Been told Edwards has left, not just on leave. Not happy at not being the no1 at the start of the season. Also partner lives in Sydney……
Players that have left are the ones who started last year and not happy with the change of environment and accountability. Basically not the happy go lucky/it will be alright attitude of the previous coaches…..
Players that have left are the ones who started last year and not happy with the change of environment and accountability. Basically not the happy go lucky/it will be alright attitude of the previous coaches…..
This all makes some sense.
I wondered at the start of the season when Foster was signed, how Edwards would feel. No GK likes going from being the no 1 (and Edwards was for a whole of last season) to being no 2, and riding the pine all season long. And yeah as above if Edwards was told Foster was going to stay the no 1, despite her big gaffe last game, Brianna could be a bit pissed off. It would have been a frustrating season for her, not helped by Rylee often being rolled out as the ALW team's spokeperson (straight away a senior player?) it seems. The Canadian certainly is talkative.
It's been a season of big change for the ALW side - new (male) coaches, Nth American imports & seemingly higher expectations - not hugely surprising it hasn't all gone smoothly. Like Prof I don't think you can then automatically assume there is bad culture within the squad. I trust Dome & Co to speak to the players and try and work through the issues. For now if they want to handle that privately rather than go through the media (which could backfire), that's fine.
Lets not forget Wisnewski & Whinham were also unavailable (took time out) under the previous coaching regimes. Are the transfer window dates for the women, same as men's? Could Edwards be out the door, off to another ALW club very quickly?