#bc the small teams have more stakes and (depending on the match) are so stoked to get this far they're just like 'go big or go home'

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I'm being Tumblr-normal about media and rewatching all the Jamie bits of Ted Lasso, and like

I'm struck by the fact that when he gets himself in 3.7 he sounds confused at best, disappointed at worst

Cause like. You could see the coaches giving him his own name as a way to say it's okay to be him (which, given the past relationships between Jamie and the team, could be justified)

But then it's "figured you'd want to stay at your normal position". Translation: "we thought at best you weren't going to be happy to do the exercise with the team" which like

I want to say they've missed most of Jamie's growth (and they have! He's far from the guy we met in S1!) but also they're just being...bad coaches? Jamie was with Manchester when they introduced total football, meaning he's the only player here with experience with that style play, and they're essentially benching him from the exercise oO

Like. No wonder he's the only one doing total football right against Arsenal, and no wonder he can get it through to his teammates

Question is: what if he'd had an opportunity to explain that before the match?