Ladies trials and pictures
The QPR Ladies team are looking to add a Reserves side for the coming season and I attended the trials today to take a look at some of the players on show, which included trialists and some first-team players.
It’s hoped that the majority of the players will join and make up the bulk of the Reserves side and help provide competition for the first-team squad.
In the mix of the trialists were a Swedish international and a couple of players who had previously played for Charlton Athletic or Fulham, so there were definitely a few involved who were competent enough to go straight into the first-team.
I came away impressed by the quality and the standard having not seen much women’s football before. There was an obvious gulf in class between some of the players, particularly the first-team ones and the experienced trialists versus the rest, but the signs were encouraging and there’s plenty the coaching staff can work with.
It was impressive to witness technical ability that I myself wished I had. One of the players was a bundle of tricks, could shoot with venom and accuracy with both feet and had great physical presence and awareness too. One or two others showed moments of great feet and vision as well.
The trials consisted of the trialists taking part in some short technical based drills by the Ladies first-team coach Tony. This was done to assess their technical ability and then three 15-minute matches were organised where the first-team players joined in.
The teams were mixed and the coaching staff swapped the teams about and changed players positions to assess their overall game.
The trialists will find out how they fared by first-team manager Martino tomorrow so good luck to all the ladies who attended!
I took some photos of the day too and they can be found below.
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