It has been a busy and full on week here up and down the valley. I did a variety of jibs this week during the days, stacking firewood, patching up the field from the match on Saturday, shifting hundreds of pallets and clearing out piled up stuff behind the shop. The jobs kept us busy for sure, but its always nice to see visual results that we achieved something. The manual work is simply just all part of the grind.

On the field, we had some good training sessions, where I felt as though I had performed consistently. As always, I found time to do some extra ball work making sure I got in enough touches. Because I was on the bench for the first team last week, I was eligible to play for the reserves this week who played on Friday. It was a firey encounter and turned out to be men against boys. Unfortunately, our team had the boys. Although top of the league, the reserve team didn’t show enough fight and guts to grind out a result, so it was a lessoned learned for them. For me, although a lesser level, getting an extra 90 minutes on the field was great, as I was able to take away little things from the game regarding my mentality and attitude. A short sleep Friday night as a 5hr away trip began Saturday morning to Lerum. We got there 90 minutes before kick off so not much time to rest and rejuvenate before we were into our warm up. I backed up playing a full game the night before with another full game Saturday afternoon with the first team. It was a much more positive performance from the team, although a poor refereeing decision led Lerum to winning a penalty in the last few minutes. I was happy with my performance, and glad to be back at Center Back where I felt I was solid and reliable throughout the game. We then had to drive the 5hrs back to Sysslebäck. Long day! 

Sunday was a wonderful day to relax and recover. Had a great catch up with my parents over FaceTime, before I spent time rolling out, stretching and had a great chilly ice bath in the river. In the evening we got the fire pit cracking and chilled out. Another week beckons in the valley!