A very subjective look into AWFC

Some people think the Conti Cup / Subway Cup etc isn’t that important. Others feel that it matters and I am one of the latter. To this point, there are some folks that don’t really care about the FA Cup and there lots of people that do. Either way, I don’t think there is any way we could say that winning a competition, any competition, is not a good thing.

I get the idea of resting players or how overworked the players are, so I’m not talking about the actual logistics or reality of it, I’m talking about the symbolism of winning titles and how that can only bring more and more hunger to the club. I say the club because I don’t think for a second that any professional player lacks any sort of ambition or that they would need to win an FA Cup to suddenly become interested in winning.

These women, all of them, are competitors, elite athletes and always want to win. They have the highest standards for themselves, considerably higher than we could ever have of them and the reason why I say “we need a cup” is because it’s my way of expressing that I hope they win something because they deserve it. Not because they are entitled to it and also when I saw they “deserve it” I’m not implying that we ignore merit. I just want our girls to be happy.

They can beat Chelsea in the CL even during the poorest of seasons, and they can certainly win the Subway Cup and FA Cup. I don’t think the WSL is a possibility this year but if this might be a transitional summer, as in many players leaving, then my hope is that a successful cup run can be a nice parting gift.

Speaking of that, I am really curious about the potential moves. By curious I mean nervous because the board don’t really seem to know what they’re doing because they are definitely not attending to the clear, glaring needs.

On a positive note I have felt the team is playing better recently and there have been players like Sophia , KCC and Taylor that have gotten more minutes which also implies some players are resting more. No idea what’s up with Chloe and I haven’t really researched at all, just hope she’s ok.

Tomorrow’s match vs Palace should be fairly straightforward…

Did I just jinxed it?

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