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Looking For Progress – Passmoor Speaks Ahead Of Liverpool

Rick Passmoor is aiming to start gaining momentum in LCFC Women’s season, as we prepare to welcome Liverpool to King Power Stadium.

2025-09-12T15:03+01:00

by Sam Jones

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12 Sep, 2025

Looking For Progress – Passmoor Speaks Ahead Of Liverpool

Rick Passmoor is aiming to start gaining momentum in LCFC Women’s season, as we prepare to welcome Liverpool to King Power Stadium.

Sam Jones

2025-09-12T15:03+01:00

Looking For Progress – Passmoor Speaks Ahead Of Liverpool

Rick Passmoor is aiming to start gaining momentum in LCFC Women’s season, as we prepare to welcome Liverpool to King Power Stadium.

Sam Jones

2025-09-12T15:03+01:00

Looking For Progress – Passmoor Speaks Ahead Of Liverpool

Rick Passmoor is aiming to start gaining momentum in LCFC Women’s season, as we prepare to welcome Liverpool to King Power Stadium.

Sam Jones

2025-09-12T15:03+01:00

Looking For Progress – Passmoor Speaks Ahead Of Liverpool

Rick Passmoor is aiming to start gaining momentum in LCFC Women’s season, as we prepare to welcome Liverpool to King Power Stadium.

Sam Jones

2025-09-12T15:03+01:00

On home soil for the first time in this new Barclays Women’s Super League campaign, Sunday’s 12pm BST kick-off presents an opportunity to put our first points on the board in 25/26, against a Liverpool side who also remain winless after matchday one.

Previewing the Filbert Way clash on Friday, Interim Manager Passmoor shared his thoughts on our opening-day defeat and identified what he expects to see from the team in the coming weeks…

‘A good environment’

A battle in Manchester.

With plenty of learnings to take away from the 4-0 reverse at Manchester United last weekend, Passmoor praised the hardworking nature of the group and highlighted the need to quickly shift focus on to the next challenge in hand.

“It was about progression and principles,” he told the media in his pre-match press conference. “We’d only had two sessions before that game. What I was pleased with was their reaction of disappointment the day after the game.

“The positives were their attitudes. They wanted to be brave on the ball and play. We supported them appropriately, highlighted areas of strength and areas to improve. As of Wednesday, everything has been forward thinking in terms of the game ahead.

“There has been a real good environment that has been created by the staff and the players. You see that during the week. I’m really pleased with their willingness to learn and adapting to a new coach, a new voice and potentially new systems of play.

“It’s going to take time to evolve. As long as we’re clear and precise with our processes, it’s small steps in that progression and moving forward together on and off the pitch. After what happened last season, we want to progress in the right direction.”

‘You’ll see passion’

Former Manchester City manager Gareth Taylor is newly appointed at Liverpool.

Passmoor is excited by the prospect of leading the team into a home game for the first time, backed by the Blue Army, also analysing what he’ll face from new Liverpool manager Gareth Taylor, after they suffered a 4-1 defeat in the Merseyside derby at Anfield last time out.

“Both teams have taken a change in management and both teams will be looking to step forward and, long-term, produce in the season,” he explained. “The result will not define us. We’re looking at how we play and we’re looking forward to the game.

“One of the big things is the fortress and the fanbase and how noisy they can be. We want them to support us and be proud of our team. It’s a great place. The environment of work and the people in the building make it special.

“You’ll see both teams trying to implement their style and philosophy. At this part of the season, it’s gaining the momentum in the game and making the most of that. Teams are still learning and players are still working off triggers and each other’s behaviours and body language on the pitch.

“You’ll see the passion from two teams. Both clubs have got great support and we’re looking after our players and supporters to ensure those supporters leave the ground happy with what they’ve seen on the pitch.

“With how Gareth has set up previously, it’s very much about an in-possession team. They are comfortable in possession, they want to progress through the thirds. We’ve got to be aware of their threats, whoever he selects.

“In part of the game against Everton, they caused them problems with the front-line pace that they’ve got. We’ve got to respect every opposition but play with no fear.

“Everybody is in transition. In the perfect world, everyone would have liked another month with the group. Like in any weekend, we’re going with a mindset to take advantage of areas of weakness to exploit to win the game. That will be our mentality.”

‘We want to progress’

On the touchline at Leigh Sports Village.

Passmoor is focusing as much on what happens off the pitch as on it at this stage, in order to create the best possible atmosphere for the players to thrive when they take to the field, but also acknowledges the need for positive results at the same time.

“We want to progress, but you want an outcome - everyone is competitive,” the former West Ham United assistant continued. “We want to see the progression of processes to gain that short-term outcome. The longer term is our principles of play.

“It’s for them (the players) to recognise how we want to play, stick to the processes and be comfortable being uncomfortable in this league, because you are going to be under pressure. You will receive the ball in tight areas and against good players and need to be able to secure it and be composed. We’ve got to build on that going forward.

“We have a baseline and a foundation to work from, because we’d done a lot of out of possession work before, so we want to improve our gameplan in possession. At these early stages there will be shoots of growth that you will recognise and there will be areas we want to consolidate, learn and progress.

“It’s creating a ‘we’ environment on and off the pitch so that everyone is engaged and empowered about how we want to play and the direction of travel for us as Leicester City. At the moment, it’s ensuring there are non-negotiables on there.

“We have a real workability about us, we have fantastic team ethic and we build on from that. What we’ve got here behind the scenes is that I can lean on a lot of experience through the system. We’ve got fantastic staff who are supporting every player, to ensure they get the best opportunity and fulfil their potential.”

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