What a strange season.
I can’t even begin to wrap my head around it.
And we’re in the CL final? Insanity.
Beating Lyon too… it just makes no sense.
Without Beth or Lia starting and Katie playing so far back in defense.
Nothing makes sense.
It seems like the longest season I could ever remember as a fan of the sport. It filled me with joy, bitterness, anger, love, appreciation, resentment, ego and much more. I’m actually glad the season is over, I can’t believe we let Chelsea have Bonpastor, Bronze AND Keira Walsh, yet at the same time being incredibly thankful to Renee, Mariona and Alessia, all the while missing Viv and being extremely worried about Beth’s future.
Nobody can convince me that they know what the club is doing. A lot of the decisions by whoever makes the decisions seem very confusing and illogical and a lot of the fans just seem to go along with it. We’re renewing contracts to players than have barely played and had maybe 8 good games in 3 years and there’s radio silence on Mead and other players.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: blind faith in the club doesn’t make you a bigger or better fan. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with wanting something different for the club.
Second place, barely, with the squad we have its just not acceptable. No Conti Cup, no FA Cup and if we don’t win the CL, we will have ZERO trophies and we can discuss success or progress all you want but at the end of the day you need trophies and most likely we will have none. None.
Part of me feels like asking: How can the club and management fail these players by not buying MORE elite players? Why did they have to choose between Jonas and Viv? Imagine Viv and Mariona playing together…
Alessia had a great year and so did Mariona. Daphne too and she’s actually my player of the season. So why not add more and more players with that killer instinct and ability? I feel like we settled for a few that just aren’t good enough but fans LOOOOOOOOVE them.
And that love isn’t wrong or unwarranted. I totally get their obsession with some players and I know I’m the same with my favorites. This is part of why football is amazing.
Like I rather have Beth over Foord but we’ve won with Foord in the team so what the fuck do I know.
So, let’s flip it and add some perspective/devil’s advocate type of situation.
How are KCC, LWM, Jenna or Rosa supposed to get any better? Why aren’t we setting them up for success? They also deserve more playing time, even if I feel we could use them in different positions. Stina seems to be struggling with the overall pace of the game and I don’t mean that she has slowed down…what I mean is that since she barely plays, it makes sense that she would be a little rusty and not time her runs properly, etc.
Amanda could’ve gotten minutes here and there specially the very last match for her at the club, etc etc etc.
Renee has found, albeit with a couple of changes here or there, her preferred 11 and it’s hard to argue against it if we make the CL final but I can do it all day. Proof is being sooooo many points behind Chelsea and no cup wins. But in her defense all the bad things will always be Jonas’s fault haha.
I’m a bit disconnected and I’m not too bothered about who leaves or who comes in. But I believe this has more to do with my opinion with Arsenal as a whole and not so much the women’s squad but also yes.
I know nothing that I’ve said makes sense and I also understand that it can make all the sense in the world because I’ve had conversations with several people and they all feel the same way.
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