Concerning your first point, I am simply saying that coaching in competitive sport will necessarily involve criticism of individual performances. At what point does that get construed as bullying? I don't recall it coming up with the men's England team, and I am sure they get their fair share...
Commons Select Committee now piling in, planning to interview Aluko, to determine if there is a culture of bullying at the FA etc. This has got legs.....
No, it's not just you. And even for a veritable saint of a man (which it seems Sampson may not have been), the job is fraught with pitfalls. The allegations (for which he wasn't sacked) include bullying - is it bullying to criticise a players performance? How do you define where the line is...