Kenny Shiels’ talk of 'emotional' women is unacceptable. Football deserves better | Suzanne Wrack
Northern Ireland Women manager’s comments send a poor message and were not adequately addressed by his apologyIt was said so matter-of-factly. “I thought we outwitted them for long periods until it was 2-0,” said Northern Ireland’s manager, Kenny Shiels, after his team’s 5-0 defeat by England in front of a sold-out record crowd of 15,348. “We knew exactly what they were going to do before they did it. We spoke about it. I felt they were struggling a wee bit at times to open us up until the psychology of going 2-0 up in the women’s game.“I’m sure you will have noticed if you go through the patterns – when a team concedes a goal, they concede a second one...