I played my last footy match for a while last night. Would have been better if I couldn’t hear the “mean girl club” talking all kinds of crap about me. Sigh, I followed the rules, even waiting an extra 6 months to make sure I didn’t have an unfair advantage /1

I wonder if they ever stop and think about what they say actually hurts? I mean I play on the worst team in the league, my presence in goal doesn’t change the fact that we lose every match. They don’t lose every match 10-0 now, just 5-2 or 1-0. /2

My only “advantage” is that I’ve played the same position for 40+ years, I also happen to be one of the best youth GK trainers in the area. When you spend as much time as I do studying and learning to teach young goalkeepers, you’re going to have a huge mental advantage /3

Physically I get gassed 5 minutes into the match, I no longer cover the entire goal like I could before starting my transition, have no where near the power I had 19 months ago. What I now rely on is superior technical ability and reading the game faster. I’m having to /4

to relearn what what my body will/won’t do on an almost weekly basis. Sorry for the rant , it was just on my mind this morning.