So much for Vera Pauw's tactics supposedly holding the team back.
The actions of senior squad members to undermine her could only ever really be fully assessed against the direction of travel of the team afterwards.
To end up not making the following Euros via a qualification format that almost made it harder to not qualify than qualify speaks volumes.
Showed very little composure after going 1 down. Really disappointing not to qualify for these Euros because the team looks like they are good enough to compete at that level.
Really thought we would get the equaliser when those long throws were coming in down the stretch.
Thought the standard was really poor to be honest. We played better in Wales. But so much of the play last night from both teams was terribly amateurish.
The women's game has improved a lot in the last few years, which is great to see, but technically it has a long way to go.
And yes, I still feel uneasy about how McCabe stuck the knife into Vera Pauw at the end of the World Cup. Classless. She's one of o best players and i find it hard to like her after that. i'm sure she's not losing any sleep of course
Folding my way into the big money!!!
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