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Bristol City Women boss Tanya Oxtoby believes there is plenty more to come from her side after an impressive start to the Women’s Super League campaign.

Oxtoby joined the Vixens from Birmingham City in the summer and guided her new team to an unbeaten September in the WSL.

The 36-year-old has been rewarded with September’s manager of the month award from the League Managers Association.

And City keeper Sophie Baggaley won the WSL player of the month honour.

An opening day win at Brighton was followed by credible draws with Chelsea and Manchester City.

But City’s Australian boss was quick to share the praise around.

“It was a surprise (to win the award) but I’m just glad the girls’ good start to the season has been recognised,” Oxtoby told BBC Radio Bristol.

“It’s been a really tough start for us, in terms of the opposition we’ve played, but also we were a little bit ‘behind the eight ball’ with regards to where we were, compared to other groups.

“When I first came in I didn’t want to change everything. I wanted to see what was working well and keep those parts, before embedding what I want as a manager.

“We’ve built everything together and [the players] are a massive part of the culture and expectations within the club.

“It’s important that we go on the journey together, rather than it being a dictatorship. The girls have really knuckled down and worked so hard.

“We’re ahead of where we thought we would be, but we’ve built very, very quickly. I would still say we’re only at about 40% of what I would expect from the group.

“It takes a bit of time. They want to get better but it’s a bit of a slow burner for us, we don’t want to peak too early.”



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