Just seen these pop up on Facebook. I love the blue ones

Thank you @Ross Fletcher J4K ( @Ray Newland and @Kenzo Newland ) and the community who voted for my shirt design. I received my Ionic gloves today, a pair of gloves that i have been using a lot lately so wanted to make sure I have a couple of new pairs ready. I also received some finger tape to which was a nice surprise. I really appreciate everyone's support thank you again

Elisia had a very good but very hot session with Elvi last night

Each Monday, I want you to share your reflections from your game over the weekend — or your training session if you did not play. Tell us what you felt went well, but also be honest about what did not go so well. If you made a mistake, share: 1. What happened? 2. What could you have done differently? Remember, every mistake can be turned into a positive if you learn from it and move on. If everyone shares their reflections, comments on each other's posts and offers support or advice, I genuinely believe Monday Reflection could become one of the most powerful parts of this community. It gives you the chance to look back, learn, make small adjustments and improve your game week after week. So, how did your weekend go? Share your game or training reflections below. Ray

A while ago I completed my advanced scouting qualification. I still remember one really important question “what does good look like?”. Keeping it GK related....... Easy question to answer …........ or is it? There are several common things that people look at when making a judgement on a goalkeeper, particularly in youth and grass-roots football. Most opinions aren't from a lack of footballing knowledge, they come from how the goalkeeper role is understood and coached within the game. Fan based opinions of whether or not a GK is good usually start very young, around 8yrs old. Most see the obvious: shot stopping kicking catching not rooted to line If a keeper at young age does all of these, apparently they’re good or better than someone who cant. Fundamentally, yes but realistically this is just a good start. When looking at a GK these obvious indicators are some of the last things we look for as scouts. Ill give you an example..... a young goalkeeper in U12s match makes a diving save from a shot outside the area. Crowd cheers and praises the save. And quite rightly so......what I saw was the keeper retreat from a dominating box position to allow the striker time to get the shot away. Gk back peddled and fell away from the ball which was just inside arms length but got hand to it. Ball goes out of play for corner. The corner gets played in over the GK who stood on near post facing target. ball bounces off far post and into the GK hands. GK runs to edge of box and drop kicks ball long into opposition half. Coach praises long kick. So what does good look like in this situation??? As a GK coach this question should really must be understood. Otherwise what is the end product your aiming for? This is not meant to be a negative post, more fuel for thought. Please feel free to add your own perspective on this and what “good” looks like for you! Michael