Glenullin manager Michael O’Kane hoping for improved performance on Sunday
Despite 17-point win O'Kane says Glenullin "needs to get better" as they face Armagh champions Sarfields
Glenullin manager Michael O’Kane was disappointed with what he deemed their “poorest” championship performance of the season.
The Derry champions were 17-point winners over Moneyglass on Saturday but O’Kane said his side “needs to get better” as they face into Sunday’s trip to Armagh champions Sarfields.
Glenullin missed four chances early in the game before a fortunate Dónal O’Kane goal, from a long-range free, shot them into a lead they never lost.
“We're delighted to be in the hat for the next round, that's just what these games are about,” Michael O’Kane said.
“I'd say it's the poorest we've played in the championship this year. That's not me trying to gloss over things or try to use it as a motivating tool, it's the poorest we've played all year in the championship,” he stressed.
“I'm so disappointed in some of the things we've done. We looked good some of the time, but it was just too stop-start for my liking.
“It took boys a wee bit of getting used to playing Ulster Club and not realising you can't get away with the same things you do in the Derry Championship.”
Glenullin now look forward to Sunday’s game, part of a double bill with Newbridge and Madden in the BOX-IT Athletic Grounds.
“We actually played Sarsfields the last time I took Glenullin seniors, in Ulster League semi-final. We beat them by a point down in Sarsfields” O’Kane of Sunday’s opponents. It was a heavy-going game and we just about got out and no more. Sunday is going to be a battle. At this stage of the year, the pitches are getting heavy.
“There's mistakes happening. It's just how you react to them and you're not getting too down yourself. You just have to keep going on and on and trying to push the standards up time after time.”