Women’s Super League: five things to look out for this season | Rachel Brown-Finnis

Arsenal should push Chelsea, who appear favourites to retain their title, while Lauren Hemp can impress at Manchester City

Chelsea won the league last season and I think they will do it again, with strong competition from Manchester City and Arsenal. City came second last time and, like Chelsea, reached the Champions League semi-finals, but since then Emma Hayes’s team have taken the bigger strides towards identifying where they fell short, which was primarily an issue of squad depth. Knowing Emma relatively well I think she will want to win everything this campaign despite the retirement of their captain, Katie Chapman. Last season I felt City stalled somewhat, and though they have also brought in players I don’t think they have improved enough to reach the top. Arsenal, going into their first full season under Joe Montemurro, have made strong signings and if they knit together as a unit they should be contenders.

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