Pats beat Rovers | Is this a title race? | “Declarations are on hold!” | Stephen Kenny & Joe Redmond

0:00This is a free off the ball podcast. For access to the best and sporting analysis from the likes of Brian O'Driskel and he don't Kevin Kilban, the one fanning Tommy Walch down a solo van and lots more, be coming off the ball member today. Join in the obsession, subscribe now at offtheball.com for its last join. Steven this felt like a really big noiti and managed to get a tune away and overshadow growers, I presume you're really happy after it. Yeah, no it is, you know, I can't surprise the players and not really the phenomenal effort. We seen that last week in the cup defeat of Bohemians in the end on penalties like right throughout the end of the game and throughout extra time. In both extra times in the cup, we showed phenomenal willingness to go up to the well for each other and to dig each other out and to work for each other as well as a high technical level obviously. So these are trades that the team is growing within the team I feel and that will stand as a good step.

1:01You had probably the perfect start after that, obviously this point during the last week, Jamie Claland puts your head forward and tend to the game and we didn't score that often so it must be really precious for him when he does but also for you to see that kind of move. Yeah, yeah, it was a great move actually and he's got a terrific finish and Jason's obviously quite in heralded really overall and he's pretty brilliant. You know, we've been very important. Player, he couldn't play in a number of positions and he's often asked for, you know, a fight for his place but he's contributed a lot this season. It's one of his best seasons I was career I feel and he's done really well at the score that goal and he deserves credit because it's a lot of been asked of him tonight. He had quite a few different jobs to do but he gets it. He gets a tactical side of it and he's very good. He started Ryan Edmondsson alongside Aiden Keene, a tough top together. Keene scores a second goal, a brilliant player to hold it up and spin in turn.

2:02It feels like I'm going to be taking her the last couple of weeks. We're probably seeing the best that we've seen in my past. Aiden has made a lot of good contributions, you know, over the last while and the like he got his goals, good strikers goal and he's involved in the build up as you say and he finished it well. You know, we finished it well and I think it was, I'm delighted for him. You know, I'd delighted for him that he got the goal. He deserves it. You know, he deserves it. Like, there's so many players I think you can kind of pinpoint today. Jamie Lennon in the middle of the park. I mean, we've seen that so many times here side. But the back three, it's probably impossible to pick a man back there. Sean Horlough, Turner and Dreimey, headed away every single ball that came in cleared away. Everything ball, you never really looked like you were in the much pressure. Well, it doesn't always feel like that. You know when you're on the line, certainly, there are periods where it started second half and that where we're under a bit of pressure. But we defended brilliant and restricted real clear core chances, I feel.

3:04You know, and that was important. And we had some good ones ourselves. Obviously Ryan Shardin and nearly got made a tree, didn't he? At the four half time and we had some good efforts in the second half. But it was a very disciplined performance from the team. And I would like to keep a clean sheet. And that was important. Just a word on Ryan, you trusted him enough to give him his first start. And the Premier League tonight, he started against Bowles last weekend as well. Like, he's still at a 17. I was only nodding that it was this weekend last year that it was the MacFarant Cup finally. He's playing under a 17 football and now all of a sudden he's playing in first, first, the second. You obviously have a lot of faith in him. Yeah, Ryan's taking everything in his stride. He's very level-headed. You know, I was great people around him. And he's a family, you know, a really supportive of him. And, you know, he's a creditor to them, really. Ryan's a creditor's family. And he works really hard every day and he's very understated.

4:04But when he runs at the ball, he's a joy to watch. And, you know, he has a good change of pace and a real engine. Yeah, so he's done really well. He's done really well. A player who used to play here at Jack Moraney came on the pitch and second half and we heard what the fans taught him. Does it kind of get much in players head or your head? Like, I know when he left, he spoke about higher standards down the road in Tallah. Does that play into the mind when he comes in to games like this? Not really. No, I'm not interested in getting it involved in it, you know, in that, to be honest, but I think, you know, from what point of view, your Royal Airback Tree, Joseph Anang and Jamie Lennon was, Jamie Lennon's getting back to the farm now. When I came in for some one day I was knowing games and I were out at the end of the season. I felt, geez, this is a phenomenal player, like really, you know, and because I had him in the other 21s and two long and I felt, like, I felt he was on. I know he's at that level again where he looks like he's, you know, I said to him,

