You don’t need to be a close friend of know me for a long time to know that I’m a very positive person. I’m always erring on the side of optimism and I have to tell you that even after the result today, there are some positives I rescue. But before I get to that, let’s briefly chat about the game and NOT about the possible you know what injury on you know who.
When I saw the lineup my fears were confirmed. I wasn’t feeling good about it at all and the same time I had all the confidence in the world that I was wrong and had no idea what I was talking about. Jonas has a vision and I’m willing to give it time. I say this because I already learned my lesson with Arteta. At the same time, that vision is conditioned by which players he might have available, and at this point it’s just absurd. We have SO MANY important players missing. It just keeps getting worse and its safe to say that we are all super worried, scared and concerned.
The WSL title, although still somewhat possible, is no longer a realistic thing after yesterday but I have to tell you that with Leah’s injury (and what that could’ve done in the player’s minds) and Viv, Beth, Kim, Katie, Steph and Caitlin missing, we were still in the game.
I’m gonna say that again in a different way just for some perspective: 6 of our best players, who would start every match we’re missing (yes I know Steph came in late – and she should’ve taken that free kick at the death) and we were away from home, against the league leaders, full squad, and we only lost by a single goal.
It was rough to watch and I feel terrible for the girls but I am so dam proud of them. All things considered I thought it was a good display and my takeaways are positives… at least the ones I’m going to talk about today.
I thought Manu was great. Noelle on the left has been pretty solid. Lia did what she could and Rafa was monumental IMO.
We’re still in the CL, regardless of what your predictions might be or what you think can happen, we’re still in it!!
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