Dean Shiels challenges his Coleraine side to bounce back from Glenavon heartache against in-form portadown
Dean Shiels says Coleraine cannot afford to dwell on "ifs, buts and maybes" as they look to bounce back from last week's late disappointment at Glenavon. For the second time this season the Bannsiders conceded in stoppage time to let three points slip through their grasp with today's opponents, Portadown , the first to peg them back.
"We've conceded in the last 10 seconds against Portadown and Glenavon, that's four points lost from winning positions," said the Bannsiders boss. "Four points would put us third but it's all ifs, buts and maybes. "On reflection after a couple of days you realise that we gained a point on Ballymena, we gained a point on Portadown and we're still right in amongst it. I think it would be wrong for us to ignore how good we were and what we were good at and how we hurt Glenavon. We'll look to try and bring all that together with an improved performance overall on Saturday."
"They beat Ballymena 3-0 away and they beat Glentoran 2-0 away also. They're well organised, they're very well together and have a good defensive structure.
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