Northern Ireland Women players stand by manager Kenny Shiels after 'women are more emotional than men' comment

Northern Ireland Women manager Kenny Shiels has received the full backing of his squad after saying “woman are more emotional than men” following a 5-0 defeat to England Women. The heavy defeat meant Northern Ireland cannot qualify for next year’s Women’s World Cup. Ad/> Shiels said after the loss: «I thought they were struggling a wee bit at times to open us up until the psychology of going two up.

In the women's game, you'll have noticed if you go through the patterns, when a team concedes a goal they concede a second one within a very short period of time. Women's World Cup Qualification UEFAShiels apologises for saying women 'more emotional' than menA DAY AGO »Right through the whole spectrum of the women's game, because girls and women are more emotional than men, so they take a goal going in not very well. «So if you watch, if you go through the stats — which journalists love to do — go through stats and you'll see teams conceding goals in 18 and 21 minutes, and then in 64 and 68 minutes.

»They group them because that is an emotional goal.” Shiels apologises for saying women 'more emotional' than men 'Man City as responsible as Atletico' for mass brawl — Inside Europe Shiels apologised for his comment after a meeting with the Irish FA. On Thursday, captain Marissa Callaghan said in a statement that the squad «collectively stand by our manager». She said: «In light of recent events, collectively we stand by our manager.