‘It’s the start’ – London Metropolis Lionesses boss Prêcheur reacts to Newcastle United draw

London Metropolis Lionesses head coach Jocelyn Prêcheur issued a reminder that the membership’s undertaking is barely in its infancy following The Delight’s 1-1 draw with Newcastle United at Hayes Lane this afternoon.

The Michele Kang period bought totally underway as a new-look London Metropolis Lionesses facet battled out a gap day draw with an equally as formidable Newcastle United outfit in Bromley.

Shania Hayles’ Twentieth-minute objective gave Newcastle United the lead however the entire momentum swung London Metropolis Lionesses’ method from that time and a Kosovare Asllani strike salvaged a share of the spoils for the hosts.

Reflecting on his facet’s efficiency on the opening day of the brand new Barclays Ladies’s Championship season, London Metropolis Lionesses boss Prêcheur gave an sincere evaluation of the motion.

“In the beginning of the sport, Newcastle performed very effectively. It was excessive depth from the start, urgent excessive. It was laborious for us to place our recreation in observe and have management of the ball.

“Sadly, they scored in a short time however after, we began taking part in higher and used the broad areas extra effectively. That’s one of many key factors after we play a workforce like Newcastle. We discovered a whole lot of area out broad to be harmful.

“We fastened a number of the points at half-time and the start of the second half was so a lot better for us.”

Prêcheur is new to Barclays Ladies’s Championship soccer however he was not stunned by Newcastle United’s high quality. The Frenchman went on to spotlight the truth that The Magpies have made vital progress with their undertaking whereas his personal facet are very a lot at day one.

He mentioned “Three or 4 months in the past, I didn’t know quite a bit concerning the Championship however I’m fairly impressed with the depth. I’m not stunned concerning the high quality of the opponent immediately; we all know concerning the undertaking at Newcastle and what they’re constructing. They’ve what we’re searching for which is stability and consistency; they’ve developed a undertaking over three or 4 years already. We’re solely two months in; most of the gamers you noticed immediately arrived 5 – 6 weeks in the past, so after all, in the course of the recreation, you noticed an absence of consistency.

“For us, it’s the start of the journey, the start of the undertaking, there’s a protracted approach to go if we wish to attain the highest however that is our ambition.”

London Metropolis Lionesses recorded a club-record attendance for a Barclays Ladies’s Championship match of 1,781 for this afternoon’s fixture. The Delight loved some actually vivid spells and Prêcheur desires to entertain the followers much more within the coming months.

He mentioned “I wish to thank the entire folks that got here right here immediately to assist us. We have to create every thing and a membership with out followers doesn’t make sense, we play for them. We have to seduce them, persuade them to comply with us.

“In my view as coach, we should always begin with a gorgeous method of taking part in. All my gamers have to maintain bettering however they’re working laborious, they’re very disciplined and I just like the mentality that they’re displaying from the start of this undertaking. 

“I’m very assured that we are going to enhance the standard of our recreation which will likely be primarily based on attacking and controlling the ball. We did it effectively immediately however we should be extra constant. Once we do it, I’m hoping the followers will take pleasure in it an increasing number of and wish to come again.”

London Metropolis Lionesses return to motion subsequent Sunday once they journey to Ewood Park to face Blackburn Rovers.