Laura Brady

@yr_awfc Its similar to Viv - she wanted to stay, Arsenal didn't want her. I certainly do not feel any angst seeing her in light blue towards Viv - more frustration at a certain ex-coach...

@brades13 theyre completely entitled to move to a different club in england, but they just can’t expect fans to support it when they’re moving to a rival club. i’m just saying they could have left on good terms with fans and they can’t really expect that to be ongoing after they leave now

i know some of you won’t agree with this but if mead and mccabe actually go to city they deserve so much hate. if you’ve been at a club for so long and then transfer to one of their biggest rivals that’s such a huge betrayal and genuinely just disrespectful to fans

@StuartRandall Need to be a bit more nuanced - I’d keep Arnold, Catley, Kerr and Foord but farewell Gorry, EVE and Kennedy (as well as Yallop who was in squads until her injury)

The work really starts now for Montemurro. Stick or twist for Brazil in 15 months? Feels like a chapter ending tonight. Build around Fowler, Ellie and KCC for the next 5 years, not just the next year. Salute the history makers, but look to move on. 1/2

Where do we begin... substack.nomoremarking.com/p/skills-vs-kn…

If your school uses MS Teams what settings are used for the chat function for students?

@kaitlynnlwoso This aged well...

@Jolomoco If Mead continues her current form then she needs to be 1 - she has been impactful off the bench and as a starter. I would then keep both McCabe and Catley - reality is there is not a lot of depth in either of those positions in football more generally.

Reflecting on my year working in schools in very different contexts, I'm convinced that the most important - yet underrated - relationships in school improvement are between CLs (curriculum /phase leaders/HoDs) and their SLT line managers. Before individual coaching processes have any hope of making an impact at any scale, it's essential to develop a team of CLs who can drive change in their areas. This requires a few things: ⭐ A good shared analysis of how to generate excellent learning outcomes in the subject - informed by formal and informal outcomes. Without this, everyone is guessing and misfiring, wasting effort. Sometimes external ideas are needed. ⭐A good shared understanding of how classroom practices need to change or be sustained to secure those excellent outcomes. Generic ideas about learning only go so far - and the line management partnership needs to support translating broad ideas and whole-school priorities into curriculum specific action. Imposing general ideas rigidly, can foster compliance that doesn't actually improve outcomes. It's hard to do this as SLT if you know nothing about a subject you line manage - so you need to listen and learn. ⭐A good shared sense of how well things are going - eg with routine joint learning walks, triangulating with assessment. You can't wait to see the exam results! And termly formal one-off observations are a waste of everyone's time. ⭐Time for CLs to be able to know how things are going - proper built-in time to see lessons on a regular basis and a recognition that this a core element of the work. Always amazes me when CLs do not regard it as a central responsibility to know how well their colleagues teach and how curriculum resources are used in practice, week in week out. ⭐Time for CLs to meet with their teams in routine cycles and - with appropropriate training - an understanding of how to lead team meetings as coaching/feedback sessions linked to curriculum needs. ⭐ A trust that is built around capabilities and confidence-building. CLs need some autonomy - but also that needs to be warranted, not just assumed. Plenty of CLs struggle to be true drivers of change (if they knew exactly what to do, results would be better already) and need help to develop those attributes: it's a central role of the SLT line manager to support each CL to get there. ⭐ SLT line managers need to earn trust by being sincere in their support and problem-solving stance, not blurring QA/accountablity language and roles such that CLs hide things and put on a show or become defensive. Unless people truly believe things can be better, they don't seek to make them so. In short, schools should put these relationships at the core of their PD priorities because it's a learning process for all concerned. CLs can be the engine room of a great school - but that doesn't just magically happen. It needs to be fostered, nurtured, designed, built.. The way they are led by the SLT is central to everything.

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@ParkxTerland Not a real post... not actually Hampton's handle on Twitter - trolling move on

I’m shaking. It’s over for Mary Earps I fear.

Rewatched Ireland vs Belgium last night and Kyra Carusa’s performance was even better on the second watch. Here’s a short thread on a performance that embodied the fundamentals of elite centre forward play. 𝐊𝐲𝐫𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐚 vs 🇧🇪 24/10 ✨ #COYGIG 🧵

Interested to know what people’s thoughts are on why Weigman won’t play Le Tissier at CB? @_CounterPressed @GirlsontheBall @upfront_pod @SuzyWrack

@lanesfoord It’s professional football, minutes aren’t given away. Players have to prove that giving them the opportunity is in the best long term interests of the team and they do that through training.

I don’t mind backing the gaffer in this whole Rosa situation as long as it’s not affecting us on the pitch

@emtalksfootball Getting Manuum and KCC confused was the highlight for me!

Commentator having a nightmare distinguishing between blondes, some hand me the mic

@jessyjph Saved by having Miedema instead of Macario

All of them useless

@Mrjamieohara1 Bring coach education into the clubs - most coaches work full time so they are time poor, get an educator to come in and run model sessions, co run sessions and then observe and provide feedback on sessions. Often courses are too far away from reality to be useable as well

We really need better coaches at lower level kids football,I’d love to look at doing something because I’m so tired of turning up to watch kids training sessions and it’s just a waste of time,I’ve took so many sessions but I just want to watch when it’s my day off. What can we do

@GirlsontheBall Glad it’s until end of next season rather than this as well

Said it after the Bayern game but felt Renée Slegers had done more than enough to land the permanent role. Navigated Arsenal out of a looming crisis and got them back on track. The players clearly on board as are the fans. Plus she’s still in the early stages of her management career so she’s got a high ceiling in terms of development. No brainer imo.

@GirlsontheBall @cwardy7 The FAI have outdone themselves here! What an exciting appointment

NEWS 🗞️ | Huge congratulations to Carla Ward who has been appointed as the new Head Coach of the Ireland Women’s National Team. She will take over the #IRLWNT immediately ahead of the start of their 2025 Nations League campaign. She will lead them through to the end of the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup campaign.

@kathleen_mcn The FAI have outdone themselves - so excited, what a terrific appointment!

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 CARLA WARD IS THE BEW WNT MANAGER 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

@lessirusso_ I suppose you don’t got on the streak we just have with only 5 players contributing

@lessirusso_ Hard to limit to 5… Foord, McCabe, Fox and Manuum stepped up in the Jonas period and have continued to contribute Catley, DVD and Russo have then been excellent since Slegers took over Williamson has improved but not quite to their level Caldenty always offers sparks

in order who do you think Arsenals top 5 players have been so far this season??