Arsenal Women 2023-24: WSL season review

THE Women's Great League season generally ends with A number of Goodbye, but No season has questionably reached It is Climax with as a lot landmark conclusions as This A. THE final day of THE season Featured goodbye Since Emma Hayes, Fran Kirby, Steph Houghton, And, most pertinently For This piece, Viviane Miedema.

Arsenal decision not has renew her expiring contract whipped up intense emotion among Fans, Above all varying Since confusion has disgust. Miedema East THE WSL save scorer, And East beloved by THE Arsenal fan base. THE last 18 month of her career were extremely disturbed by A Access control list injury, SO We do not have seen THE best (Or a lot) of her This season, And as I took My seat In THE Mangata Pay UNITED KINGDOM stadium For Arsenal final game of THE campaign, A odd feeling invaded THE ground.

THE game against Brighton had No consequences beyond THE 90 minutes, which allowed My spirit has oscillate between trying has to understand Why Miedema has has been allowed has leave, And Why Arsenal season was END In relative disappointment.

Despite reach THE even as THE previous campaign (3rd place And Continental Cup winners), THE context For This season was clearly different. Last time out, A smaller team was destroy by severe injuries. Arsenal were half football club/half hospital room, SO has END that season with Nothing deserved to rent out. 

However, This season saw them TO DO significant moves In THE transfer walk. NOW with two decent players In most posts, improvement was expected. A title And Champions League challenge was has be taken as read.

SO Why doesn't that arrive? Thought back on Arsenal four WSL defeats, I accomplished that THE Kubler-Ross model was A path has TO DO sense of he all:

October 1, 2023: Refusal

THE Fans turned up has Emirates Stadium In A anticipatory mood For THE opening game of THE season against Liverpool. Arsenal had Already summer eliminated Since THE Champions League qualifiers by Paris FC. But there was mitigation. THE early to start has THE season stolen THE team of any of them pre-season worthy of THE name, exacerbated by THE late finishing has THE World Cut.

SO THE 54,000+ crowd were complete of optimism. But Arsenal failed has score In THE First of all half, Before THE team And crowd were LEFT dizzy as Liverpool took THE lead. A lead they detained on has beat Arsenal In THE WSL For THE First of all time.

But Hey, Nothing has worry about. Arsenal always had players has back Since injury. New signatures can take A minute has acclimatize. A early defeat can arrive. After all, A year earlier, Liverpool beat Chelsea on THE seasons opening weekend. Just A minor reverse.

For what? That seemed THE prominent reaction Since Arsenal Fans, And THE wider soccer comment. For what would be You gladly allow Viviane Miedema has leave your club? If You were has craftsmanship A all the time XI Since Arsenal players, a lot of THE team would be consist of THE quadruple winner side Since 2007, with legends as Alex Scott, Kelly Black-smith, Rachael Yankey And Emma Byrne. But No doubt A place would be be find For Miedema. WHO is concerned if her And Black-smith wouldn't it be be THE most natural in front two? You would have trust players as gifted as them has work he outside.

December 16, 2023: Depression

Arsenal went has THE Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on A high. Six days earlier, they would have dismantled champions Chelsea 4-1 In probably their best performance of THE season. NOW level on points has THE high, they were look has go In THE winter to break with A earn on their local rivals - who had has been standard practical.

But After A strong to start, which failed has produce A aim, Tottenham put together A outstanding Upside down who passed move that open Arsenal up, And THE Gunners were 1-0 down. Despite emptying THE bench, Arsenal were all sweat, No inspiration. THE earn on Chelsea was For nothing. Tottenham won THE North London Derby For THE First of all time, And with THE mid-season to break beckoning, Arsenal had...