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Kirk: The Players Are Focused

LCFC Women manager Willie Kirk says his group of players can achieve the points target set by the Club, carrying belief that it will be enough to remain in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

2022-12-11T08:17:16.522Z

by Matthew Temple

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11 Dec, 2022

Kirk: The Players Are Focused

LCFC Women manager Willie Kirk says his group of players can achieve the points target set by the Club, carrying belief that it will be enough to remain in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Matthew Temple

2022-12-11T08:17:16.522Z

Kirk: The Players Are Focused

LCFC Women manager Willie Kirk says his group of players can achieve the points target set by the Club, carrying belief that it will be enough to remain in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Matthew Temple

2022-12-11T08:17:16.522Z

Kirk: The Players Are Focused

LCFC Women manager Willie Kirk says his group of players can achieve the points target set by the Club, carrying belief that it will be enough to remain in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Matthew Temple

2022-12-11T08:17:16.522Z

Kirk: The Players Are Focused

LCFC Women manager Willie Kirk says his group of players can achieve the points target set by the Club, carrying belief that it will be enough to remain in the Barclays Women’s Super League.

Matthew Temple

2022-12-11T08:17:16.522Z

Following a harsh week, with an 8-0 loss to Chelsea, before seeing their Continental Tyres League Cup fixture against Sunderland postponed, Leicester will be hoping to turn fortunes around with their final WSL game of the year on Sunday.

Still looking for their first points of the season, the Foxes travel to Prenton Park, for a fixture against Liverpool on Sunday 11 December (2pm GMT kick-off).

Looking to move up the table

While some may deem Leicester’s chances of survival to be slim, due to the current league standings, the manager believes there is no need for panic stations yet, as there is plenty of football to still be played.

The team has experience of being in a similar position during last season's campaign, and the Scotsman describes how this underdog mentality must be utilised to their advantage.

In a press conference at Belvoir Drive Kirk said: “I’ll be concerned if we don’t meet our points targets over the next six months. But if we meet them, we’ll stay up.

“This group of players can achieve the points target set, and they believe that themselves. It’s been shared with them, and we know exactly what we’re looking at and how that is split over the season.

“We’ve got an exciting start to the new year, and I think we’ll be in a much better place to be ready for that.

“The players are very focused. If that’s one way to motivate the players, by saying we’re the underdog and that we need to fight our way out of this, then that’s what we’ll do, but we’ll find a way.”

Analysing the opposition

Even though this weekend’s opponents spent last season in the Barclays Women’s Championship, they will be no pushovers, as they have already picked up eight points this season, including three against Chelsea on the opening day. Kirk will head into the game full of positivity, but also wary of the danger that Liverpool pose.

“Beating Chelsea was a nice start to the season for them,"he stated. “They announced themselves as a WSL team again and I suppose everybody was surprised that they didn’t follow that up with anything positive or tangible.

“They picked up a fantastic three points, then got nothing for five games and followed it up with three unbeaten. I don’t think their performances have changed that much actually between the start of the season to now.

“Sometimes things just fall in place for you, and I suppose that’s a good example for us that if we keep doing the right things, our time will come, in terms of getting points, and obviously Liverpool are in that place right now.”

Playing away from home

With the opportunity of playing every WSL home game this season at King Power Stadium, the ex-Everton manager explains how it’s an incredible feeling every time they hit the pitch, but that big occasion feeling can also be an aid for every travelling side too.

Away from home, it’s fair to say that City have been denied points at a crucial point in the game, but Kirk believes the points will soon come.

The 44-year-old added: “I’ve just tried to focus on my four weeks, but Everton away was a really fighting, spirited performance which was lost in the last minute, as was Reading and West Ham United.

“I suppose when you look at it like that, the away form hasn’t been too bad, in terms of points that we could potentially have picked up. I don’t think we get overly bothered about that – we enjoy playing at King Power Stadium.

“But every team does because it’s such a fantastic surface and arena. That maybe goes against us sometimes, until we can find a way of getting a foothold in these games.”

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