Courtney Brosnan, Grace Moloney, Megan Walsh and Jan Willem van Ede on life between the posts.
Emma Duffy AS THE IRELAND team bus moved through the streets of Glasgow en route to their historic World Cup play-off last October, Courtney Brosnan was fixated on her phone.
Ryan Byrne / INPHO Brosnan's penalty save from Weir paved the way for Ireland's World Cup qualification. Ryan Byrne / INPHO / INPHONothing is coincidental — or was about that penalty save at Hampden. “I cannot change here in a couple of days the style of a goalkeeper. What you need is something that suits your playing style. She made great improvements. It started in Sweden with the draw.
“I think I refused to dive ’til I was 12 or 13! And I don’t think I like diving really that much now. I prefer to move my feet still.”Moloney, meanwhile, reckons she always wanted to be a keeper. Goalkeeping didn’t exactly run in the family; Grace’s dad Bill and his brothers were defenders, but the Slough native found her own path.
The technical side of goalkeeping is something all three thrive speaking about. It’s all they know, and their passion shines through with each and every word.“When you speak to goalkeepers more than other players, you just realise how much goes into it, how much is in those fine details and those inches of difference. I think that fits my personality and I enjoy that in training every day and just continuing to improve and be the best version of me.
“High balls and crossing and stuff is a real weakness, if you like, in the women’s game, I think Courtney is actually exceptional at it. She’s one of the best I’ve actually seen at it. “And I love that position can be so different. You can have me, you can have Grace and you can have Megan Walsh and we’ll all play differently and see things differently. We’re all training but we’re bringing our own style and uniqueness to the position. I think that’s what makes it so special.
All three speak glowingly of one another, and along with training player Sophie Whitehouse and others ‘keepers who have been in and around the squad like Naoisha McAloon, Eve Badana and Katie Keane, they’re a really tight-knit unit.
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