‘You have to take Ingle if she’s fit’published at 08:51 British Summer Time
Nia Jones
Former Wales international
Image source, FAWThe question mark for me is Sophie Ingle, but that’s purely from a fitness perspective.
If she’s deemed fit by the physios, as in fit to fully take part in training and is free to play games, you have to take her.
Not just her level of experience, but also what she’ll bring to training, her influence on games, she’s super composed.
She’s played more WSL matches than anyone else in the squad and she’s played in the Champions League.
She will still do a job, either in a holding midfield role, but you’d have to have energy around her, or in defence. She can slot into the backline easily.
However, she’s right on the cusp of what a normal return to play for an ACL injury would be, and that’s if everything has gone OK. Nine months is typically what you come back in.
It’s one thing coming back fitness-wise, but it’s another thing being OK mentally.
