Dublin Derby Reaction: "If that's a red card we might as well go home" | Bohs vs St. Patricks | Live from the Aviva
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Join in the obsession. Subscribe now at offtheball.com forward slash join. with Alan Reynolds here in the Aviva Stadium after balls have drawn in all the pats on the open this season.
I mean, broadly, just looking at the game, are you happy with the points? Look, I mean, we did two of the best chances. There wasn't any chances in the game, really. Both teams cancelled each other out at times, but with the best chances, you know, if we're more clinical, we win that. I thought there were some really good performances. Sam Todd, Pat Hickey, I thought they were immense at the back. Quite enough in certain areas, but look, it's the first game, so we're going to get that.
Was there a bit of caginess maybe among the team? You had five new players making their debuts from the start. Is it kind of a case of just figuring out what you have and then building from there?
What were the initial reactions to the Dublin Derby match?
Yeah, but look at me, it's hard to prepare for playing 20,000 in the National Stadium. We can speak about it, but I think some of us looked nervous early on trying to adjust. But they're young lads, if you think of Senna in 20, Harry Vaughan in 20, so that would stand to them and it's a welcome to the League of Ireland. Was your heart and your mouth maybe a little bit at the start there when Sen made the challenge?
How did the managers assess their teams' performances?
No, I didn't think it was a red card, no. I mean, if that's a red card, he might as well go home. I sound like the Cork Hurling manager, do I, giving out about it? But no, it wasn't that. Look, we knew then we had to take him off second half, just in case. Conor Parsons had a brilliant chance about 51 minutes into the game. Have you had a chance to look back at it yet? No, I haven't looked back on it, but look, in real time, I think he's two good chances and you've got to take one of them. But look, he'll be disappointed, but he got himself into the position.
You didn't play with a conventional striker today. It was kind of Ross Tierney in a floating role. Is that something maybe you're missing? We know Dougie's out at the moment.
You just have to have a look at training, how fellas are doing and fellas have knocks and things like that. So it's not something we would probably do too much. We'll have a striker, but it was just today. Were you tempted to play Hugh Martin at 16 years of age in a game like this? Yeah, it was hard and you're going, I suppose I just bottled it, did I? Could have got him on because he's an exciting talent, but he'd play a lot of games for us. And then a couple of the fellas came into the team.
Harry Vaughan has come in from Hull with a lot of excitement. That performance was kind of maybe what sums it up when you come to the League of Ireland. It's a real tester, especially playing in a stadium like that. What do you make of his performance today?
I think the tester will be over the next few weeks.
What challenges did new players face in their debut match?
When we're, say, slowly going to Brandywell and so on after that, he'll get a feel for it. But he'll adapt quickly into that because it's not an easy league to play in. We've seen players come over for so long. But yeah, he showed glimpses and they're looking for more. You started the game with a back three or a back five. Is that something you're looking to do going forward? We'll be flexible in a lot of it, you know, looking at the two centre-backs and then there's Lee Cavanaugh, Keane, Barn as well will come in. So whatever we think on the night. Cheers, Alan. Thanks very much. Thank you very much.
Are you happy with taking a nil-nil draw?
Am I happy taking a nil-nil draw? Probably no. I'm not happy taking a nil-nil draw but I'm happy with the effort of the players. They gave everything today and I think the consistency of effort throughout Did we deserve more than a draw? No, we probably didn't on the day. We didn't create enough to warrant that. But I felt it was quite a tactical game really overall and I felt we started really well in the game and played well for periods in the first half.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:51
2
What were the initial reactions to the Dublin Derby match?
0:51–1:11
3
How did the managers assess their teams' performances?
1:11–2:23
4
What challenges did new players face in their debut match?
2:23–4:07
5
Was there controversy regarding the red card decision in the match?
4:07–5:09
6
What tactical strategies were employed by both teams?
5:09–7:00
Speakers
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