As is customary with most creative types, our beloved Technical Director has come up against a literary hedge and has graciously assigned me to take on this week's blogging responsibilities.
While happy to take on the said task, I find myself contemplating what would be of value to our faithful club membership from the perspective of a lowly office administrator. Perhaps I could relate my theories on what listening to hockey pucks pound sideboards repetitively for hours a day does to ones mental agility. Or maybe you'd like to hear about the adventures of sorting through consistent streams of spam e-mails notifying me of my eligibility for credit cards, outlet priced designer watches and items which I somehow doubt are affiliated with any recognized pharmaceutical companies. Truth be told, I'm sure my daily observations of Troye and Shaun would not only feed a decent blog entry - but quite possibly a sitcom or a book!
With full confidence I can attest that Shaun and Troye's tireless efforts towards realizing the club's full potential are immeasurable; as those of you who have had the opportunity to work with them on and off the pitch would certainly agree. They are constantly searching out, testing and implementing elements of the ultimate soccer program in the city. We recently had the incredible opportunity to welcome a representative from the Bolton Wanderers Football Club, David Bailey. Many teams and coaches had the chance to glean from David's instruction while he was here, and we are excited to realize the benefits of further association with Bolton.
Despite a successful outdoor season full of wins, exciting guests and great accomplishments, as we enter into the ides of July - a notoriously slow time in the soccer office - more slack creeps into the mechanism which for 10 months of the year is pulled tight almost to the point of snapping. It is during this time that the guys have more cognitive leeway to ponder upon the more existential thoughts of life.
Just today, our own Troye contemplated taking up a new life calling; a priest. I knew about his Catholic background, but I was a little more than surprised when I heard this affinity for the cloth coming from our very own Troye Flannery. While I'm sure that Father Flannery's sermons would be intrinsically rich with fundamental values useful for any family or individual - I don't know how families and/or individuals would respond to his sometimes Irish hued vocabulary. Needless to say, my own vocabulary has been involuntarily increased during my time in the NSD Soccer Office. But I am happy to report the slow but steady success of the swear jar, despite initial resistance! So while Father Troye and Deacon Shaun contemplate the logistics of forming a hybrid interdenominational soccer church (which I'd assume would meet bi-annually at Scout Hall), I bid you all farewell and hope to see you again in Indoor!
While happy to take on the said task, I find myself contemplating what would be of value to our faithful club membership from the perspective of a lowly office administrator. Perhaps I could relate my theories on what listening to hockey pucks pound sideboards repetitively for hours a day does to ones mental agility. Or maybe you'd like to hear about the adventures of sorting through consistent streams of spam e-mails notifying me of my eligibility for credit cards, outlet priced designer watches and items which I somehow doubt are affiliated with any recognized pharmaceutical companies. Truth be told, I'm sure my daily observations of Troye and Shaun would not only feed a decent blog entry - but quite possibly a sitcom or a book!
With full confidence I can attest that Shaun and Troye's tireless efforts towards realizing the club's full potential are immeasurable; as those of you who have had the opportunity to work with them on and off the pitch would certainly agree. They are constantly searching out, testing and implementing elements of the ultimate soccer program in the city. We recently had the incredible opportunity to welcome a representative from the Bolton Wanderers Football Club, David Bailey. Many teams and coaches had the chance to glean from David's instruction while he was here, and we are excited to realize the benefits of further association with Bolton.
Despite a successful outdoor season full of wins, exciting guests and great accomplishments, as we enter into the ides of July - a notoriously slow time in the soccer office - more slack creeps into the mechanism which for 10 months of the year is pulled tight almost to the point of snapping. It is during this time that the guys have more cognitive leeway to ponder upon the more existential thoughts of life.
Just today, our own Troye contemplated taking up a new life calling; a priest. I knew about his Catholic background, but I was a little more than surprised when I heard this affinity for the cloth coming from our very own Troye Flannery. While I'm sure that Father Flannery's sermons would be intrinsically rich with fundamental values useful for any family or individual - I don't know how families and/or individuals would respond to his sometimes Irish hued vocabulary. Needless to say, my own vocabulary has been involuntarily increased during my time in the NSD Soccer Office. But I am happy to report the slow but steady success of the swear jar, despite initial resistance! So while Father Troye and Deacon Shaun contemplate the logistics of forming a hybrid interdenominational soccer church (which I'd assume would meet bi-annually at Scout Hall), I bid you all farewell and hope to see you again in Indoor!
