New manager Carla Ward addressed the fallout from Colin Healy's explosive claims and outlined her vision for the team, emphasizing player development and bridging the gap between grassroots and senior levels.
We had David Courell and Marc Canham at the top table, being pummelled by questions thrown like punches in the final round of a Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano fight.
This time around it was the turn of Carla Ward to sit in the same seat as her men’s counterpart, in the Aviva Stadium press conference room, in the middle of the two FAI powerbrokers. Luckily, considering that many view the former Aston Villa manager’s capture as a serious coup for the FAI, the controversy didn’t seem to bother Ward.
Ward is ahead of Hallgrímsson at this point, as she is far more familiar with the players available to her than the Icelander was upon his arrival. “I tried to sign her for Villa actually but she went to Birmingham, that’s a different conversation altogether. But we will have a conversation with all the senior players,” said Ward.
She added: “The good thing is the FAI have a strategy, an idea and a plan about how they can close that gap.
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