Everyone needs to take responsibility for the choices they make and the consequences. That’s just what it should be.
I also think we want these aregypal angels in women’s sports, who are role models, do everything perfectly and say all the things. But women’s football and sport wouldn’t be where it is without someone putting their head above the parapet and cracking open the rule book.
That’s a lot of pressure – to be someone without flaws. Everyone is multi-dimensional and people get things wrong.
It is really sad that for whatever reason, Mary earrings decided to write an autobiography and release it now while she is an active player, as well as its time.
It makes a lot of people uncomfortable, uncontrollable and sad how it all went without – Maria and Hannah Hampton – who played a lot in their rise to the top. We all feel a part of their journeys and the success they bring to the lionesses.
This situation seems to question the notions of what a role model is in women’s football. It felt like it was a bubble burst that was worth all this reaction.
People have different ways of handling hurt, pressure, transfers or changes in their role or position within the team.
I understand why Maria feels this autobiography to tell her side of the story, which is uncomfortable with my identification with Hampon Wiegman.
There is a collective, unwritten understanding that what moves within a team, stays on the team. That’s how you build trust and respect. You don’t have to love each other all the time but you respect each other.
Maria is navigating a new life and it’s a lesson she doesn’t want to learn but I know she’s a top person. I hope he gets a second chance to remind us why he is our national darling.