Barry Murphy

a little bit of ring rustiness, and that was probably the difference.

Had Pat Gordon there on top, they probably wouldn't have thought, well, listen, we deserve this.

They'd done really well in the first hour, but the difference was the substitutions.

You look at what a bro was about to introduce, and Pat just looked a little light, bringing Romuald Palmer on about five minutes ago, couldn't really make a difference.

That guy with Eddie coming on, you're missing, obviously, the goals from Max Madden that he could potentially bring.

Simon Power as well, just

He looked knackered after 75 minutes and there was no real chance to change it up top and get forced away back into the game.

They really were.

As you said, it's that old cliche, you've got to score when you're on top and they just didn't because they went for a different system tonight as well.

They played Levy and in behind Edmonton as well with Nugent alongside them.

So it was kind of a 2-1 formation up top as well.

So they were very narrow

Roberts hit them on the wings as they usually do, but they were so solid down through the middle.

Jamie Lennon and Bagley sitting in front of that back three.

They were really good and solid.

They didn't give us a lot of chances in that first half.

Again, it's Pat's same old problem as last season.

Not enough goals at the end of the round.

When you look at the clean sheets they kept last year, 18 clean sheets, the best in the league.

If you can add goals to that, you give yourself a chance, but not far in at the moment.