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Footie - A Massive Catch Up Post
Jul. 13th, 2015 10:15 pmThere have been three games since I last managed a footie post. And alas, we've lost all three of them.
In spite of how that sounds, though, they were all really good games, the girls have been getting better every week, and we've only ever lost by one point. Our goalies are all good to great, and our defence (mostly) keeps it out of our end. Our worst problem is that we just can't score. The club has posted all the results, and we've got the second worst goals for average (1.7), but also the absolute lowest goals against average (1.3).
Tonight's game was against the top team in the league, and according to my team also the nastiest. There was one girl who was particularly bad, and Ros not only managed to strip the ball from her but also to (legally) take her out. Given how badly they were manhandling us and not getting called for it I was not terribly upset by this. Especially since the same girl then refused to shake our players' hands at the end of the game, and after the game kept repeatedly walking past us and giving our team the stink eye. Given that this girl also turned out to be the daughter of one of their coaches, I'm doubly, or trebly not impressed with their team. (It's this sort of thing that makes me question whether I really want to coach again every year.)
Anyway, moving on, I've booked a practice field for this Wednesday, so I'm going to try and run some drills to get some more passing and shooting going.
On Sunday, Ros leaves for a week of sleep away camp (OMG!) so on Monday we'll be coaching sans our kid. And I get to go out with the Sweetie next week to do adult stuff without booking a babysitter. I'm sure there will be movies watched, restaurants Ros doesn't like visited, and possibly even a titch of alcohol consumed. Oh, the debauchery! *g*
In spite of how that sounds, though, they were all really good games, the girls have been getting better every week, and we've only ever lost by one point. Our goalies are all good to great, and our defence (mostly) keeps it out of our end. Our worst problem is that we just can't score. The club has posted all the results, and we've got the second worst goals for average (1.7), but also the absolute lowest goals against average (1.3).
Tonight's game was against the top team in the league, and according to my team also the nastiest. There was one girl who was particularly bad, and Ros not only managed to strip the ball from her but also to (legally) take her out. Given how badly they were manhandling us and not getting called for it I was not terribly upset by this. Especially since the same girl then refused to shake our players' hands at the end of the game, and after the game kept repeatedly walking past us and giving our team the stink eye. Given that this girl also turned out to be the daughter of one of their coaches, I'm doubly, or trebly not impressed with their team. (It's this sort of thing that makes me question whether I really want to coach again every year.)
Anyway, moving on, I've booked a practice field for this Wednesday, so I'm going to try and run some drills to get some more passing and shooting going.
On Sunday, Ros leaves for a week of sleep away camp (OMG!) so on Monday we'll be coaching sans our kid. And I get to go out with the Sweetie next week to do adult stuff without booking a babysitter. I'm sure there will be movies watched, restaurants Ros doesn't like visited, and possibly even a titch of alcohol consumed. Oh, the debauchery! *g*
