'Understand The Game Plan' - Passmoor Prepares For Southampton

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'Understand The Game Plan' - Passmoor Prepares For Southampton

Taking learnings from last weekend's draw with Southampton, Rick Passmoor spoke about the little tweaks needed to put in a more rounded performance at Silverlake Stadium this Sunday.

2026-10-31T14:00+00:00

by Matthew Temple

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31 Oct, 2026

'Understand The Game Plan' - Passmoor Prepares For Southampton

Taking learnings from last weekend's draw with Southampton, Rick Passmoor spoke about the little tweaks needed to put in a more rounded performance at Silverlake Stadium this Sunday.

Matthew Temple

2026-10-31T14:00+00:00

'Understand The Game Plan' - Passmoor Prepares For Southampton

Taking learnings from last weekend's draw with Southampton, Rick Passmoor spoke about the little tweaks needed to put in a more rounded performance at Silverlake Stadium this Sunday.

Matthew Temple

2026-10-31T14:00+00:00

'Understand The Game Plan' - Passmoor Prepares For Southampton

Taking learnings from last weekend's draw with Southampton, Rick Passmoor spoke about the little tweaks needed to put in a more rounded performance at Silverlake Stadium this Sunday.

Matthew Temple

2026-10-31T14:00+00:00

'Understand The Game Plan' - Passmoor Prepares For Southampton

Taking learnings from last weekend's draw with Southampton, Rick Passmoor spoke about the little tweaks needed to put in a more rounded performance at Silverlake Stadium this Sunday.

Matthew Temple

2026-10-31T14:00+00:00

It's unusual in football for two teams to face each other twice, with no interruptions in between, but that is the case for LCFC Women and the Saints this weekend, when both sides meet once more in Subway Players Cup action.

Still searching for a first win in the competition, here are the main talking points from the Manager's press conference, leading up to Sunday's clash.

'Produce a more consistent performance'

Alisha Lehmann scored a late equaliser against the Saints last weekend.

The scores ended level last weekend, after Alisha Lehmann's late strike rescued a point for the Foxes to take our tally up to seven in Barclays WSL2.

Now returning our focus back to the Players Cup, the Manager believes that Southampton will once again be a tough test, and that we must produce a consistent performance across the whole 90 minutes, should we want to end up on the winning side.

"They (Southampton) need our full respect, because Simon has organised them really well and has got them playing some good football," Passmoor stated. "It's up to us to ensure that we understand the game plan, and that we're effective with it.

"We showed at points last weekend that we could do that, so we want to show up far more regularly within the game and be able to manage it.

"The subs came on and gave us brilliant opportunities to get the equaliser and almost a winner too. There was a lot more passion and energy in the final 15 minutes or so but we know you've got to play for 90-100 minutes.

"It's a week where both teams will only tweak, maybe see if they've done anything different in their game plan, otherwise we concentrate on ourselves to produce a more consistent performace."

'We've got speed and ability'

Araya Dennis made it two in two for the Foxes against the Saints.

As well as ending last weekend's game well, we also started quickly, as Araya Dennis netted her second goal for the Club just three minutes in.

Explaining that it is about having trust in our own ability, Passmoor hopes this weekend is another opportunity for the side to string some positive momentum together.

Our Manager added: "We've been looking at our in possession work and once again we scored two goals at home and we need to thank the fans for that.

"We started bright and score early, but we've got to maintain that throughout the game. We know we won't always have the ball, because momentum does shift, but it's about how you manage those moments as a team.

"We finished the game bright as well which is good but the learning curve is that in this league, everyone is competitive and you need to win those battles.

"We have got the speed and ability to do that so it's about trust and playing with no fear across the board."

'We want to do well in every game'

Battling on Filbert Way.

Sitting towards the bottom end of the Players Cup standings, a win would put us back in contention to finish within the top eight teams who go through to the next round.

In usual circumstances, a cup fixture could be an opportunity for squad rotation, but following recent injuries and illnesses with the group, that may not be possible, however, the Manager believes there is a silver lining.

"It's difficult at the moment to give people minutes and change the team too much (because of injuries to the team), but that can be a positive for us," Passmoor continued.

"We've had such change in the team across the summer, and a change in our playing style, that this run of games gives us an opportunity to build some consistency.

"Playing weekly will help us to deliver that game plan on a more regular basis, but what is more difficult, especially across WSL2, is the three-game week because of teams' depth.

"Weekend games are beneficial and we want to do well in every game we play, and that continues this Sunday against Southampton."

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