Buckley happy with fair result
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Sporting Fingal drew one a piece against Shamrock Rovers on Monday and Fingal manager Liam Buckley considered the result to be the right one.
“I suppose on reflection of the whole game maybe a draw might have been a fair result. In the first half we had a few chances. To be winning 1-0 and not see it out was probably a bit disappointing,” Buckley told Extratime.
The Rovers equaliser came from a penalty converted by James Chambers, after the midfielder struck a free-kick against the wall and the referee judged it to have hit the hand of Gary O’Neill. Buckley recalled the incident, as seen from the Sporting bench.
“Gary put his hand up. I think it was coming towards his head and he just put his hand up to protect himself. Sometimes you get these calls, sometimes you don’t. Unfortunately it went against us today.”
Buckley acknowledged that the gale-force winds swirling around the Morton Stadium had a big part to play in the 1-1 draw.
“It was havoc. It was a bit of a lottery [and] it did have a big bearing on the game. In fairness to the lads, both teams stuck at it to a degree. It’s a point”, he said.
Fingal, only promoted last season, have claimed some impressive results against many of the more established sides. The opening day saw The Ravens almost get a draw away against Bohemians, and Easter Monday saw them claim a draw against last season’s runners-up.
“Rovers, along with Bohemians, are trying to win the league this year. From our point of view, we’ve got a few new players in and we’re still a work in progress,” Buckley said.
“I thought we did reasonably well, we tried to get it down and play even with the breeze. It wasn’t helpful but nonetheless, the expectation for us is that I want us to be competitive in every game this season. At the end of the season we can take where we are”, he concluded.
“I suppose on reflection of the whole game maybe a draw might have been a fair result. In the first half we had a few chances. To be winning 1-0 and not see it out was probably a bit disappointing,” Buckley told Extratime.
The Rovers equaliser came from a penalty converted by James Chambers, after the midfielder struck a free-kick against the wall and the referee judged it to have hit the hand of Gary O’Neill. Buckley recalled the incident, as seen from the Sporting bench.
“Gary put his hand up. I think it was coming towards his head and he just put his hand up to protect himself. Sometimes you get these calls, sometimes you don’t. Unfortunately it went against us today.”
Buckley acknowledged that the gale-force winds swirling around the Morton Stadium had a big part to play in the 1-1 draw.
“It was havoc. It was a bit of a lottery [and] it did have a big bearing on the game. In fairness to the lads, both teams stuck at it to a degree. It’s a point”, he said.
Fingal, only promoted last season, have claimed some impressive results against many of the more established sides. The opening day saw The Ravens almost get a draw away against Bohemians, and Easter Monday saw them claim a draw against last season’s runners-up.
“Rovers, along with Bohemians, are trying to win the league this year. From our point of view, we’ve got a few new players in and we’re still a work in progress,” Buckley said.
“I thought we did reasonably well, we tried to get it down and play even with the breeze. It wasn’t helpful but nonetheless, the expectation for us is that I want us to be competitive in every game this season. At the end of the season we can take where we are”, he concluded.
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