It\u2019s a return to Women\u2019s National League action for Danny Murphy\u2019s Cork City FC side on Saturday afternoon when Athlone Town are the visitors to Turners Cross for the 5pm kick-off, the game also on LoITv.ie. The teams last met just seven days ago in the FAI Cup, the Shannonsiders emerging victorious after two late second half goals saw off a challenge of a depleted but resolute city squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Danny Murphy is looking forward to the game, and admits he\u2019s enjoying the games against Athlone, despite the results because it shows how his team have been progressing. \u201cThe two games we\u2019ve played against Athlone since I\u2019ve been here, we\u2019ve been in the game for long periods. Athlone are a brilliant test and I think we cause them problems, but they\u2019ve had the upper hand on us. League tables don\u2019t lie, they\u2019re a better team than us right now, but I feel we\u2019re starting to be more competitive and maybe close the gap a little.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just been a week since we played Athlone and while the result was disappointing, the performance wasn\u2019t. Looking back on the video of the game, it\u2019s one of our better performances. I know we\u2019re progressing, but little things that lead to goals, sometimes you think you\u2019ve not come on in certain areas, but really looking back on the game and especially with the injuries we had, tthe players were brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe obviously want to build on that going into this weekend, but I\u2019ve got proper headaches around the squad now. All the girls that have come in have stepped up, they\u2019ve made a claim on places and while we have to manage the load and the expectation around the younger girls, there\u2019s real competition for places. Training has been brilliant, it\u2019s improving all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think everyone can see the improvement, but we all want to move on from hearing \u2018you deserved more out of that game\u2019. We know that ourselves, the players know it, and it can be frustrating, but we want to move on to getting some results as a reward for the performances we\u2019re seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have two big games in a week now, we\u2019ll be looking to get something out of the game today so we can go into the Sligo game on a bit of a bounce and more confidence. We can feel things turning our way, it almost feels like we just need that little bit of luck. Athlone are a very strong side but we\u2019ve shown we can put up a fight, and hopefully we\u2019ll have a crowd there to support the team and squeeze that little more out of us and we can get a result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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