WILLIE KIRK believes the WSL is equipped to become a bigger division with the addition of two more sides to the 12-team league.
And the Leicester manager, 44, joked he would be ready to see more clubs added next week with his side currently bottom of the table.
The Foxes will take on Chelsea at the King Power tomorrow in what will be their first match against the Blues since Kirk took charge on November 3rd.
And the Leicester City chief, who came close to guiding his players to their first point this term last month, hopes to get off the mark with Reading currently four ahead.
Kirk told reporters: “A number of teams are investing significant amounts of money now and I think the game is ready to be expanded and the WSL is ready to take an extra couple of teams.
“Maybe I’m slightly biased because of the position we’re in.
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“But I do think the fine lines in the league can be really tough to deal with because after a few games, if you get off to a bad start, it can make a real difference.
“However, I do remember when it was an eight-team league and that was even tougher.
“It’s heading in the right direction and I think we can have more domestic games.
“An extra four games a season by including an extra two teams would help us with those peaks and troughs and get more consistency with the fixture list and more consistency with home games.
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“We’re trying to build fan bases and some teams have one home game a month.”
Kirk’s comments come at a time of much debate around fixture schedules and managing player loads with a number of WSL aces contending with anterior cruciate ligament problems and other injuries.
Chelsea chief Emma Hayes, 45, and Arsenal boss Jonas Eidevall, 39, are among managers who have flagged concerns in regard to how domestic and international games are scheduled.
And in her column for Dutch newspaper AD Gunners ace Vivianne Miedema, 26, said ‘the playing calendar’ for male and female players at football’s highest levels is ‘simply too full’.
When asked for his view on the loads being put on players, Kirk said: “I think it’s the peaks and troughs that are really difficult to manage.
“Emma (Hayes) has probably had some frustrating periods where she (and Chelsea) have maybe only had two games across three weeks, but then she’s got a three-game week, four weeks out of five.
“It’s the peaks and troughs that are really difficult to manage. If this is more consistent I don’t think it would be a problem.”
Leicester will play a Chelsea side who have won 16 of their last 17 games.
The team are currently top of the league having lost just once so far this term.
The Blues won their two previous WSL games against the Foxes scoring 11 goals across both including a 9-0 victory in March.
Leicester’s last match in the league saw them fall to a narrow 1-0 loss to West Ham with Isibeal Atkinson netting for the Irons in the 88th minute.
And Hayes believes her players will be up against a defensively stubborn Foxes side on Saturday.
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The Chelsea boss said: “I know that they have been really stingy defensively so we expect them to be a tough outfit to break down.
“We are looking forward to playing on a top class surface in a top class stadium which is what everyone wants, it’s another good opportunity.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
