Martin Ho spoke of his excitement ahead of our Barclays Women’s Super League season opener at home to West Ham United – and he highlighted ‘there’s plenty to come’ from his squad.
Appointed as our Head Coach in July, Martin has had a hugely positive pre-season with his new squad, maintaining an unbeaten run throughout August with wins over Arsenal and Southampton alongside a goalless draw with Sevilla.
Now the focus quickly shifts to the opening day of the WSL campaign as we welcome our London rivals to Brisbane Road on Sunday – embarking on his maiden campaign as a Head Coach in the WSL.
Having the opportunity to work with the squad throughout pre-season, Martin was full of praise for their effort and outlined there’s still a lot more to see from his players ahead of the London derby.
“I’m really happy,” he told SPURSPLAY, reflecting on the squad’s effort. “But after seeing them in games and training sessions, around the environment, there’s a lot more to come from the group.
“There’s a lot more potential in each individual I would say, and hopefully we can bring more of that out and people will start to see that, and just giving them motivation, confidence that kind of freedom in the environment to enable them to flourish. They’ve started to do that and I think we’re in a good place.
“It has been a really solid five weeks for us. Having the trip aboard, which was brilliant in Sevilla, and getting the chance to go away and connect as a group, for me to understand them and for them to understand each other.
“Then, more importantly, having the opportunity to work with them on the pitch in the last five weeks has been brilliant and we have put some clear foundations in place. They’ve worked hard, the application has been great, the morale good in the group, so I’m really excited going into the weekend.
Asked about his excitement for his first game in the role, he added: I’m really excited and I’m looking forward to my first game as a Head Coach of this club.
“But, more importantly, the first chance that the fans get to see us in a competitive action for where it counts and matters.
“We know we’re going to be in a tough game against West Ham, they’re really organised and discipline, but we’ll apply ourselves correctly and in-print our own gameplan.”