Fenlon pleased with Bohs' character
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Another trip west to Galway, another three points safely pocketed away. It's becoming a familiar tale for Bohemians boss Pat Fenlon, who guided his side to similarly comfortable victories at Terryland Park last year and was quietly pleased with how his side reacted to Friday night's painful loss to Cork City.
"Yeah, we’re happy enough", Fenlon admitted after a game which never looked like finishing as anything other than a Bohs' win once Jason Byrne put the visitors in front just after the half hour mark. "Obviously after losing at home last week to Cork we were disappointed.
"Coming to Galway, it was going to be a very difficult game for us. When you come down and you see the conditions as well, it looks like one of those games that you can slip up on. But I thought we showed character after coming back from a bad defeat. I thought we played quite well tonight."
The conditions - heavy rain and storm force winds prevailed again in the West - did play a part in the defensive misjudgement that led to Byrne's opener and Fenlon was quick to acknowledge the part played by his 'keeper in the edgy minutes that followed.
"I thought for that 10 or 15 minutes after we scored Galway put us under a fair bit of pressure and "Murph" made a very good save, then Jason got the second goal. I thought we played well tonight, we were composed, we limited Galway to not too many chances. We’re capable of doing that, we’re capable of when we go two goals up we don’t lose matches. We can see it out quite well."
See it out comfortably they did as Galway toiled but never looked remotely like forcing their way back into the contest. Fenlon's side now look forward to a home clash with an inconsistent St Patrick's Athletic side who have been hard to fathom in recent weeks.
"It’s another big game for us," Fenlon stated. "We’re back to Dalymount where we lost the last night. We’d like to put that right. Pat’s had another heavy defeat again tonight so I’m sure they won’t be too happy about that heading to Dalymount."
"Yeah, we’re happy enough", Fenlon admitted after a game which never looked like finishing as anything other than a Bohs' win once Jason Byrne put the visitors in front just after the half hour mark. "Obviously after losing at home last week to Cork we were disappointed.
"Coming to Galway, it was going to be a very difficult game for us. When you come down and you see the conditions as well, it looks like one of those games that you can slip up on. But I thought we showed character after coming back from a bad defeat. I thought we played quite well tonight."
The conditions - heavy rain and storm force winds prevailed again in the West - did play a part in the defensive misjudgement that led to Byrne's opener and Fenlon was quick to acknowledge the part played by his 'keeper in the edgy minutes that followed.
"I thought for that 10 or 15 minutes after we scored Galway put us under a fair bit of pressure and "Murph" made a very good save, then Jason got the second goal. I thought we played well tonight, we were composed, we limited Galway to not too many chances. We’re capable of doing that, we’re capable of when we go two goals up we don’t lose matches. We can see it out quite well."
See it out comfortably they did as Galway toiled but never looked remotely like forcing their way back into the contest. Fenlon's side now look forward to a home clash with an inconsistent St Patrick's Athletic side who have been hard to fathom in recent weeks.
"It’s another big game for us," Fenlon stated. "We’re back to Dalymount where we lost the last night. We’d like to put that right. Pat’s had another heavy defeat again tonight so I’m sure they won’t be too happy about that heading to Dalymount."
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is one of Extratime's longest serving contributors. Based in County Galway, Alan has been following the League of Ireland since the mid-1980s. His first memory of the drama of domestic football was Vinny Arkins, then … View Full Profile