John Riordan: Tide slowly turning on cultural differences Pauw rowed against

Parents of American players are where the problems start and fester. Everyone is the enemy — including the coach. 

TIME FOR CHANGE: Republic of Ireland Manager Vera Pauw during a training session at Tallaght Stadium this week. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire.

All of my first mornings back home in Cork start the same way. I take a stroll down to Blackrock Village, grab a coffee and take in that vista from the castle to the port and the northside.

It doesn’t get much more cliched than that, does it? Here he is now la, the returning Yank.