We're a work in progress - Glynn
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Forced to watch his team lose from the stands due to a touchline ban, Johnny Glynn was surprisingly upbeat after Mervue went down 4-0 to Shels on Friday night, saying his side are a "work in progress".
The Galway side have been rated highly by most who have seen them this season, but were clear losers on Friday night at Tolka Park.
"We were missing a truckload of players, probably six that would have started" explained Glynn. Those unavailable players defined Mervue's efforts even before the match, says Glynn. With players like Ger Hanley, Dan Cunningham and David Goldbey all unavailable, Mervue's task was made far more difficult.
Club stalwart Eric Browne retired midweek due to nwork commitments."Eric has been with the club since I started in the A Championship" explained Glynn. "He's found it very difficult to get off work on Fridays. He couldn't give his full commitment so I said its 100% or nothing. There's nothing in between. So Eric now has left us. ... It was always going to be tough coming here and I'm not making excuses, no matter who we had here today it was always going to be tough." Still, Glynn was keen to draw on the positives.
"From the outset it's always going to be difficult when you go to somewhere like Shelbourne, who are top of the table" he told Extratime.ie. "So it proved tonight. I thought there were a few good performances, there were a couple of lads who I thought were outstanding for us. You have to realise where we're coming from and how we operate- it's always going to be difficult coming here."
Philip Hughes opened the scoring for Shels after 16 minutes and after that scored two more. Conan Byrne scored with under a quarter of an hour remaining to complete a rout for Shels. Glynn spoke about how the heavy loss will affect his youthful squad. "The heads go down when you've young players, that's difficult" he said. It's a tough learning school for a lot of them but we have a lot of good young players and I think, you mightn't have seen it today, but hopefully as the season progresses you'll see a further development."
The progress made this season has been encouraging for Glynn though, with Mervue picking up points against sides like Cork and Waterford. "We have made a lot of progress and all we can do is keep making our tiny steps forward. We're an amateur club, that's how we operate" said Glynn.
"We've got seventeen points and we'll look to build on that from next week on. We've a very tough match against Wexford next week and we'll be working towards that from Sunday onwards... we're a work in progress."
The Galway side have been rated highly by most who have seen them this season, but were clear losers on Friday night at Tolka Park.
"We were missing a truckload of players, probably six that would have started" explained Glynn. Those unavailable players defined Mervue's efforts even before the match, says Glynn. With players like Ger Hanley, Dan Cunningham and David Goldbey all unavailable, Mervue's task was made far more difficult.
Club stalwart Eric Browne retired midweek due to nwork commitments."Eric has been with the club since I started in the A Championship" explained Glynn. "He's found it very difficult to get off work on Fridays. He couldn't give his full commitment so I said its 100% or nothing. There's nothing in between. So Eric now has left us. ... It was always going to be tough coming here and I'm not making excuses, no matter who we had here today it was always going to be tough." Still, Glynn was keen to draw on the positives.
"From the outset it's always going to be difficult when you go to somewhere like Shelbourne, who are top of the table" he told Extratime.ie. "So it proved tonight. I thought there were a few good performances, there were a couple of lads who I thought were outstanding for us. You have to realise where we're coming from and how we operate- it's always going to be difficult coming here."
Philip Hughes opened the scoring for Shels after 16 minutes and after that scored two more. Conan Byrne scored with under a quarter of an hour remaining to complete a rout for Shels. Glynn spoke about how the heavy loss will affect his youthful squad. "The heads go down when you've young players, that's difficult" he said. It's a tough learning school for a lot of them but we have a lot of good young players and I think, you mightn't have seen it today, but hopefully as the season progresses you'll see a further development."
The progress made this season has been encouraging for Glynn though, with Mervue picking up points against sides like Cork and Waterford. "We have made a lot of progress and all we can do is keep making our tiny steps forward. We're an amateur club, that's how we operate" said Glynn.
"We've got seventeen points and we'll look to build on that from next week on. We've a very tough match against Wexford next week and we'll be working towards that from Sunday onwards... we're a work in progress."
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