5:10you know, he looks like a real top player. You know, he looks like a real, real top player and, you know, if he can continue on that, that was standard and good stuff. Obviously everyone out of time looking in now is looking at yourself on 53, but he means on 53 after winning again tonight and Chamakar was on 56. Are you able to concede that you're in a tight race? Well, it's such a little hoys, because our margin for error is not, you know, you can declare anything and then get beaten, you know what I mean? So, I think declarations are on hold at the moment, declarations, but belief isn't, you know, and willingness to work for each other and camaraderie spirit. These are important traits. And we've shown this team as always sort of an honest or tactical team, but now it's shown other sides of evolving, you know, we've seen what Chamakar was.

6:10It's took Chamakar was even a great team he has, but it took four years to win the league and they want to obviously, five times now, but like, basically, you know, that doesn't happen overnight, but we're getting good traits now that you can, that, and important in a team that wants to challenge and win things. Just finally, you spoke with belief there, you've done dark on Monday night in the chance to go top the league if you do get three points there. How much belief is in the squad going into that game after this? Yeah, a lot of belief. And also, obviously, we know Dundalker, a good team, we know he did a good result tonight against Wartoffert and in Wartoffert. So, in our area of park's difficult venue, so we'll have to go and do well and give everything of ourselves on Monday. As you sure will know, thanks very much, even while don't mind. Joe, a tune of victory for Chamakar hours. It's first versus second, it's so choice takes. You must be really, really happy with that. Yeah, now I'm delighted to am proud of the team. Almost, I thought we put in a great shift out there and look, we had to soak up some pressure

7:16at home and then we showed up called the as well. I think last week's the fee show, the show up there and we all went to the well for each other again today. Can you talk about dark on the bounce back from that game? I think some sure years were barely disappointed after being knocked out of the couple last week. You scored our form and a 10 tonight with Chamakar and Dundalker, it seemed like this place didn't kind of die down since then. Yeah, now the place was electric and look, that's a big thanks to the fans of me and when Richmond Park is like that, it must be a very difficult place for other teams to come and yeah, after the game on Saturday, we knew that we all put in a great performance and obviously we had to learn from a parker but we knew that we were all proud of the performance and I think the fans were proud of us, they clapped us off on Saturday and that means a lot when they did us. So I think a shout out there and shout out our character to me. That was one of those games where you said I was Sean Horan, Luke Turner, head in the way and clear in the way every single ball that comes out and you did it all night with ease. Do you enjoy those type of games? Yeah, definitely. The three of us were only talking and there but it was more than three of us down the

8:18lads at the back post, the lads in front of us landing on second balls and then lads up top running themselves into the ground and then everyone played the part and we saw. You know, the lads, we have to focus on one day now to tough game for us. Being from Talla, I'm sure those are also probably a little bit extra when you're a part fan as well. Yeah, it co-hosted a little bit sweeter because you've got a lot of rovers fans around you and a couple of me mate, a rovers fans, but three points is three points and we just have to take them and move on. I know that kind of seems like the message three points is three points but when you know that a third of three points on one day puts you top of the table, is it starting to get a bit of belief in the dressing room that you are in a toy race? I think just belief in the group anyways in terms of the quality we have and the passion that we show every week and we walk out every day to try and put it away and look, it's been a great season so far for us but we're not looking past on dark. We're just going to go up there and give our best league a video every week and yeah, see what happens Monday.

9:18But he means obviously we've worn as well tonight and means there's only three points separating the tree soids. Like is that totally thing anything you're paying attention to when you get into the dressing room? Yeah, look, it is toy up there and there's a lot of quality in all tree soids and it's going to be a good run in with six games left. I'm sure we're all going to look forward to it. Thanks, y'all. This is a free off the ball podcast. For access to the best and sporting analysis from the likes of Brian O'Driskel and the Don Kevin Cluban, the Don't Founding Tommy Walch, Darnos Sullivan and lots more, we're coming off the ball member today. Join in the obsession. Subscribe now at offtheball.com for its last join.