Limerick FC manager Pat Scully felt that his side did not get
what they deserved after a narrow 1-0 defeat away to Shamrock Rovers in the
second round of the FAI cup on Friday night “I am disappointed with the result
and that we are out of the cup. I think that we deserved to be in the next
round or at least deserved a replay. Sometimes in football you don't ge what
you deserve.
The blues boss was proud of his team’s performance “I thought
the performance was fantastic and that we played really well. I am proud of the
players. To go down to ten men and to
come back at Rovers and nearly get something at the end was heartbreaking for
them. We have some good young players coming through the club and I think that
they showed that tonight.”
Scully was also aggrieved that his side were denied not one
but two second half penalties in Tallaght “ We should have had two blatant
penalties. The handball and the push at the end were two stonewall penalties.
The referee came into our dressing room and pulled one of our players back
because he had an inch of white sock showing from his boot and then he goes out
onto the pitch and gets those two big decisions wrong. It is difficult to
take. Anthony (Buttimer) didn't do it on
purpose but they were two huge mistakes and they cost us the game.”
Substitute Padraic Quinn received a straight red from
Buttimer in the 76th minute shortly after coming on as a substitute.
The Limerick manager felt it was harsh call “I didn't get a good view of it but
the referee said to the player (Padraic Quinn) that he didn't make any contact
with the Rovers player (Kerrea Gilbert) but that he gave him the card because
he thought it was intentional from three yards away. I thought that was very
harsh.”
Scully was keen to emphasize how much he thought of his
team's effort at the home of the league champions “Everybody impressed me. I
thought the fullbacks were very good. I thought that Barry Ryan used all his
experience and that the centre halves were excellent. Rory was fantastic and he
looked a real hand full tonight. It's a shame that we were missing so many
players. We didn't have the players available on the bench 10 minutes into the
second half to change it. We could have passed the ball a little better in the
midfield area but it is a difficult arena to play in and I am not going to take
away from the work rate and the performance of the players. They were outstanding.”
© Seamus Egan 2012.
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