Fenlon remains upbeat despite Shels’ shaky start

SHELBOURNE manager, Pat Fenlon, will be looking for a return to last season’s form when they face in-form Waterford United in the eircom League at Tolka Park tonight (8 pm).

Shelbourne’s slow start to the Setanta Cup allied to the loss of two home points to UCD on the opening day of the league season have caused some to doubt their capacity to win a third consecutive championship.

These are early days, of course, and Fenlon showed his confidence in his squad as well as his laid-back attitude to Shels’ stuttering start by saying: “People might be asking questions, but we have made such a bad start that if we win against Waterford we can go top of the League. We have four points from our opening two League matches and any team would have taken that had they been offered it before kick-off.”