The Republic of Ireland women’s manager believes being a stickler for details will get the best out of her players
Ray Houghton lobbing Gianluca Pagliuca in Giants Stadium in 1994.‘I will be the storm’
“I think I am the only coach in the world who set the training load on live heart rates, with sports scientists keeping track of the heart rates during our training sessions,” said Pauw, when questions arise about a growing number of ACL tears. “Why are we always ready to play? Why can we always push after the 90 minutes?
Pauw is a quieter coach than her media persona may have you believe. She delivers succinct messages, developed over decades. She won 89 caps for the Netherlands, then managed her country to the semi-finals of Euro 2009. Before her methods were criticised in Houston, she managed Scotland, Russia, South Africa and coached in Thailand; so, as far as the FAI is concerned, she knows what she is doing.
Culdaff is a small village on the Inishowen peninsula with a beautiful beach and ever-deepening football roots. Rotherham United striker Georgie Kelly hails from Tooban on the other side of Ireland’s most northerly headland. Up home, McLaughlin is known as Erin Fildara – what’s all this? All going well, these players will end up being scouted by an WSL club. “Yeah, that’s my ambition,” says McLaughlin, “go pro and play in England but at the minute I’ll get the degree. Two years left.”
That’s my ambition, go pro and play in England, but at the minute I’ll get the degree. Two years left
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