Erling Haaland and Alessia Russo failed to manage it when they joined their new clubs, but Carly Johns has scored in her first three games for…
“I just want to have an impact on games. Scoring, assisting, just little bits of link-up play. I love it.
Nowadays football careers can start early in primary school and involve playing in different positions, and that was the case with Johns. “I was stood watching the penalties biting my nails but we got through to the semi-final and we just missed out against Arsenal. It was a really good experience.” “I didn’t realise until later how many I’d scored in a relatively short space of time. It’s been amazing and looking back now on how many goals I’ve scored is quite cool.”
Then, on the last day of the season, Oxford lost away at Ipswich while Watford travelled to Billericay and won 3-0, thus putting the Golden Girls into the play-off final – which they went on to win – while condemning Oxford to another season in the National League.“The group morale at Oxford was really high, we stayed overnight in Ipswich before the game, we prepared well and we truly believed we’d win that day.“We weren’t really getting told what was happening in the Watford match.
There’s not much more a striker can do than hit the net on their debut, and Johns did just that in the opening day draw with Durham. “I curved my run to start celebrating but then started going back the other way when I saw where the defender was. There wasn’t anything I could have done if the defender had got there, but she didn’t anyway.
“I was talking to Helen Ward, and I said I was struggling sometimes to find those positions where you just tap it in. She said sometimes all you have to do is stay still – and in that moment at Charlton I just stayed still and the ball came to me. “When I was younger I struggled to use my body in the correct way. I’m not going to be the strongest so I’ve had to learn how to use my body to my advantage.
Of course, with goals comes attention, and that could then lead to future opponents seeking to stop Johns individually.
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