Blackpool
Hey guys
I am now back home from a rather blustery Blackpool. We had a fun packed week consisting of some really hard training, an afternoon on the pleasure beach and oh yes a world cup qualifier against Malta. Starting with the training, we had fitness testing whilst we were away, we did various high intensity sessions with a focus on attacking and shooting which I loved and lots of meetings about what is the next focus for England ladies. Our focus is quite simple, to finish top of our group and qualify for the world cup. In our group are Malta, Spain, Austria and then our next opponents Turkey. It is a tough but winnable group.
We went into our game against Malta knowing that Spain had well and truly beaten them a month earlier. However sometimes this can prove to be a tough task. Complacency can come into play and when an international team is beaten so heavily they will only come for one thing and that is to defend and spoil our game and that’s exactly what they did. We managed to win the game 8-0 but it could have been 20. After the game our manager Hope was obviously delighted that we had 3 points but a bit disappointed that we were not as clinical in front of goal as we should have been. I didn’t have my shooting boots on either and should have scored especially in an 8-0 demolition. So my focus for training this week is shooting for sure!! I was made up that my little teamy and roommate Jess Clarke bagged a brace in the game. It is well deserved she works so hard and it is all starting to pay off for her. It was also really nice to have lots of friends and family at the game being so close to home, so my ticket form was full for once.