Hi all, sorry I've not been active for a while. Its been a tense few weeks but Mason has been offered a place at Hull City academy and has signed till the end of next season. Mason is absolutely buzzing and keen to step up once again. I did want to tell you all sooner and share a photo but his signing day experience at the MKM Stadium isnt till next month. Mason has overcome setbacks and rejection and worked hard over the last 2 and a half years and the last 6 months has started to turn heads. He played a fabulous game against Hull and they were keen to see more of him. After 8 weeks of long journeys back and forth from Sheffield and hard work trying to prove himself, he finally got his reward. So proud of him.

Interested to see opinions on this one, for our team personally penalties is not something we practice very often, I feel it can be very damaging to a goalkeepers confidence, even just in training. We have a very good save rate on penalties with hardly ever practicing them. Do you agree that they can damage keepers confidence or do you love the challenge

Are any of you apart of a JPL set up? I've just been given the details of costings for a JPL team for next season and it seems really high, can anyone share with me what they pay on average please? If you don't want to share on here, please DM me. Thank you in advance Kirsty

Hey. Unfortunately this game wasnt great for keepers. We lost 6-2 and all the goals came from mistakes in defence and midfield. Giving the ball away too cheaply, lack of movement, allowing players to just run with the ball. It basically makes it a nightmare for keepers as you are trying to make good of a bad situation with little help. We move on. Hope you all had a good weekend.

Overall a good weekend for Mason. Played for Chesterfield on Saturday Unfortunately I couldn't watch so no details but to get a clean sheet against the top scorers of the league, I assume he had a good game. Sunday he played Sunderland and got off to a jittery start. He received a backpass and opened his body up well but he didn't realise there was a player bearing down on him and as he tried to clear, he was tackled and conceded. This knocked his confidence and from then on he didnt want to take any risks so 1st time cleared the next few back passes. At the break he was able to reset and compose himself and from then on, he smashed it. He was confidently received back passes and played 3 fantastic balls forward to create counter attacks. Also made 3 good saves to help his team take the win. Key factor was when he was able to regain his composure. This is why mindset is so important. 1 mistake can ruin your whole game. Been able to bounce back and play at your best is what every footballer aspires to.