 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.Sam Kerr’s first-half strike was enough to separate the sides after United missed a couple of ...
Marc Skinner: Man United Women boss makes defiant promise to fans Manchester United Women rounded off their season with a familiar 0-1 loss to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. Sam Kerr’s first-half strike was enough to separate the sides after United missed a couple of clear chances in the second half to equalise. Marc Skinner After a poor last three months of the season, pressure has been ramping up on the head coach of the women’s team, Marc Skinner .
After another defeat, he opened up to the club’s media on the game and his team’s season. He claimed, “the players have had a hard, long season and I can’t be prouder of them. I want to win things, but it’s okay to say that I’m still proud of them.
” Skinner added, “we’ll be the most scrutinised team of the country, as our fans all know, [but] you’ve got nothing but fight from this team. We need the fine margins of quality in moments we’re creating and that will be the gap we have to close in the summer. But I can’t fault any of the players in this team for what they’ve given this year.
” Games piling up The head coach then highlighted the sheer number of games his squad had to manage this season owing to their run to the quarter-finals of the Champions League. He explained, “as much as they hurt [in defeat], they’ve played 41 games this year, not including [pre-season] friendlies. That’s without the international players playing all the games they’ve played.