One thing to recall about 2019; the squad that year 1) had those two young players who were held in reserve only because they had internationals starting over them, and 2) got a month - and ONLY a month - of those two playing utterly lit.
So I give the then-FO and Parsons credit for having that depth and using it wisely.
One thing to recall about 2019; the squad that year 1) had those two young players who were held in reserve only because they had internationals starting over them, and 2) got a month - and ONLY a month - of those two playing utterly lit.
So I give the then-FO and Parsons credit for having that depth and using it wisely.
But given her pedigree I’m not sure it’s fair to smack KK and Norris for hoping D’Aquila could and would be the 2023 Queen Midge. She looked promising in preseason and has regressed based on her form this past week; and it’s fair to (and I do) smack Norris and his staff for either having a role in that or not seeing it and howling to KK to get a NTRP to fill in there.
With their nasty fight with their national organization keeping lots of world class players off Spain's side and Liga F in its off season, I wonder if we could have gotten a short-term loan for, say, Claudia Pina? Maybe not do-able, at least for an amount of money that's within the regulations (and the short-timer FO would have splashed out anyway). But I wonder if they even considered something like that. I know it's only a couple league games, but still...
Yeah, I mean, Dagny is on break from the WSL in Iceland. I know I've mentioned her before. Could've used an experienced tall 10 who just came off a good season. History with the club...the rub is that's she's got a child now, but damn, it's 2023 they can figure that out. Coffey, Moultrie, and Dagny would've been a good start in midfield.
Even Bourielle, who I've seen has been in the Bay area recently. History with the club, and an upgrade to Porter.
Definitely avenues they could've explored. And so far, the first one across the line is...a CB, who'll be leaving back to Australia after the short loan? 2/6 (maybe 7) games of the window already played and we don't even have anyone over the line yet? Multiple teams have had their NTRP's practicing with them all season...
What’s the incentive for Claudia Pina, a top player who is coming off an injury hit season to play in this league when the best players aren’t here? Like the only ones who have done that have been OL Reign using the partnership, and the Kim Little history (and for Kim, I’m not sure you can say it worked out because she got two fairly medium term injuries in 22-23).
One thing to recall about 2019; the squad that year 1) had those two young players who were held in reserve only because they had internationals starting over them, and 2) got a month - and ONLY a month - of those two playing utterly lit.
So I give the then-FO and Parsons credit for having that depth and using it wisely.
But given her pedigree I’m not sure it’s fair to smack KK and Norris for hoping D’Aquila could and would be the 2023 Queen Midge. She looked promising in preseason and has regressed based on her form this past week; and it’s fair to (and I do) smack Norris and his staff for either having a role in that or not seeing it and howling to KK to get a NTRP to fill in there.
With their nasty fight with their national organization keeping lots of world class players off Spain's side and Liga F in its off season, I wonder if we could have gotten a short-term loan for, say, Claudia Pina? Maybe not do-able, at least for an amount of money that's within the regulations (and the short-timer FO would have splashed out anyway). But I wonder if they even considered something like that. I know it's only a couple league games, but still...
Yeah, I mean, Dagny is on break from the WSL in Iceland. I know I've mentioned her before. Could've used an experienced tall 10 who just came off a good season. History with the club...the rub is that's she's got a child now, but damn, it's 2023 they can figure that out. Coffey, Moultrie, and Dagny would've been a good start in midfield.
Even Bourielle, who I've seen has been in the Bay area recently. History with the club, and an upgrade to Porter.
Definitely avenues they could've explored. And so far, the first one across the line is...a CB, who'll be leaving back to Australia after the short loan? 2/6 (maybe 7) games of the window already played and we don't even have anyone over the line yet? Multiple teams have had their NTRP's practicing with them all season...
What’s the incentive for Claudia Pina, a top player who is coming off an injury hit season to play in this league when the best players aren’t here? Like the only ones who have done that have been OL Reign using the partnership, and the Kim Little history (and for Kim, I’m not sure you can say it worked out because she got two fairly medium term injuries in 22-23).