Manchester Metropolis gained the WSL title impressively final season however externally, there was an expectation Chelsea would bounce again.
Bompastor was extra cautious, insisting they had been nonetheless transitioning after the departures of big-name gamers together with Sam Kerr, Millie Vibrant and Guro Reiten.
She mentioned: “You must take into account the truth that Chelsea had the identical coach for 12 years. It takes some time for gamers to regulate to a brand new coach, a brand new means of taking part in and a philosophy.
“Even when you’ve got actually good gamers, it does not simply go like this. There are loads of issues we’re doing behind the scenes for us to remain profitable.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient to come back in when [Hayes] left the group in a extremely good place. However final season we had a yr the place loads of necessary gamers left.”
However captain Erin Cuthbert mentioned she was “probably not” shocked at how good their degree has been thus far.
“We had fun to construct in pre-season and a great journey away. The standard was all the time there, we simply weren’t clicking,” she added.
“Manchester Metropolis ran away with the league ultimately, however we had been there or thereabouts. I really feel this time the group’s simply gone up one other degree.”
In addition to adapting extra to Bompastor’s methods, and including defensive solidity to a artistic frontline, work has gone into enhancing the membership’s tradition.
Cuthbert mentioned earlier than Wednesday’s win there was “actually good momentum and a great feeling” within the squad – so can they kick on now?
“For me, the psychological points and cultural points are simply as necessary,” admitted Bompastor.
“We most likely wanted to rebuild somewhat little bit of that going into this new season. We mirrored rather a lot on how we needed to arrange the method for that.
“Proper now, we’re in a great place. When you’ll be able to get good outcomes, it isn’t solely concerning the tactical points. It additionally needs to be about mentality, tradition and values.
“I believe we have now readability on the place we need to go as a group and the way we need to get there, and that is simply as necessary.”
