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Ryan: Lessons learned earlier are now being put into practice
An impressive tonnage of heavy hitters will weigh down the draw for the second round of All-Ireland this morning but few will be thankful if their next port of call proves to be Longford’s Pearse Park.
By Brendan O’Brien
The midland county has fashioned an enviable reputation on their home turf this last six or so years with a succession of scalps accumulated and sides like Kerry and Dublin all too thankful to escape with follicles intact. “I don’t know what the rule is, whether we are entitled to get another one here or not, but if we get it we will take it,” said manager Glenn Ryan. “There’s nothing we can do about the draw. We will take it as it happens. These lads have shown remarkable resilience.
“We have had to go to the well on every occasion. Every game this year has been a huge battle for us and this one in particular because people were making us favourites and for us to be favourites against a traditionally strong team like Derry was a huge burden for our lads to carry and they carried it.”
Longford’s nerves have certainly been tested this summer. In their four matches to date, they have won two by a combined total of four points, lost one by the slimmest of margins and drawn the other.
“The one thing I am delighted about is that we threw a game away against Wexford that we could have won and it came down to not knowing how to win. In fairness to the lads, they put the lessons they learned that day into practice here and it got us over the line on a night that we played poorly.
“I’d like to think it’s down to lessons that we learned, maybe a bit of maturity and the more games you play … it is hard to get that mentality when you are playing in Division Four so there is no doubt but that the level of teams we have played against (this summer) has helped us improve.”