Easy pickings

Jim Magilton felt Cliftonville were “too easy to play against” in yesterday’s clash with Loughgall.

Despite leaving Lakeview Park with three points thanks to goals from Sam Ashford, Ronan Hale and Shay Kearney, the Reds boss insisted his side had further gears to climb and urged them to rediscover the form they have demonstrated for the majority of the season.

“My disappointment lies in our standards and the standards that the players have set – we fell well below that,” he reflected.

“At times, without the ball we were all over the place and we could have conceded more goals, that’s the disappointment.

“We have been good all season and we just have to remind the players about that.

“It’s a simple reminder – you have to be better without the ball; and we have been, we have shown that.

“We just have to get back to that. We do have talented players who can be very effective. We just have to be better.

“The third goal was a relief. I just felt we were too easy to play against.”