A very subjective look into AWFC

I can see why you would read that title and assume I’m disrespecting the French club, but I can assure you I mean no disrespect at all. It’s not like I’m saying “Tottenham Who?” which we can all agree is a fair question. I truly mean the question…. who are Paris FC? And the answer is that I have no idea. I’m not an expert and I cannot do all the research as if I was a legit journalist, analyst or radio host.

And this is precisely one of my favorite things about still being newish to women’s football. It’s the constant discovery, the constant moments that prove my cringe worth ignorance. It’s very humbling and interesting and freeing all in one. I embrace and I encourage myself to reduce these too, because I actually do want to know more and more about women’s football as a whole, or at the very least, know the teams AWFC are playing against.

But honestly, this idea of doing research or studying up on clubs and players isn’t easy and its not common sense. I think it takes a very special person who are living a special set of things, that allows them of flourish. They know how to research, they know what to remember, they know what they need to know. I, on the other hard, have only enough memory and mental capacity to know very little at one given time because my head is filled with songs I need to learn to perform or to teach, so it’s hard for me to say the least.

One of the things you see on social media is a lot of people talking as if they know what’s going on, and I think I’m guilty of it too and that is why I try to post sort of weird content in a way. It’s my own way of keeping myself honest. I can’t preview a match in a professional way when I have no idea about the opposition and if I were to write about it I would be totally making stuff up. And you deserve better than that… I don’t care if one person reads this or 20 or 10k. It’s irrelevant to me… you deserve better, always. That’s why I don’t do YouTube shows anymore. And the last live post match chat I did I didn’t feel like I shared anything that important, but I will continue to do those whenever possible.

This definitely took a left turn BUT in the spirit of a preview of sorts, as much I would expect Jonas to keep the same team I’m hopeful that we will see Laia Codina start. I also felt that Katie had a very quiet game and these high stakes situations is when she usually shines, so I would expect a McCabe masterclass and don’t be surprised if Alessia grabs a couple of goals. Not saying that it’ll be an easy match, it can very well end 2-1 for us or 2-5 but my points remain the same.

I wonder what Manu might be going through mentally as it relates to the potential signing of Mary Earps, which btw I don’t think will go through, but this is basically the current theme at Arsenal FC as a whole.

Really hope the streaming situation is sorted and I can watch the match properly but if not, I really hope you don’t have to deal with that non sense.

Prediction? 3-0 again.

d ❤

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