Carla Ward
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717 appearances
17 recordings
3 series
first heard May 2020
last heard 9 Jul
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But as you said, when you're in League A, the competition and the quality of teams is right there at the top and that's who we want to be playing against.
So I think it's unbelievable, obviously, what we've been able to do to be in this position and we're looking to continue that on Tuesday.
Ireland head coach, Carla Ward.
Maybe just give me your general feeling coming into this game now yourself.
I would imagine the players were on a real high on Friday night after achieving what was a historical result for this team.
How do you find the balance between using the good spirits from Friday night but also finding the balance with that sense of calm going into tomorrow's game and remembering the game plan and everything they have to do?
Do you feel that this team, compared to the one that you took over, is a way more confident team?
Putting the mindset and the confidence and all those kind of things to one side, watching this Ireland team now, I think it's really impressive, especially on Friday night, the amount of times that you turned over the opposition's possession, went on the counter-attack.
There was also a real calmness in decision-making and also those kind of little passing movements to get yourself up the field.
Is that something you feel that's got better with this team?
I did mention to you about Melvin Millard in the press conference.
When she came on in, Tala, obviously she's a really talented player, but it did seem there was just maybe little mistakes that were made with the players, maybe individually.
Is that something now that you've kind of worked on and you would be more confident maybe they can handle those situations better?
Just finally, Carla, to ask you, Denise O'Sullivan and Emily Murphy missing for the Netherlands game, not far from ideal, but now they're fresh for this game.
How important is that?
Immensely proud.
I think this group deserve a lot of credit.
We talk about mentality, character, resilience.
This group has got all of that.
And I said to him earlier and I said to him this morning and I say to him probably every day, you've got to believe we can play against anyone in the world.
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