Derry City press conference

Derry City manager Ruaidhri Higgins and midfielder Will Patching at the press conference ahead of the visit of Shamrock Rovers to Brandywell.

Transcript

00:00 Aye, it's Wednesday so there's people who have dipped in and out of training this week

00:10 so we'll see how tomorrow goes and take it from there. So hopefully we might have one

00:15 more back in the squad but as I said we'll see how tomorrow goes. On reflection of course

00:20 I was angry and frustrated because I felt the first hour of the game probably warranted

00:26 us winning the game and we didn't capitalise on that but on reflection when I've looked

00:31 back at the game some of the stuff, particularly in the first half, was for me the best we've

00:35 played this season so we just need to continue that and I've no doubt that the consistency

00:41 will come. Aye, well I mean I think probably that first hour or so, as I said particularly

00:48 the first half probably warranted more goals but it can happen and in this league when

00:56 you don't capitalise on your pressure and your momentum it can catch you out so as I

01:00 said a lot to be positive about in terms of some of the stuff we've played and stuff to

01:05 tidy up on as well but we're 10 games into a 36 game season and I'm sure sooner rather

01:12 than later we'll find that level of consistency that we need. Aye, they're big games and they're

01:17 great games to be involved in, they know how to win leagues and they've set the standard

01:23 for everyone else in the company to try and reach and they're great games, I think the

01:28 crowd really gets up for it as well and we'll need that on Friday night and hopefully we

01:34 can put in a really good performance. Aye, I know and you see the quality they have in

01:39 their group and if you look through the whole league, nobody really has shown a, bar Shelburne

01:45 for that period has shown an unbelievable level of consistency so it's just a matter

01:51 of us focusing on ourselves and trying to get a big one now on Friday and hopefully

01:57 it gives us a kick to move on from. Well they have a real identity and they've had it for

02:04 years now, they have a way of playing, they very rarely deviate from that and the games

02:11 between ourselves and them have normally been good games and both teams really going to

02:18 try and win the game and that's what we'll try and do, that's what they'll try and do

02:22 and it makes for an entertaining game, there's real match winners on both teams so hopefully

02:27 we can put in a good display and get our supporters off their seats.