Pats go second with draw against Dundalk | “It’s bittersweet!” | Stephen Kenny, Sean Hoare & Ciaran Kilduff!
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How did Sean Hoare and St Patrick’s Athletic assess their overall performance after the 1-1 draw with Dundalk?
Well, St Patrick's Athletic centre-back and goalscorer tonight, how do you assess the team's performance and the results?
Yeah, it's probably a fair result in the end. They had their spell, we started really well, 15-20 minutes of chances and then they came into it, pressed really high and caused us problems. We struggled to get out and unluckily didn't make it until half-time, giving away the penalty and we were up against it but I thought we came out better second half and changed a couple of bits and just couldn't find the winner but it could have went the other way.
Yeah, because in the first half, I think Dundalk shot their best off after they got the penalty goal. Before that, St. Pat's did look the stronger. How do you feel about maybe just a lack of clinical finishing in the box there tonight?
Yeah, look, on another night, we have serious finishers and they finish all three of the big chances we had in the first half. We're 3-0 up, but fortunately that wasn't the case tonight. You're not going to score every chance you get, I suppose. We just have to keep it tight at the back. I thought the penalty was a bit... What's he meant to do? Your man's behind him, he can't see where he's coming from. It's not as if he's meant to do them. It's unlucky by Anto. As I said, we came back out second half and took a chance at least. It's nice to get on the score sheet.
Your second goal against Dundalk this season?
Yeah, it seems to be my lucky team this year. At home, anyway. It's a bit sweet. You want to be scoring and stuff. Frustration is the overall feeling.
Yeah, listen, it's a big month and I suppose maybe St. Pat's fans might be feeling frustrated tonight because the fact that it's your last game in hand over, the two teams above you, especially Sean McRose at the top, they probably wanted to see you closing the gap. So do you kind of maybe, I suppose, understand why supporters might be frustrated tonight?
Absolutely, look, I'm the exact same. I just feel like if we had got those six points in hand in the two games, I think we would have been, just would have gave us a right step up going into the next few games. But look, there's still plenty of football twists and turns to go. But yeah, look, I share that frustration. I think we've taken one point out of two in hand, I'm not sure. Yes, look, it's not good enough, we know that, and it could have been better, but look, it's not. Look, as I said, plenty of football to play, and every team are beating each other, so there's plenty of twists to go.
Yes, because you're home to Derry and then away to Shelbourne before that big cup match against Shamrock Rovers, so important now you show a reaction in the next couple of weeks.
Yeah, absolutely. They're two games. They're coming off European games, which is huge. We need to try and take advantage of that, especially the one at home, and get a couple of good results to propel us into that FA Cup game against Rovers. We've got three games to come. It would be unbelievable to get a cup run going as well, how much it means to this club.
Yeah, because you're in the dressing room with players and especially you yourself, you've won trophies, won league titles, you know what it's all about. Do you feel there's anything in the dressing room where do you feel there's a momentum there with the players or a desire in the players there to really put the pressure on Shamrock Rovers?
100% yeah and I think if there's ever a year to do it, why not this year? I think we have the hunger, we have the drive and we just have to find that belief inside of us, I feel that. We can go on and we can put up to them. Rovers have been unbelievable in the last seven, eight years. It's going to take a big team to topple them from that pedestal, but why not us? We'll do our best. We obviously haven't put ourselves in the best position tonight to do so, but why not knock them out of the cup and go on a run? The league results will follow from that if we get some momentum going.
Just a word on Sam Rooney, of course.
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Chapters
3 chapters
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How did Sean Hoare and St Patrick’s Athletic assess their overall performance after the 1-1 draw with Dundalk?
0:00–4:33
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Why does Sean Hoare think the team lacked clinical finishing in the first half?
4:33–7:16
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What did Sean Hoare say about his goal and the team’s reaction to dropping points?
7:16–18:25
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