Ferrycarrig Park and Wexford Youths FC await Danny Murphy\u2019s Cork City WNL side Saturday evening and an upbeat Murphy is looking at the game as another chance to see how his squad have been developing and he\u2019s confident that his side are capable of upsetting the odds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s where the thought process is for James, myself, and the other staff. It\u2019s taking stock of where we are right now and then what we can improve and work on to get us to the levels where we can consistently compete with the top of the table teams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Coming from a weekend off, Murphy gave the squad a few days break. \u201cTraining has been really intense, the levels hare great so I was happy to get the girls a few days rest because that\u2019s hugely important for them too. It means we\u2019ve been able to prepare and are fresh going into the weekend\u2019s game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not going down there to set up shop, we are going in to try to win the game, play our way and cause them some problems. We\u2019re very confident with the level of player we have that we can match any team in the league, but the difference for us right now is that we\u2019re still not creating enough clearcut chances for our forwards to score, we\u2019re trying to score off half-chances. We need to work on patience in that final third, maybe taking an extra touch. Other teams are creating those clear chances and are clinical when they get them. That\u2019s the main reason the table is the way it is at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eva Mangan won the Buy4Pets.ie Goal of the Month competition for August, which factors goals from Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s games and Murphy laughs at the memories \u201cIt\u2019s an exceptional goal, but we\u2019d been practicing set-pieces on the Thursday in training and they were rubbish. James said to me \u201cIf we score from a set-piece Saturday I will be very f**king surprised \u2013 those were his exact words. Then Eva scores an amazing set-piece to win the game. Eva\u2019s got all the talent in the world, but her work-rate and desire to improve is what set\u2019s her apart, she really wants it, she wants to improve and progress and we\u2019re so lucky that we see that desire right across the squad. No one wants to settle\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, on Eva Mangan again, and Chloe Atkinson who have been called up to the Irish U19 squad. \u201cIt\u2019s a fantastic opportunity for the girls and we\u2019re all delighted for them. As you get older you realise that not many people can say that they\u2019ve played for their country, it\u2019s such an honour. The timing isn\u2019t ideal from our point of view coming between the Wexford and Galway games, but we would never begrudge the girls the chance, it\u2019s a huge credit to them\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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