Rory is in contention. He has only missed three weeks. Prior to that, he'd been playing, he'd been fit, so yes, he's in contention. He will be travelling with us. |
Rory's a versatile player and that is a good thing to have. |
Something like that absolutely knocks the stuffing out of you, ... It tastes lousy, that defeat! |
Stead has come in and not scored his goals. Now he has got to be ready, willing and able to play well when he comes off the bench. |
Steady will be fine, he's a good player, |
Teams that have had a good start, I would imagine they will be sitting there with a smug grin, but I believe this one is just the start for us. |
That probably took the heart and soul out of the place. |
The dressing room is down and very disappointed, ... We just have to keep scrapping. |
The dressing room is down and very disappointed. We just have to keep scrapping. |
The lads in the Ireland set-up have been singing his praises, and I think they should be because he's a good player, |
The only way we can build any momentum is by stopping getting beaten and we've done that. I know it was a home game and everyone will say it was a game we should win. Maybe had we been on 16 or 17 points and flying we might have done but we're struggling like hell. That was a really good performance and a good draw. |
The players have given me every last drop - I can't ask for any more. But it's looking tougher and tougher all the time. |
There was a view taken that of course we wanted to stay up and do well but, if we didn't, then the group of players here will stay here and be a force to be reckoned with in the Championship. We have lacked experience but if we had gone out and got experienced players on big salaries we might have had a real problem if we had gone down. If it turns out that we're not good enough and we go down, this team stays together unless any decide they don't want to. |
They are a very competitive side, who have lots of pace up front. |
They are not heading the ball for two days but they will be OK for Saturday. |