Vera Pauw has finally broken her long silence on the circumstances around her Ireland exit.
Vera Pauw says she was “destroyed” by comments made by Diane Caldwell in the wake of her departure as Ireland manager.
And Caldwell added: “From my position as a pretty experienced player, I don’t think it was up to the standard that’s expected at international level.” She gave an insight into the deterioration of that relationship towards the end of Ireland’s World Cup campaign in Australia and revealed that she was in “intense therapy.”Pauw on Caldwell's comments:
“In our conversations, all the other technical staff members wanted to put her on the table as a discussion point. I have said, ‘Diane Caldwell is not a discussion point’. Niamh Fahey had a calf injury, she was still dealing with it. With us, she played all the games. I said, ‘if she falls out, who do you trust, someone with almost 100 caps? I would choose the one with experience. Diane Caldwell is not on the table’.
“Then coming out with this ...we had planned every single detail. I was angry, I was destroyed. Probably everything that she wanted me to feel.”“ I would have said, ‘You can go up to your room, pack your bag and leave the camp’.
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