Vera Pauw: Allegations ‘an insult to my personal values and to my behaviour as coach’

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1. “and attempts to influence their eating habits”

   Wow, unacceptable for a sports coach to advise on healthy eating.

   I hope those stunning and brave players are feeling the wonderful and enhancing effects of a well earned big mac before they run down the wing.

2. I don’t understand how this has grown legs at all

3. She’s a great coach. I hope those American softies learn the hard way. Sometimes the truth hurts but the Dutch don’t fuck around.

4. She wouldn’t be doing her job if she didn’t advise them on physical conditioning.

   Despite what some believe healthy eating is a huge part of that.

   Nobody’s winning the World Cup with a family bag of Galaxy Minstrels in their gob.

5. It is entirely reasonable that a coach wouldn’t want their players putting on excess weight

6. She’s a coach not a cheerleader for fucks sake. What do they think a sports coach does.

7. Some people have pointed out that other coachs like Wenger have been praised for more or less the same thing, whereas Vera has been dragged over the coals with little in the way of investigation.

   The fact the FAI and the team have publically backed her on this says a lot in her favour

8. Can we have less dama and more playing, please?

9. Heard bits of her interview with Nathan Murphy on OTB.

   She puts up a strong defense, actually comes across affected by the accusations.

   This will blow over, nothing to see here.

10. It’s a weird take. Coaches will call you a fat fuck if you put on weight. This is no different for women nor should it be.

11. Good things these players didn’t take up something like boxing and having to cut to make weigh for a fight.

12. Wenger arrives at Arsenal, bans chips from the canteen, hailed a hero. This isn’t a female athletes problem, it’s an American problem.

13. Aren’t male footballers weighed all the time and given strict targets to hit?? How is this a story