Shels held Derry to a scoreless draw in Tolka Park
Normally it is with eight games to go when you hear football managers talk about squeaky bum time.Instead every Shelbourne player had a day of panic, one that required regular visits to the toilet, even during their warm-up.Yet it wasn’t nerves that caused the issue, rather a virus that spread through their squad, robbing them of their captain, Mark Coyle, and two other starters.
“So fair play to them, they were suffering, yet they picked themselves up, and went at it. They gave 100 percent out there. I can’t speak highly enough of them. It is the best point we have won all season.” And yet there was also plenty to admire about it, the fitness levels of both teams for a start, the relentless intensity, the intelligence of the defending.
Perhaps so, but the more we see of this team, of their energy, their passion, their resilience, of the quality exuded by goalkeeper Kearns, centre back Paddy Barrett, midfielder JJ Lunney, winger Will Jarvis, the more convinced we are that they can last the course.
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