Stephen Bradley
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
They obviously scored a goal and hang on, and sometimes that's the way it goes.
No, this is nothing for our players.
Our players have played in front of 50,000.
We've played against some top European clubs.
It's nothing to do with atmosphere or stadium or nothing like that.
We're playing at a high level for a really long time.
That's not arrogance or that's not disrespect.
We know what this meant to Derry City as a town.
But our players have played in some big, big stadiums against big clubs.
it was nothing to do with that.
Today was about the type of game it was and the small margins need to go fight in them games.
It was always going to be that game.
We knew what the pitch was like last week, so it was always going to be that.
I think the team selection showed you we felt it would be that game.
We always felt Derry would drop as the game went on and we'd get more spaces and get more control with Graham.
But it was always going to be that game.
The pitch is the pitch.
We all know Derry as well, that it's not at the level that is required, but it's a bit of short-term paying for what they will get and the brandy well in a few weeks' time, which is OK.
Yeah, Graham wasn't dropped.
You don't drop Graham.