As excited as I was about yesterday, I am drained and tired today. Andy Burgess has stepped down as manager a Preston North End WFC. It´s not surprising, as we had talked about the time commitment of working at both Corby and PNEWFC this season, but more importantly the investment of heart and soul. Coaching at two clubs is like living two lives, having two hearts. It´s not just time and focus. A football man lives and breathes the game, and Andy is a true football man.
I had a tough session last night and a disagreeable conversation about player development that I don´t care to go into at the moment. I would really like a day off today. Of course, I have no training commitments tonight, only a few administrative and research items that can be put off, but there really aren´t any days off in soccer. I don´t know if other sports are like this, but it consumes you and you live with football in every minute. Sometimes it´s a little much.
But I am tired -- Mondays are always tough -- and six or seven hours of sleep will do me some good.
Then it will be up, a cup of coffee, and digging in to research on patterns of play or perhaps construction of tryout sessions and evaluation criteria. You don´t get a day off, but even Bill Shankley or Alex Ferguson had to sleep sometime.
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