Movement within the coaching set-up is the biggest thing that has happened since Chelsea Women's Emma Hayes announced last Thursday that she would be taking a step back from football due to medical and health reasons.
Only last week did the manager in question release a shock statement on social media regarding an emergency hysterectomy procedure that had to be performed in relation to her personal battle with endometriosis. It was an update that had implications on and off the pitch, with a coaching re-shuffle as the order of the day whilst the 46-year-old took some time off to recover.
Her assistants, Paul Green and Denise Reddy, have increased their responsibilities but the former of the pair, like he did when talking before and after the afternoon game, re-affirmed the stance that not much had changed process-wise external to the responsibility switches.
"I think, as I previously said last week, the processes haven't really changed, it just means that Emma is not here," Chelsea Women's assistant coach Green reaffirmed in his own part of the press conference. "It's one cog in our wheel, and everyone else is stepping up to cover in her absence, but it has been very much business as usual.
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"It's just Denise has picked up Emma's responsibilities, and I have picked up some of Denise's responsibilities, so it is very much something that we are used to.
"We don't see it as a big difference. Of course, we miss Emma, and she's making good progress and getting better every day. We are happy to continue in this period and get through matches and try and achieve the points we need to make sure we are in a good position for whenever she comes back."
In terms of on-the-pitch impact with the players, it is clear that not having their leader present is certainly something different to get used to and Magdalena Eriksson, whilst sending her best wishes Emma's way, just like the men's and women's set ups did last weekend ahead of Aston Villa and Everton respectively, revealed what has changed from her perspective.
"First of all, I'm gutted for Emma. Obviously, I'm happy that she is recovering well and everything has gone well, and we miss her and having her around," the Swedish defender and leader started off in her player press conference in Paris on Wednesday. But, team-wise, I think I don't really have to anymore as captain as we have great people around the team and in the team.
"Everyone has taken responsibility, and we miss Emma a lot, but we know that we are going to have to find ways to handle this period without her. We have her amazing staff to look out for us, and we also have Emma looking from home. She will stay in close contact with us from home."
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