'We all know how much the club means to the town' - Dan Pike focused on staying up after Dundalk avoid doomsday

"With all the rumours that were circulating, we were like, do we need to start packing our bags? Do we need to start fearing for the worst?" says Pike.

"When the deadline was mentioned, we were all a bit like, what's happening here?" adds the 22-year-old.

"Obviously we were in training on Monday, we had a quick meeting about it and said we don't really know what's going on. It was kind of like, we just have to put that to one side because we have a game to prepare for on Saturday [away to Sligo Rovers]."

"The gaffer [Jon Daly] was keeping us up to date as much as he knew, he was very open and honest about it, so I can't thank him enough for that."

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