Jon Daly admits he is set to leave Dundalk after ‘hugely disappointing’ relegation

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Dundalk boss Jon Daly has revealed that he is set to leave the club at the end of the season after their relegation from the top-flight was confirmed on Friday night.

The Lilywhites fell to a 2-0 loss at home to Derry City, though their relegation was an inevitable outcome in recent weeks.

And Daly said, as quoted by his club’s website: “It’s hugely disappointing. I’m gutted for the players, I’m gutted for the fans. 

“The players, the position that they’re in, I don’t think they’ve ever once had games where they’ve downed tools.

“I spoke to them there, if the league table was given on hard work and effort, they’d be right near the very top, but unfortunately in football you need to bring quality as well. 

“Again, tonight, it’s the story of the season, prior to me coming in, since I’ve come in, it’s converting chances and taking chances.

“We’ve never been in a game since I’ve come here that we haven’t created chances, we’ve just failed to take them. There were big opportunities for us again tonight. 

“Unfortunately, everything was straight down Brian Maher’s throat and quite comfortable for him to save. We have to be better in those moments and, ultimately, that’s cost us over the piece.”

But for Daly, it is likely that he is set to return home to Scotland to his family at the end of the season. 

“From my own personal point of view, I’m coming up to four years now away from my family,” the former St Pat’s boss said. 



“There was talk previously about them potentially coming over, getting them across and seeing how it went.

“But obviously with everything that has gone on in the background in the last number of months, I think it would be very unfair of me to ask my family to uproot, move country and come over for me, so I think I probably have to put my family first, and that’s what my plan will be.”

 

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