teach us how to blitz !!!

this is a shoutout to everyone
thinra
you were awful
never play blitzball again
rikku
i fired you
yuna
i tried to make all passing the move
but fired you
paine
you scored some goals, but i destroyed your career
children
you had like ten in the relevant stats
that was, inexplicably, enough to help claw us past the beasts
shuu
the first true legend of the team.
dragged her w ay back into the professional game after a distinguished career in X
eventually destroyed herself in the pursuit of greatness
ropp
our forgettable rightback for so many, many matches
40 attack was good until it was bad
you had no other numbers
balkai
an early stalwart
bad at everything but murder
woefully inadequate  for the challenges to come
naida and nedus
before endurance became the stat
you were as playmaking gods
nhadala
i was afraid to touch your numbers
i was right to be
svanda
loyal, faithful goalkeeper
you hit your use-by date
it became pretty clear that you were not up to the rigours of the top-level game
but even so
you remain beloved
zalitz
what a consummate murderer
even at the end, you were an excellent rotation defender to have
neffe
you may not have been the striker we hoped for
but your emergence allowed us to reach the next echelon
god bless
you went to kilika and came back an allegedly changed man and we never used you again anyway
SHAAMI.
the greatest player ever to grace the game.
a legendary striker across two adventures.
went from journalism to professional football, my dream
somehow managed all this in a heavy dress.
zev ronso and yuma guado
existed
proved yuna isn't racist
kiyuri
an excellent murderer
limited at other aspects of the game, true
but murder.
she had murder.
jaialai
a truly complete player
except at one thing, shooting, which she insisted on showcasing at all times
all-action, all-murder
pace
the world's greatest pure midfielder or fullback
mifurey
legendary goalkeeper
a beast in her field
unstoppable
miyu
as neffe was our belated second striker, so you proved the upgrade from neffe
formed a beautiful strike partnership with shaami
a destroyer
tatts
you did not live up to our hopes
cahhan
the world's classiest defender
always there
to paper over a crisis
our child
hero fo the al bhed people
dona
two appearances at rightback
and to our rivals
nizarut who never let a catching stat of Three get him down
bickson the jock in a high school sport film
the enigmatic blappa, goalscoring machine
raudy, our lategame rival(edited)
we are
the Invincibles.
and of course
such iconic moments as;
Our first win. The balmy night where we, with some literal child mercenaries bulking up our squad, managed to defeat Kilika.
The pre-season. After a mere six points in our first season, the resolution to go and pummel Kilika seven times until we could unlock new mercenaries (who would include the mighty Shuu) - we did, in the process, manage to draw at least once and lose 1-0 at one stage.
But it was all worth it. We got Shuu.
And enough people to, eventually;
Our first win against a real team.
Two wins became four in our second season, and we cast our eyes higher.
but our third season would be stymied by injury and error, and we would fail to ascend higher.
The doubts of Post Play.
When its limitations became known as we were stranded in an infinite loop of Hildi to Shuu and back.
The revelation that Shuu and Paine could no longer, according to the laws of the game, receive the ball.
Things were dark.
It seemed as though we would never escape fourth place.
Until.
The first breakthrough.
Scout level 3.
Neffe and Shaami, strikers who genuinely could do a job.
Kiyuri and Jaialai, excellent midfielders and fullbacks.
Mifurey, the world's greatest goalkeeper.
Zev and Yuma, who finally gave us capable squad depth.
We signed every player at scout level 3.
Almost all immediately went into the starting lineup.
We almost lost Jaialai - it took me a while for her to even show up.
We almost had it then.
The close call.
We took four points from the Al Bhed.
Four points.
But we'd fallen early to the Ronso, and then Luca denied us on the final day of the season.
To this backdrop, the accidental triumph.
I wanted to throw the Cup final.
There was a better reward waiting for me.
Shaami disagreed.
And hauled us, single-handed, to smack down Luca in the final.
Even so, it would be our last success for a long time.
The second period of Doubt.
Two seasons lost to a lack of faith in our method, the 3-2-2 Post Play.
The Post Play was sabotaged by a move to a 3-3-1 diamond attack.
The Central Attack found no way through, we lacked the passing for the Long Feed, no formation seemed to work.
Scout Level 4 saw us purchase Miyu and Cahhan, seemingly the final pieces of the puzzle, as well as the disappointing Tatts, but we couldn't force our way through.
Until.
The return.
The return could have been disastrous.
We went back to the 3-2-2.
An experiment with the Short Pass wound up with a mere 3-0 defeat of Kilika.
We went back to the Post Play.
Training shifted focus, first to the attack, then to teamwork, then to endurance, getting all to a finely-honed edge.
The seasons of failure prepared our squad for what was to come.
Ten wins.
One challenge remains.
We must destroy the Aurochs.
If they appear in a league season, we must destroy them there.
Wakka must name the child.
Wakka must name the child.
Wakka must name the child.
Wakka must name the child.
Parrhesia01/07/2018
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WAKKA WILL NEVER NAME THE CHILD.
I DID NOT GO BACK AND REVIEW A COMMTHPHERE AFTER THE MOONFLOW SIDEQUEST IN CHAPTER 4.
PEAK FINAL FANTASY X-2 HAS BEEN FOUND.