Drogheda United host Waterford in a Premier Division match at Sullivan and Lambe Park with a 7.45pm kick-off. Conor Kane will make his 250th appearance for the club and wants Drogheda to overturn last week’s 2-1 defeat at the RSC. Waterford’s winner came from a stoppage-time penalty awarded by referee Neil Doyle, which Kane describes as highly contentious. Kane says Drogheda dominated the first half-hour and could have been ahead by four or five goals. After Conor Keeley and Andy Quinn went off, the team adjusted personnel and Kane believes the replacements performed well. He calls for a strong training week and a mentality focused on climbing the table, noting the tight gap between fourth and ninth.
"“We feel we owe them one, especially after last week and the decision that went against us. The first half-hour we absolutely battered them and could have been four or five up and I'm not just saying that either. Obviously losing (Conor) Keeley and Andy (Quinn) going off, we changed the personnel and I thought the lads that came in did well. It was just the decision that killed us, and that's just football at the end of the day.”"
"“We just need a reaction and a good week's training now and then we'll be firing on all cylinders to go, and if we win we can start looking up then. It's all ifs, buts and maybes - everyone has that mentality that they can look up and it's that congested between fourth and ninth - but we can't afford to lose. Our mentality is to look up rather than looking down.”"
"“Next week is massive for us going into the break and we need to win that game. We feel we owe them one, especially after last week and the decision that went against us.”"
"“In the context of the game, yeh. It was kind of similar to the game in Waterford - we just had to manage it a little bit again. We started off decent in the first 10 minutes and then they grew into it and got a foothold in the game. But I thought we got to grips with it in the second half and changed shape and that worked well.”"
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