Well I’ve noticed that the blog automatically puts the date
that I write my posts, so I’m no longer leading with that. So let’s jump right in.
One of the worst things about these small towns in Finland
where I’ve been staying is that they have no convenient fast food
restaurants. They also don’t have the
super-easy meals that I lived off during my past seasons in Baltimore and
Harrisburg. This means that every single
day I have to cook a meal in order to eat.
The result? I eat a lot of cereal
and chicken and rice. In fact, I’ve had
chicken and rice each and every day that I’ve been in Myllykoski. You wanna see my skills? Your wish is my command:
How good does that look?
I know, I’m pretty impressive in the kitchen. If my future wife is ever hungry for a very
specific set of meals, then I’ll be able to give her the best dinner ever!
Tonight I trained with PEPO, the club that Kenny is trialing
with. It was godawfully cold, but my
feet unthawed just enough for me to dominate the session. The level at PEPO is pretty low, and my
talent shined through. I did so well
that after training the coach took me to meet the club president and talk about
a potential contract. I told them that I
was planning on going to Sweden to play, but they still decided that I should
have their information in case I did in fact want to come and play for
them. Tomorrow PEPO plays a friendly and
the coach has invited me to play in it.
I don’t know if I will, mostly because the club doesn’t have the money to
provide insurance for me during the game.
That means that if I get injured the club not only will not pay for, but
financially cannot afford to pay for my treatment. You can see how this would be a problem if
God forbid I tore my ACL or broke my leg.
Even if I only turned my ankle, it would severely affect my chances of
impressing on a trial in Sweden or anywhere else where the level is more
challenging. So right now I’m leaning
towards not playing. I’ll sleep on it
and see if I want to take the risk. I
could use a game right now and the confidence I’m sure to get from playing in
it could be what I need going into another trial.
One other thing: PEPO is fourth tier, not third. They call it division two. Even though PEPO wants me to play for them, I
don’t think it’s in my best interest at all to play here. Because the team is so low on the league
ladder, even if I scored two goals every game it would still not get the attention
of the Veikkausliiga teams. My best hope
would be to move up to the Finnish 2nd division, but if I was
interested in playing in that I would just take a trial there now rather than sign two
leagues lower and try to impress my way up.
I have no problem starting at a lower league, but I have to have some
sort of belief that wherever I’m playing is just one step away from somewhere
much better. I couldn’t honestly have
that feeling at PEPO, so I think one day playing with them is enough.
If I don’t play the game tomorrow I think I’ll
go into Helsinki for the day. It’s
supposed to snow though, so maybe I’ll just spend another long, boring day at
the apartment in Myllykoski. I’ll keep
you posted!
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