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Aleja || 21 || 🇩🇴/🇵🇷 || they/them

[aleswoso]

hey, no, this is not aleja, this is dani. i finally managed to log onto their tumblr.

i figured it only right to make a post on this account, too. aleja passed away on july 20th 2024, after they committed. i am in no way attempting to garner sympathy or burden anyone with my problems, just wanted to put this out there on ale’s account too, as we don’t share the same mutuals.

thank you, all, for the support.

-dani

[katiemccabeswife]

go on break, open phone, scream.

i hate arsenal because i know she’s gonna thrive at city

[aleswoso]

AHHHHHHH FUCK YES FUCK U JONAS U LOST HER TO US U SILLY ASSHOLE AHAHAHAHAH

[lucawrites11]

the lionesses biggest problems against france and my solutions

keira walsh unable to lose her marker

the lack of a left footed centreback

poor defending of corners especially from hampton

terrible substitutions

a lack of speed and players in the box

a lack of creativity in line-ups making us completely predictable

okay, let's look at these problems in depth:

sarina loves a 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 looking something like this:

however this line-up has multiple problems. the first is that it's predictable, it is a slight modification of the same line-up with the same people that has been used since the euros except it no longer has the same level of success because the opposition has figured out it's weaknesses.

the first major risk is the reliance of Keira Walsh. Germany had figured this out by the Euros Final. as one of the best holding midfielder in the world, she's absolutely crucial in terms of the passes she provides forward and her ball recovery but if you just put one player on her all game (in France's case it was Kenza Dali) you can mark her out and remove England's ball recovery ability and ensure that they struggle to get the ball forward.

Another weakness is that if Sarina choses to start Greenwood, as she did yesterday, there is no defender with a good left foot and that leaves the defence vulnerable and also limits the connection that Hemp can have with her full-back down the left. Furthermore, without Lauren James, Ella Toone doesn't provide the same speed running in behind in the 10 role and that switch with Russo to allow Russo to overload the midfield and start goal scoring play. It was something that she did multiple times against France but Toone didn't make her way into the box like James and there is no finishing. English is struggling without that out and out striker, and Lauren James compensated for that gap. Without James, speed in the frontline is also lost, leaving Hemp the fastest forward player and no one chasing after her to get into the box with her.

Also loosing Earps meant that Hampton was shaky and thrown off coming on and she has never been as strong at set piece defending. Khiara may be a better option to defend set pieces where France are deadly but that's too much pressure for a debut game almost. I would like to see Khiara get her first England cap in the next Ireland match to allow be more of an option for Sarina as competition for Earps and Hampton. Sarina also failed in terms of not making a subsitution until the seventieth minute and bringing on experience where England clearly needed more speed and fresh legs. Leaving Jess Naz, Grace Clinton and Jess Park's speed on the bench was criminal.

what's the solution?

in my opinion, sarina has to use an entirely new line-up that does a few things:

either takes Walsh off the pitch or uses a midifeld overload that allows her more freedom

brings more speed into the attacking line

places a winger or ten behind Russo with the ability to get into the box

makes space for a left-footed centreback

there are a few options:

3-4-3

this is my least favourite option. it solves the keira walsh problem by taking her off the pitch but that leaves stanway as the sole holding midfielder. furthermore, it gives space for a left footed centreback in alex greenwood but it means bronze is pushed into the midfield which she can play effectively and would allow for speed in the attack but can leave a defensive hole on the wings. also without a clear left midfielder (carter could maybe play where i've place clinton and if she does, clinton should replace kirby). however clinton has speed to get into the box and as does kirby. this is also tiring for the midfield however england does have the midfield depth to bring on in park.

