Rehanne Skinner admitted her side are not at the stage she would have envisaged going into the midway point of the league season and admitted honing a mental resilience in their game will prove critical if they are to keep themselves from being cut adrift from the top half.
Spurs fell to their fifth league defeat of the season in a 2-0 home loss to London rivals West Ham on Sunday afternoon, but it was the manner of the loss that felt most telling of the squad’s hitherto evolution this season.
Not for the first time, finding the back of the net proved problematic despite a dominant and fluid first-half performance. Goal-scoring opportunities arose first through Eveliina Summanen, followed swiftly by Drew Spence, Ubogagu Chioma, Rosella Ayane and Molly Bartrip, whose corner-cum-shot was saved agonisingly well by an inspired Mackenzie Arnold for the Irons on the half-hour mark.
