A very subjective look into AWFC

No matte how poorly a league campaign starts or finishes, when you’re in a cup competition there’s always a chance of getting silverware. In our case there were 3 cups, two of them domestic and we have failed to win, yet again. If I’m not mistaken the last time we won an FA Cup was ten years ago and I wasn’t even following AWFC then, which seems like a lifetime ago because I cannot see myself without our club being a priority in my everyday life.

The reality is that we got beat by a Brighton team that deserved it much more. That is unacceptable and if were to put the blame on anyone I would say its absolutely Renee’s fault and without a doubt Clare and the board.

I say Renee because there’s no universe where you field a weak team for such a big match, and you don’t have to look farther than Mikel Arteta’s stubbornness and lack of proactivity. I cannot believe we copied the MO from MA and it is just a terrible result for a club that wanted to build from last year’s CL triumph.

Would players want to join our club if we stink up the joint domestically? IDK. City are gonna run away with it and we threw it away the first few matches. I’m convinced they will win the CL next season and they always just keep getting world class players for as many positions as possible and we just don’t and that’s where I blame Clare and the board.

How the fuck do you not have a proper replacement for McCabe? Foord and Frida have made such poor decisions over the past couple of years that I don’t know if they would start for many elite European teams. Again, it’s all about recruitment and don’t even get me started on Taylor playing left back when she’s a right back. We can sign Ona all you want… she’s still a right back so essentially we will have Fox, Holmberg, Hinds and Batlle?? hahahahaha wtf.

I wrote about McCabe yesterday and the only player in world football that is a close enough replacement would be Bacha and she still doesn’t have the bite and aggression that Katie has. I’m so scared the club will treat her like they treated Viv. Pay her whatever she needs and keep her for as long as possible FFS.

If the whole Stina and Russo partnership was something to build upon why change it? I’m not the biggest fan of it but still, two matches and that somewhat worked… but sooo many changes.

Also, can anyone tell me what was Daphne doing for the second goal?? It feels like she took her hands away from the shot and she could’ve stopped it. Watch it over, it’s madness!!!!!

We just looked like a whole different team and the substitutions did absolutely nothing either.

What a strange match.

We cannot play like this in the WSL or we will not make the CL and guess what? The club isn’t gonna like that from a money perspective and Ona isn’t gonna come and why would you extend a contract or sign a new one if we don’t play elite football?

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