A very subjective look into AWFC

Thankfully I didn’t jinx us and the girls have finished the year with a win against Palace. If there has ever been a “a win is a win” match then this was it. Was it good? Were there fireworks? Not until Beth Mead did her best Dennis Bergkamp impression and assisted Stina.

I don’t know how many of you are old enough to remember but many, man years ago, during a CL match Dennis spun around inside Juve’s box against some of the meanest defenders alive at that time, and probably still today, and twisted and turn until he released Freddie Ljungberg who cleverly chipped over a rushing Buffon… no big deal. Anyway, Beth is fucking incredible and we’re lucky to have her.

Now, the end of the year always means one thing for me as a football fan: winter transfer window. Yes, you are right if you think it’s not actually the end of the year because it all happens early in the upcoming one, but you get my point.

It would be responsible of me to have done research as far as who is available, who has expiring contracts etc but this is not that type of blog is it? Off the top of my head I do think that the main issue is not the odd player here and there that would be nice to resign… it’s that there are a ton of players and some of them are favorites and some are fan favorites, if you catch my drift.

Apparently Pelova’s instagram has fans in an uproar because it seemed like she was saying goodbye. A loan move for her or a transfer would really help her I think. In my opinion she has been a victim of coaches not being able to get the best out of her combined with being behind the pecking order of players that are basically legendary.

What is her position? Should she be a 6 or an 8? Some people say she’s a 10? All I know is that there’s a player there that no coaches have been able to bring out at our club as of yet. Almost like Granit Xhaka were he was absolutely horrible for years until his last season, he shined under Arteta in a slightly different position and then went to Germany and won the treble, without losing a single league match. Also, she hasn’t been horrible for us, just to be clear, but she just hasn’t had the extended run of games in “her position” I don’t think.

We have no word on Kim Little’s future or Katie or Steph for that matter but I truly hope they all extend. I can see Laia moving on, although I rate her very highly and unless we get an actual CDM we definitely need KCC for the rest of the year so I’m hoping we don’t send her out on loan.

And also, am I the only one who wants to see Katie play up on the left wing again? We miss her goals and attacking prowess honestly. I rate her higher than most players on earth.

I would say that aside from a GK of course, we need reinforcements in central midfield and center back positions. We need someone as good as Leah (I know this is a tough ask) to help out and keep things at a super high standard. You’ve heard me say this a million times.

If you hear of anything let me know 😉

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