Monthly newsletter - May 2023

Hi there,

Welcome to the May edition of my blog - I’ve also written a blog about how to improve your first touch this month, which you can read here.

Half-term training camps and the summer holidays

We have just had our first day of the May half-term camp, with two more this week on Thursday and Friday. It’s at Cotlandswick leisure centre and we still have spaces - so if you are interested, either email me or you can book on here.

I’m also in the process of planning which weeks to run the summer camps - keep an eye on the website or these updates to know all the details.

What I’m liking at the moment

This has obviously been a massive month of football with all the leagues ending and some finals fast approaching.

Manchester City have peaked at the perfect time, brushing Arsenal aside to win the Premier League and have two finals left to play - FA Cup final against Manchester United and Champions League final against Inter Milan. To be honest, I can’t see either of those teams putting up enough of a fight to beat Man City, with Haaland, Kevin De Bruyne and co causing havoc up top and their defensive line finally clicking, I think it will be two relatively easy wins for them.

The big shock of the season for me was seeing Leicester City get relegated to the Championship only 7 years after winning the Premier League. It just shows how competitive the top tier of English football is. I’d love to see them bounce right back up, but with the amount of players that will leave, it’s impossible to predict what will happen - you only have to look at clubs like Sunderland who got relegated from the Championship the year after getting relegated from the Prem - it can be a slippery slope!

Local team Luton deserve a mention for getting promoted into the Prem - their rise has been incredible to watch. They are now the first team to be in the top English division, drop all the way to non-league and then make it all the way back to the top league - what an achievement. Special mention has to go to Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu who has been with them all the way from their Conference title winning season - Tier 5 of the English pyramid all the way to the 1st!

Worth a watch

Sky Sports have put a ‘best bits’ together which includes some terrible preidictions and funny moments of the season: https://youtu.be/B0LfSJqkIcw

Man City posted a video where Kevin De Bruyne tries to guess who assisted his goal: https://youtu.be/BUHtAal-PPQ

Let me know your thoughts on the end of the season!

Thanks,

Jesse