Henderson rues red card decision
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After seeing his nine-man Waterford United side get back to winning ways, manager Stephen Henderson was understandably happy with his sides performance but rued two red card decisions when he spoke to Extratime after the game.
Daryl Kavanagh found striker Vinny Sullivan on the edge of the Youths penalty box and he laid the ball off to John Kearney to fire a superb right footed 20 yard strike past the helpless Packie Holden to give the Blues the three points.
Referee Stuart Templeman sent off two Waterford United players in Michael Coady and Paul Murphy in the final 15 minutes of the game meaning both will miss this weekend's Munster derby against Cork City. Henderson agreed that Murphy can have had no complaints but that Michael Coady didn’t deserve the red card.
“Mick Coady I really feel sorry. The boy is a top, top player that not many know about at the moment but they will know about him in the future, but he learned a harsh lesson tonight because I don’t think he deserved to be sent off. There was no malice in the tackle. Sometimes referee’s just need to use a little common sense.”
Wexford-born Murphy then saw red for a reckless challenge just 17 minutes after being introduced as a second half sub. “The two players were in a scuffle on the ground and we couldn’t believe he was actually going to Murphy to book him, I thought he was going to the Wexford player. But when Murph kicked the ball too far ahead of him, we all knew what was going to happen.”
The overall performance pleased Henderson and he knew the importance of the win.
“We’re delighted with that, after the disappointment of last week it was important to get back to winning ways”, Henderson said. “The manner in which we did it was most pleasing, even going down to nine men, so it’s a credit to these. Tonight they showed everybody what the club means to them and showed what the supporters mean to them because everything they did tonight was for them.”
Henderson was also pleased with the workrate of his players especially in the final third of the pitch. “Not only did John Kearney score the goal but he made the difference in terms of we became more competitive in a very congested midfield.”
“Daryl ran his little legs off tonight and showed good quality on the ball. Willie John Kiely too, although we took him off because he was knackered, he ran he socks off.”
“We showed what we can do with nine men tonight, I’m sure we can match that with eleven (against Cork City),” he concluded.
Daryl Kavanagh found striker Vinny Sullivan on the edge of the Youths penalty box and he laid the ball off to John Kearney to fire a superb right footed 20 yard strike past the helpless Packie Holden to give the Blues the three points.
Referee Stuart Templeman sent off two Waterford United players in Michael Coady and Paul Murphy in the final 15 minutes of the game meaning both will miss this weekend's Munster derby against Cork City. Henderson agreed that Murphy can have had no complaints but that Michael Coady didn’t deserve the red card.
“Mick Coady I really feel sorry. The boy is a top, top player that not many know about at the moment but they will know about him in the future, but he learned a harsh lesson tonight because I don’t think he deserved to be sent off. There was no malice in the tackle. Sometimes referee’s just need to use a little common sense.”
Wexford-born Murphy then saw red for a reckless challenge just 17 minutes after being introduced as a second half sub. “The two players were in a scuffle on the ground and we couldn’t believe he was actually going to Murphy to book him, I thought he was going to the Wexford player. But when Murph kicked the ball too far ahead of him, we all knew what was going to happen.”
The overall performance pleased Henderson and he knew the importance of the win.
“We’re delighted with that, after the disappointment of last week it was important to get back to winning ways”, Henderson said. “The manner in which we did it was most pleasing, even going down to nine men, so it’s a credit to these. Tonight they showed everybody what the club means to them and showed what the supporters mean to them because everything they did tonight was for them.”
Henderson was also pleased with the workrate of his players especially in the final third of the pitch. “Not only did John Kearney score the goal but he made the difference in terms of we became more competitive in a very congested midfield.”
“Daryl ran his little legs off tonight and showed good quality on the ball. Willie John Kiely too, although we took him off because he was knackered, he ran he socks off.”
“We showed what we can do with nine men tonight, I’m sure we can match that with eleven (against Cork City),” he concluded.
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