A very subjective look into AWFC

Friends, make no mistake, this is incredibly positive news. Manu staying means the standard of goalkeeping can only get higher. Let me explain…

First of all its very good for Manu to get rewarded by the club after more than loyal service. No matter the amount of criticism and adversity she faces, she is always there for us, giving her absolute all and that is unquestionable to me. I understand people being critical about some of her performances and I’m sure she would be the first person to admit that she’s made some howlers and that she can and should be better. Now, please find me a single elite player that doesn’t think and know they’ve made mistakes and I’ll show you someone who is, in fact, not elite.

I get the emotional side of it and I know people love Sabrina and Kayla. If I’m ruthless and totally open with you, I personally don’t have any attachment with them whatsoever but I can still see their value and that they are very, very good GKs. However, to Manu is BY FAR the best keeper at the club, so if a new keeper comes in, say Mary Earps, then Manu would be our number 2 and that to me is a win win situation.

We all have opinions as to what the club should do, about how Jonas does things and about the short term future which in this day and age of instant gratification it’s hard to manage expectations and assumptions seemingly more than ever.

I certainly have very strong opinions that are not only NOT popular at all, but that they are so strong that I don’t even share them on this blog because people would basically cancel me hahaha. The reality is that I love Manu and I also love that the players love Manu and I also love the idea of Mary Earps and I’m not sure how the timing of this announcement might or could affect her arrival.

Maybe it’s done or she’s signed for PSG, or she might be staying at Man Utd, or whatever but what I do know is that her being an Arsenal player is the kind of thing that would send shockwaves across the women’s footballing world and if its not now, then when?

What we think or see from the outside has usually little to do with what the reality is and we only know things waaaaaay after they happen.

Congrats to Manu and congrats to us.