I’m really enjoying watch this Irish team grow, it has been the perfect start for the team so far
It wasn’t quite the easy ride we expected in that first half, but we came good in the end, thanks largely to the wonder that is’s left foot. “This might be a lesser opposition, but we don’t drop standards,” was the gist of her message through the game. And you could feel the crowd feed off that. She’s one of a kind.
But I’m really, really enjoying watch this Irish team grow. No, we can’t expect miracles. No, we can’t get ahead of ourselves, and, of course, the opposition in this Nation League group is poor. I love that Abbie Larkin and Izzy Atkinson were given a start in this game, and when Sinead Farrelly and Erin McLaughlin came on they both added guile to the performance. That’s what we need, to broaden the squad’s experience, so that when they’re needed they’re ready.
When she said “if I wanted to manage any team, it’s this team,” that was interpreted in some quarters as meaning that she wanted the job on a permanent basis, even though she had earlier ruled herself out of the running. I’ve said before that I believe she is the perfect fit for her role as the FAI’s head of women’s and girls’ football, it’s a role that needs someone who is willing to put in the work and has a good knowledge of the landscape. Eileen fits the brief. So that’s where I would prefer her to stay.
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