Gannon content with start to season
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Shamrock Rovers defender Sean Gannon was reasonably happy with the way his side played following the Hoop's 4-0 victory against Shelbourne at the Tallaght Stadium on Friday night.
“It was a good game. I thought we played well in patches. With Ronan Finn's goal we passed the ball around and we got a finish at the end of it, so the manager was happy with that. All in all it was a good performance I thought.”
Gannon also agreed with referee Derek Tomney's decision to sent off Shelbourne goalkeeper Dean Delany after only four minutes for bringing down Billy Dennehy in the penalty area.
“I think the sending off of the goalkeeper in the first few minutes went our way. From where I was it looked like he (Dennehy) was going to score. So it was one of those with the rule where if he goes around the goalkeeper and he is brought down as he is about to tap it in. Some people have different opinions of it, but from where I was I thought it was a sending off.”
The right back admitted that it took Rovers some time to get to grips with playing against ten men.
“Once they went down to ten men I think that we thought about passing it more instead of going forward. Once we got to grips with playing against them we started to get into better positions and to keep the ball better. I think once we got the second goal we pushed on. In fairness to Shels with ten men they still put the ball in the box and got chances. We knew a derby game was going to be tough but it is all about coming out with the win.”
Gannon feels his side have started the season well but knows that Rovers need to keep on winning.
“It's been a good start to the season. It was a hard fought draw last week against Cork. I think they set up very well and kept us in front of them. I think it has been a good start but we need to keep winning games.”
