A very subjective look into AWFC

I haven’t hid my opinions regarding the manager the past few weeks and as a matter of fact, I have censored myself because I could have said much more about him letting go of Jen Beattie, which is unforgivable. However, there is a reason why I haven’t been as outspoken as I would like and it has to be with both respect and ignorance.

Ignorance simply because I have no idea why he sold Jen for example, and because at the end of the day I know absolutely nothing about tactics and things of that nature and to sit here in LA while watching Netflix and imply that I know what he SHOULD be doing is kinda nuts but also give me that team TOMORROW and I can win us a match, because we got McCabe, among many others. I don’t really believe it but also totally.

Respecting the figure of the manager is important to me and it’s equally as important as knowing and expressing the fact that criticism and disrespect aren’t the same thing. You know that and I know that you know that and one of the reasons I write this blog is because you, my dear reader, are very intelligent and you challenge me and inspire me to do this every day.

Part of me has felt that the things Jonas has said and how he has said those things have been a bit generic, disingenuous and kinda weird, to put it bluntly, and these things don’t necessarily amount to respecting us fans because if nothing else, it makes me feel like some of the way he says things, imply that we are stupid and don’t see things ourselves.

For instance: take the whole skaters slipping situations. In case you haven’t heard it I’m gonna paraphrase and say that he was asked about the title being out of reach a couple of weeks ago and he said that there’s always hope and that we have to be prepared to take advantage of the opponents’s slip ups.

This is all well and good and it sounds great, sure. But saying something and doing something are separate things. He said something and he didn’t actually do what he said he would try to do. He didn’t take advantage of that and we could be in a considerably better position figuratively and literally.

If he wanted to be proactive and put that much pressure on Chelsea and also actually believed that they could slip, he wouldn’t have waiting for the 96th minute to bring on the greatest goalscorer in the WSL, etc. There is just no way around it from an optics perspective, obviously because again, I have no idea what is really happening.

No, I’m not blaming him for goals missed, but I think if say Caitlin misses a sitter, it’s not her fault as much as it is his for playing her when we could have had Cloe for example. I will always blame the managers or more than blame, I will always lay responsibility on them more than on the players and this is something that I have always done.

In life we have to be proactive and you can’t just wait for things to happen. We gotta do everything in our power to not have to depend on others and just let their demise be helpful in a “sorry, not sorry” type of vibe.

There’s no way for us to know Chelsea would lose, but there’s always a chance because the argument is that the WSL is getting better, so why not plan for that actually and truly? Did it seem like he did? Nope.

So the chance he was summoning and talking about came to fruition post our match but where was the result?

That’s what is easy to complain about for me.

And I know it’s quite unfair to judge.

In his defense, one Everton teenage striker aka Wayne Rooney did this to the almighty Wenger, and scored a cracker against us many, many years ago.

Weird losses can happen. They always do… but 4 losses and this draw is not weird. It’s something else.

The only reality is actual reality. What happened happened and it’s pointless to assume that if Viv came on she would’ve scored. There’s not way to know that, but the chances are high af.

Somehow, someway Jonas is nominated for manager of the month and holy shit the comments on instagram are insane, absolutely ripping him to shreds and I’m not one to defend him but it’s not his fault he got nominated!!! hahaha poor guy. Can’t win on or off the pitch at the moment.

But again… the girls will. They’ll beat Citeh.

d ❤

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