Kaminski on transfers, adapting tactics, and making history vs Spurs...

Women

19 Sep 2024

Laura Kaminski wants her team to maintain their identity ahead of their debut season in the Barclays Women’ Super League.

The manager's Championship-winning side scored an impressive 55 goals in 22 games last season, and will now look to bring that impressive level of performance to the elite competition, the WSL.

Kaminski will herself make a WSL debut as a head coach when Palace kick off their campaign away to Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday, 22nd September (14:00 BST), before our first-ever WSL home game – against Chelsea on Friday, 27th September (19:30) underneath the Selhurst Park lights – for which tickets are now on sale.

Speaking to the press ahead of Sunday’s WSL opener against Spurs, read on to hear Kaminski’s thoughts on her tactical style, Palace’s busy summer, and how the squad has bonded ahead of this historic season for the club...

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On the team’s identity..

Last year we scored a phenomenal amount of goals and set quite a few records in terms of the attacking football and style that we had.

I never want to lose that flair. I never want to lose that element, that style. But we know that the opposition is stronger.

I think we know that we've got to be compact in parts of the game, but always with the mindset of us winning the ball back.

I've looked at statistics to do with passive defending in the WSL last year and we know that we don't want that to be us. We want to get up to the ball. We want to be aggressive, out of possession.

The players were really committed to that style of play, and we don't want to lose that for our fans and for the club, in terms of our identity.

Now we've got to blend that into a slightly different style of play, along with a new mix of players.

We still want to play exciting football, but we need to be ready for the level that's in front of us.

On Palace’s busy summer..

We've brought several new players into the fold, it has been great to get to know them, to work with them on the grass and for them to be integrated in our team and in this club.

But it takes time and we've been working really hard to settle them and to get them to enjoy their football here.

I've said before that they've added great value already, but I expect that to keep on growing.

We’ve got a great mix and a great side, working with them so far in preseason has been fantastic.

What they've brought to the grass has been a pleasure to watch and a pleasure to coach.

On Palace’s exciting young core..

Lexi Potter had some chances last year and was absolutely outstanding for the group.

We're very fortunate to see her again this season because she adds so much to us.

These young players are hungry, they want to go after it and they want to get better and improve every day.

I feel that from Lexi, Brooke Aspin and Poppy Pritchard. Working with them on the grass, they just want to get better and better and learn.

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