4-4-2 (diamond)

4-4-2 is on the left and the diamond option is on the right

both are strong choices for this england side and i think that hemp can also play up front next to russo with mead on the right with bronze and clinton or stanway on the left. two centre-forwards in russo and mead/hemp allows the centrebacks to be occupied and for a high press which can interfere with the french attempt to play out from the back that they love. clinton allows has the pace to run in behind when russo or mead manage to steal the ball allowing for a quick counter attack. four in the midfield can also overload the three that the french place in the there and challenge their ability to mark keira walsh out of the game. furthermore, a strong press in russo and hemp/mead allows the midfield be bypassed because the four doesn't always provide a full overload. two upfront can also compensate for when russo drops into the midfield and to hold up the ball, this also allows for the full overload with five in the midfield to pull markers off keira. with a strong left back in greenwood who can play centreback, williamson can also drop into the midfield for an overload. a four at the back with the left-footed defender allows for a deep block if the ball is lost, something that is likely to happen if france play in the midfield again.

3-5-2

this is my favourite line-up

the five in the midfield allows for a complete overload that can release walsh and give her the freedom to pass forward. furthermore, there is the left-footed centreback in greenwood. bronze and hemp playing as wing-backs also allows for a deep block when they drop back and they are both fast at getting both back and forward on the defense and attack which can be the main weakness of this line-up however bronze and hemp can play well as wing-backs. furthermore, bronze, hemp and clinton can overload the final third to support the high press of russo and mead that ensures players in the box and speed on a break to that can work quickly to throw off a french defense and a build up of play from the back

i think this will solve a lot of england's problems going forward and back and release keira walsh in the midfield as well as throwing france off with a new line-up that they wouldn't be expecting

i would also like to see jess park and aggie beever-jones up front to provide support as a striker for alessia russo or speed in behind replacing grace clinton

[totaly-obsessed]

Thank you Vivianne Miedema

1x FA Women's Super League Champion.

3x FA Women's League Cup Winner.

102 Games.

79 Goals.

Most goals scored in league's history.

Most goals in a single season: 22.

Most goals in a single game: 6.

First player involved in 100 goals.

First player to score against all clubs.

A Legend.

[aleswoso]

i may not be a gooner, but i have so much respect for viv, she is a fantastic, accomplished player who has inspired so many girls and women to watch and enjoy (and feel included) in football when they may have not felt that before.

she has accomplished and done so many incredible things and while i’m sad to see her leave the club she’s been at for 7 long years, i know she’ll go on to do even more amazing things, no matter what she does or where she goes.

once a gooner, always a gooner.

what a player. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[aleswoso]

hola! I hope you both are doing good, sending you a big hug ♥️

we’re doing okay, thank you :)) ❤️

[daniswoso]

You aren’t 6’8 💀

and you would know this how exactly? i am, in fact, 6’8. my bio mother was 6’3 and my father 6’9. it’s not abnormal for people to be tall asere 💀

[aleswoso]

as her partner and someone who lives with her, she is 6’8! 😭

[alotofpockets]

Jana Fernández Appreciation

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[alotofpockets]

Esme Morgan Appreciation

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[aleswoso]

🌟 girl

[avaf00rd]

give me a few business days

[inuyashaluver]

jesus fucking christ

[repulsiveliquidation]

WOAH MOTHER IS MOTHERING DADDYING

[samkerrworshipper]

i’m so done

need to delete this app off my phone because it’s causing too many heart palpitations

[aleswoso]

wow.

@daniswoso thought you might want to see this amor.

[samkerrworshipper]

my tiktok page had no right to put the photo of stina trying to wake frida up after she collapsed

no fucking right

i’m a blubbering crying mess

[ohhleah]

going weak at the knees 🥴

[wileys-russo]

blessing the timeline with these again because WOOWZA

[bloodyjuls-blog]

It's pookie day it's Leah's birthday. Our skipper moment of the year. From the best England girl to the most plainish foodie of the world. Happy 27 tesco ham birthday.

[mercurycft]

this is so bf energy everyone say thank u keira

[aleswoso]

they’re both so incredibly fine.

[valewosomtb]

ALEXIA: "I feel good now and I have left the injury behind, but it is you (journalists) who keep reminding me of it"

SHE ATE...SHE DEVOURED..NO LEFTOVER OR ANYTHING

[katiemccabeswife]

goddamn i have not stopped watching this 🫠

[mywosoblog]