Ted Lasso Thoughts Continued

Rather than casting an actress in the role of coach for the AFC Richmond women's team, why don't we look outside the acting sphere and see if England footballing legend Fara Williams is available? Williams is the most-capped player in Lionesses history with 172 appearances between 2001 and 2019. 


Another idea is to send out a casting call to U17 and U18 academy teams across the British Isles- this could create all sorts of naturally occurring storylines based on the dynamics already seen between academy teams. 

For instance, there could be a rivalry between two of the players because one of them plays for Liverpool and one of them plays for Manchester United, or Manchester United and Man City, or Arsenal or Tottenham (for those not familiar with English soccer, those are three fairly big rivalries).  
 
Or you could have a majority of the incoming players from what I call the Big Six (Liverpool, Man City, Man U, Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea) and then someone from a smaller club like Brighton or Bristol City who's trying to prove that she's just as good despite coming from a smaller team.   

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