West Ham United women's team manager Rehanne Skinner insisted the goals her side scored against Southampton in midweek will stand us in good stead for Sunday's Barclays Women's Super League encounter with Everton.
Headers, long-range volleys, instinctive finishes and flowing team moves, all five goals against the Saints in Wednesday night's Subway® Women's League Cup success were well taken, and Skinner has encouraged her side to continue to think less and be braver in front of goal this weekend.
One of the goalscorers in Dagenham was Shekiera Martinez, who is now the WSL's leading scorer in 2025 with eleven, following her strike against Leicester City last Sunday.
Our No19, who has already scored five goals across all competitions this season, notched her first-ever goal for the Club against Everton in January, and Skinner was asked about her striker and how oppositions deal with her in her pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon.
Our manager was also quizzed on the visit of the Toffees, the team news heading into the weekend and the rise in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries when adressing the media at Chadwell Heath training ground.
Here are the main talking points from the presser...