New Leicester City manager Willie Kirk has revealed that he has set the team a survival target following his recent appointment.
Kirk replaced former Leicester City boss Lydia Bedford just days before the international break. He was placed in charge on the eve of the Arsenal fixture, his side slipped to a 4-0 defeat at The King Power Stadium in that match.
The Foxes travel to West Ham United this weekend in search of their first points of the new campaign. Leicester City are deep in relegation trouble but new boss Kirk says that the club have a target to save themselves from the dreaded drop.
“Ultimately, we need to get points on the board as quickly as possible and that is the single aim between now and Christmas,” Kirk said when speaking in the pre-match press conference. “We know what points we want to achieve between now and the end of the season and we’ve chopped that into smaller chunks of games.
“We know exactly what we need to do between now and Christmas and that is what we are focusing on right now.”
West Ham United go into this weekend’s match in eighth place after a solid start to the season. Kirk admits that he has been impressed by The Hammers so far.
He said “I think West Ham will be a real tough game, I think they’ve had a positive start to the season. They are sitting in a position that I probably didn’t expect this early given their change of manager in the summer. Paul (Konchesky) was already internal with the club so that has probably helped him hit the ground running.
“They’ve made some really impressive signings, they’ve gelled really quickly and they’ve accumulated some really positive points so it’ll be a tough game.”
Leicester City’s Barclays Women’s Super League fixture at West Ham United kicks-off at 3pm on Sunday afternoon.
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