Had a good week at work. More work coming my way, also got some clearance approved which makes me more valuable to the business, and will open up some new opportunities.
At home, we have had a steady week, which means moments of frantic busyness followed by moments of calm.
This weekend we have the usual football, and we have David and Samantha coming over to us Saturday night, which will be fun. In actual fact, the arrangements have changed and now we are going over to their house for the evening. Either way it will be fun.
Talking of football, we enjoyed the England vs Spain friendly (so called, though it had more yellow cards than your average competitive international), sullied only by their late equaliser. Being a "glass half full" kind of chap, I am happy to take the positives from the game - we played well, with purpose and with a fair amount of attacking threat and flair. I was also pleased for the boy Vardy who has exorcised his demons by ending a goal drought.
Nearer to home, and following a terrible game twelve days ago, the match last Sunday was very much better. The coach took them aside to the changing rooms for a long discussion at the start of training on Saturday, to spread the message that there was to be only short and tidy passing, no panicky hoofing of the ball, even from goal kicks. If they were to lose playing like that, then he would not shout at them, he would only shout if they kicked it long in a panic (though if that was a perfect ball to one of their own, the complaints may have been much quieter). He also talked about not having any fear of failure - something we thought was maybe creeping in to the team's psyche - and the results were astounding. They played a fantastic match, winning 3-2 against a team who, having heard about the score from the previous week, really expected to beat us easily. It was therefore very satisfying that we dominated the game. The cherry on the icing on the case, for me, was that Maggot 2 scored his first header in open play. A beautiful move sent our striker, and fastest forward player, down the wing, where he whipped in a perfect cross from the right, which Maggot 2 met with a perfect glancing header inside the left hand post. Nice.
I wish you a fantastic weekend, and speak again next week.
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