Squad depth proving decisive in WSL title race

Squad depth is increasingly decisive in the Women’s Super League title race, with Manchester City described as using rotation centrally to their momentum; City sit nine points ahead of Chelsea going into Sunday’s game against them, the report says. The article says a crowded fixture list — with several WSL sides competing on multiple fronts — has made fatigue, injuries and reduced intensity structural challenges.

Arsenal head coach Renée Slegers warned last week that selection is complex in a congested calendar: “We have to make excellent decisions game by game and there will be so many factors going into those decisions. But we want an elite competitive squad to compete in all the competitions we’re active in.” Manchester City’s use of rotation under Andrée Jeglertz is presented as central to sustaining high-intensity pressing, wide overloads and attacking pressure while protecting core players.

The piece highlights a substitute impact in October when Iman Beney replaced Grace Clinton in the 59th minute and scored the winner in the 88th. Jeglertz said: “We have seen so many times this year the players that have been coming on have given extra gear to the team. We quite often say ‘everybody counts’, and we’ve shown that in our gameplan and in the contributions from the finishers.” He added: “We can’t just rotate, rotate, rotate.

That’s not the idea.

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