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On today’s episode of my Meryl re-watching spree

that’s not the whole flag, now is it

Bit random but is it fair to say that Nnadozie was probably the best goalkeeper in the WSL this season but at the same time acknowledge that I still have massive reservations about her as a goalkeeper from a technical and tactical point of view and the FA Cup final is the perfect example of that? Maybe Yamashita was another good one but the other goalkeepers were just mid to outright bad and that's not a knock on women's goalkeepers in general but an issue I had for years with the WSL (and other leagues in Europe). Invest. In. Goalkeeping. The difference to the NWSL is crazy were I'm pretty sure every team has at least one full-time goalkeeping coach some even multiple. The difference in like purely athletic ability is sometimes really shocking to see as well. The positioning, the reading of the game is just so off and it's not that I don’t think these players are capable but they are just not given the opportunity. Peyraud-Magnin, the starting goalkeeper for France, has not played a single minute for Denver because Abby Smith, a very solid american goalkeeper who has never played for the USWNT, is just way better. MacIver only plays for Spirit because Kingsbury is pregnant and she has cost them multiple games including a final already. Many Orlando fans have wanted to replace Moorhouse for years and the only reason she's starting is her connections to the english goalkeeping coach there. The only goalkeepers brought into the NWSL from other leagues who had success so far are Berger and I guess after a very rocky start and Portland fans in the stadium not even wanting her to play Mackenzie Arnold has finally found her footing as well. PTJ had been rightfully benched at Seattle and replaced by Dickey and immediately won the goalkeeper award in the FA team of the season despite her obvious deficiencies. I don't think the US is naturally better at developing goalkeepers but they develop great athletes and at least at pro level put more into coaching. I recently read in an interview with Laura Dick that Hoffenheim just employed a full-time goalkeeping coach this season and she attributes her big development this past year to that. Results are felt quite quickly because goalkeeping is so much about repetition and muscle memory. Rant over sorry 😭

ADHD affects how I experience time, not how I experience attachment. I love you. I miss you. I just don't realize how long it’s been since I last said that, let alone messaged.

do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

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