What she says at half-time
Fifteen minutes, one dressing room and the art of saying less than you want to.
By Tom Ashworth | 27 August 2026| 6 min read
Half-time is fifteen minutes. Grace spends the first five saying nothing at all. Players drink, sit and breathe. Only then does she speak, and never for longer than three minutes.
“If I need more than three minutes, I didn't prepare them properly in the week.”
The rest of the time she spends with the substitutes.
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