Thoughts on the game?

It always feels like a loss when you concede so late on. The workout was perfect for us. I thought we had some spells of fantastic football and it was the perfect type of game that we needed. Of course, the game gets a bit broken when you are making so many changes so you lose that fluency and the rhythm of the game so in the last 25 minutes, we probably gave the ball away too much. We have to be better in that aspect but overall I am really pleased. It was a great exercise against and fantastic side.

How pleased were you with the intensity?

Yeah, it is very important for a team of mines to impose the issue of a game as high up the pitch as you can and like I say we have guys who are willing to work and run. It was a great finish from Kyogo Furuhashi, and we had other chances as well, some other fantastic chances, but it was a really good workout.

Where do you need to improve?

I think it is just about building on the fitness and aspects of the positioning. The team is obviously playing well but there are certain phases of the play we can improve but I thought in the build-up, we were really good under pressure. It is just about the positional elements and on Tuesday we will play two teams as players need to get some minutes into their legs and then that will be our final preparation before the season starts.

Thoughts on the support?

There are very few clubs that can get this amount of fans in, in such a short period of time. A big thank you to everyone who turned up. I know there are people who come over from all different areas of Ireland to be here. It is great that they came and made a great atmosphere.