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Can Bunny Shaw Be The WSL’s Best Ever Striker? | Arsenal Should Keep Slegers | WSL Relegation Battle
Fara and Anita are back in the studio together, and as the WSL approaches the festive period, the pair discuss managerial shifts, relegation struggles and all-time best strikers.
Is Bunny Shaw on course to end her career is being amongst the best strikers to ever play in the WSL? Should Renée Slegers be kept in charge of Arsenal beyond the Christmas break? And which sides look like their season could be a relegation dogfight?
All of this, plus much more on this weeks episode of Boots, Balls & Bras. Stick around for the fan questions segment at the end of the episode, and see if your question got included!
Want to be a part of the show? Be sure to keep across our social channels, particularly Instagram, where you'll have a chance to send Fara and Anita your questions for them to discuss on the show.
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Timecodes:
00:30 Anita on England U23s International break
02:20 Fara still recovering from Wembley day
03:05 Renee Slegers given the Arsenal job until Christmas
04:00 Anita “Slegers has done enough”
05:30 Fara compares Slegers situation to Arteta
07:50 Slegers relationship with players
11:00 Managers using a psychologist for pressure
12:20 New manager would be starting from scratch
13:00 Bunny Shaw WSL stats
14:30 Filling Ellen White’s shoes, coached by Shaun Goater
16:30 Anita still has “trauma” from playing vs Shaw
17:50 How do you defend Bunny Shaw?
20:00 What is Bunny Shaw’s biggest strength?
21:30 Bunny Shaw doesn’t get the hype she deserves
24:00 Why has no bigger team come in for Shaw?
26:15 Is Bunny Shaw the best WSL striker currently/ever?
28:30 Ranking current WSL strikers
29:45 Ranking best WSL strikers of all time
32:10 Anita on chat with Grace Williams at Crystal Palace
34:30 Can Crystal Palace stay up?
37:00 Anita on mentally dealing with a relegation battle
39:00 Analysing which teams could go down
40:00 How are Aston Villa so low down the WSL table?
42:00 Fan Question: Should Robert de Pauw be sacked?
45:20 Fan Question: Are there more post-retirement options now for players?
48:00 WSL predictions
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