Putting aside all the areas that we can be critical of, including individual performances and opinions we might have about Renee, one thing that is very much factual is that we do not have a left footed left back, and I’m not counting Steph because she has been playing at CB. This is a very big problem. It is a glaring mistake by the board/Renee etc that we not only NOT address this.
Among the issues of not having one just as a stand alone situation, we can add to it the fact that Ona doesn’t seem like a natural left back and neither does Hinds, even though I feel the latter might’ve had better matches in that position honestly.
Let’s say Steph does play there if she’s fit… well that means that LWM comes in at CB and this doesn’t make me comfortable at all not just because it’s vs Man City and Bunny Shaw but also because she hasn’t gotten many minutes lately, so essentially we are fucked, but that’s just my opinion. Also, Step and LWM don’t seem to play all that well together but that might be totally false and just something that I have unfairly made up in my mind.
Then there’s that little matter of Beth Mead facing her former team. This is such a massive deal for me and I make no excuses nor do I feel I’m in any obligation to be objective or non biased. I also don’t feel like I need to hide the fact that she is a dear friend and I always want her to succeed at everything she does, in a micro and macro sense and in a personal and footballing sense.
The day we gave her away was the day I predicted she would score and assist against us and we would have deserved it. I thought I could feel it in my bones then and I feel it now, 13 hours before kickoff.
Obviously there’s a lot at stake and Renee’s job seems to be on the line. There’s no way it is sustainable if we lose tomorrow and I am definitely NOT saying that she should be sacked if we don’t win. Not at all. Again, that is not what I’m saying.
What I am saying is that there is no universe in which Arsenal Women don’t win anything for many years in a row with change and if Clare is the only constant and the one that doesn’t change then I’m afraid nothing is going to change.
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