Shamrock Rovers Head Coach Stephen Bradley cut a frustrated, if not necessarily overly-concerned, figure in the wake of his side’s 0-0 stalemate with Sligo Rovers at the Tallaght Stadium. “We do everything but score. But we’ve got to be more ruthles
Shamrock Rovers Head Coach Stephen Bradley cut a frustrated, if not necessarily overly-concerned, figure in the wake of his side’s 0-0 stalemate with Sligo Rovers at the Tallaght Stadium.
“We do everything but score. But we’ve got to be more ruthless. We’ve got to turn performances like that into three points and tonight we haven’t,” was Bradley’s immediate assessment of a match that saw his men force thirteen corners and manage over twenty shots on goal without finding the net.
Although debutant Graham Cummins (who went closest with a neat header that hit the crossbar), Jack Byrne, Dylan Watts and substitute Dan Carr missed a succession of chances, Bradley feels there is much to admire in the way his charges are playing.
“We just need to keep going. We need to keep believing it. I think it if it was the other way round you’d be really worried. If you’re struggling and not playing well and not dominating teams and maybe getting one or two chances, I’d be more worried about that.”
Bradley will be looking for a more cold-blooded touch in front of goal as the season enters a key phase. “I’m really happy. I’d delighted with how we played and how we approached the game, everything about it, but we’ve got to be more ruthless.”
Rovers now make their way to Norway to take on SK Brann in the Europa League and then host the Norwegians in Tallaght before their next SSE Airtricity League Premier Division home fixture with U.C.D. in a couple of weeks.
