A very subjective look into AWFC

If you don’t appreciate Lia you’re blind. Sorry not sorry… I get this is not the most kind or nice way to start a blog post but if I hear one more person either say anything negative about Lia or hint at the idea of other players at the club being better in her position I swear to you I’m gonna have a heart attack.

We have one of the most incredible players at her position in the world, yet some people are just desperate to have a different partnership at center mid. It’s baffling.

Let me try to expand…

As you know I have been critical in the past of Pelota and Wubben Moy. However that position I take is nothing personal and it has everything to do with who they might replace and how high I rate those players.

So just for arguments sake.. if Leah to me is a 10/10, Amanda a 8/10 and Lotte is a 7/10, it doesn’t mean that I don’t think Lotte isn’t good, is just that I rather have 8s or 9s or 10s. Does that make sense?

Regarding Pelova, she has progressed beyond my expectations, yet I rate Kim Little so much higher that anyone ever, that of course I’m not gonna want Vicky to start or play or be called “the new Kim Little.”

The facts are that she has been playing incredibly well. She’s truly finding her spot and best position and her decision making has been quicker than ever. Even then, and this isn’t a dig at her, she’s not as good as Kim Little, and she’ll be the first one to admit that. If anything, the longer she plays with Kim, the more she will learn and if that happens to be the position she takes over, then so be it.

This would mean Vicky has continued to grow and that has to be great news. I’m here for it, and she needs to take that form onto the Dutch national team and not be player at right back where she isn’t anywhere near as good as she has been for us at the center of the pitch.

Like I said before, Pelova is not the new Kim Little. Pelova is Pelova. KCC is not the new Lia Walti. She deserves her own name, with her own set of abilities and attributes and comparing her to Kim is unfair to everyone, specially to whomever actually compares them… like, what are you doing? Let Pelova be HERSELF.

And at the same time, if she’s gonna take over or KCC over Lia or whatever, why don’t we give Kim the grace she deserves and not just assume that she’s declining because of the new shiny object? Same foes for Lia.

I love Khul more than most, but I still wouldn’t play her over Lia! Let Lia play and appreciate what we have, specially with Lia AND Kim.

Read that again if you have to: WE HAVE LIA AND KIM AND SOME PEOPLE WANT THEM BENCHED, WHAT?!!?!?!?!?!??!!?!??!?!?!

Anyway, I’m having none of this dismissal of Kim and Lia and I will probably post about this million times.