u/Rooftop_Astronaut

Anyone you've seen that maybe you weren't aware of, that now you're like Ohhhh I would love it brighton maybe went in for that guy

For me:

From Cape Verde : Montiero (CM), Lopes Cabral (left wing)

From Congo : Cipenga, (left wing)

From South Africa: Mudau, (right back)

From Australia: Irvine (CDM)

From Japan: Nagatomo (left back) (yes, I now know he plays for Inter and he is 39. Lol)

Lotta these dudes play on the left so probably not in the plans lol

What about you guys? Doesn't have to be realistic.

Wow soooo glad we blacklisted Harry Souttar who is giving a masterclass against Egypt right now

So good in fact the announcers are laughing at the fact he plays for Leicester

Good job to all involved, proper round of applause is due

First season as head coach for a local town club. We are a u8 team (eight 2nd graders, one 1st grader), playing up in a u9 travel league (all 3rd graders). This club does this w all new travel teams - idea is that in the fall we stay in u9 but will be facing mostly newly formed u9 teams, whilst we have avout 3 months of playtime together so will ideally compete right out of the gate. Or something.

So needless to say, this was a struggle. We went 0 and 7 lol. But in looking at our season overall -

Game 1 vs our clubs premier team: loss 9-0

Game 2 vs our clubs premier team: loss 5-0

Game 3 vs "the Rabbits", unbeaten in 21 games: loss 5-1

Game 4: loss 4-1

Game 5: loss 3-1

Game 6 vs the Rabbits again: loss 4-0

Game 7: loss 2-1

For games 3, 4, 5 and 7 i had zero subs, so all 7 girls played the full game. We did water breakers halfway thru the halfs.

Despite no wins, this feels like a successfull season with huge, tangible progress. All my kids are happy. Vibes are amazing. We are having a pool party next week with awards and games. Two players on my team were offered a spot on premier and both turned it down due to how much their families/ players were enjoying it here.

This is a success right?

A coaching friend told me No, its not, you won zero games and got outscored 30-4 over the season

But in my mind that comes with the territory of the circumstances. Right? Or am I wrong and this season was in fact a fail.