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Dundalk may face more caution and are St Pats easier to stop?

Stuart Byrne and Roddy Collins believe teams may sit back when they visit Dundalk from now on. Th...



Dundalk may face more caution...
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Dundalk may face more caution and are St Pats easier to stop?

Stuart Byrne and Roddy Collins believe teams may sit back when they visit Dundalk from now on.

The reigning champions have enjoyed impressive results at home but Stuart Byrne told Off The Ball that may change as he and Roddy joined us for our League of Ireland slot. 

"We've seen some of the results that Dundalk have got. They've been thumping teams at home. I think that dynamic may change now if teams are going to start going there and going to be cautious, do their homework on them and try and stop them playing," he said, although he believes they have the players to deal with whatever comes their way.  

Roddy also agreed that pragmatism is the way to go for opposition teams against the league leaders, while Stuey feels St Patrick's Athletic have underwhelmed this season ahead of a clash against Dundalk.

Roddy also feels that Pats' approach makes them that bit easier to stop.

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"It's a by-product of the way they play. They're easy to stop," he said.

"The way Pats play and the way they move the ball, when you're coaching against it, you've a little bit more time to go and squeeze them and stop them from playing." 

Roddy also gave his take on his first game at Waterford United and also talked about the video which emerged showing his goalkeeper impersonating him post-match - complete with a Roddy mask.

"You never know, he might be the ex-goalkeeper of Waterford," he joked, before continuing: "Apparently it was on a website that I don't deal with because they've been very negative towards me for a long time."

He and Stuey also discussed the dying art of effective set piece defending.

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