Shamrock Rovers director of football Brian Laws was pleased with
the reaction of his team after their 2-1 victory over UCD in the Airtricity
Premier League at the Tallaght Stadium on Friday night.“ I am delighted with
the reaction compared to last week, where it was a shambles. It was very disappointing.”
Rovers lost their previous game at home to Derry City and
Laws believed that his side approached Friday's game in a much better way “I
thought that the body language today was much better. They were very much on
the front foot and had a real go and if they had produced that last week we
might have had three points. It just shows you that attitude and application is
vital in any game and certainly they showed that tonight.”
Laws also believes that the Hoops have underachieved this
season “There are a lot of good points about this football club and there are a
lot of areas that need to be improved on and one of them is on the playing park.
The personnel although they have done ok, they have underachieved. They should
have done better this year and certainly that is something that can be changed
for next year. There will be new players coming in. You just got to make sure
that this football club gets the right players and make sure they are motivated
to be successful, because this club should be successful. This year has been a
poor return. There is lots to work with and look forward to.”
The former Nottingham Forest player was pleased that Gary
Twigg proved to be the match winner in his final home game for the club “It was
great to see Twigg get a couple of goals. He should really have scored three or
four. I am delighted for him that he has got a win and a couple of goals. It
was a very emotional night for him.”
Laws also believes that Twigg is a natural goalscorer “One
thing that is evident is that he is a natural goalscorer. He has good movement
and it is no surprise that he has scored a lot of goals for the club. It
doesn't matter what division you are playing in, you could be in any country in
the world, it's an art to put the ball in the back of the net. It isn't an easy
task but he makes it look easy at times and he is a good goalscorerer and
certainly at this level you can see why he has scored a lot of goals.”
When Laws was asked if he would be at Shamrock Rovers next
season he didn't rule it out “We are
talking about it and that is the positive thing. We are discussing about ways
to go forward and while there is discussion there is hope.”
© Seamus Egan 2012.
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