A very subjective look into AWFC

Airports, face masks, family, gigs that never happened, winter coats, journals, books and more… that is what my last couple of weeks have looked like and even though I have watched every single match I just haven’t been able to organize myself well enough to dedicate time to this blog.

Among the reasons is because I started a substack focusing on music advice and it’s called Unsolicited Music Advice and you can subscribe HERE but it’s not just for musicians, it’s for people from all walks of life essentially.

Got to spend some amazing time with my family up north. If you follow me on social media you might’ve seen at some point that I have a nephew and he used to wear his Van de Donk Arsenal shirt and I’m heartbroken because he has grown A LOT and said shirt doesn’t really fit him. How rude of him??!!

Anyway… before we get to the footy I wanted to share that in this day and age of productivity etc we are encouraged to compartmentalize and be efficient and so on. I love that idea and I’ll add that loving this idea hasn’t been the most efficient for me to accomplish some things that I needed to, so I have come to the realization that just because we wanna do something or we’re good at something or we could monetize a hobby, we DON’T HAVE TO DO IT.

The CL draw has been made. You’ve seen it and I’ve seen it and if we beat OH Leuven we get to play Chelsea. Which sucks. It sucks not because I don’t think we can beat them (I think we can beat them) but because I’m exhausted to things revolving around English teams. What I mean by this is that obviously the fate of AWFC in the WSL involves teams in England, same with the FA and Conti cups, so to add to that the fact that now the CL route also might have Chelsea is just kinda boring to me. But if the girls do beat Chelsea there might be a potential match vs Juventus (should they beat Lyon) which would break our little corner of the internet. Can you imagine Lia coming back? What I wouldn’t give to have her back at Arsenal but on the pitch for us. Again, so unforgivable that we sold her with no replacement. But putting that aside, it would be a lovely thing to see. I don’t even know if there are multiple legs on this stage, should’ve done more research. Sorry!

These matches can’t come soon enough!

Are any of you going to Oslo?!

Domestically things are looking ok? I feel disconnected here and there from the team, even if I watch them often. I cannot remember the keeper’s name at the moment and I feel really bad and guilty. Good to see KCC get some minutes and even better to see Kim and hopefully Leah back fully too. We need them so bad.

Lastly, Beth has been playing so well and I’m sooooo not surprised. She’s great at football.

❤

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