A very subjective look into AWFC

On my way back from this short UK tour I did I decided to watch “The Matildas: The World At Our Feet” documentary. I was only able to watch 3 episodes and so far out Steph has not been as featured as players such as Ellie Carpenter, Sam Kerr and Lydia Williams. Thanks to my jetlag, I’m starting this blog at 3:54am and I decided to watch the rest of the documentary as I type this.

The match yesterday was really interesting on many levels. Kim played great, Sophia’s goal was fantastic, Daphne back being solid as usual, Beth putting in a shift, etc. But honestly, we cannot ignore the fact that Steph Catley has been an absolute monster of a player for the past few seasons for us, and honestly since she joined the club.

I have spoken about her an obscene amount of times here on this blog and also when I used to do the podcast and I won’t get into too any details at the moment because there’s really no need… she has to be, without a shadow of a doubt THE player of the year for us, regardless of what and/or what doesn’t happen.

We cannot let her go. We cannot sell her. We cannot.

Beyond her football abilities, she is ridiculously reliable fitness wise. Also, the amount of calm and poise she brings to the team is insane. Do you know how hard it must be??? In this team? In this ecomony? IYKYK. lol

I remember writing about how emotional I got when she captained Australia vs Ireland at the World Cup and I feel the same sense of pride whenever I see her put on any football shirt. She embodies professionalism and if you’ve ever seen her in any interviews or follow her on social media you know she is loved by everyone around her. We’re just so lucky to have her at our club and even though Leah deserves all the attention she gets, we cannot underestimate the value of Steph who has been as good if not better than Rafa was.

We have a game in hand and if we beat Leicester we will go 2nd which I kinda find it hard to believe because it feels like just a week ago we were like 18 points from 2nd, let alone from City.

❤

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